A cross-cultural study of drinking: i. descriptive measurements of drinking customs

Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Suppl. • Vol/Iss. 3 • Published In • Pages: 1-28 •
By Child, Irvin L. , Bacon, Margaret K., Barry III, Herbert

Hypothesis

"Factor III, Hostility Associated with Drinking, is primarily weighted on: typical intensity of hostility, extent of change in hostility, occurrence of extreme hostility" (27)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Factor analysisSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Extent Of Change In Hostility (with Drinking)AssociationAlcoholic Beverages
Hostility Associated With DrinkingAssociationAlcoholic Beverages
Occurrence Of Extreme Hostility (with Drinking)AssociationAlcoholic Beverages
Typical Intensity Of Hositlity (with Drinking)AssociationAlcoholic Beverages

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Child, Irvin L. "Among societies with aboriginal drinking those with a definite sex difference have significantly higher scores in occurrence of extreme hostility" (58)
Child, Irvin L. "Societies without evidence of a sex difference [in drinking] tended to be higher in hostility change, in sociability intensity, availability of alcoholic beverages, procurement effort and extent of problem" (57)
Whitehead, Paul C.The extent of problem score (i.e. problems caused by alcoholism) will be associated with general consumption level, frequency of integrated drinking, approval of drunkenness, and approval of drinking (61).
Child, Irvin L. "Factor I, Integrated Drinking is primarily weighted on: frequency of drinking as religious ritual, frequency of ceremonial drinking, extent of ritualization, quantity of ceremonial drinking, quantity of drinking as religious ritual, approval of drinking, extent of drinking" (27)
Whitehead, Paul C.The extent of problem score (i.e. problems caused by alcoholism) will be positively associated with alcohol consumption and approval of drunkenness and negatively associated with integration of drinking (57, 60).