Resource Tag: GIBBS AND MARTIN'S THEORY
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Still Another Look at Status Integration and Suicide
Reply to Schalkwyk, Lazer and Cumming’s Critique of the Theory of Status Integration and Suicide. (Social Forces, v.57, (1979), p.1063-1080)
Status Integration and Suicide: An Assessment
Status integration as an explanation of suicide has been systematically developed & investigated by J.P. Gibbs & W.T. Martin in a series of studies culminating in a recent monograph, STATUS INTEGRATION & SUICIDE. The logical structure of this theoretical formulation & the operational definitions employed are examined. The empirical validity of the theory is assessed […]
On Suicide Rate Differentials in Tulsa
Presented are some data and an alternative interpretation to Gibbs and Martin’s theory of Status Integration in relation to suicide.
Suicide, Status Integration and Pseudo-science
This article examines the debate about status integration & suicide. The problem of using ecological data is noted. The confusion about whether the lack of status integration is a cause of deviance or is itself a type of deviance is discussed. The use of a single social meaning of suicide is critiqued. The problem of […]