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View article: Receiving and Providing Gay Generativity: The Mediating Role of Identity Affirmation
Receiving and Providing Gay Generativity: The Mediating Role of Identity Affirmation Open
The present study examines generativity in a sample of gay men. Specifically, it tests if received gay generativity relates to provided gay generativity through positive and/or negative gay identity, respectively. A sample of 260 German ga…
View article: Realization of affiliation goals, interpersonal identity development, and well-being: effects of the implicit affiliation motive among German and Zambian adolescents
Realization of affiliation goals, interpersonal identity development, and well-being: effects of the implicit affiliation motive among German and Zambian adolescents Open
Introduction Across various cultural contexts, success in goal realization relates to individuals’ well-being. Moreover, commitment to and successful pursuance of goals are crucial when searching for a meaningful identity in adolescence. H…
View article: The role of parenting style for the development of the implicit power motive in children
The role of parenting style for the development of the implicit power motive in children Open
Findings show that both parents’ reported parenting and children’s perception of parenting play a role in predicting a vast number of developmental outcomes. Available research on the development of implicit motives in children, for exampl…
View article: The association between parental generativity and parent-child attitude-similarity through parent- and child-reported authoritative parenting: A replication
The association between parental generativity and parent-child attitude-similarity through parent- and child-reported authoritative parenting: A replication Open
Generativity is the desire to pass something on to the coming generations. Through parents’ and children’s reports on authoritative parenting, parents’ generativity is associated with how similar young adults think their attitudes are to t…
View article: Seeing Death with More Equanimity: The Indirect Effect of Generativity on Death Acceptance Through Ego-Integrity
Seeing Death with More Equanimity: The Indirect Effect of Generativity on Death Acceptance Through Ego-Integrity Open
In two studies with German adults aged 40 years or older, it was hypothesized that there is an indirect positive effect of generativity on death acceptance through ego-integrity: That is, generativity is positively associated with death ac…
View article: The Implicit Affiliation Motive, Evaluations of Social Life Events, and Life Satisfaction: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study with German and Zambian Adolescents
The Implicit Affiliation Motive, Evaluations of Social Life Events, and Life Satisfaction: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study with German and Zambian Adolescents Open
Positively and negatively evaluated life events are associated with individuals’ life satisfaction. In the present study, we tested whether the link between individuals’ evaluations of life events in the social domain and their satisfactio…
View article: Recalled Positive Influences within Life-Story Interviews and Self-Reported Generative Concern in German Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Extraversion
Recalled Positive Influences within Life-Story Interviews and Self-Reported Generative Concern in German Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Extraversion Open
Previous research has shown that recalling positive influences in one’s life story correlates with generative concern. Given findings that not everyone benefits from generative efforts uniformly, however, the present study tested if extrav…
View article: Evidence for a robust, estradiol-associated sex difference in narrative-writing fluency.
Evidence for a robust, estradiol-associated sex difference in narrative-writing fluency. Open
Objective: Despite evidence for an estradiol-linked sex difference in verbal fluency favoring women, recent reviews question this difference. We therefore examined the issue based on a narrative task that we have administered…