The Church, intensive kinship, and global psychological variation

Science Vol/Iss. 366(6466) The American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, DC Published In Pages: 1-12
By Schulz, Jonathan F., Bahrami-Rad, Duman, Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Henrich, Joseph

Hypothesis

Longer exposure to the Western Church should be associated with less intensive kin-based institutions (2-3)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman's rhoSupportedp<0.001-0.82Two-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Rate of Cousin MarriageDependent variableRegulation Of Marriage
Exposure to the Western ChurchIndependent variableTheological Systems