Societal isolation, violent norms, and gender relations: a reexamination and extension of levinson's model of wife beating

Cross-Cultural Research Published In Pages: 111-133
By Erchak, Gerald M., Rosenfeld, Richard

Hypothesis

There will be a relationship between cultural support for violence and wife beating (115).

Note

One indicator of social complexity, the use of formal third party dispute resolution, was significantly associated with wife beating.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
GammaSupportedp<.05UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Frequency Of External WarfareIndependentWarfare
Presence Of Strong Warrior EthosIndependentWarfare
Wife BeatingDependentIngroup Antagonisms