Ritual morphospace revisited: the form, function and factor structure of ritual practice.

Rituals have coherent underlying structural features.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Factor analysis	Supported	p < 0.001	r = -0.16	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Rituals	Independent	Ritual
Structural features	Dependent	Ritual

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Fiske, Alan Page	1997	Individual OCD features will occur in more ritual segments than in control segments (218).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Fiske, Alan Page	1997	"OCD features differentiate rituals from control activities better than features of other psychopathologies" (215).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Michaelson, Evalyn Jacobson	1976	"When we examine the relationship between ancestral shrines and patrilineal inheritance of land, we find that there is a high correlation. . . . Among the households in these patrilineal communities family rituals are held more consistently . . . [and] with greater frequency" (90)	Supported	3	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
Michaelson, Evalyn Jacobson	1976	"There is a weak correlation between adherence to the Buddhist Great Tradition and the presence of ancestral shrines. . . . Frequent ritual observances for the ancestors are not limited to one religious tradition, but they are more likely to be found in Buddhist communities than in non Buddhist communities in our sample" (88, 89-90)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author