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We expected the opposite pattern of results for authoritarianism, despite the fact that people who obey traditional gender roles expect women to have expertise and to find fulfillment through motherhood. The next set of analyses related generativity and authoritarianism to feelings about life. We used variables conceptualized by Stewart, Ostrove, and Helson(2001). Age 52 generativity should be positively related to identity certainty, confident power, and concerns with generativity. As Erikson(1950) argued, some degree of identity certainty is a prerequisite for successful negotiation of the generativity stage.