Are there differences in fatalism between rural Southerners and Midwesterners?
Are there differences in fatalism between rural Southerners and Midwesterners?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01366.x
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发表时间：
1998-12-15
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Nisbett, RE
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作者：
Cohen, D;Nisbett, RE
我们在南部和中西部农村地区进行了一项电话调查，调查了健康做法的宿命论和风险。与一些历史学家、人种学家、作家和社会科学家的论点相反，我们没有发现任何证据表明南方人比中西部人更宿命。南方人并不更有可能表达上帝或命运控制他们生活的观点，他们也不更有可能拿自己的健康和安全冒险。目前的发现与南方普遍持有的观点以及《科学》(Sims&Baumann，1972)上的一篇著名报告相矛盾，该报告认为，该地区龙卷风的死亡率较高可能是由于南方的宿命论。
We conducted a phone survey of the rural South and Midwest examining fatalism and riskiness of health practices. Contrary to the contentions of some historians, ethnographers, writers, and social scientists, we found no evidence that Southerners were more fatalistic than Midwesterners. Southerners were not more likely to express the view that God or fate controlled their lives, and they were not more likely to take chances with their health and safety. The present findings contradict a commonly held view of the South, as well as a famous report in Science (Sims & Baumann, 1972) maintaining that higher death rates for tornadoes in this region might be due to Southern fatalism.