Extrusion And/or Brother-sister Avoidance

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Cohen, Yehudi A.The transition from childhood to adolescence: cross-cultural studies of initiation ceremonies, ...

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Cohen, Yehudi A."If parents in a society try to bring up their children so that they will be anchored in the larger kin group instead of only within the family, . . . the rearing is shared by members of the children's descent group. . . . If the parents in a society try to bring up their children to be anchored within the family . . . these parents will have to insure that their children's upbringing remains principally in their own hands" (66-67)
Cohen, Yehudi A."[There is a] relationship between the agents of socialization and the presence or absence of unilineal descent groups and between [the latter] and experiences at the first stage of puberty [that is extrusion and/or brother-sister avoidance]" (71)

Associated OCMs

  1. kin relationships
  2. status of adolescents