title: National character, suicide and homicide.
abstract: In a sample of 18 industrialized nations with available data, mean scores on the "big five factors" were not significantly associated with national suicide or homicide rates.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004467:Economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*