title: The Creative Benefits Scale: Connecting Generativity to Life Satisfaction.
abstract: Long-term participation in creative activities has benefits for middle-aged and older people that may improve their adaptation to later life. We first investigated the factor structure of the Creative Benefits Scale and then used it to construct a model to help explain the connection between generativity and life satisfaction in adults who participated in creative hobbies. Participants included 546 adults between the ages of 40 and 88 (Mean = 58.30 years) who completed measures of life satisfaction, generativity, and the Creative Benefits Scale with its factors of Identity, Calming, Spirituality, and Recognition. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the connection of age with life satisfaction in older adults and to explore the effects of creativity on this relation. The proposed model of life satisfaction, incorporating age, creativity, and generativity, fit the data well, indicating that creativity may help explain the link between the generativity and life satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, MS, USA.|2 National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Adams-Price
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Danielle K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Nadorff
authors.affiliation: 2 National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Linda W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.affiliation: 2 National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Melanie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stearns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003405:Creativity; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: aging; creativity; generativity; leisure activity; life satisfaction