disengagement+theory

toc = = = Definition: = The theory that it is normal and healthy for older adults to scale down their social lives and to separate themselves from others to a certain degree.HGD, CH 18, pp.461.

= Examples: = = = When elderly people prefer to stay at home alone, and watch TV, rather than going to a movie theater with others.

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