Suicide and mutilation behaviors in non-literate societies

". . . There is no evidence that mutilation behaviors in primitive societies are related to the incidence of suicide in those societies" (802)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
t-test	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	not applicable	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Mutilation Behaviors	`UNKNOWN`	Body Alterations
Suicide	`UNKNOWN`	Suicide

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Lester, David	1967	"The aggressive behaviors of nonliterate societies, as manifested in their suicide and homicide rates… will be inversely associated with love-oriented techniques of discipline" (466).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Palmer, Stuart	1965	"There is a considerable positive relationship between frequencies for murder and suicide in . . . non-literate societies" (323)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1973	Prevalence of male genital mutilation will vary according to world region (65).	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1971	"The prediction was that a high incidence of suicide would be associated with a low fear of the dead" (207)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies practicing infanticide, male genital mutilation will be prevalent (377, 296).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author