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Fusion and Frustration: Dimensions in the Cross‐Cultural Ethnopsychology of Suicide 1
Author(s) -
HIPPLER ARTHUR E.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1969.71.6.02a00060
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , frustration , psychology , suicide prevention , social psychology , sociology , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , physics , astrophysics
“Sociological” explanations of suicide have not been adequate to explain the varying forms and rates of suicide cross‐culturally. Viewing the interrelationship of child rearing, social structure, and cultural values in light of a theory that stresses the “magical thinking” aspect of suicide offers an alternative explanation for cross‐cultural variation.