Dependence nurturance and monotheism: a cross-cultural study

The Journal of Social Psychology Vol/Iss. 84(2) Routledge Published In Pages: 175-181
By Terry, Roger L.

Hypothesis

Monotheism and distance between married sons and their parents will be directly related on a societal level. "Societies that prescribe that married sons live close to their parents were hypothesized not to evidence monotheism, whereas societies that prescribe that married sons live far from their parents were hypothesized to be monothestic (p.176)."

Note

Chi-square analysis did not find a significant relationship between monotheism and the distance between married sons and their parents. A subsequent analysis "revealed a strong, inverse relationship in those societies for which dreaming is important...chi-square=6.21; df=1; p <0.02. (There was no significant overall relationship between monotheism and importance of dreaming.) In these societies monotheism tends to be present when married sons live close to their parents and absent when the married sons move away from their parents (p.179)."

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Chi-squareNot SupportedNot significant (no p-value given)Not providedUNKNOWN