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

Figures & data

Figure 1. Baiting incidents by decade.

Table 1. Distributions and χ² analyses of variables explored by Mann (1981).

	Crowd Type
Variable	Baiting	Non-baiting	χ^2 and φc Values
Distance
<120 Feet 120 Feet +	53.8% (43) 47.5% (19)	46.2% (37) 52.5% (21)	χ^2 (1, N = 120) = .417,p = .52, φc = .059
Time of Day
Before 6pm 6pm or After	40.2% (35) 54.8% (17)	59.8% (52) 45.2% (14)	χ^2 (1, N = 118) = 1.98, p = .16, φc = .130
Month of Event
Summer Non-Summer	50.8% (32) 51.7% (46)	49.2% (31) 48.3% (43)	χ^2 (1, N = 152) = .012, p = .91, φc = .009.
Crowd Size
>300 300 +	36.6% (15) 35.0% (14)	63.4% (26) 65.0% (26)	χ^2 (1, N = 81) = .02, p = .88, φc = .017

Mann, L. (1981). The baiting crowd in episodes of threatened suicide. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 703–709.

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