The fear of death in primitive societies

"Evidence was found for an association between use of love-oriented techniques of punishment and a high fear of death" (229)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Pearson’s product-moment correlation	Supported	p<.01	-.59	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Fear Of Death	Dependent	Life And Death
Love-oriented Punishment Techniques	Independent	Sanctions

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whiting, John W.M.	1953	"Relative importance of love-oriented techniques of punishment by parents will be positively correlated with the importance of patient responsibility in the explanation of illness" (244)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1967	"The aggressive behaviors of nonliterate societies, as manifested in their suicide and homicide rates… will be inversely associated with love-oriented techniques of discipline" (466).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1975	A test for association between the suicide rate and fear of death found no support	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lester, David	1975	"Evidence was found . . . for an association between a high need to achieve and a high fear of death" (229)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Rohner, Ronald P.	1975	"…rejected children are more achievement-oriented than accepted children [but this relationship between achievement and parental aceptance-rjection breaks down in adulthood]" (Rohner 1975: 102, 104)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author