Foundations of generativity: Personal and family correlates of emerging adults’ generative life-story themes

Frensch, Karen; Pratt, Michael W.; Norris, Joan E.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2006.01.005

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“…• Being mentored (Peterson & Stewart, 1996) • Parental generativity (Peterson, 2006;Rossi, 2001aRossi, , 2001b • Authoritative parenting style (warmth coupled with strictness) (Frensch, Pratt, & Norris, 2007;Lawford, Pratt, Hunsberger, & Pancer, 2005) • Sociability shown toward individuals outside of the family (Rossi, 2001b) • Family size (Rossi, 2001a) • Parental affection and emphasis on caring (Frensch et al, 2007;Rossi, 2001a) • Parental emphasis on chores and time use rules (Rossi, 2001a) • Community involvement (Frensch et al, 2007;Lawford et al, 2005) • Educational attainment (Rossi, 2001a) • Age (Rossi, 2001a) • Communion, agency, and conscientiousness personality traits (Rossi, 2001a) • Parents' ratings of autonomy encouraging practices (Frensch et al, 2007). While these authors offered an initial list of developmental antecedents, more research in this area could provide a more com pre hen sive picture.…”

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Generativity in College Students: Comparing and Explaining the Impact of Mentoring

Hastings¹,

Griesen²,

Hoover³

et al. 2015

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Preparing college students to be active contributors to the next generation is an important function of higher education. This assumption about generativity forms a cornerstone in this mixed methods study that examined generativity levels among 273 college students at a 4-year public university. MANCOVA results indicated that college students who mentor demonstrated significantly higher generativity than non-mentoring students. Interviews with 9 mentoring students revealed that, although a “seed of generativity” may have already been planted, their mentoring experience served as a “lab” for learning how to be generative. The integrated findings offer important contributions relative to leadership and social responsibility.

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Generativity in College Students: Comparing and Explaining the Impact of Mentoring

Hastings¹,

Griesen²,

Hoover³

et al. 2015

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“…The elders spoke of how families cared for one another by working, playing, and praying together (Shellman, 2004). Frensch et al (2007) note that at the core of generativity is caring. Generativity is defined as an adult's concern for and commitment to the well-being of younger individuals, and is expressed through parenting, teaching, mentoring, and other activities aimed at establishing one's legacy to the next generation (Erikson, 1963;Hart, McAdams, Hirsch, & Bauer, 2001).…”

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“…Furthermore, some adults do not apply the principle of generativity to their children, but exhibit generative acts through other forms of altruism or creativity (Erikson, 1950). Generative people are also able to foster and support the development of others and contribute to the culture to which they belong (Frensch, Pratt, & Norris, 2007). While middle adulthood is the stage at which Erikson describes the point at which people enter this stage, generativity extends into late adulthood due to transitions in personal roles, such as becoming a grandparent.…”

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Toward an Integration of Narrative Identity, Generativity, and Storytelling in African American Elders

Fabius

2016

Journal of Black Studies

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This review aims to investigate the link between narrative identity, generativity, and storytelling in African American elders. Storytelling has been a method of intergenerational communication and connection for a number of years in the African American community. Storytelling has also strengthened generative ties and intergenerational relationships. Erikson's eight stages of psychological development are used to examine narrative identity and generativity. Research exploring the life experiences of African American elders is also presented. This article examines the current research on narrative identity and generativity and the African American experience, and makes suggestions for future endeavors in the field. It is recommended that future research consider the three-narrative identity, generativity, and storytelling-to better understand the experience of older African Americans.

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“…According to Frensch et al (2007), generative behaviour may be observed in family life, professional activities, behaviours related to volunteer work, participation in political and religious organisations, in activism and even in leisure activities.…”

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A multi-country level analysis of the environmental attitudes and behaviours among young consumers

Paço

Alves

Shiel

et al. 2013

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Environmental issues have become more prominent internationally and are increasingly featured in discussion by governments, business and academics. This paper presents the results of a study which examines the concerns for environmental issues and purchase behaviours of a sample of 1173 young consumers in England, Germany, Portugal and Spain; countries which represent different realities in terms of economic development, social context and cultural issues. An analysis of the differences between the respondents from the four countries regarding concepts such as man-nature orientation, generativity, environmental concern, consumer perceived effectiveness, conservation behaviour and environmentally-friendly buying behaviour is presented. The results obtained confirm the existence of significant differences between countries for almost all variables.

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Foundations of generativity: Personal and family correlates of emerging adults’ generative life-story themes

Cited by 66 publications

References 21 publications

Generativity in College Students: Comparing and Explaining the Impact of Mentoring

Generativity in College Students: Comparing and Explaining the Impact of Mentoring

Toward an Integration of Narrative Identity, Generativity, and Storytelling in African American Elders

A multi-country level analysis of the environmental attitudes and behaviours among young consumers

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