The oedipus complex:  cross-cultural evidence

"Extensiveness of menstrual taboos is correlated with frequency of severing [incidents in folklore]" (117)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
F Test	Partially supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Extensiveness Of Menstrual Taboo	Association	Menstruation
Frequency Of Severing Incidents In Folklore	Association	Literature, Literary Texts, Texts Translated Into English

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Stephens, William N.	1962	"Extensiveness of menstrual taboos is correlated with frequency of all types of physical injury [in folklore]"	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1967	"the extensiveness of menstrual taboos observed in a primitive society is determined to a significant extent by the average intensity of castration anxiety felt by men [as measured by frequency of genital injury and severing in folktales]" (69,89)	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1967	"The extensiveness of menstrual taboos observed in a primitive society is determined to a significant extent by the average intensity of castration anxiety felt by men [measured by frequency of all kinds of physical injury in folktales]" (69, 89)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"Extensiveness of menstrual taboos is correlated with intensity of sex anxiety" (94)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"There is a negative correlation between diffusion of nurturance and extensiveness of menstrual taboos" (100)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author