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sexual or marital partners.
Isolation conversely means being and feeling
excluded from the usual life experiences of
dating and mating and mutually loving
relationships. This logically is characterised by
feelings of loneliness, alienation, social
withdrawal or non-participation.
Erikson also later correlated this stage with the
Freudian Genitality sexual stage, which
illustrates the difficulty in equating Freudian
psychosexual theory precisely to Erikson's
model. There is a correlation but it is not an
exact fit.
7. Generativity v
Stagnation
'To make be'
'To take care of'
(Unconditional,
non-reciprocating
care of one's
children, or other
altruistic outlets)

Generativity derives from the word generation,
as in parents and children, and specifically the
unconditional giving that characterises positive
parental love and care for their offspring.
Erikson acknowledged that this stage also
extends to other productive activities - work
and creativity for example - but given his focus
on childhood development, and probably the
influence of Freudian theory, Erikson's analysis
of this stage was strongly oriented towards
parenting. Generativity potentially extends
beyond one's own children, and also to all future
generations, which gives the model ultimately a
very modern globally responsible perspective.
Positive outcomes from this crisis stage depend
on contributing positively and unconditionally.

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