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- "Where levirate or sororate marriage is present, tie-breaking customs . . . which eliminate reminders of a deceased spouse during the bereavement period . . . are more likely to be present than where levirate of sororate remarriage is absent" (71, 68)Rosenblatt, Paul C. - Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective, 1976 - 6 Variables
This book investigates individual and group responses to death and the problems that death can create in a society. Several hypotheses regarding grief and mourning, as well as their variation with other societal variables, are supported with cross-cultural tests.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "There is a stronger relationship between the percentages of remarriage by levirate or sororate and the practice of tie-breaking customs than between the percentages of remarriage not by levirate or sororate and the practice of tie-breaking customs" (71)Rosenblatt, Paul C. - Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective, 1976 - 7 Variables
This book investigates individual and group responses to death and the problems that death can create in a society. Several hypotheses regarding grief and mourning, as well as their variation with other societal variables, are supported with cross-cultural tests.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Ritual specialists are more likely to be present in large scale societies with relatively permanent communities and in societies with rules for inheritance of real property. The importance of ritual specialists correlates negatively with temporary or permanent camp abandonment following a typical adult death (151)Rosenblatt, Paul C. - Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective, 1976 - 4 Variables
This book investigates individual and group responses to death and the problems that death can create in a society. Several hypotheses regarding grief and mourning, as well as their variation with other societal variables, are supported with cross-cultural tests.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Where ghost fear is present, remarriage rates are great and the levirate and sororate are more likely to be present" (79)Rosenblatt, Paul C. - Grief and mourning in cross-cultural perspective, 1976 - 3 Variables
This book investigates individual and group responses to death and the problems that death can create in a society. Several hypotheses regarding grief and mourning, as well as their variation with other societal variables, are supported with cross-cultural tests.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Tie-breaking customs will be positively associated with remarriage rates (218).Rosenblatt, Paul C. - Breaking ties with deceased spouse, 1976 - 2 Variables
This paper examines death customs meant to break ties with a deceased spouse. The authors propose that remarriage rates are higher where these tie-breaking customs are practiced and that this association is stronger where sororate or levirate remarriage is practiced. Empirical support is found for these hypotheses.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "The prediction was that a high incidence of suicide would be associated with a low fear of the dead" (207)Lester, David - The incidence of suicide and the fear of the dead in non-literate societies, 1971 - 2 Variables
This study tests for an association between suicide rates and cultural fear of the dead. Tests do not support a significant relationship.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - More extensive naming ceremonies will be positively associated with societal complexity, population, use of patrilineal descent, and presence of high gods (47).Alford, Richard - Naming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices, 1987 - 16 Variables
This book examines naming practices cross-culturally. The author posits that naming practices help to both reflect and create conceptions of personal identity. Several correlations between name meanings and practices and various sociocultural variables are presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Where levirate or sororate remarriage is present (versus when it is not), tie-breaking customs are more likely to be present (219).Rosenblatt, Paul C. - Breaking ties with deceased spouse, 1976 - 3 Variables
This paper examines death customs meant to break ties with a deceased spouse. The authors propose that remarriage rates are higher where these tie-breaking customs are practiced and that this association is stronger where sororate or levirate remarriage is practiced. Empirical support is found for these hypotheses.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Certain characteristics of societies will be significantly correlated in the same direction with both Simmons' (137) and Murdock's (1967) measures of private property ownership.Rudmin, Floyd Webster - Cross-Cultural Correlates of the Ownership of Private Property, 1992 - 25 Variables
The present study aims to assess the reliability of Simmons' (1937) database of 109 variables coded for 71 societies. Simmons' data was evaluated against matching societies and variables from Murdock's (1967) Ethnographic Atlas. The ultimate purpose of Rudmin's analysis is to identify the features of societies that are correlated with the private ownership of property. To do so, Simmons' reliable variables are tested against four measures of property ownership, two from Simmons and two from Murdock. Rudmin discusses results and speculates why certain clusters of societal variables correlate with private property ownership.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Total number of name changes in an individual's lifetime will be negatively associated with societal complexity and size (86).Alford, Richard - Naming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices, 1987 - 13 Variables
This book examines naming practices cross-culturally. The author posits that naming practices help to both reflect and create conceptions of personal identity. Several correlations between name meanings and practices and various sociocultural variables are presented.
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