Four common narrative themes in elderly people who recall their life stories:
Agency: people felt they were in control of their lives
Communion: people describe their lives as being about relationships
Redemption: people felt that challenges had improved their attitudes or conferred wisdom in someway
Contamination: people felt that positive beginnings had turned toward negative endings
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