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Joseph, Miriam E. "Perceived Cultural Influences on Generativity Identified by Childless Women," American Studies, Saint Louis University, May 2001.
This qualitative study is based upon Erik Erikson’s definition of generativity as “primarily the concern in establishing and guiding the next generation.” It examines how a purposive sample of childless American women who have not been generative in the traditional Eriksonian sense, i.e., by bearing and nurturing their own children, define their own generativity. It also explored these women’s perceptions about cultural influences on their decisions to be generative in some ways and not others. They live in a family-oriented culture that historically has attributed a negative association to childlessness. It is important to identify the alternative generativieties of such women to recognize and understand the other types of contributions they make to society throughout their lives. Four themes were identified: careers were significant outlets for generativity; children were central to the participants’ lives; the participants experienced difficulty articulating ways in which they were generative; and the participants perceived limited cultural influence on their personal generativity.
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