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A TEST OF HENDIN'S HYPOTHESES RELATING SUICIDE IN SCANDINAVIA TO CHILD‐REARING ORIENTATIONS
Author(s) -
Block Jeanne,
Christiansen Bjørn
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1966.tb01364.x
Subject(s) - psychology , aggression , autonomy , test (biology) , developmental psychology , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medicine , environmental health , communication , political science , law , biology , paleontology
Hendin's hypotheses regarding the psychodynamic origins of the differences in suicide incidence among Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were studied by comparing responses on a Child Rearing Practices Report by 385 university students in these countries. Results lend support to Hendin's hypotheses with respect to competition, maternal authority, physical freedom and autonomy, and the use of teasing, but not with respect to tolerance for aggression, expression of affect, and dependency. The findings for Denmark and Norway are more consistent than for Sweden with Hendin's observations. Descriptions of the mother‐daughter relationship were more supporting of Hendin's conjectures than descriptions of the mother‐son relationship.