Believers and Beaters
A Case Study of Supernatural Beliefs and Child Rearing in the Bahama Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2452162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Swanson Otterbein, Keith F Otterbein (Buffalo State University) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1670-1681 |
| Publication date | 1973-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1973.75.5.02a00290 |
| OpenAlex | W2098583485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 10 |
The research described in this article tests the hypothesis that caretakers who fear the supernatural will inflict more pain on the children in their charge than will those caretakers who do not fear the supernatural. The hypothesis is drawn from a larger body of theory which states that child training practices influence adult personality, including beliefs in the supernatural-these beliefs in turn influence the training of children. In order to test the hypothesis it was necessary to find a group of people whose adults differ from each other in theirbeliefs in the supernatural and whose children receive differential training. The village of Congo Town, located on Andros Island in the Bahamas, provides such a group of people. In the course of ethnographic fieldwork carried out in 1968 in this village, twenty caretakers were interviewed about the training given to their forty-eight children and grandchildren, as well as about their beliefs in the supernatural. Differences both in beliefs in the supernatural and in child training practices exist. Three specific hypotheses are derived from the major hypothesis described above. Each of these hypotheses is found to be supported by data gathered in Congo Town. Since each of the derived hypotheses receives support, it is concluded that the major hypothesis is confirmed
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2021 (46) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |