Cultural dimensions: a factor analysis of textor's a cross-cultural summary

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 7 • Published In • Pages: 37-81 •
By Stewart, Robert A. C., Jones, Kenneth J.

Hypothesis

Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 1, "structural complexity", loaded highly and positively on legal variables, medical variables, social structural complexity, and division of specialized labor. Factor 1 loaded negatively on support to legal clients during judgement (56)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Factor analysisSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
High Control Over Legal ClientsUNKNOWNLegal And Judicial Personnel
High Development Of Subsystems Of MedicineUNKNOWNSickness
High Division Of Labor Among Legal SpecialistsUNKNOWNLegal And Judicial Personnel
High Social Structural ComplexityUNKNOWNSocial Stratification
Legal Client Hampered From Returning To Normal Social RolesUNKNOWNJustice
Medicine Highly Differentiated From Other Agencies In SocietyUNKNOWNSickness
Social And Emotional Support To Legal ClientUNKNOWNJustice
Structural ComplexityUNKNOWNTotal Culture
Training, Hierarchization, Localization, Of Legal SpecialistsUNKNOWNLegal And Judicial Personnel

Related Hypotheses

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Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 2, "father-centered family", loaded highly and positively on patrilocal marital residence and bride price; patrilineal kin group; castes present; Circum-Mediterranean, with Afro-Asiatic linguistic affiliation; active high god; and subsistence by animal husbandry. Factor 2 loaded highly and negatively on painful female initiation rites (57)
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 9, "child affection and indulgence", loaded highly and positively on high indulgence of infant and child; high display of affection to infant; high degree of drive reduction and satisfaction immediacy. Factor 9 loaded negatively on high inferred conflict regarding responsible, obedient, and self-reliant behavior for child; high degree of pain inflicted on infant by nurturant agent (61-62)
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 4, "paternal authority", loaded highly and positively on household authority with father; high early aggression satisfaction potential; and patrilocal marital residence. Factor 4 loaded highly and negatively on desert grasses; matrilocal marital residence; Athabaskan linguistic affiliation; high anal socialization anxiety; modesty training six years or higher; and matrilineal kin group (58)
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