Book
SUSTO: an epidemiological study of stress adaptation
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Fitzsimmons, Charles Irving.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study focuses on the disease of susto in the pueblo fo Teotitlan del Valle. Using a number of research methods, such as case study, psychological interview and examination, complete physical examination and neuro-physiological measurements, the author concludes that susto is 'an illness which is essentially a culturally mediated behavior in response to stress.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personality disorders
- Drives and emotions
- Adjustment processes
- Morbidity
- Theory of disease
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1972-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Charles Irving Fitzsimmons
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas, Austin, 1974
- UM74-24858
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians