Hypotheses
- "Residence proved to be unrelated to avoidance [of parents-in-law] by either husband or wife" (313)Sweetser, Dorrian Apple - Avoidance, social affiliation, and the incest taboo, 1966 - 2 Variables
This article examines parent-in-law avoidance in non-industrial societies. The author suggests that in-law avoidance is associated with characteristics of kinship structure, such as lineality, residence and family type. A psychological interpretation is also offered. Results support hypotheses relating to kinship structure.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Men avoid their parents-in-law in societies with a strong lineal emphasis but which have fragmented and impermanent family groups" (313)Sweetser, Dorrian Apple - Avoidance, social affiliation, and the incest taboo, 1966 - 3 Variables
This article examines parent-in-law avoidance in non-industrial societies. The author suggests that in-law avoidance is associated with characteristics of kinship structure, such as lineality, residence and family type. A psychological interpretation is also offered. Results support hypotheses relating to kinship structure.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Women avoid their parents-in-law in the same type of situation [as men do], and in addition they are likely to avoid if the mother's brother has no role to play" (313)Sweetser, Dorrian Apple - Avoidance, social affiliation, and the incest taboo, 1966 - 4 Variables
This article examines parent-in-law avoidance in non-industrial societies. The author suggests that in-law avoidance is associated with characteristics of kinship structure, such as lineality, residence and family type. A psychological interpretation is also offered. Results support hypotheses relating to kinship structure.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [son's wife] avoidance" (132)Stephens, William N. - Kin-avoidance, 1962 - 2 Variables
The authors test the male Oedipus complex hypothesis with a prediction suggesting that the scale of kin-avoidance is related to "a phobic attitude towards incest" (129).
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [mother-in-law] avoidance" (132)Stephens, William N. - Kin-avoidance, 1962 - 2 Variables
The authors test the male Oedipus complex hypothesis with a prediction suggesting that the scale of kin-avoidance is related to "a phobic attitude towards incest" (129).
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [brother-sister] avoidance" (132)Stephens, William N. - Kin-avoidance, 1962 - 2 Variables
The authors test the male Oedipus complex hypothesis with a prediction suggesting that the scale of kin-avoidance is related to "a phobic attitude towards incest" (129).
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "The role of the mother's brother toward [ego] ought to vary with that of the mother's brother toward the mother. Assuming that the mother is to some degree superior to the boy, then if the mother's brother has some authority over the boy, one would expect him to have some authority over the mother. If he has none over the son, being close and indulgent, he should have no authority over the mother" (292)Sweetser, Dorrian Apple - Path consistency in directed graphs and social structure, 1967 - 2 Variables
This study uses "rules of combination" to describe internal order in social groups. The author examines kinship structure, and specifically the relationship of the mother's brother towards the son. Results support the hypothesis.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - There will be a relationship "between a long postpartum sex taboo and brother-sister avoidance" (185)Nerlove, Sara - Sibling terminology and cross-sex behavior, 1967 - 2 Variables
This article examines variation in kinship terminology. The authors develop a new typology of kinds of kinship terminologies, and they propose that terminologies will distinguish siblings of the same and opposite gender when there is a cultural emphasis on cross-sex relations. Empirical analysis supports that a prolonged post-partum sex taboo (rather than sibling avoidance) predicts the presence of a primary cross-parallel component in sibling terminology.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "There is some tendency for the long post partum sex taboo societies to be high on severity of sex training" (77)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "[There is a] strong correlation between the long post partum sex taboo and change of residence [for adolescent boys]" (78)Stephens, William N. - The oedipus complex: cross-cultural evidence, 1962 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to test the "Oedipus-complex" hypothesis--the psychoanalytic idea that under certain conditions (such as the long-post partum sex taboo) males are sexually attracted to their mothers and as a consequence certain fears and anxiety are generaated. The hypothesis is tested at the societal-level using ethnographic data.
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