The meanings that we elaborate with the experiences that we live, and not the experiences themselves, are those that define the aftermath. The objective of this investigation was to explore and analize from social constructionism, the meanings constructed by a couple on their experience of economic kidnapping, such as thoughts and feelings derived from them. Case study was the method implemented on this process, and as a data collection technique, the semi structured interview. Although in both narratives religion was present, for the woman the kidnapping signified a test of strength and opportunity, and for the man as a punishment and a warning; for both fear was one of the feelings present since their capture. After the releasing, their feelings and thoughts were related to the meanings constructed, in the woman a desire of improvement and a better life were found, and in the man feelings of guilt.
economic kidnapping; social constructionism; case study; narrative analysis
