A Cross-Cultural Summary: Adolescent Peer Groups

Societies with an active high god will have adolescent peer groups present in public gatherings (362, 427).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's Exact Test	Marginally Supported	p = .067	Phi = .300	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
High God Presence	Association	Spirits And Gods
Adolescent Peer Group	Association	Adolescent Activities

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with male initiation rites will have high or high-medium rates of time in adolescent peer group activity (365, 372).	Marginally Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with high rates of infant pain infliction from nurturing agents will have adolescent pairs or groups present in courtship settings (356, 324).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with extreme bellicosity will have peer groups present in courtship settings (357, 420).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies with low rates of sexual socialization anxiety will have adolescent peer groups present in courtship settings (357, 311).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	Societies where the kin group is patrilineal or double-descent, instead of matrilineal, will have adolescent peer groups present in public gatherings (362, 190).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author