Personal Experience Narratives and the Social Construction of Meaning in Confrontational Discourse

2002 ◽  
Vol 115 (456) ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Gary Reginald Butler
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Construction Of Meaning ◽  
Personal Experience Narratives

Death: The Ultimate Social Construction of Reality

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Brabant
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
Research Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Factors

Using Berger and Luckmann's thesis (1966) on the social construction of reality as rationale, this research analyzes the death drawings of 946 university students enrolled in a Death and Dying course between 1985 and 2004 to investigate the basic constructs elicited by the word “death”: dying, moment of death, after death, after life, and bereavement. Consistent with earlier research, gender, race, religion, and religiosity proved to be significant factors. As expected, personal experience with grief was strongly correlated with drawings focused on bereavement. In contrast to earlier studies, fear of death was not significantly related to a particular construct. Implications for research, education, and counseling are discussed.

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