Carl W O’nell

Biographic Data

ID3472390
NAMECarl W O’nell
GIVEN NAMESCarl W
FAMILY NAMEO’nell
SIGNATUREO’NELL C W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Notre Dame
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS68
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX3

  • A Cross-Cultural Study of Hunger and Thirst Motivation Manifested in Dreams

    Open AccessCarl W O’nellARTICLEHuman Development2009

  • Susto, A Folk Illness

    Sondra B Thiederman, Arthur J Rubel et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1986

  • Primary and Secondary Effects of Violence Control among the Nonviolent Zapotec

    Carl W O''Nell, Carl W O’nell et al.ARTICLEAnthropological Quarterly1986Cited by: 2

    Les mecanismes socio-culturels servant de controle de la violence interpersonnelle chez les Zapoteques du Mexique. Reflexion sur les racines de la non-violence. Mise en relation du comportement et du systeme de valeurs avec les pratiques educatives des enfants

  • The Folk Illness Called Susto

    Arthur J Rubel, Carl W O’nell et al.CHAPTERCulture-Bound Syndromes1985

  • Susto, a Folk Illness

    Arthur J Rubel, Carl W O’nell et al.BOOKSusto, a Folk Illness1984

    Widespread throughout Latin America, susto is a folk illness associated with a broad array of symptoms. It is considered by susceptible populations to be a sickness caused by the separation of soul and body which is precipitated by a supernatural force. Most studies of culture-bound diseases have relied on descriptive approaches that focus on pathologies derived from medical textbooks. This study takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking for e…

  • Hostility management and the control of aggression in a Zapotec community

    Open AccessCarl W O’nell, Carl W O'NellARTICLEAggressive Behavior1981References: 3

    Theoretically, sociocultural devices which curb dispositions to destructiveness in people should act as mechanisms in the control of overt destructiveness, i.e., aggression. From an anthropological perspective, these devices should be patterned in any culture and somewhat variable across cultures. I refer to the operation of these mechanisms as hostility management. I describe and analyze a number of these hostility management mechanisms which I …

  • The Development and Use of a Gauge to Measure Social Stress in Three Mesoamerican Communities

    Open AccessCarl W O''Nell, Carl W O’nell et al.ARTICLEEthnology1980Cited by: 3

  • A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Aggression in Dreams: Zapotecs and Americans

    Open AccessCarl W O’nell, Carl W O'Nell et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…1977

    Because it is frequent and variable by sex, age and culture, manifest aggression in dreams appears to be an important research area. A comparison was made between dreamed aggressions for Americans (Hall and Domhoff 1963) and for Zapotecs, collected and analysed by the writers. Similarities and differences revealed in the comparison, suggest the importance of cultural factors in manifest dreamed aggres sion, along with sex and age. Multivariate an…

  • An Investigation of Reported "Fright" as a Factor in the Etiology of Susto,"Magical Fright

    Open AccessCarl W O‘nell, Carl W O’nellARTICLEEthos1975Cited by: 21References: 10

  • Aging in a Zapotec Community

    Open AccessCarl W O’nellARTICLEHuman Development1972Cited by: 1References: 2

    An ethnographic study of aging was made in a Valley Zapotec community. The study included the sampling of perceptions and evaluations of various life periods for 50 adults, 36-80 years of age. The nature of the in Socio-cultural context which development takes place, and the significance of health and stress factors are outlined. The importance of understanding responsibility as a developmental dimension within the socio cultural setting is discu…

  • Sex Differences in the Incidence of Susto in Two Zapotec Pueblos: An Analysis of the Relationships between Sex Role Expectations and a Folk Illness

    Open AccessCarl W O''Nell, Carl W O’nell et al.ARTICLEEthnology1968Cited by: 41

    Carl W. O'Nell, Henry A. Selby, Sex Differences in the Incidence of Susto in Two Zapotec Pueblos: An Analysis of the Relationships between Sex Role Expectations and a Folk Illness, Ethnology, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan., 1968), pp. 95-105