Games Of Chance

Associated Documents (6)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Barry III, HerbertInfant socialization and games of chance
Blum, Richard H.A cross-cultural study
Chick, GarryGames in culture revisited: a replication and extension of roberts, arth, and bush (1959)
Roberts, John M.Games in culture
Roberts, John M.Child training and game involvement
Roberts, John M.Cross-cultural correlates of games of chance

Associated Hypotheses (17)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Barry III, Herbert"A measure of sleeping proximity to the mother is also negatively associated with games of chance, but this relationship is very slight for the societies outside North America" (300)
Barry III, Herbert"Physical protectiveness [in infancy and early childhood] . . . is positively associated with games of chance, and the . . . relationship for the world sample is supported in the subsample outside North America" (300)
Barry III, Herbert"Societies with games of chance tend to have an earlier age for modesty training" (306)
Barry III, Herbert"Games of chance are negatively associated with frequency of proximity to the father in infancy" (300)
Barry III, Herbert"An ordinal scale for rigidity of carrying device for the infant is positively associated with games of chance" (300)
Barry III, Herbert"The world sample shows a high negative association between games of chance and [carrying position with respect to infant's] opportunity to interact with the carrier; the association is weak and non-significant in the subsample outside North America" (300)
Barry III, Herbert"Intensity of cultivation shows a curvilinear relationship with games of chance for the world sample, but [has a positive, significant association] with games of chance in the [subsample] outside of North America" (302)
Barry III, Herbert"Jurisdictional hierarchy . . . is positively associated with games of chance both for the world sample and outside North America" (302)
Barry III, Herbert"Family size is positively associated with games of chance" (302)
Barry III, Herbert"The ground plan of the house tends to be circular or elliptical rather than rectangular in societies with games of chance" (302)
Barry III, Herbert"Bodily restrictiveness . . . in early infancy shows a . . . positive association with games of chance" (300)
Blum, Richard H."When games, if present, include games of chance, then: [alcohol use occurs; and the culture approves of the use of alcohol]" (167)
Chick, GarryGames of chance will be related to games of physical skill (195-196).
Roberts, John M."Games of chance will occur in societies [where the gods are regarded as] high in benevolence, low in aggression [and can be] coerced" (602)
Roberts, John M."There . . . appears to be a relationship between the presence or absence of games of chance and the number of games of physical skill. Societies having 5 or more games of physical skill frequently have games of chance" (604)
Roberts, John M.". . . games of chance [are related to] reward for responsibility, frequency of responsibility, and anxiety about performance of achievement" (173)
Roberts, John M."Games of chance occur in the presence of antecedent conflict, particularly in the areas of sex, aggression, achievement, and possibly responsibility" (143)

Associated OCMs

  1. games