A Theory of Status Integration and Its Relationship to Suicide

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5250328
AutoresJack P Gibbs, Walter T Martins, Walter T Martin
Año1958
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas140
Fecha de publicación1958-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2088997
OpenAlexW1980820471
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas52

THIS paper explicates a theory that attempts to account for differences in suicide rates of societies and other population categories. While the theory is directly concerned with variability in suicide rates,1 it has implications of a broad theoretical nature and may prove to be of value in the analysis of behavior other than suicide. In a general sense, the theory represents an attempt to approach the problem of deviant behavior from a point of view that generates specific empirical propositions as opposed to vague ideas that often pass as theory in sociology. The theory of status integration in its complete form is to be described in full in a much longer report that will also include the derivation of specific hypotheses, the methods of testing these hypotheses, and the results of the actual tests.2 The present report presents only a brief discussion of the nature and development of the theory of status integration, examples of measures of status integration, and some tests of hypotheses. This restriction means that a number of important theoretical and methodological problems must be treated superficially or ignored for the time being. It is hoped, however, that a preliminary report may result in evaluations and suggestions that will serve to strengthen the final report

Crime Patterns and Interventions · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies