The current manuscript replicates and extends the few existing studies of generativity in later adulthood with regard to two aims: (a) to model individual differences in the development of generativity into early late life and (b) to examine the relationship between development in generativity and development in well-being into late midlife and early late life. Data from the Rochester Adult Longitudinal Study (RALS) are used to address these aims in a preregistered secondary analysis of existing RALS data (see https://osf.io/syp2u). Analyses quantify individual development of generativity in a sample of 271 RALS participants who completed the Loyola Generativity Scale (LGS; McAdams & de St. Aubin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1992, 62, p. 1003) and the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWB; Ryff, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1989a, 57, p. 1069) during the most recent two waves of the RALS (2000-2012). Generativity demonstrated substantial rank-order stability but no mean-level change. There was substantial variability in both stability and change. Dual score change models showed a robust concurrent relationship between generativity and well-being at the first assessment and meaningful correlated change over time. While demographic and social role covariates were not associated with study findings, one of the most important limitations of the RALS is the racial and ethnic homogeneity of the sample, which constrains generalizability and potentially may restrict the range of these variables. Results are discussed in the context of our current understanding of the development and impact of generativity in later adulthood, and directions for future research in this area are identified. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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生殖能力和幸福感的共同发展进入了早期的晚年生活。

本手稿复制和扩展了关于成年后成年的一些现有研究，并涉及两个目标：（a）建模成年到早期早期发展中的个体差异；（b）考察成年发展之间的关系；以及健康发展到中年后期和晚年早期。在预先注册的现有RALS数据的二次分析中，使用了Rochester成人纵向研究（RALS）的数据来解决这些目标（请参阅https://osf.io/syp2u）。在完成Loyola生殖力量表的271名RALS参与者的样本中，分析量化了生殖能力的个体发展（LGS； McAdams和de St. Aubin，《人格与社会心理学杂志》，1992年，第62页，第1003页）和《心理幸福感》规模（PWB； Ryff，人格与社会心理学杂志，1989a，57，p。1069）在最近的两次RALS浪潮中（2000-2012）。生成能力显示出基本的等级稳定性，但均值水平没有变化。稳定性和变化都存在很大的差异。双重分数变化模型显示，初次评估时生殖力与幸福感之间存在稳固的并发关系，并且随着时间的推移有意义的相关变化。尽管人口和社会角色协变量与研究结果无关，但RALS的最重要限制之一是样本的种族和种族同质性，这限制了普遍性，并可能限制这些变量的范围。在我们目前对生殖能力的发展和成年后期影响的理解的背景下讨论了结果，并确定了该领域未来研究的方向。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。