A cross-cultural study of folk-tale content and drinking

The Drinking Man Free Press New York Published In Pages: 48-72
By McClelland, David C., Davis, William , Wanner, Eric, Kalin, Rudolf

Hypothesis

"Frequency of achievement responses in childhood is . . . significantly associated with drinking . . . but curiously enough so is frequency of obedience. . . . The two are unrelated so that each contributes independently and significantly . . . [to] drinking" (67)

Note

In addition, the two independent variables are more likely (p < .05) to co-occur in societies without male solidarity (those more likely to be unstructured).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.05UNKNOWNTwo-tailed