Projection and displacement:  a cross-cultural study of folktale aggression

"The Hero should triumph less often in folk tales of societies in which the child training practices include severe punishment for aggression" (359)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
t-test	Supported	p<.005	`UNKNOWN`	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Hero Triumphant (folktale Themes)	Dependent	Literature, Literary Texts, Texts
Severe Punishment For Aggression	Independent	Aggression Training

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Wright, G. O.	1970	"Punishment for aggression increases the intensity of aggression in situations which are distinctly dissimilar from those in which the punishment occurs" (357)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
McClelland, David C.	1972	Social drinking will correlate positively with the fantasy themes of sex, aggression, and change of state.	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies desiring children more will tend to have severe punishment for abortion (282, 295).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wright, G. O.	1970	"Objects of displaced aggression are chosen farther and farther out on the generalization continuum as a function of the amount of aggression anxiety" (352)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wright, G. O.	1970	"Agents of projected aggression [in folktales] are chosen farther and farther out on the generalization continuum as a function of the amount of aggression anxiety" (355)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author