National motives and psychogenic death rates

Science Vol/Iss. 161 Published In Pages: 1260
By Lester, David

Hypothesis

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

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank-order correlationNot SupportedNot Significantrho = -.02One-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Need For Power (in Folktales)UNKNOWNSocial Personality, Verbal Arts, Literary Texts, Texts
Suicide RatesUNKNOWNSuicide