Lunar Phases and Crisis Center Telephone Calls

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of social psychology 1990-02, Vol.130 (1), p.47-51
Hauptverfasser: Wilson, James E., Tobacyk, Jerome J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.1990.9922932