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Continuity Theory and the Competence and Envieronmental Press Theory Later Adulthood

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The continuity theory is based on the central assumption that there is a basic structure that remains over time and which guarantees considerable consistency of the thinking patterns, behavior, activity profiles, and social relationships particularly in middle-aged and older adults. In these life stages, adults profit from the weight of the past experience to use continuity as a primary adaptive strategy in order to face normal aging-associated changes (Atchley 1989). Notwithstanding those widespread changes which take place mainly in the health, the functional capacity, and the circumstances and conditions of life itself, a large share of adults tend to maintain similar behavior patterns and related to lifestyles, assuring a high consistency between the past and the present. This thought supports the definition proposed by Atchley, in his book on the reflection and preparation of the continuity theory as being "a...

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  1. Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto (ISSSP), Centro Lusíada de Investigação em Serviço Social e Intervenção Social (CLISSIS), Porto, Portugal

    Joana Guedes

  2. Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto (ISSSP), Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (ISUP), Porto, Portugal

    Sara Melo

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  1. Population Division, UN Dept of Economic Social Affairs Population Division, New York, NY, USA

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    Prof. Matthew E. Dupre

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    Karen Siu Lan Cheung

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Guedes, J., Melo, S. (2019). Continuity Theory. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_749-1

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