Examining Mediators of the Link Between Generativity and Well-being

Huta, Veronika; Zuroff, David C.

doi:10.1007/s10804-007-9030-7

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“…Of course, the suggestion that eudaimonia is sensitive to environmental circumstances implies that parents need to invest effort if they want their children to purse excellence-effort to be high on both demandingness and responsiveness, and effort to be genuinely eudaimonic themselves. Happily, eudaimonia and generative contributions bring personal well-being as by-products, so that the parents are enriched as well (Huta and Zuroff 2007).…”

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Linking Peoples’ Pursuit of Eudaimonia and Hedonia with Characteristics of their Parents: Parenting Styles, Verbally Endorsed Values, and Role Modeling

Huta

2011

J Happiness Stud

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Research on eudaimonia (seeking to use and develop the best in oneself) and hedonia (seeking pleasure, enjoyment, comfort), two dominant ways of pursuing the good life, has previously focused on their well-being consequences and correlates. Little is known about their predictors. Two retrospective studies with undergraduates began investigating the links between the behavior of one's parents when one was a child, and the degree to which one pursues eudaimonia and/or hedonia and derives well-being from these pursuits. Study 1 (n = 105) showed that participants engaged in eudaimonic pursuits if their parents had been high on responsiveness and/or demandingness, the two dimensions that define positive parenting. Hedonic pursuits did not relate to either parenting dimension. Study 2 (n = 110) showed that people engaged in eudaimonic pursuits if their parents had either verbally endorsed eudaimonia or actually role modeled it by pursuing eudaimonia themselves. However, people derived well-being from eudaimonic pursuits only if their parents had role modeled eudaimonia, not if their parents had merely verbally endorsed it. The same pattern was found for engaging in hedonic pursuits and deriving well-being from them. It was also found that parents who role modeled eudaimonia had children who grew up to derive well-being not only from eudaimonia but also from hedonia. Parents who role modeled hedonia had children who grew up to derive well-being only from hedonia and not from eudaimonia.

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Linking Peoples’ Pursuit of Eudaimonia and Hedonia with Characteristics of their Parents: Parenting Styles, Verbally Endorsed Values, and Role Modeling

Huta

2011

J Happiness Stud

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“…However, generativity not only includes contributing to others, but also implies some individual benefits. Thus, there are many studies linking high generativity concerns in adulthood to life satisfaction (McAdams, de St. Aubin, & Logan, 1993; Stewart, Ostrove, & Helson, 2001) and wellbeing (Huta & Zuroff, 2007; Villar, López, & Celdrán, 2013). Vaillant (1993) even reported some longitudinal evidence for this link, supporting the idea that being generative in adulthood may promote successful coping with later life challenges.…”

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On the quality of adjustment to retirement: The longitudinal role of personality traits and generativity

Serrat

Villar

Pratt

et al. 2017

Journal of Personality

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“…Generativity, both qualitatively described and measured in quantitative surveys, is highly correlated with subjective well-being and self-reported experiences of successful aging 19, 21-24 . Fewer studies have explored the link with physical outcomes, with the exception of Gruenewald and colleagues who found in the MIDUS study that generativity independently predicted lower risk of activities of daily living limitations (ADL) and mortality over a 10-year period 25 .…”

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Contribution of Generative Leisure Activities to Cognitive Function in Elderly Sri Lankan Adults

Maselko

Sebranek

Mun

et al. 2014

J American Geriatrics Society

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OBJECTIVES Although a substantive body of research has shown a protective association between leisure activities and cognitive function, consistent evidence is lacking about which specific types of activities should be promoted. The objective of this analysis was to examine the unique contribution of generative leisure activities, defined as activities motivated by “a concern for others and a need to contribute something to the next generation” (Erikson). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Peri-urban and rural area in southern Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS Community dwelling adults aged 60+ (n=252). MEASUREMENTS Main predictors were leisure activities grouped into generative, social, or solitary. Main outcome was cognitive function assessed with Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE). RESULTS We found that more frequent engagement in generative leisure activities was associated with higher levels of cognitive function, independent of the impact of other social and solitary leisure activities. In a fully adjusted model combining all three leisure activities, generative activities independently predicted cognitive function as measured with the MoCA (β =0.47 (0.11 to 0.83) and the IQCODE (β = -0.81 (-1.54 to -0.09)). In this combined model, solitary activities were also independently associated with slower cognitive decline with the MoCA (β =0.40 (0.16, 0.64), but not with IQCODE (β =-0.38 (-0.88, 0.12)); the association with social activities did not reach statistical significance with either measure. These associations did not differ meaningfully by gender. CONCLUSION Generative leisure activities are a promising area for the development of interventions aimed at reducing cognitive decline among the elderly.

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Examining Mediators of the Link Between Generativity and Well-being

Cited by 68 publications

References 24 publications

Linking Peoples’ Pursuit of Eudaimonia and Hedonia with Characteristics of their Parents: Parenting Styles, Verbally Endorsed Values, and Role Modeling

Linking Peoples’ Pursuit of Eudaimonia and Hedonia with Characteristics of their Parents: Parenting Styles, Verbally Endorsed Values, and Role Modeling

On the quality of adjustment to retirement: The longitudinal role of personality traits and generativity

Contribution of Generative Leisure Activities to Cognitive Function in Elderly Sri Lankan Adults

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