Mother And Infant Sleeping Arrangements

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ayres, BarbaraBride theft and raiding for wives in cross-cultural perspective
Schlegel, AliceAdolescence: an anthropological inquiry

Associated Hypotheses (4)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ayres, Barbara"The finding presented in Table VIII that bride theft occurs only in societies where mother and infant sleep together strongly supports the hypothesis of sex identity conflict (P=.01) . . ." (247)
Ayres, Barbara"Bride theft represents a delayed and displaced acting out of the Oedipal conflict. Such conflict should be maximized in societies where the probablility of mother-infant seduction was high (mother-child households and mother-infant sleeping arrangements) and where the child's competition with the father was most intense (high father involvement in caretaking)" (248)
Ayres, Barbara"In addition, the data show that raiding for wives, like bride theft, is most likely to occur in societies where mother and infant sleep together" (249)
Schlegel, AliceAdolescents running away from difficult situations will be associated with certain antecedent socialization practices (151).

Associated OCMs

  1. infant care