A cross-cultural study of reincarnation ideologies and their social correlates

9) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with non-human spirit beliefs.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Fisher's exact probability test	Not Supported	.993	Phi= -.07	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Reincarnation beliefs	Independent	Eschatology
Non-human spirit beliefs	Dependent	Animism, Eschatology

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Matlock, James Graham	1993	8) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with guardian spirits beliefs	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	4) Reincarnation beliefs and the belief in soul singularity will be positively associated with spirit fragmentation at death.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James G.	1995	Retested Somersan's hypothesis that matrilineal societies would be characterized by death symbolism (ancestral spirit and reincarnation beliefs).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	14) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with the belief that a spiritual dimension produces the human body	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Matlock, James Graham	1993	16) Reincarnation beliefs are positively associated with couvade.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author