Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981)
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...
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| description | 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 increase crowd frustration (e.g., duration of the event, blocked traffic, cordoned off pedestrian walkways). Finally, we failed to find an association between the presence of a baiting crowd and the suicidal individual ultimately jumping. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-963e4743ead04649ad6093772f5580212023-09-21T12:43:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSocial Influence1553-45101553-45292019-10-01143-49210310.1080/15534510.2019.16694881669488Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981)Christine M. Smith0Paulina Dzik1Errin Fornicola2Grand Valley State UniversityGrand Valley State UniversityGrand Valley State UniversityUsing 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 increase crowd frustration (e.g., duration of the event, blocked traffic, cordoned off pedestrian walkways). Finally, we failed to find an association between the presence of a baiting crowd and the suicidal individual ultimately jumping.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2019.1669488suicide baitingcrowd behaviordeindividuationfrustration-aggression |
| spellingShingle | Christine M. Smith Paulina Dzik Errin Fornicola Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981) Social Influence suicide baiting crowd behavior deindividuation frustration-aggression |
| title | Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981) |
| title_full | Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981) |
| title_fullStr | Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981) |
| title_short | Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981) |
| title_sort | threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation a replication and extension of mann 1981 |
| topic | suicide baiting crowd behavior deindividuation frustration-aggression |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2019.1669488 |
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