Previous research has shown that recalling positive influences in one’s life story correlates with generative concern. Given findings that not everyone benefits from generative efforts uniformly, however, the present study tested if extraversion moderates this relation. In total, 147 older German adults (59 through 83 years) recalled positive influences in their lives in an interview session and provided self-report questionnaire data on their generative concern (Loyola Generativity Scale), generative behavior (Generative Behavior Checklist), and extraversion (Mini-IPIP scales). Results from a moderated mediation model indicate that recalled positive influences related to generative concern but not generative behavior. Moreover, extraversion did indeed moderate between recalled positive influences and generative concern in that the relation was significantly positive for medium and high extraversion. The findings suggest that what people learn from generative role models is generative concern rather than generative behavior. They also suggest a twofold role of extraversion for generativity: It has been found to be a predictor of generativity but also affects what people gain from others’ generative efforts.

先前的研究表明，回忆人生故事中的积极影响与生成性关注相关。然而，鉴于并非每个人都从生成性努力中受益的研究结果，本研究测试了外向性是否会缓和这种关系。总共有 147 名德国老年人（59 至 83 岁）在一次采访中回忆了他们生活中的积极影响，并提供了关于他们的生成性关注（Loyola Generativity Scale）、生成性行为（生成性行为清单）和外向性的自我报告问卷数据（迷你 IPIP 秤）。调节中介模型的结果表明，回忆的积极影响与生成性关注有关，但与生成性行为无关。而且，外向性确实在回忆的积极影响和生成性关注之间有所缓和，因为中度和高度外向性的关系显着为正。研究结果表明，人们从生成性角色模型中学到的是生成性关注而不是生成性行为。他们还提出了外向性对生成性的双重作用：它已被发现是生成性的预测指标，但也会影响人们从他人的生成性努力中获得的收益。