Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981)

The finding, in one line

“Using ProQuest, we identified 152 public suicide attempts reported in English language newspapers and failed to replicate Mann’s findings.”

Abstract

Using the lens of Deindividuation Theory, Leon Mann explored the formation of baiting crowds in a small sample of public suicides/suicide attempts. Instead of attempting to prevent the suicide, baiting crowds encourage the victim to jump. Our aim was to replicate Mann's study with a larger more diverse sample of suicide attempts and a broadened theoretical lens (Frustration-Aggression). Using ProQuest, we identified 152 public suicide attempts reported in English language newspapers and failed to replicate Mann’s findings. Rather, baiting crowd formation was associated with variables that incr

Abstract by Christine M. Smith; Paulina Dzik; Errin Fornicola, Social Influence (2019) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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