Disengagement Reconsidered: Awareness of Finitude.

Sill, John Stewart

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Publication Date: 1980-Aug

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Disengagement Reconsidered: Awareness of Finitude.

Sill, John Stewart

Gerontologist, v20 n4 p457-62 Aug 1980

Summarizes research concerning the disengagement theory of aging and examines awareness of finitude. Interviews with residents of old-age institutions revealed awareness of finitude to be a better predictor of disengagement than chronological age. Future research should examine this predictor in noninstitutional settings. (Author)

Descriptors: Age, Aging (Individuals), Death, Developmental Stages, Expectation, Gerontology, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Relationship, Older Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reference Materials - Bibliographies

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Language: English

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