A positively negative experience

This chapter examines the concept of generativity, first advanced by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, more closely. Generativity relates to action as well as narrative; maturing individuals situate generativity within their life stories. The chapter considers generative outlets for people wh...

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Main Author: White, Regina Lynn 1976-2021 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Incarceration and older women
Year: 2023, Pages: 37-51
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Summary:This chapter examines the concept of generativity, first advanced by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, more closely. Generativity relates to action as well as narrative; maturing individuals situate generativity within their life stories. The chapter considers generative outlets for people who are incarcerated and ways in which prisons impede, permit, or facilitate generativity. It also describes the methods with which the author’s prison-based, qualitative research was conducted.
ISBN:9781529231618