TABLE 3 .

Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) of parenting behavior, parental well-being, and generativity in relation to parental identity groups at ages 36, 42, and 50 for males

		Parental identity at age 36						Parental identity at age 42						Parental identity at age 50
		Diffusion/ Moratorium (n = 3)		Foreclosure (n = 49)		Achieve-ment (n = 24)		Diffusion (n = 5)		Foreclosure (n = 35)		Achieve-ment (n = 36)		Foreclosure (n = 42)		Achieve-ment (n = 32)
Males	Measured at age	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Nurturance	36	2.9	.42	3.2	.42	3.5	.33	2.9	.43	3.2	.47	3.4	.28	3.2	.47	3.4	.30
	42	2.9	.46	3.2	.43	3.4	.39	2.8	.55	3.2	.41	3.4	.37	3.2	.46	3.4	.36
Restrictiveness	36	2.6	.26	2.5	.38	2.3	.42	2.3	.33	2.5	.40	2.4	.40	2.5	.39	2.4	.40
	42	2.7	.35	2.5	.36	2.4	.30	2.4	.14	2.5	.36	2.5	.35	2.5	.31	2.4	.37
Parental knowledge	36	2.6	.84	3.0	.45	3.0	.62	2.8	.17	3.0	.54	3.1	.53	2.9	.54	3.2	.47
	42	2.8	1.0	3.1	.54	3.3	.48	2.8	.45	3.1	.56	3.3	.53	3.1	.57	3.2	.53
Parental stress	36	2.8	.80	1.6	.48	1.7	.43	2.1	.43	1.7	.60	1.6	.45	1.7	.57	1.6	.50
	42	2.6	.29	1.5	.50	1.6	.63	2.5	.65	1.6	.58	1.5	.46	1.6	.57	1.7	.57
	50	2.2	.38	1.4	.37	1.6	.59	1.9	.78	1.5	.44	1.5	.46	1.5	.52	1.5	.42
Psychological
well-being	36	2.9	.33	3.2	.31	3.2	.35	3.1	.32	3.1	.33	3.3	.31	3.2	.34	3.2	.31
	42	2.8	.27	3.1	.31	3.2	.34	3.0	.18	3.1	.33	3.2	.30	3.1	.36	3.1	.28
	50	3.0	.27	3.2	.26	3.2	.35	3.0	.17	3.1	.26	3.3	.31	3.2	.29	3.2	.30
Social well-being	42	2.7	.23	2.8	.34	3.0	.33	3.0	.30	2.7	.31	3.0	.29	2.8	.37	2.9	.32
	50	2.7	.13	2.9	.36	3.1	.44	2.9	.37	2.8	.33	3.2	.36	2.9	.40	3.0	.37
Generativity	42	3.2	.53	3.1	.36	3.3	.35	3.1	.37	3.0	.36	3.3	.30	3.2	.33	3.2	.40
	50	3.2	.36	3.0	.42	3.3	.42	3.1	.43	3.0	.43	3.2	.41	3.1	.43	3.1	.44