<p>Rohner breaks new ground by offering a theoretical foundation for the problem of child abuse. Drawing on data from several societies, both industrialized and non-industrialized, he studies the effects of parental rejection on children within the framework of his Parental Acceptance/Rejection Theory. Moreover, he offers insights into the conditions enabling individuals to break the cycle of abuse.</p>

The Warmth Dimension: Foundations of Parental Acceptance/Rejection Theory (New Perspectives on the Family)

Politics & Social Sciences

Rohner, Ronald P.

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

They Love Me, They Love Me Not: A Worldwide Study of the Effects of Parental Acceptance and Rejection

Human Relations Area Files

<p>An excellent portrayal of the life and values of a Kwakiutl group! Gilford Island, home to a contemporary Kwakiutl community in British Columbia, is the setting of this case study. This village, representative of other Kwakiutl communities, is comprised of a fishing people who have retained much of their age-old social and cultural identity as an Indian population. The authors both describe the distinctive quality of Kwakiutl life as observed on Gilford Island and outline some of the major characteristics of the traditional Kwakiutl social system including the rank-class structure, potlatches, and the impressive winter ceremonial.</p>

The Kwakiutl: Indians of British Columbia

History

Bettauer, Evelyn C.

Americas

Waveland Pr Inc.

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