Generativity in midlife

By D. McAdams. 2001

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Development in midlife. (2004, background): “The central issues center around generativity, caring, and concern for others in the work and family spheres (McAdams 2001, McAdams & de St. Aubin 1998), in the context of changes associated with aging in physical and psychological resources.”
The Redemptive Self: Generativity and the Stories Americans Live By (2006, background): “…to their less generative counterparts, tend to describe their own lives as expressing variations on a set of themes comprising the redemptive self (McAdams, 2001a, 2004, 2006; McAdams & Bowman, 2001; McAdams, Diamond, de St. Aubin, & Mansfield, 1997; McAdams, Reynolds, Lewis, Patten, & Bowman,…”
Aging, Adult Development, and Work Motivation (2004, background): “McAdams (2001) has also suggested that circumstances may lead individuals to express generativity in some but not other life roles.”
Generativity and Social Involvement among African Americans and White Adults (2001, background): “…to encompass projects and involvements at work and in the community, as society more generally comes to expect and depend on the leadership, commitment, and overall generative investment of mature men and women in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and older (Cohler, Hostetler, & Boxer, 1998; McAdams, 2001a).”
Being grateful is beyond good manners: Gratitude and motivation to contribute to society among early adolescents (2010, background): “This purposeful state of being may help the young teen embark on the tasks of articulating, sharing, and building the selfnarrative (Gergen and Gergen 1988; McAdams 2001) upon which a robust personal identity is based (Niederhoffer and Pennebaker 2002).”
Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups (2009, unknown): “Higher scores on the Purpose in Life test predict altruism (Noblejas de la Flor, 1997; Shek, Ma, & Cheung, 1994) and positive affect (Noblejas de la Flor, 1997), and higher scores on scales of generativity, a related construct, correlate with greater involvement in social and political activities (M”
The Development of Purpose During Adolescence (2003, methodology): “Some studies using the PIL, generativity scales, and the Developing Purpose Inventory suggest gender differences (Barrat, 1977; Coffield & Buckalew, 1986; McAdams, 2001; Schlesinger, Susman & Koenigsberg, 1990), whereas other studies using the PIL and the Life Attitude Profile do not show difference”