Generativity and successful parenting: an analysis of young adult outcomes.

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Generativity scores were assessed in parents and correlated with offspring outcomes. The offspring were participants in a longitudinal study spanning their first and senior years of college. Generativity of parents was positively related to offspring agreeableness and conscientiousness. Parental generativity was also related to offspring scores on future time orientation and positive affect. In addition, generative parents seemed to model their political interests to offspring, and that modeling was related to children's higher scores on generativity and greater interest in politics. Parental generativity was also related to offspring religiosity. Most of these relationships remained significant after controlling for offspring scores on generativity. Generativity of parents appears to be related to successful offspring outcomes.

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Author/s: Peterson, Bill E (BE);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA. bpeterso(-atsign-)smith.edu

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of personality (J Pers), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 74 (issue 3) : pp 847-69

Dates: Created 2006/05/10; Completed 2006/09/14;

PMID: 16684255, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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