Methods
The methodological approach informing our study was interpretive
description, a qualitative method drawing on the explicit
logic of how knowledge is used in the applied health disciplines
(Thorne, 2011). Our approach relied on a knowledge-to-practice
orientation whereby we sought out knowledge with the intention
of garnering empirical findings that could be utilized to improve
the practice of health care providers and support workers who
come into contact with men who have experienced loss (Thorne,
2008). In keeping with this approach, our social constructionist
framing was purposely employed to produce knowledge with the
aim of understanding young men’s grief as a means to positively
influencing targeted support and counselling services. Data
collection methods, including individual interviews and photoelicitation,
were used to explore how participants grieved the
accidental death of a male friend amid describing their post-loss
masculine identities. Integral to our approach was attention to
the meaning that participants made of their stories and photographs,
drawing connections with material, social and institutional
conditions. Addressing the overarching research question, How do
young men grieve and construct masculine identities following the
accidental death of a male friend? we inductively derived and
developed findings based on the young men’s interviews and
photographs.
MethodsThe methodological approach informing our study was interpretivedescription, a qualitative method drawing on the explicitlogic of how knowledge is used in the applied health disciplines(Thorne, 2011). Our approach relied on a knowledge-to-practiceorientation whereby we sought out knowledge with the intentionof garnering empirical findings that could be utilized to improvethe practice of health care providers and support workers whocome into contact with men who have experienced loss (Thorne,2008). In keeping with this approach, our social constructionistframing was purposely employed to produce knowledge with theaim of understanding young men’s grief as a means to positivelyinfluencing targeted support and counselling services. Datacollection methods, including individual interviews and photoelicitation,were used to explore how participants grieved theaccidental death of a male friend amid describing their post-lossmasculine identities. Integral to our approach was attention tothe meaning that participants made of their stories and photographs,drawing connections with material, social and institutionalconditions. Addressing the overarching research question, How doyoung men grieve and construct masculine identities following theaccidental death of a male friend? we inductively derived anddeveloped findings based on the young men’s interviews andphotographs.
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