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Psychological Reports, est.1955; 
Peer-reviewed, bimonthly publication; Empirical, theoretical, mainstream, and alternative views on issues in psychology.

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DAVID LESTER and JOHN F. GUNN III (2011) NATIONAL ANTHEMS AND SUICIDE RATES. Psychological Reports: Volume 108, Issue , pp. 43-44.
doi: 10.2466/12.PR0.108.1.43-44

NATIONAL ANTHEMS AND SUICIDE RATES1

DAVID LESTER

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

JOHN F. GUNN III

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey


Summary

In a sample of 18 European nations, suicide rates were positively associated with the proportion of low notes in the national anthems and, albeit less strongly, with students' ratings of how gloomy and how sad the anthems sounded, supporting a hypothesis proposed by Rihmer.

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Steven Stack, David Lester, Jonathan S. Rosenberg. (2012) Music and Suicidality: A Quantitative Review and Extension. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 42:10.1111/sltb.2012.42.issue-6, 654-671.
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DAVID LESTER, JOHN F. GUNN III. (2011) LYRICS OF NATIONAL ANTHEMS AND SUICIDE RATES. Psychological Reports 109:1, 137-138.
Online publication date: 23-Sep-2011.
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