The oedipus complex:  cross-cultural evidence

"Duration of post partum sex taboo is correlated with intensity of sex anxiety" (81)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Coefficient of contingency	Supported	p<.05	.27	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Postpartum Taboo	Independent	General Sex Restrictions, Infant Care
Sexual Anxiety	Dependent	Sex

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Stephens, William N.	1962	"Extensiveness of menstrual taboos is correlated with intensity of sex anxiety" (94)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ayres, Barbara	1967	"[There is] a relationship between norms of premarital sex behavior [as a measure of sex anxiety] and duration of the sex taboo during pregnancy. [Strict norms tend to result in long duration]" (122)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1967	"Stephens' main predictor [of menstrual taboo], the composite score of anxiety, did hold up [replicate]" (105)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1967	"There is no change . . . when the effect of social rigidity is partialled out of the association between composite anxiety and menstrual taboo elaboration or when castration anxiety is partialled out of the association of rigidity or male dominance with menstrual taboos" (106)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Broude, Gwen J.	1975	"If norms of premarital sexual behavior are related to sex anxiety, they would be expected to correlate highly with a scale measuring degree of sex anxiety in childhood" (386)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author