A cross-cultural study of reincarnation ideologies and their social correlates

1) Reincarnation beliefs will be positively associated with belief in interaction between the living and dead.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's exact probability test	Marginally Supported	.087	Phi= .34	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Reincarnation beliefs	Independent	Eschatology
Interaction between living and dead	Dependent	Animism, Eschatology

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Matlock, James Graham	1993	2) Reincarnation beliefs will be positively associated with belief in an afterlife socially organized to reflect the living model	Not Tested	0	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
White, Claire	2022	Societies will believe that ancestral spirits are more concerned in the living’s interaction with the spirits rather than the living’s interactions with each other.	Support claimed	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
White, Claire	2022	Small-scale societies will believe that ancestral spirits are capable of harming the living.	Support claimed	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
White, Claire	2022	The living believe they can prevent harm from ancestral spirits.	Support claimed	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	6) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with transformation beliefs.	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author