The importance of gossip across societies: correlations with institutionalization

Gossip will be more important, rather than less important, in larger communities (298, 301).

The test was repeated with two measures for community size: "community size" and "urbanization."

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Spearman’s rank-order correlation	Supported	p<.05	0.21	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Community Size	Independent	Community Structure
Importance Of Gossip	Dependent	Dissemination Of News And Information, Conversation

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important in societies with more institutionalization (298, 303).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important in societies with higher levels of stratification (298, 303).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Demerath, Loren	2015	Gossip will be more important in societies with higher levels of community loyalty (303).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Demerath, Loren	2015	Levels of gender autonomy, urbanization, and loyalty to wider society will all have significant effects on gossip importance (306-7).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Jankowiak, William	2002	Gossip will be invoked most often in societies with patrilineal descent (92).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author