Adolescents at play: a cross-cultural study of adolescent games

The Content of Culture: Constants and Variables • HRAF Press • New Haven, CT • Published In • Pages: 33-48 •
By Schlegel, Alice, Barry III, Herbert

Hypothesis

Competitive games will be associated with socialization for achievement, fortitude, and self-restraint in childhood, aggressiveness in adolescence, and competitiveness, self-reliance, and sexual restraint in both childhood and adolescence (39).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
AchievementIndependentSocialization
AggresivenessIndependentAggression Training
Competitive GamesDependentGames
CompetitivenessIndependentIndependence Training
FortitudeIndependentSocialization
Self-relianceIndependentIndependence Training
Self-restraintIndependentAggression Training
Sexual RestraintIndependentSex Training