Continuing bonds from a discourse analytic perspective

• Authors: Justyna Ziółkowska , Dariusz Galasiński , Natalia Bajkowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to contribute to the existing literature on continuing bonds with a deceased relative by exploration of discursive dimensions of the bonds through which the survivors construct their relationship with the person who died. The data come from five interviews with family members who survived the suicidal death of their relative. We argue that a focus upon the form and content of the survivors’ stories offers a complicated and heterogeneous picture of ‘bonding actions’. And so, assuming a constructionist view of discourse, we show two kinds of bonds. First, it is a bond related to social expectations of bereaved families. Second, it is a personal bond, part of which is a bond with a reverse direction, established and maintained by the deceased person.

Keywords

EN

bereavement; continuing bonds; discourse analysis; qualitative study

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 587-593

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-11-26

Contributors

author

Justyna Ziółkowska

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw Faculty, PL

author

Dariusz Galasiński

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw Faculty, PL
• University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

author

Natalia Bajkowska

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw Faculty, PL

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0065