Burial rituals and cultural changes in the polish community - a qualitative study
Authors:
- Igor Pietkiewicz
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore cultural factors affecting burial rituals in Poland. Thirty-four university students collected data from their relatives and created written narratives about deaths in their families or community. Ten additional interviews were conducted with community members, a priest, and medical personnel as part of theoretical sampling and verification of emerging theories. The qualitative material was administered with NVivo and analysed using the Grounded Theory techniques to produce a complex description of folk beliefs, superstitions, as well as symbolic and psychological meaning ascribed to traditional customs. Some of the practices were found susceptible to extinction due to industrialisation, globalisation, and cultural development.
- Record ID
- IMPORT-ARTICLE-00009205
- Author
- Journal series
- Polish Psychological Bulletin, ISSN 0079-2993, e-ISSN 1641-7844
- Issue year
- 2012
- Vol
- 43
- No
- 4
- Pages
- 291-312
- Publication size in sheets
- 1.05
- ASJC Classification
- DOI
- DOI:10.2478/v10059-012-0032-3 opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
- File
-
- File: 1
- 2012-Pietkiewicz-Burial-rituals.pdf
- of 14-09-2015
232 KB
-
- Score (nominal)
- 0
- Publication indicators
- : 2012 = 0.257; = 8
- Citation count
- 8
- Additional fields
- Dorobek Naukowy - Preview URL: http://dn.swps.edu.pl/Podglad.aspx?WpisID=9205
- Dorobek Naukowy - Approve URL: http://dn.swps.edu.pl/Biuro/ZatwierdzanieWpisu.aspx?WpisID=9205
Share
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- http://bw.swps.edu.pl/info/article/IMPORT-ARTICLE-00009205/
* presented citation count is obtained through Internet information analysis and it is close to the number calculated by the Publish or Perishopening in a new tab system.