Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective

HRAF Press • New Haven • Published In • Pages: 231 •
By Rosenblatt, Paul C., Walsh, R. Patricia, Jackson, Douglas A.

Hypothesis

"The more important the ritual specialists up to and including initial body disposal, the less the expression of anger and aggression [by the bereaved] during mourning" (39)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.05supportedOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Anger And Aggression (bereaved)DependentMourning
Importance Of Ritual SpecialistsIndependentMortuary Specialists

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Rosenblatt, Paul C.Anger and aggression will be negatively associated with the amount done by religious and nonreligious ritual specialists up to and during initial body disposal (271, 275).
Rosenblatt, Paul C.The marking of widows will be positively associated with two measures of institutionalized anger and aggression: widows’ attacks on self and somebody is an institutionalized target (277).
Rosenblatt, Paul C.Duration of marking parents will be positively associated with parents’ expression of measure of anger and aggression (the parent of sub-adult offspring attacking something) (277).
Rosenblatt, Paul C.The isolation of widows will be positively associated with widows’ attacks on institutionalized targets or herself (276).
Rosenblatt, Paul C."Where there was institutionalized anger and aggression, there would be marking and isolation of the bereaved" (39). Isolation correlated positively with the following measures of anger and aggression: widow attacks something or self; widower attacks something. Marking correlated positively with widow attacks self or somebody who is institutionalized target; parents attack something (152-153)