Cross-cultural study of the thwarting disorientation theory of suicide

"More suicides should take place in thwarting disorientation contexts than non-thwarting disorientation contexts" (354)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Suicide	Dependent	Suicide
Thwarting Disorientation Situations	Independent	`NONE`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Krauss, Herbert H.	1968	"The thwarting disorientation contexts associated with individual suicides should be the same as the thwarting disorientation situations scored present for the society" (354)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Krauss, Herbert H.	1968	"The . . . correlation of thwarting disorientation situations and TD suicide [should] exceed [that between] thwarting disorientation situations and non TD suicide cases" (356)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Krauss, Herbert H.	1968	"There should be a positive correlation between the total number of suicides recorded and the number of thwarting disorientation situations scored present for each society" (354)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Naroll, Raoul	1969	"Thwarting disorientation situations tend to cause suicide. . . . [There are] correlations between . . . thwarting disorientation traits and suicide source wordage" (139)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Naroll, Raoul	1963	"Thwarting disorientation situations, in which a victim blames a person for the victim's loss of social ties, tend to cause suicide" (1)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author