The cultural morphospace of ritual form: examining modes of religiosity cross-culturally

Major world religions will have higher frequency and lower arousal than small-scale traditions (52).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Emotional Arousal	Dependent	Ritual
Major World Religion	Independent	General Character Of Religion, Theological Systems
Ritual Frequency	Dependent	Ritual

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Atkinson, Quentin D.	2011	Ritual frequency will be negatively associated with dysphoric and euphoric emotional arousal (52).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Atkinson, Quentin D.	2011	Emotional arousal in ritual will be negatively associated with group size, group hierarchy, and reliance on agriculture (52, 55).	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Atkinson, Quentin D.	2011	Dysphorically arousing rituals will be positively associated with reliance on foraging rather than agriculture, and intergroup warfare (52).	Not Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hayden, Brian	1987	In areas where agricultural or more complex societies have had a major impact on hunter/gatherer economies, high gods will be more important (88).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Fullerton, Brady	2020	Lower frequency of internal war will be correlated with more ritual art.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author