Holly Hart- University of Oxford
Holly Hart
- University of Oxford
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The study examined the relation between generativity and social involvement in a sample of 253 community adults, approximately half African American and half White, between the ages of 34 and 65 years. For the sample as a whole, individual differences in generativity were positively asociated with social support from family and friends, involvement...
It requires only a passing familiarity with the popular writings of Erikson to have an inkling of what the concept of generativity is all about. It is about the next generation, about bearing, raising, caring for children—one's own and others. It is about assuming the role of responsible parent, mentor, shepherd, guardian, guide, and so on, vis-à-v...
The present study compared the personality characteristics assessed in life stories of 40 highly generative adults to those
in the life stories of a contrasting sample of 30 less generative adults. Life-story interviews of all 70 subjects were rated
with the California Adult Q-Sort (CAQ; Block, 1961). The results were compared to the “expert” gener...
