Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective

HRAF Press • New Haven • Published In • Pages: 231 •
By Rosenblatt, Paul C., Walsh, R. Patricia, Jackson, Douglas A.

Hypothesis

Final ceremonies are more likely to occur with longer duration of mourning (94)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationNot Supportedabove .10not supportedUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Duration Of Mourning For Widows, WodowersAssociationMourning
Presence Of Final CeremoniesAssociationBurial Practices And Funerals

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Rosenblatt, Paul C."In societies with final funeral ceremonies, grief after the end of mourning is less likely to occur, the heavier the attendance at the final ceremony" (94)
Rosenblatt, Paul C.Of 7 measured inducements to attend final ceremonies, only 2 are associated with attendance: holding ceremonies for more than one death at a time and sex liberties at final ceremonies. Both correlations are based on a small number of cases (95)
Rosenblatt, Paul C."Where final ceremonies [for deceased] were present prolonged grief was less likely to be present or frequent; where final ceremonies were absent prolonged grief was more likely to be present and frequent" (93)
Rosenblatt, Paul C.Duration of marking parents will be positively associated with parents’ expression of measure of anger and aggression (the parent of sub-adult offspring attacking something) (277).
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 11, "postpartum sex taboo", loaded highly and positively on postpartum sex taboo lasts more than one year; grandparents and granchild are friendly equals; male initiation ceremonies at puberty; fear of human beings; observation of food taboos. Factor 11 loaded negatively on cousin marriage preferred or prescribed (63)