A cross-cultural study of drinking: i. descriptive measurements of drinking customs

Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Suppl. • Vol/Iss. 3 • Published In • Pages: 1-28 •
By Child, Irvin L. , Bacon, Margaret K., Barry III, Herbert

Hypothesis

"Factor II, Inebriety, is primarily weighted on: quantity consumed on one occasion, duration of drinking episode, frequency of drunkenness, approval of drunkenness, and boisterousness" (27)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Factor analysisSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Approval Of DrunkennessAssociationAlcoholism And Drug Addiction
BoisterousnessAssociationAlcoholism And Drug Addiction
Duration Of Drinking EpisodeAssociationAlcoholic Beverages
Frequency Of DrunkennessAssociationAlcoholism And Drug Addiction
InebrietyAssociationAlcoholism And Drug Addiction
Quantity Consumed On One Occasion (alcohol)AssociationAlcoholic Beverages

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Child, Irvin L. "Factor I, Integrated Drinking is primarily weighted on: frequency of drinking as religious ritual, frequency of ceremonial drinking, extent of ritualization, quantity of ceremonial drinking, quantity of drinking as religious ritual, approval of drinking, extent of drinking" (27)
Whitehead, Paul C.The extent of problem score (i.e. problems caused by alcoholism) will be associated with general consumption level, frequency of integrated drinking, approval of drunkenness, and approval of drinking (61).
Child, Irvin L. "Societies with a definite sex difference were preponderantly higher than those without evidence of a sex difference in frequency of ceremonial drinking and tended to be higher in frequency of religious drinking and in approval of drinking" (57)
Child, Irvin L. "Factor IV, Quantity [of drinking], is primarily weighted on: general consumption, frequency of drinking, procurement effort, extent of problem" (27)
Whitehead, Paul C.The extent of problem score (i.e. problems caused by alcoholism) will be positively associated with alcohol consumption and approval of drunkenness and negatively associated with integration of drinking (57, 60).