Drunkenness

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Davis, William N.A cross-cultural study of drunkenness
Schaefer, James MichaelDrunkenness and culture stress: a holocultural test

Associated Hypotheses (17)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Davis, William N."The presence of the [male initiation] rites was strongly related to low drunkenness while their absence tended to go with high drunkenness" (57)
Davis, William N."Sleeping arrangements were not significantly related to drunkenness. But mother-child households . . . tended to go with a low frequency of drunkenness" (55)
Davis, William N."[T]he relative importance of boys' [puberty] rites tended to go more often with low drunkenness while girls' rites usually went with high drunkenness" (60)
Davis, William N."Family organization . . . was not significantly related to 'frequency of drunkenness' " (35)
Davis, William N."As predicted, simple local communities and simple states (i.e. a low level of political complexity) tended to be associated with a high frequency of drunkenness while complex communities and complex states were related to a lower frequency of drunkenness" (36)
Davis, William N."Bilocal, neolocal and, possibly, matrilocal residence patterns should be associated with a high level of drunkenness while patrilocal societies should be associated with a low level of drunkenness" (23)
Davis, William N."As predicted, bilateral groups were strongly associated with a high frequency of drunkenness. Non-bilateral groups, of course, tended to be low drinkers" (35)
Davis, William N."As shown, presence of adolescent segregation tended to go with a low frequency of drunkenness" (58)
Davis, William N.An analysis of interrelated social structure variables revealed that bilateral kinship is relatively the most important predictor of drunkenness (37, 38)
Davis, William N."Matrilineal kin groups were inconsistent. But, cognatic groups tended toward high drunkenness while patrilineal groups were definitely associated with low drunkenness" (35)
Davis, William N."In short, those kin groups that are generally high in drunkenness are also prone to gratify strongly the needs of their young children" (47)
Davis, William N."Bilateral and cognatic kin . . . are highly indulgent to young children, reject an adult's dependency needs, and furthermore greatly emphasize adult achievement. These conditions seem ideal for the development of a 'child-adult' conflict, and the latter should be reflected, as indeed it is, in a high frequency of drunkenness" (50-51)
Davis, William N.". . . bride price tended to go with low drunkenness, and bride service was more often associated with high drunkenness" (61)
Davis, William N."The presence of this custom [couvade] was frequently associated with high drunkenness" (64)
Schaefer, James MichaelFearful supernatural beliefs will be correlated with extreme, aggressive drunkenneess (296).
Schaefer, James MichaelThe husband-wife dyad will be associated with drunkenness (308).
Schaefer, James MichaelExtreme, aggressive drunkenness will be associated with simple political systems (291).

Associated OCMs

  1. alcoholic beverages
  2. alcoholism and drug addiction