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Introduction : The social science issue I selected to investigate is cultural attitudes towards death. This issue is significant because every single person in the world will have to go through the death of a loved one, and our cultural upbringing can have a big impact on how we each handle death and grief. It is important to have an understanding on these beliefs/attitudes to be more connected with the individuals who are close to death, and to those experiencing the grief of a loved one. 1. Death and dying: How different cultures deal with grief and mourning (phys.org) https://phys.org/news/2023-01-death-dying-cultures-grief.html a. This article speaks on the different ways some more popularized cultures handle losing a loved one and the grief that follows. The article goes into detail about collective grief, explaining that in many cultures it is common to see parts of the community coming together to support the entire family as a group, and spends less focus on individual members. (Wilson, 2023) I found this article relevant in my issue because it does explain the most found ways in which different cultures handle the death of a loved one. 2. The Psychology of Grief: Cultural Differences in Death and Dying (welldoing.org) https://welldoing.org/article/psychology-grief-cultural-differences-death-dying a. This article explains three major responses to bereavement and mourning, which include maintaining a relationship with the deceased, feeling the anger with who/what was responsible for the death, and setting a time frame in which things should be returning to “normal.”

3. Full article: Effects of mortality awareness on attitudes toward dying and death and meaning in life—a randomized controlled trial (tandfonline.com) https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1808737 a. This article explains the finding of a trial that was conducted to study the effects of mortality awareness on the meaning in life and attitudes towards death and dying. Body : Social norms apply as grief and mourning are heavily tied to one’s culture, and thus they do and act as what their culture would deem as “socially acceptable.” Beliefs and values also apply because depending on the cultural belief system, it can change the traditions that are practiced when it comes to the death of a loved one and the grief of losing them. The audience that would be most interested in my issue would be those dealing with end- of-life care, grief counselors, and nurses/doctors. All of which would also be the best people to get more perspective and would be of help in addressing the issue. These people in these fields would benefit the most in hearing about cultural attitudes about death because they are living through it every day and could benefit from having a general idea on how people view death and dying.

I believe that for the most part, I would not need to limit the terminology needed to explain my issue. The biggest thing that I believe I would have to do to tail my message to my audience would be to go into a lot more detail in explaining the differences between cultures. In doing so I believe that would help to get these point across, that there is such a difference in how different cultures react and treat death. Conclusion : A research question that is related to my issue and that I would like to know more about would be, “Has Western Culture influenced other cultures beliefs and attitudes regarding death after living in America and being submerged in the cultural “norms”?” A social scientist would need to conduct a test comparing cultural beliefs and attitudes surrounding death from those who have moved from their native country/culture to America and those who stayed in their native country/culture. They would then need to compare those results to each other to determine any changes. Then to make sure that those changes were influenced by Western Culture, they would need to take those changes and compare them to Western beliefs and see if they compare. reference list

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Barrett, R. K. (2001). Recommendations for culturally competent end-of-life care. Retrieved from https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/recommendations-culturally-competent- end-life-care/2001-12 Gross, R. (2018). The psychology of grief: Cultural differences in death and dying. Retrieved from https://welldoing.org/article/psychology-grief-cultural-differences-death-dying Spitzenstätter , D & Schnell , T (2022) Effects of mortality awareness on attitudes toward dying and death and meaning in life—a randomized controlled trial, Death Studies, 46:5, 1219- 1233, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1808737 Wallace, T. (2023, July 12). Death rituals and traditions around the world. Death Rituals, Ceremonies & Traditions Around the World. https://www.eterneva.com/resources/death- rituals Wilson, J. F. (2023, January 25). Death and dying: How different cultures deal with grief and mourning. Phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-death-dying-cultures-grief.html

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