Explaining male initiation ceremonies: new cross-cultural tests and a catalytic model

Warfare frequency will be associated with male initiation ceremonies.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Phi Coefficient	Marginally supported	p<.10	phi=.22	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Male Initiation Ceremonies	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Warfare, Frequency	Independent	Inter-community Relations, War

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schlegel, Alice	2017	Higher frequency of warfare will be associated with harsh male initiation ceremonies	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1962	"[There is a] relation between male solidarity and initiation ceremonies..."(384)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"As male solidarity is more institutionalized, the elaboration of initiation ceremonies increases" (74)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ember, Carol R.	2010	Exclusive mother-child sleeping and a long postpartum sex taboo are positively associated with male initiation ceremonies in the presence of all of the following catalysts: nonmatrilocal societies, more-than-rare warfare, nonstate societies.	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	2017	There will be an association between harsher male initiation ceremonies and same-sex bonding	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author