Child training and personality: a cross-cultural study

Yale University Press • New Haven • Published In • Pages: 353 •
By Whiting, John W.M., Child, Irvin L.

Hypothesis

". . . explanations of illness [oral, anal, sexual, dependence, aggression] tend to be related to low initial satisfaction of the corresponding system of behavior" (167, 168)

Note

These variables are measured and analyzed separately

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Difference of meansSupportedabove .10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Explanations Of Illness (oral, Anal, Sexual, Dependence, Aggression)DependentTheory Of Disease
Initial Satisfaction (oral, Anal, Sexual, Dependence, Aggression)IndependentSocialization

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Prothro, E. TerryFindings: A factor analysis of permissiveness yielded three unrelated factors. Factor 2 in the permissiveness factor analysis "orality-sexuality", loaded heavily and positively on oral and dependence explanations for illness and oral socialization anxiety. This factor loaded heavily and negatively on initial oral indulgence and sexual socialization anxiety (152)
Prothro, E. TerryFindings: A factor analysis of permissiveness yielded three unrelated factors. Factor 1, "aggression-hypochondria" loaded heavily and positively on sexual and aggression anxiety, anal and aggression illness explanations, and fear of human beings. This factor loaded heavily and negatively on initial indulgence for aggression (152)
Whiting, John W.M.[The hypothesis of positive fixation:] "In any society, the greater the custom potential of initial satisfaction in any system of behavior, the greater will be the custom potential of therapeutic practices which involve the performance of responses in that system" (192)
Allen, Martin G."Greater erogenous satisfaction [oral, anal, sexual] in childhood is associated with lower incidence of crime" (264)
Whiting, John W.M."[There is a] relation between anal socialization anxiety and anal explanations of illness; . . . between sexual socialization anxiety and sexual explanations of illness" (158, 159)