Longitudinal Psychosocial Predictors for Personal Growth Throughout Adulthood

Perceptions of grandparents’ generativity and personal growth in supplementary care providers of middle-aged grandchildren

“…Most of them have considered subjective well-being (life satisfaction), with a reduced number of studies considering psychological well-being (Serrat et al, 2017). Toyama, Fuller, and Hektner (2018), using three waves of the Midlife in the United States (MUDUS) data, found that generativity was a variable that predicted aging adults’ personal growth longitudinally.…”

“…Most of them have considered subjective well-being (life satisfaction), with a reduced number of studies considering psychological well-being (Serrat et al, 2017). Toyama, Fuller, and Hektner (2018), using three waves of the Midlife in the United States (MUDUS) data, found that generativity was a variable that predicted aging adults' personal growth longitudinally. Cheng (2009) applied McAdams and de St. Aubin's (1992) generativity framework to older adults and stressed that generative concerns predict generative acts, and both generative concerns and acts predict older people's psychological well-being (purpose in life, personal growth, and self-acceptance), being generative concerns more predictive than the generative behaviors.…”