Adolescent Generativity: A Longitudinal Study of Two Possible Contexts for Learning Concern for Future Generations

Autor/inn/en	Lawford, Heather; Pratt, Michael W.; Hunsberger, Bruce; Pancer, S. Mark
Titel	Adolescent Generativity: A Longitudinal Study of Two Possible Contexts for Learning Concern for Future Generations
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15 (2005) 3, S.261-273 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2005.00096.x
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Late Adolescents; Community Involvement; Child Rearing; Parenting Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Halbstarker; Kindererziehung
Abstract	The purpose of the present study was to investigate developmental pathways to Erikson's (1959) construct of generativity, defined as care and concern for the next generation and traditionally viewed as important for midlife adults, in a late adolescent sample. A sample of 198 adolescents was followed three times over a 6-year period, from ages 17 to 23. Questionnaire measures of generative concern, parenting style, community involvement, and personal adjustment were collected. Adolescents' generative concern was positively related to good adjustment, as has been observed previously among adults. Generative concern at age 23 was predicted by earlier reports of family authoritative parenting, and especially by higher levels of earlier prosocial community involvement among these adolescents. Overall, results suggest that generativity may be a developing element in the domain of prosocial moral concern in later adolescence, and that family and community roots may be important in its establishment. (Author).
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