Suvremena psihologija, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2005.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Generative concern in three periods of adulthood: relation with some sociodemographic variables, life satisfaction and perception of personal (in)competence
Ivana Tucak
Sažetak
The aim of this study was to examine the relation of generative concern with some sociodemographic variables, life satisfaction and perception of personal (in)competence at young, middle and older adulthood. Generative concern refers to general conscious concern for the welfare of the next generation. The Loyola Generativity Scale, LGS (McAdams and de St. Aubin, 1992), Satisfaction with Life Scale (Cantril, 1965) and Incompetence Scale (Bezinović, 1988) were used in this study. The sample consisted of 97 young adults (aged 22-27), 108 middle aged adults (aged 37-50) and 86 older adults (aged 60-70). The results showed that among the measured sociodemographic variables only type of profession has significant effect on level of generative concern, where subjects with "generative" profession scored higher on LGS compared to subjects with "nongenerative" profession in groups of middle and older adults. Correlation analysis showed that generative concern positively correlates with life satisfaction in all three samples and negatively with perception of personal (in)competence in middle and older adults.
Ključne riječi
Generative concern; life satisfaction; perception of personal (in)competence; "generative" and "nongenerative" profession; young, middle and older adulthood
Hrčak ID:
3261
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2005.
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