Social contexts of suicide

Journal of Abnormal Psychology • Vol/Iss. 78 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 222-228 •

By Krauss, Herbert H., Tesser, Abraham

Abstract

This study investigates the thwarting disorientation theory of suicide, suggesting that the rate of suicide in a society can be predicted from thwarting disorientation traits such as men’s divorce freedom and defiant homicide.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Other	Combination

Hypotheses (1)
Hypothesis	Supported
Men's divorce freedom and defiant homicide predicted suicides attributable to interpersonal frustration while only men's divorce freedom predicted suicides with apparent extrapersonal precipitants (227-228, 222).	Supported

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Social contexts of suicide

Journal of Abnormal Psychology • Vol/Iss. 78 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 222-228 • Cite

By Krauss, Herbert H., Tesser, Abraham

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (1)

Journal of Abnormal Psychology • Vol/Iss. 78 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 222-228 •