Sibling terminology and cross-sex behavior

Nerlove, Sara; Romney, A. Kimball

Sibling terminology and cross-sex behavior

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 69 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 179-187 •

By Nerlove, Sara, Romney, A. Kimball

Hypothesis

"Brother-sister avoidance patterns will be significantly associated with the presence of a primary cross-parallel component in sibling terminology" (184)

Note

There is no significant association.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Partially supported	p<.10	`UNKNOWN`	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Brother-sister Avoidance	`UNKNOWN`	Family Relationships
Sibling Terminology Type	`UNKNOWN`	Kinship Terminology

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Nerlove, Sara	1967	There will be a relationship "between a long postpartum sex taboo and brother-sister avoidance" (185)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Goody, Jack	1974	"Differences in the brother-sister relationship [avoidance-respect-joking] show a distribution linked with descent. Patrilineal societies show considerably more informality in their cross-sex sibling relations than do either matrilineal or bilateral societies" (193)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1972	"Sibling avoidance occurs most frequently in societies with husband authority, as a mechanism for keeping the brother, who has some authority over his sister within the descent group, from interfering in her marriage, in which her husband has authority" (26)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Cohen, Yehudi A.	1964	"[There is a] relationship between the agents of socialization and the presence or absence of unilineal descent groups and between [the latter] and experiences at the first stage of puberty [that is extrusion and/or brother-sister avoidance]" (71)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stephens, William N.	1962	"We predicted a positive correlation between duration of the post partum sex taboo and severity of [brother-sister] avoidance" (132)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Sibling terminology and cross-sex behavior

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 69 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 179-187 • Cite

By Nerlove, Sara, Romney, A. Kimball

Hypothesis

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Test

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Related Hypotheses

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 69 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 179-187 •