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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 4(2), pp. 106 - 113
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040208
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Using a Susto Symptoms Scale to Analyze Social Wellbeing in the Andes
B. Blakely Brooks *
Department of Anthropology, East Carolina University, USA
ABSTRACT
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.
KEYWORDS
Susto, Cultural Syndrome, Social Wellbeing, Andean Highland Culture
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[1] B. Blakely Brooks , "Using a Susto Symptoms Scale to Analyze Social Wellbeing in the Andes," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 106 - 113, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040208.
(b). APA Format:
B. Blakely Brooks (2016). Using a Susto Symptoms Scale to Analyze Social Wellbeing in the Andes. Sociology and Anthropology, 4(2), 106 - 113. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2016.040208.