Child training and personality: a cross-cultural study

Yale University Press New Haven Published In Pages: 353
By Whiting, John W.M., Child, Irvin L.

Hypothesis

"Societies low in oral socialization anxiety tend not to have oral explanations of illness and . . . societies high in oral socialization anxiety do tend to have oral explanations of illness" (157, 164)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Difference of meansSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Oral Explanations Of IllnessDependentTheory Of Disease
Oral Socialization AnxietyIndependentWeaning And Food Training