Belief in the evil eye in world perspective

". . . there is a positive association between cultural complexity and the evil eye belief . . ." (235)f

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Goodman and Kruskal's coefficient of association	Supported	p<.01	.39	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Cultural Complexity	Independent	`NONE`
Evil Eye Belief	Dependent	Sorcery

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Gershman, Boris	2015	In weakly institutionalized traditional societies in which the evil eye belief is not indigenous, evil eye beliefs will be associated with spatial diffusion via cultural contact.	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	"[There is an] . . . increasing likelihood of the evil eye belief as the size of the domestic animals increases" (243)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	". . . societies possessing the evil eye belief tended to be politically autonomous . . ." (248)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	". . . the evil-eye-belief scale is . . . associated with . . . a developed judiciary" (250)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1976	". . . the evil eye is associated with . . . communities [larger than 1000]" (245)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author