Sorcery, sin and the superego:  a cross-cultural study of some mechanisms of social control

"Those societies with a long post-partum sex taboo . . . should be those who have the strongest belief in sorcery" (150)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher’s exact test	Supported	p<.005	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Postpartum Sex Taboo	Independent	Postnatal Care
Sorcery	Dependent	Sorcery

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Whiting, John W.M.	1967	"[There is a] joint effect of duration of the post-partum sex taboo and the severity of socialization of aggression on the belief that sorcerers can cause sickness" (152)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"[There is a] significant positive correlation between duration of the long post partum taboo and importance of sorcery as an explanation for illness" (169)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whiting, Beatrice Blyth	1950	There is a correlation between presence of sorcery as an explanation of illness and coordinate control; absence of sorcery as an explanation of illness is correlated with superordinate punishment (85,86)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Worchel, Stephen	1974	Warfare will be negatively associated with sorcery (114, 118).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"There is some tendency for the long post partum sex taboo societies to be high on severity of sex training" (77)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author