Foundations of generativity: Personal and family correlates of emerging adults' generative life-story themes

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-62

  Frensch, Karen M ^a   Pratt, Michael W ^a   Norris, Joan E ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging adults; Generativity; Moral reasoning; Parental influence; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846829558     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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