The relationship between use of alcohol and thematic content of folktales in primitive societies

The folktale thematic tag of "change" will be correlated with drinking

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Marginally Supported	p<.1	r= .27	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Drinking	Dependent	Alcoholic Beverages
Folktale theme of change	Independent	Literary Texts, Texts

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Kalin, Rudolph	1966	The thematic tag "hunting" will be correlated with drinking, that is,"in societies with heavy drinking, themes of hunting are prominent in folktales" (582)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
McClelland, David C.	1972	Social drinking will correlate positively with the fantasy themes of sex, aggression, and change of state.	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kalin, Rudolph	1966	"...the thematic content of folktales (thought system of a society) [will be correlated with] ethnographic ratings (description of the action or reality system)" (p.184)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kalin, Rudolph	1966	The thematic tag "fear" will be correlated with drinking, that is,"the more direct references to fear appear in the folktales of a society, the less likely its members are to engage in heavy drinking" (581)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kalin, Rudolph	1966	The thematic tag "domestic-man" will be correlated with drinking, that is,"in heavy drinking societies males in folktales are frequently seen in domestic contexts . . . [they] have a basic feminine identity" (583)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author