The Role of the Nightmare in Hmong Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome: A folkloristic study of belief and health
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English Pages xiv, 268 [286] Year 1991
Table of contents :
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figure vii
Acknowledgments viii
Vita, Publications, and Presentations xi
Abstract xiii
Chapter One: Introduction 1
Review of Literature 6
Research Approach 48
Research Methods 51
Limitations of research 56
Research Ethics 59
Chapter Two: The Nightmare 62
A Historical and Cultural Sampling of the Nightmare 63
The Nightmare and Laboratory Sleep Research 70
Cultural Elaborations of the Nightmare Experience 73
The Hmong Nightmare: Dab Tsog 81
Chapter Three: The Nightmare in the Context of Traditional Hmong Culture 91
An Overview of Hmong History and Ethnography 91
Traditional Hmong Religion 101
Traditional Hmong Beliefs Regarding Health and Illness 106
Informants' Nightmare Experiences in a Traditional Context 113
Chapter Four: The Nightmare in the Context of Hmong Relocation 126
From Laos to the United States 126
Resettlement 130
Problems of Adaptation and Relocation 134
Informants' Nightmare Experiences in the United States 146
Chapter Five: The Nightmare and Hmong Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome 167
Psychophysiological Predisposition to Nightmare Attacks 169
Cataclysmic Psychological Stress as a Result of the Nightmare 172
Psychological Stress and Sudden Death 183
The Nightmare as Trigger for Hmong Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome 197
Chapter Six: Conclusion 210
Summary of Findings 210
Hmong Reactions to SUNDS Research 216
Directions for Future Research 220
Prospects for Preventing SUNDS Deaths 222
Implications for Research in Folk Belief and Folk Medicine 224
Notes 227
Bibliography 229
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figure vii
Acknowledgments viii
Vita, Publications, and Presentations xi
Abstract xiii
Chapter One: Introduction 1
Review of Literature 6
Research Approach 48
Research Methods 51
Limitations of research 56
Research Ethics 59
Chapter Two: The Nightmare 62
A Historical and Cultural Sampling of the Nightmare 63
The Nightmare and Laboratory Sleep Research 70
Cultural Elaborations of the Nightmare Experience 73
The Hmong Nightmare: Dab Tsog 81
Chapter Three: The Nightmare in the Context of Traditional Hmong Culture 91
An Overview of Hmong History and Ethnography 91
Traditional Hmong Religion 101
Traditional Hmong Beliefs Regarding Health and Illness 106
Informants' Nightmare Experiences in a Traditional Context 113
Chapter Four: The Nightmare in the Context of Hmong Relocation 126
From Laos to the United States 126
Resettlement 130
Problems of Adaptation and Relocation 134
Informants' Nightmare Experiences in the United States 146
Chapter Five: The Nightmare and Hmong Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome 167
Psychophysiological Predisposition to Nightmare Attacks 169
Cataclysmic Psychological Stress as a Result of the Nightmare 172
Psychological Stress and Sudden Death 183
The Nightmare as Trigger for Hmong Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome 197
Chapter Six: Conclusion 210
Summary of Findings 210
Hmong Reactions to SUNDS Research 216
Directions for Future Research 220
Prospects for Preventing SUNDS Deaths 222
Implications for Research in Folk Belief and Folk Medicine 224
Notes 227
Bibliography 229
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