1992/06/01 by Dan P. McAdams, Ed de St. Aubin · 11 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Identity, Memory, and Therapy #Family Support in Illness #Early Childhood Education and Development
paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.62.6.1003
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