Lunar phases and crisis center telephone calls |
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Authors: | J E Wilson J J Tobacyk |
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Institution: | Behavioral Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston 71272. |
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Abstract: | The lunar hypothesis, that is, the notion that lunar phases can directly affect human behavior, was tested by time-series analysis of 4,575 crisis center telephone calls (all calls recorded for a 6-month interval). As expected, the lunar hypothesis was not supported. The 28-day lunar cycle accounted for less than 1% of the variance of the frequency of crisis center calls. Also, as hypothesized from an attribution theory framework, crisis center workers reported significantly greater belief in lunar effects than a non-crisis-center-worker comparison group. |
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