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Metal health
Description
A dataset from Field, A. P. (2026). Discovering statistics using R and RStudio (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
Usage
metal_health
Format
A tibble with 2506 rows and 2 variables.
Details
Lacourse et al. (2001) conducted a study to see whether suicide risk was related to listening to heavy metal music. They devised a scale to measure preference for bands falling into the category of heavy metal. This scale included heavy metal bands (Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden), speed metal bands (Slayer, Metallica), death/black metal bands (Obituary, Burzum) and gothic bands (Marilyn Manson, Sisters of Mercy). They then used this (and other variables) as predictors of suicide risk based on a scale measuring suicidal ideation etc. These data are from a fictitious replication. There are two variables representing scores on the scales described above:
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hm: the extent to which the person listens to heavy metal music
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suicide: the extent to which someone has suicidal ideation
Source
www.discovr.rocks/csv/metal_health.csv
References
Lacourse, E., Claes, M., & Villeneuve, M. (2001). Heavy metal music and adolescent suicidal risk. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30, 321–332. doi:10.1023/A:1010492128537