Using a Susto Symptoms Scale to Analyze Social Wellbeing in the Andes

Bibliographic Data

ID13091082
AuthorsBenjamin Blakely Brooks (East Carolina University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume4
Issue2
Pages106-113
Publication date2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-6187 • E-ISSN: 2331-6179
PublisherHorizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.13189/sa.2016.040208
OpenAlexW2324584488
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

Susto is a cultural syndrome associated with fright that impacts Andean farmers. Measures of social wellbeing were utilized to determine possible risk factors for development of susto. Stress was measured to assess the level of social wellbeing of susto sufferers. The cultural consensus model was used to explore the distribution of understandings of susto and Andean social roles in Peru. Highlander's ability to know and enact the cultural model of Andean social roles was investigated as it related to social wellbeing. By analyzing a variety of potential factors associated with susto one can gain insight into Andean culture and social wellbeing

Cartography · Geography · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Categorization, perception, and language · Community Health and Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology

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