A Cross-Cultural Summary: Adolescent Peer Groups

In societies with no segregation of adolescent males from females, adolescents will spend less time in peer group activity (364, 370).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Marginally Supported	p = .057	Phi = .324	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Adolescent Peer Group	Association	Adolescent Activities
Adolescent Gender Segregation	Association	Gender Roles And Issues

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with high rates of gender separation during adolescence will have adolescent males reside with a group of peers (371, 368).	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
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Size of adolescent peer group will be positively associated with cooperation (82).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Importance of adolescent peer group will be positively associated with competition (82).	Partially Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with extreme bellicosity will have peer groups present in courtship settings (357, 420).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author