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Developmental theories suggest that midlife and older adulthood are stages in which individuals may begin to focus their time on contributing to society (Erikson, 1969). During these stages, individuals may engage in socially responsible behaviors that protect against negative affect resulting from a lower sense of purpose in later life (Greenfield & Marks, 2004). Social responsibility includes both subjective measures of an individual’s felt contribution to society (i.e., generativity) and objective measures reporting actual time volunteering in different settings (Rossi, 2001). We utilized data from the Midlife in the United States Refresher survey study and Biomarker Project (N=735, Mage=51.56, SD=13.59, 50.20% Male) to explore how self-perceptions of generativity and time spent volunteering predicted negative affect for individuals in midlife and older adulthood. Preliminary analyses indicate that higher …