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Peer reviewedAinlay, Stephen C.; Redfoot, Donald L. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1982
Uses a criticism of "objectivistic" approaches to aging and identity as a vehicle for a phenomenological rethinking of those topics. Suggests a theory of identity, properly understood, is already a theory of aging. Concludes that this approach overcomes the parallel problems of objectivism versus subjectivism and biologism versus…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Biological Influences, Personality Theories
