A Cross-Cultural Summary: Adolescent Peer Groups

Societies with extreme bellicosity will have peer groups present in courtship settings (357, 420).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Supported	p = .036	Phi = .340	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Bellicosity	Association	Drives And Emotions
Adolescent Peer Group	Association	Adolescent Activities

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with low rates of sexual socialization anxiety will have adolescent peer groups present in courtship settings (357, 311).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies where the kin group is patrilineal or double-descent, instead of matrilineal, will have adolescent peer groups present in public gatherings (362, 190).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with an active high god will have adolescent peer groups present in public gatherings (362, 427).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies with no segregation of adolescent males from females, adolescents will spend less time in peer group activity (364, 370).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with male initiation rites will have high or high-medium rates of time in adolescent peer group activity (365, 372).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author