Shamans and other "magico-religious" healers: a cross-cultural study of their origins, nature, and social transformations

The presence of healers will be positively associated with political integration beyond the community level (328).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.005	r = .45	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Healers	Dependent	Shamans And Psychotherapists
Political Integration	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Winkelman, Michael James	1990	The presence of mediums will be positively associated with political integration beyond the community level (329).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1990	The presence of priests will be positively associated with political integration and the presence of agriculture (345).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1990	The presence of shamans will be positively associated with nomadic residency patterns and negatively associated with political integration beyond the local community (319).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	"All of the Shamans were in nomadic or seminomadic societies, which generally has hunting and gathering economies" (36)..."However, all of the Shaman/Healers were found in societies with agriculture, and almost all of the Healers were found in societies with political integration beyond the local level" (36)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael J.	2022	Sorcerers/witches and healers will be predicted by other socio-political conditions.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author