Initiation ceremonies:  a cross-cultural study of status dramatization

Young, Frank W.

Initiation ceremonies: a cross-cultural study of status dramatization

Bobbs-Merrill • Indianapolis • Published In 1965 • Pages: ??•

By Young, Frank W.

Hypothesis

"[There is a] curvilinear [relationship between] articulation level [community complexity] and elaboration of female initiation ceremonies and female solidarity type [female work groups, institutionalized household unity]" (110)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	Not Applicable	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Community-nation Articulation Level	Independent	Territorial Organization
Female Sex-role Dramatization	Dependent	Puberty And Initiation
Type Of Female Solidarity	Dependent	Gender Status, Polygamy, Gender Roles And Issues

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Young, Frank W.	1965	"The percentage of male and female initiation ceremonies showing some decline is greater in the modernized communities than in those of medium articulation--this supports hypothesis that articulation weakens solidarity which is related to degree of [sex role] dramatization" (130)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"There is an association between male solidarity [and type of female household organization]" (93)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"Forms of armed conflict that, as a unit, actively involve all or nearly all the men of the community are associated with solidarity" (70)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	Male solidarity has a curvilinear relationship with the complexity of the local community. Where local autonomy prevails and division of labor is minimal, men's organizations are lacking. Under conditions of high social complexity, on the other hand, complex division of labor undermines male solidarity. Therefore, male solidarity is strongest at the middle levels of community complexity (100, 104)	Supported	3	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

Initiation ceremonies: a cross-cultural study of status dramatization

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By Young, Frank W.

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Bobbs-Merrill • Indianapolis • Published In 1965 • Pages: ??•