Social Integration and Suicide
A Test of Durkheim's Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7524628 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wilfred T Masumura (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 251-269 |
| Publication date | 1977-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behavior Science Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106939717701200404 |
| OpenAlex | W2069787112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
Durkheim's proposition that suicide varies inversely with social inte gration is subjected to a holocultural test, using three indicators of social integration. Contrary to Durkheim's thesis, suicide is found to vary directly with societal integration. An explanation of this finding is offered, em ploying a distinction between the integration of the group as a whole and the integration of individuals within groups
Criminology · Epistemology · Integrated information theory · Proposition · Social integration · Sociology · Test (biology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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Family Style and Suicide
A Holocultural Bibliography
The Substantive Contributions of Worldwide Cross-Cultural Studies Using Secondary Data
The Influence of Social Support, Suggestion and Depression on Suicidal Behavior Among Icelandic Youth
The role of the aged in primitive society.
Suicide
Data Quality Control
Status Integration and Suicide
Notes on Technology and the Moral Order
The social meanings of suicide
Sampling Methods, Functional Associations, and Galton's Problem
Concepts and Explanatory Structure in Durkheim's Theory of Suicide
Durkheim's One Cause of Suicide
Occupation, Status, and Suicide
African Homicide and Suicide
A Fifth Solution to Galton's Problem1
A Standard Ethnographic Sample
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 1994 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |