TY - JOUR
AU - de St. Aubin, Ed
AB - Generativity may be conceived in terms of 7 interrelated features: cultural demand, inner desire, generative concern, belief in the species, commitment, generative action, and personal narration. Two studies describe the development and use of 3 assessment strategies designed to tap into the generativity features of concern, action, and narration. A self-report scale of generative concern—the Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS)—exhibited good internal consistency and retest reliability and showed strong positive associations with reports of actual generative acts (e.g., teaching a skill) and themes of generativity in narrative accounts of important autobiographical episodes. In 1 sample of adults between the ages of 19 and 68, LGS scores of fathers were higher than those of men who had never had children.
TI - A Theory of Generativity and Its Assessment Through Self-Report, Behavioral Acts, and Narrative Themes in Autobiography
JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.62.6.1003
DA - 1992-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/a-theory-of-generativity-and-its-assessment-through-self-report-Y1lxH92vRW
SP - 1003
EP - 1015
VL - 62
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -