Cross-cultural study of the thwarting disorientation theory of suicide

Journal of Abnormal Psychology • Vol/Iss. 73 • Published In • Pages: 353-357 •
By Krauss, Herbert H., Krauss, Beatrice J.

Hypothesis

"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)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.01.36UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Thwarting Disorientation SituationsIndependentNONE
Thwarting Disorientation SuicidesDependentSuicide

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Krauss, Herbert H."There should be a positive correlation between the total number of suicides committed in the context of thwarting disorientation and the number of thwarting disorientation situations scored present for each society" (354)
Krauss, Herbert H."The . . . correlation of thwarting disorientation situations and TD suicide [should] exceed [that between] thwarting disorientation situations and non TD suicide cases" (356)
Krauss, Herbert H."The thwarting disorientation contexts associated with individual suicides should be the same as the thwarting disorientation situations scored present for the society" (354)
Krauss, Herbert H."More suicides should take place in thwarting disorientation contexts than non-thwarting disorientation contexts" (354)
Krauss, Herbert H."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)