J Adult Dev (2008) 15:148–159 DOI 10.1007/s10804-008-9046-7 The Role of Generativity in Psychological Well-Being: Does it Differ for Childless Adults and Parents? Tanja Rothrauff Æ Teresa M. Cooney Published online: 11 October 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2008 Abstract Given that parenthood is considered a central adult status with developmental implications‚ and an increasing number of adults are childless‚ we assessed whether adult development is structured differently
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The Summary Generativity‚ “concern for and commitment to promoting the growth and wellbeing of future generations‚” (McAdams & Guo‚ 2015 p.475) first came to light when Erik Erikson noted it as a central part of middle adulthood psychosocial development and a contributing factor of positive mental health later in life. McAdams expands this theory noting that generative adults tend to narrate their lives following a redemptive sequence such that negative events or experiences of adversity lead to
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The developmental theory Joyce is experiencing is Generativity vs. Stagnation. The theory is for the ages between 35-65 years old. According to Erikson 1950’s “the middle adult years are a time of concern for the next generation as well as involvement with friends and community”. “There is desire to make a contribution to the world”. “If this task is not met‚ stagnation results‚ and the person becomes self-absorbed and obsessed wither her or his own health needs or regresses to an earlier level
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J.K Rowling: Generativity vs. Stagnation Mikaela Andringa Grand Canyon University: Psy 357 14 November 2014 J.K. Rowling is the best-selling author of the one of the most popular book/film franchises in history‚ Harry Potter. Joanne Rowling was born in July 1965 (Smith‚ 2014). Jo left her hometown of Chepstow for Exeter University. There she earned a French and Classics degree. After her graduation she moved to London and did a variety of jobs including one at Amnesty International (Smith‚ 2014)
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Generativity Versus Stagnation Stage The final character that we will discuss is Gus‚ an extremely proud father‚ member of the community and above all he is proud of his heritage. Greek American is the term to describe him‚ a traditional minded father from a past generation. His passions include his house‚ family and restaurant which serves as a center piece of the family and Greek community. Gus is in his 70ies and in the stage of generativity versus stagnation that represents the major conflict
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Developmental Writing The one psychological construct that is discussed throughout two of the articles is the idea of generativity along with basic trust versus mistrust. Trust is one of the first social concepts that babies learn through feeding‚ sleeping and using the bathroom. The biggest thing here would be for the child to allow his or her mother to be out of their sight for a certain period of time because they are certain their parent will return back to them. Therese Benedek prefers trust
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Generativity encompasses “procreation‚ productivity and creativity and thus the generations of new beings‚ as well as of new products and new ideas‚ including a kind of self-generation concerned with further identity development” (Hutchison‚ 2015‚ p.320).” The struggle typical of middle adulthood is generativity versus stagnation; whereby failure to contribute to future generations may result in an inward
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Debra Brown PSY/230 April 18‚ 2014 Generativity vs. Stagnation (40-64)‚ Generativity is the concern of guiding the next generation. Socially-valued work and disciplines are expressions of generativity. The adult stage of generativity has clear relevance to family‚ relationships‚ work and society. Generativities‚ primary interest is to guide and set foundations for the next generation…the concept is meant to include inspiration and creativeness. During middle
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period during which we are actively involved in raising children. For most people in our society‚ this would put it somewhere between the middle twenties and the late fifties. The task here is to cultivate the proper balance of generativity and stagnation. Generativity is an extension of love into the future. It is a concern for the next generation and all future generations. As such‚ it is considerably less "selfish" than the intimacy of the previous stage: Intimacy‚ the love between lovers or
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For middle adulthood which lasts from age 34 all the way to 60 years old is generativity versus stagnation. In very basic terms this is a battle of deciding if you wish to pass things down to the next generation versus living a life that has a lack of growth. Newman and Newman (2014) define generativity as encompassing procreativity‚ productivity‚ and creativity‚ and thus the generation of new beings‚ as well as o new products and new ideas
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