RE-ENGAGING THE DISENGAGEMENT THEORY OF AGING - ON THE HISTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN GERONTOLOGY

Authors
ACHENBAUM WA BENGTSON VL
Citation
Wa. Achenbaum et Vl. Bengtson, RE-ENGAGING THE DISENGAGEMENT THEORY OF AGING - ON THE HISTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN GERONTOLOGY, The Gerontologist, 34(6), 1994, pp. 756-763
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
The Gerontologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169013
Volume
34
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
756 - 763
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9013(1994)34:6<756:RTDTOA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
While ''disengagement theory'' is today largely discounted, it has an important place in the history of gerontological explanation. First we analyze the historical context of this theory. Second, we examine its long-term contributions and deficiencies in terms of finer criteria - standards which we suggest should be used in evaluating current, and future, theories in social gerontology.