A cross-cultural study of suicide

Northwestern University • Evanston • Published In • Pages: 251 •
By Krauss, Herbert H.

Hypothesis

"The number of suicide cases reported to be caused by extrapersonal frustration [EF] should be related to the number of TD [thwarting disorientation] situations in a cultunit, but this relationship should be weaker than the relationship between number of suicides . . . scored IF [interpersonal frustration] and number of TD [thwarting disorientation] situations scored present" (45)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.01supportedUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Extrapersonal Frustration SuicideDependentSuicide
Interpersonal Frustration SuicideDependentSuicide
Thwarting Disorientation SituationsIndependentInterpersonal Relations