Generativity and Themes of Agency and Communion in Adult Autobiography.

Mansfield, Elizabeth D.; McAdams, Dan P.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ538906

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0146-1672

EISSN: N/A

Generativity and Themes of Agency and Communion in Adult Autobiography.

Mansfield, Elizabeth D.; McAdams, Dan P.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, v22 n7 p721-31 Jul 1996

Examines differences between 70 more- and less-generative adults through a new coding system for analyzing themes of agency and communion in significant life-story scenes. The study revealed that highly generative adults express greater levels of the communion themes of dialog and care/help and greater levels of agency/communion integration. (LSR)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Family Relationship, Individual Power, Life Events, Midlife Transitions, Parent Child Relationship, Self Expression, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Thematic Apperception Test

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A