Freud on homosexuality and the super-ego: some cross-cultural tests

"Societies in which a son's contact with his father is relatively high should also be societies in which homosexuality is relatively rare" (262).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.05	phi= -.31	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Father-son Contact	Independent	Child Care
Homosexuality	Dependent	Homosexuality

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Carroll, Michael P.	1978	"Societies in which a son's contact with his father is relatively low should also be societies in which an institutionalized police force is present" (264).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carroll, Michael P.	1978	"Among those societies characterized by a relatively high degree of father-son contact, the longer the post-partum sex taboo, the less the prevalence of homosexuality" (263).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carroll, Michael P.	1978	"There should be an observed correlation between a relatively high prevalence of homosexuality and the presence of an institutionalized police force, but this correlation should disappear once degree of father contact is introduced as a control" (264).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Minturn, Leigh	1969	"Societies in which homosexuality is a relatively accepted form of behavior for men have a higher incidence of homosexuality than do societies in which such behavior is condemned" (308)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Contact between adolescent boys and fathers will be more prevalent in foraging societies (57).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author