Clinical Psychology, 5547Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA.
Family Studies and Human Development, 22165The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2023 Apr;96(3):335-349. doi: 10.1177/00914150221092128. Epub 2022 Apr 11.
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development defines generativity as the drive to benefit future generations and leave a legacy. Generativity has been shown to predict life satisfaction, but generative concern and action can be impacted by factors such as perceived respect from younger generations. This study utilized caregiving grandparents aged 40 and older to assess the extent to which perceived respect mediated the relation between generativity and life satisfaction. Perceived respect from a grandchild mediated the relation between generative concern expressed by caregiving grandparents and life satisfaction after controlling for demographic variables that have been shown to influence heterogeneity and overall well-being in caregiving grandparent samples. These findings suggest that the relation between life satisfaction and generativity in grandparents may depend, in part, on perceived respect from grandchildren, intimating that the implications of generativity may be influenced by the perceived appreciation of its recipients.
埃里克森的心理社会发展理论将生殖定义为造福后代和留下遗产的动力。研究表明，生殖能力可以预测生活满意度，但生殖关注和行动可能会受到年轻一代的尊重等因素的影响。本研究利用年龄在 40 岁及以上的照顾孙辈的祖父母来评估感知尊重在多大程度上调节了生殖与生活满意度之间的关系。在控制了已被证明会影响照顾祖父母样本的异质性和整体幸福感的人口统计学变量后，孙辈的感知尊重调节了照顾祖父母表达的生殖关注与生活满意度之间的关系。这些发现表明，祖父母的生活满意度和生殖能力之间的关系可能部分取决于孙辈的感知尊重，这表明生殖的影响可能受到其接受者的感知赞赏的影响。
