The antecedents of child training: a cross-cultural test of some hypotheses

Mothers of six cultures: antecedents of child rearing John Wiley and Sons New York Published In Pages: 164-175, 343-346
By Minturn, Leigh, Lambert, William

Hypothesis

". . . we hypothesized that mothers are more unstable [in mood] when they must spend large amounts of time caring for children" (171-172)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationNot SupportedNot SignificantUNKNOWNUNKNOWN