Societal restrictiveness and the presence of outlets for the release of aggression

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 109-123 •

By Worchel, Stephen

Abstract

The article investigates whether more socially restrictive societies provide more outlets for aggression. These authors operationalized restrictiveness with the presence of sorcery and unilineal kinship structure; the two outlets for aggression examined were occurrence of warfare and games of physical skill. Results suggest an association between these variables, though unilineal kinship structure was the better predictor of the existence of warfare.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Other	Other Researchers	Horton (1943), Whiting (1950), Field (1962), Roberts et al. (1959)

Hypotheses (3)
Hypothesis	Supported
Warfare will be positively associated with unilineal kinship structure (114, 117).	Supported
Warfare will be negatively associated with sorcery (114, 118).	Not Supported
Games of physical skill will be positively associated with unilineal kinship structure and/or negatively associated with sorcery (114, 118).	Supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: Jessie Cohen Amelia Piazza

Societal restrictiveness and the presence of outlets for the release of aggression

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 109-123 • Cite

By Worchel, Stephen

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (3)

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 109-123 •