Patterns of permissiveness among preliterate peoples

Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology • Vol/Iss. 61 • Published In • Pages: 151-154 •
By Prothro, E. Terry

Hypothesis

Findings: A factor analysis of permissiveness yielded three unrelated factors. Factor 2 in the permissiveness factor analysis "orality-sexuality", loaded heavily and positively on oral and dependence explanations for illness and oral socialization anxiety. This factor loaded heavily and negatively on initial oral indulgence and sexual socialization anxiety (152)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Factor analysisSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Factor: Orality-sexualityUNKNOWNSex Training
Illness Explanations (dependence)UNKNOWNTheory Of Disease
Illness Explanations (oral)UNKNOWNTheory Of Disease
Initial Indulgence (oral)UNKNOWNWeaning And Food Training
Socialization Anxiety (oral)UNKNOWNWeaning And Food Training
Socialization Anxiety (sexual)UNKNOWNSex Training

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Prothro, E. TerryFindings: A factor analysis of permissiveness yielded three unrelated factors. Factor 1, "aggression-hypochondria" loaded heavily and positively on sexual and aggression anxiety, anal and aggression illness explanations, and fear of human beings. This factor loaded heavily and negatively on initial indulgence for aggression (152)
Prothro, E. TerryFindings: A factor analysis of permissiveness yielded three unrelated factors. Factor 3 in the permissiveness factor analysis, "independence-anality" factor, loaded heavily and positively on anal socialization anxiety and age at independence socialization. This factor loads heavily and negatively on initial anal indulgence (152)
Whiting, John W.M.". . . explanations of illness [oral, anal, sexual, dependence, aggression] tend to be related to low initial satisfaction of the corresponding system of behavior" (167, 168)
Whiting, John W.M."Societies low in oral socialization anxiety tend not to have oral explanations of illness and . . . societies high in oral socialization anxiety do tend to have oral explanations of illness" (157, 164)
Whiting, John W.M."[There is a] relation between dependence socialization anxiety and dependence explanations of illness" (160, 164)