Dreaming On: Dying Behaviour and the Romantic-Individualist Ethos

Figures & Tables

Individualism and collectivism domains of the 12 cases comprising the overall sample. Scale adopted from Oyserman et. al. 2002.

	INDIVIDUALISM DOMAINS						COLLECTIVISM DOMAINS
DOMAIN	INDEPENDENCE	GOALS	COMPETITION	UNIQUENESS	SELF-KNOWLEDGE	COMMUNICATION	RELATIONALITY	BELONGING	DUTY	HARMONY	GROUP ORIENTATION
Description	Freedom, selfsufficiency, and control over one’s life	Striving for one’s and achievements	Personal competition and winning	Focus on one’s idiosyncratic	Knowing oneself; having a strong identity	Clearly articulating	Considering close others an integral part of the self	Wanting to belong to and enjoy being part of groups	The duties and sacrifices being a group member	Concern for group groups get along	A preference for
Case profile
Karl, male, age: 62, physicist, nondenominational	x	x	x	x	x	x
Hilda, female, age: 79, librarian, Protestant	x				x		x	x		x
Francine, female, age: 66, IT specialist, Roman Catholic	x	x			x
Paul, male, age: 60, denominational	x	x		x				x
Marta, female, age: 80, body therapist, Protestant	x	x			x			x
Remo, male, age: 73, deacon, Protestant	x				x		x	x	x		x
Claudia, female, photographer, Roman Catholic	x	x			x	x
Hans, male, age: 78, psychotherapist, Roman Catholic	x	x			x			x	x	x	x
Julia, female, age: 48, blogger, nondenominational	x	x			x		x	x	x
Anna, female, age: 54, teacher, Roman Catholic	x				x		x	x	x	x	x
Friedrich, male, age: 87, deacon, Protestant	x				x			x	x
Edith, female, age: 101, secretary, Protestant					x			x	x	x