A Cross-Cultural Summary: Adolescent Peer Groups

Societies with male initiation rites will have high or high-medium rates of time in adolescent peer group activity (365, 372).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Marginally Supported	p = .001	Phi = .532	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Initiation Rites	Association	Puberty And Initiation
Adolescent Peer Group	Association	Adolescent Activities

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with partial or complete segregation of adolescents, male initiation rites will be prevalent (373, 370).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with high rates of socialization anxiety, male initiation rites at puberty will be prevalent (373, 308).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where the presence of polygyny is high, there will be male initiation rites secrets (375, 243).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with an active high god will have adolescent peer groups present in public gatherings (362, 427).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with high rates of female subsistence contribution, male initiation rites will be prevalent (372, 127).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author