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Azarow, Jay Allen.

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Generativity and well-being: An investigation of the Eriksonian hypothesis (Erik Erikson).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Generativity and well-being: An investigation of the Eriksonian hypothesis (Erik Erikson)./
Author:	Azarow, Jay Allen.
Description:	177 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-04, Section: B, page: 1932.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-04B.
Subject:	Psychology, Personality. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoeng/servlet/advanced?query=3087883

Generativity and well-being: An investigation of the Eriksonian hypothesis (Erik Erikson).
Azarow, Jay Allen.

Generativity and well-being: An investigation of the Eriksonian hypothesis (Erik Erikson). - 177 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-04, Section: B, page: 1932.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2003.

This dissertation evaluates Erik Erikson's proposition that generativity is associated with psychological well-being in midlife. It also extends the analysis to self-reported physical health, and addresses possible moderating factors like gender, race, social class, and marital and parental status. Generativity—the desire in midlife and beyond to generate a legacy that outlives the self through guiding and caring for the next generation—was identified by Erikson as a key developmental task and precondition of well-being in middle-age, and has been elaborated upon by Vaillant (1977), Kotre (1984), and McAdams & de St. Aubin (1992), among others.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Psychology, Personality.

Generativity and well-being: An investigation of the Eriksonian hypothesis (Erik Erikson).
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520 $a This dissertation evaluates Erik Erikson's proposition that generativity is associated with psychological well-being in midlife. It also extends the analysis to self-reported physical health, and addresses possible moderating factors like gender, race, social class, and marital and parental status. Generativity—the desire in midlife and beyond to generate a legacy that outlives the self through guiding and caring for the next generation—was identified by Erikson as a key developmental task and precondition of well-being in middle-age, and has been elaborated upon by Vaillant (1977), Kotre (1984), and McAdams & de St. Aubin (1992), among others.
520 $a The sample (N = 273) consists of residents of Evanston, Illinois aged 35 to 64 (53% female; 54% white/46% black). Measures include components of generativity (concern, commitment, action, and narration); social support (quantity and quality); indicators of hedonic or subjective well-being (depression, life satisfaction, happiness, self-esteem) and eudaimonic or existential well-being (sense of coherence, role efficacy, and goal stability); subjective health status; and demographics.
520 $a A series of analyses (including both hierarchical and moderated simultaneous multiple regression) reveal that generative concern (i.e., a generative disposition or outlook) is moderately associated overall with both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being and (less strongly) with subjective health. Generative concern exhibits considerable incremental validity, explaining more variance in well-being and health than the demographic variables combined. No moderators were identified: i.e., the relationship is uniformly strong across all levels of education and income and for women and men, blacks and whites, and married and unmarried persons. In addition, generative concern appears to partly mediate the association between social class and well-being, particularly for blacks. Although another component of generativity (action or behavior) exhibits zero-order associations with well-being (but not health), it is not significant in multivariable models that include generative concern, suggesting that a conscious concern with generativity, and not generative behavior, is the key link to well-being. These results are integrated with previous research, and possible reasons for the generativity/well-being relationship are discussed. Implications for future research, therapeutic and preventive interventions, and public policy are explored.
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