A continuity theory of normal aging.
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Summary
Continuity Theory holds that, in making adaptive choices, middle-aged and older adults attempt to preserve and maintain existing internal and external structures by using strategies tied to their past experiences of themselves and their social world.
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- 1989-04-01
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Adaptive strategies, Preference, Psychology, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology
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