Anthropological studies of dreams

D'Andrade, Roy G.

Anthropological studies of dreams

Psychological Anthropology: Approaches to Culture and Personality • The Dorsey Press, Inc. • Homewood, Ill. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 296-332 •

By D'Andrade, Roy G.

Hypothesis

"The further a son moves away from his parents at marriage, the more likely a society is to use dreams to seek and control supernatural powers" (322).

Note

Anxiety suffered by women was not found to correlate with the use of dreams.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Marital Residence	Independent	Residence
Use Of Dreams To Seek And Control Supernatural Powers	Dependent	Revelation And Divination

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
D'Andrade, Roy G.	1961	"Hunting and fishing societies will be likely to use dreams to seek and control supernatural powers, while societies with both agriculture and animal husbandry will be less likely to use dreams in this fashion. Societies with either agriculture or animal husbandry, but not both, should fall between these two extremes" (325).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1972	"We expected to find that societies with institutionalized forms of Trance were more likely to be those coded by D'Andrade as having the use of dreams to seek and control supernatural powers than those that do not have institutionalized forms of Trance" (418)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Blum, Richard H.	1969	"When dreams are used to control supernatural powers, then: [high or excessive use of alcohol occurs; tobacco is limited or scarce; and there is high or excessive use of stimulants rather than moderate or no use]" (167)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Artemova, Olga	2003	Monopolization of politically important information is inversely correlated with female ownership or control of the use of dwellings (83)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Tiberia, Vincenza A.	1981	A descriptive analysis of archetypal dreams in the cross-cultural literature.	`UNKNOWN`	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Anthropological studies of dreams

Psychological Anthropology: Approaches to Culture and Personality • The Dorsey Press, Inc. • Homewood, Ill. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 296-332 • Cite

By D'Andrade, Roy G.

Hypothesis

Note

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

Psychological Anthropology: Approaches to Culture and Personality • The Dorsey Press, Inc. • Homewood, Ill. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 296-332 •