National motives and psychogenic death rates

The incidence of suicide will be associated with the need for achievement (161).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Not Supported	Not Significant	rho = -.02	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Need For Power (in Folktales)	`UNKNOWN`	Social Personality, Verbal Arts, Literary Texts, Texts
Suicide Rates	`UNKNOWN`	Suicide

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Lester, David	1968	"The incidence of suicide . . . was significantly correlated with the need for power . . ." (1260)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1968	The incidence of homicide will be associated with the need for achievement and the need for power (161).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
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
Masumura, Wilfred T.	1977	Rates of suicide will be negatively associated with social integration (253, 260).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Masumura, Wilfred T.	1977	Rates of suicide will be negatively associated with elaboration of ceremony and ritual (253, 261).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author