Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective

HRAF Press New Haven Published In Pages: 231
By Rosenblatt, Paul C., Walsh, R. Patricia, Jackson, Douglas A.

Hypothesis

"The more important the ritual specialists up to and including initial body disposal, the less the expression of anger and aggression [by the bereaved] during mourning" (39)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.05supportedOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Anger And Aggression (bereaved)DependentMourning
Importance Of Ritual SpecialistsIndependentMortuary Specialists

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