title: Generativity does not necessarily satisfy all your needs: Associations among cultural demand for generativity, generative concern, generative action, and need satisfaction in the elderly in four cultures.
abstract: The present study examines the association between various facets of generativity, that is, cultural demand for generativity, generative concern, and generative action, with the satisfaction of the needs for relatedness, competence, and autonomy in samples of elderly from Cameroon, China (Hong Kong), the Czech Republic, and Germany. Participants provided information on self-transcendence values (internalized cultural demand), generative concern and action, and need satisfaction. Results suggest, first, that internalized cultural demand affects generative action indirectly through generative concern, second, that generative concern has a positive direct effect on need satisfaction, but that, third, there is also an indirect effect of generative concern on need satisfaction through generative action, which, fourth, is positive for the needs for relatedness and competence but negative for the need for autonomy. These findings were culture-invariant in our study, suggesting generalizability to other cultures. They are discussed with respect to the role of values in generativity and a possible trade-off of generative action for the satisfaction of needs at least in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Trier.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Trier.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Au
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Poláčková Šolcová
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Palacky University.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tavel
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
authors.forename: Teresa Tsien
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002163:Cameroon; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires