Erikson's theory of psychosocial development defines generativity as the drive to benefit future generations and leave a legacy. Generativity has been shown to predict life satisfaction, but generative concern and action can be impacted by factors such as perceived respect from younger generations. This study utilized caregiving grandparents aged 40 and older to assess the extent to which perceived respect mediated the relation between generativity and life satisfaction. Perceived respect from a grandchild mediated the relation between generative concern expressed by caregiving grandparents and life satisfaction after controlling for demographic variables that have been shown to influence heterogeneity and overall well-being in caregiving grandparent samples. These findings suggest that the relation between life satisfaction and generativity in grandparents may depend, in part, on perceived respect from grandchildren, intimating that the implications of generativity may be influenced by the perceived appreciation of its recipients.

埃里克森的心理社会发展理论将生成性定义为造福后代并留下遗产的动力。生成性已被证明可以预测生活满意度，但生成性关注和行动可能会受到年轻一代的尊重等因素的影响。这项研究利用 40 岁及以上的照顾祖父母来评估感知尊重在多大程度上调节了生育能力和生活满意度之间的关系。在控制人口统计变量后，从孙子获得的尊重介导了照顾祖父母表达的生成关注与生活满意度之间的关系，这些变量已被证明会影响照顾祖父母样本中的异质性和整体幸福感。