Societal correlates of possession trance in sub-saharan africa

Societies with slavery and/or stratification will be more likely to have possession trance (50).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Possession Trance	Dependent	Ecstatic Religious Practices, Revelation And Divination
Slavery	Independent	Slavery
Stratification	`UNKNOWN`	Classes

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-trance belief will be associated with class structure or slavery; possession-belief only will not (44).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Winkelman, Michael James	1986	Possession trance beliefs in the context of religious practitioner training will be associated with higher social complexity	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Greenbaum, Lenora	1973	Possession trance will be more prevalent among societies with greater role and structure differentiation (54).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-belief-only will be associated with nomadism; possession-trance belief will be associated with sedentarism (43).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1976	Possession-trance belief will be associated with jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local level; possession-belief-only will not (43).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author