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Psychic stress in a Tongan village
Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, 6th • 4 • Published In 1940 • Pages: 43-52
By: Beaglehole, Ernest.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents case material, description and analysis, on the dreams of ten Tongans in order to show the 'value of the study of psychic stress in a primitive community' (p. 51). Nine of the ten cases concern dreams and their indication of various forms of stress. The tenth concerns a psychotic patient and the relation between the religious symbolism of her dreams and ravings and the influence of religion in Tonga. Beaglehole indicates that Tongans take religion very seriously and the intensity of their feelings is frequently as aspect of mental illness.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Personality disorders
- Ethnopsychology
- Adjustment processes
- Personality traits
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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
- Martin J. Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- December 1938 - February 1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pangai, Vava'u, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ernest Beaglehole
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans