Power and inhibition: a revision of the magical potency theory

Societies with more male institutions (factor score) will tend to have heavier drinking than those with fewer male institutions (92)

male institutions include male initiation male solidarity, the long post-partum sex taboo

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Pearson’s product-moment correlation	Supported	p<.01	-.62	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Drinking, Degree Of	Dependent	Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism And Drug Addiction
Male Institutions, Degree Of (factor Score)	Independent	Postnatal Care, Puberty And Initiation

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Wanner, Eric	1972	Societies with more socio-ecoomic simplicity (factor score) will tend to have heavier drinking than those with less simplicity (92)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Child, Irvin L.	1965	"Factor I, Integrated Drinking is primarily weighted on: frequency of drinking as religious ritual, frequency of ceremonial drinking, extent of ritualization, quantity of ceremonial drinking, quantity of drinking as religious ritual, approval of drinking, extent of drinking" (27)	Supported	7	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whitehead, Paul C.	1974	The extent of problem score (i.e. problems caused by alcoholism) will be associated with general consumption level, frequency of integrated drinking, approval of drunkenness, and approval of drinking (61).	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Child, Irvin L.	1965	"Factor III, Hostility Associated with Drinking, is primarily weighted on: typical intensity of hostility, extent of change in hostility, occurrence of extreme hostility" (27)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Child, Irvin L.	1965	"Factor IV, Quantity [of drinking], is primarily weighted on: general consumption, frequency of drinking, procurement effort, extent of problem" (27)	Supported	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author