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

25) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with signs or tests to determine a child's name.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's exact probability test	Marginally supported	.059	Phi= .52	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Reincarnation beliefs	Independent	Eschatology
Tests to determine child's name	Dependent	Personal Names, Naming

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Matlock, James Graham	1993	26) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with belief in special relationships between name sharers.	Not Tested	0	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	27) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with name taboos after a death, which are expelled at the point of a new child being born.	Not Tested	0	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
Matlock, James Graham	1993	7) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with totemic beliefs	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	8) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with guardian spirits beliefs	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author