Adult Generativity and the Socialization of Adolescents

Relations to Mothers’ and Fathers’ Parenting Beliefs, Styles, and Practices

Bibliographic Data

ID19280865
AuthorsMichael W Pratt (Wilfrid Laurier University), Henry A Danso (Western University), Mary Louise Arnold (University of Toronto), Joan E Norris (University of Guelph), Rebecca Filyer (University of Waterloo)
Year2001
Volume69
Issue1
Pages89-120
Publication date2001-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-6494.00137
PMID11294343
OpenAlexW2086217075
LanguageEN
Citations received17

Mothers, fathers, and their adolescent children participated in two studies investigating the relations between Erikson’s concept of generativity in adulthood and patterns of parenting. Study 1 involved 77 mothers and 48 fathers of 1st‐year university students; Study 2 was part of an investigation of socialization processes in 35 families with an adolescent, aged 14–18. Parental generative concern was assessed by the Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS) of McAdams and de St. Aubin (1992) in each study. In both studies, mothers demonstrated positive relations between scores on the LGS and an authoritative style of parenting, as well as between generativity and more positive, optimistic views of adolescent developments. In Study 2, these more positive views in turn mediated some aspects of autonomy‐fostering practices used with the adolescent. Variations in fathers’ levels of generative concern were less consistently related to these indices of parenting, however

Adolescent development · Adult Development · Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Erikson's stages of psychosocial development · Generativity · Parenting styles · Socialization · Style (visual arts) · Family Support in Illness · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology

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