Attachment to Shifting Cultivation among Konyak Naga Tribe in Eastern Himalaya:Choice or Compulsion?

Addiction: Choice or Compulsion?

Normative thinking about addiction has traditionally been divided between, on the one hand, a medical model which sees addiction as a disease characterized by compulsive and relapsing drug use over which the addict has little or no control and, on the other, a moral model which sees addiction as a choice characterized by voluntary behavior under the control of the addict. Proponents of the form...

Sociocultural factors influencing decision-making related to fertility among the Kanuri tribe of north-eastern Nigeria

results: Children among the Kanuri were highly valued and desired irrespective of their gender. The ideal family size, according to most of the respondents, was 16 children. Kanuri men are polygamous and can marry up to four wives in order to form large families. However, it is an abomination among Kanuri women to fall pregnant in quick succession; a phenomenon they termed konkomi. Other reason...

Sexual compulsion – Relationship with sex, attachment and sexual orientation

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sexual addiction, also known as hypersexual disorder, is associated with serious psychosocial problems for many people. METHODS This study used questionnaires to investigate the effects of gender, sexual orientation and attachment (avoidance and anxiety) on sexual compulsion among 100 heterosexual and homosexual men and women. RESULTS A positive correlation was found bet...

Economic Models of Shifting Cultivation: A Review

Small-Scale Farming and Shifting Cultivation