Disengagement Theory
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Disengagement theory, the earliest functionalist account of aging, holds that withdrawing from social roles is a natural part of growing old.
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A retiree who stops attending meetings finds the dress and deadline norms of that world no longer apply to him, mutual release the theory describes.
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This theory is no longer accepted in its classic form, since it treats withdrawal as universal.