Male aggressiveness as intrasexual contest competition in a cross-cultural sample

Aggression is lower in societies where males show greater subsistence effort.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Bayesian IRT analysis and imputation	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	(individual model, posterior mean = -0.54 CI =-1.03, 0.003; global model, posterior mean = -0.39, CI = -1.00, 0.18)	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Geographical Region	Control	Location
Political Complexity	Control	Territorial Hierarchy
Warfare Frequency	Control	Ingroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War
Male Aggressiveness	Dependent	`NONE`
Male Subsistence Effort	Independent	Division Of Labor By Gender

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Marlowe, Frank W.	2000	Male aggressiveness was the strongest predictor of degree of polygyny, when tested against father-infant proximity, male contribution to subsistence, and male aggressiveness (55).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carter, Tara-Lyn	2018	There is an association between male aggressiveness and biased sex ratios.	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
von Rueden, Christopher R.	2016	Male status is positively associated with mating effort, but not with offspring mortality (10825).	Supported	8	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	"The level of both effort and shape complexity [in dance movement] shows sharp increase among complex producers" (246).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carter, Tara-Lyn	2018	There is a positive association between male aggression and societies with polygyny and a high variance in the number of wives.	Supported	7	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author