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Your Life Story

Your Life Story

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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