Homosexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective

A Cross-Cultural Perspective

CULTURAL ISSUES were included, although in a limited fashion, in the diagnostic manuals ICD-10 (World Health Organization, 1992) and DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). As Fabrega (1995) points out, the study of the cultural sciences as they pertain to psychiatry offers a necessary corrective to the increasing impersonality and reductionism that has come to characterize the neurobi...

Cross Cultural Research: EUC Perspective

3 Globalization is the key to survival in the 90’s. More and more companies are venturing overseas for new markets, manufacturing facilities or investments. Companies are globalizing through acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures. Globalization, though lucrative, adds complexity in terms of organizational structure, management strategies and allocation of resources. Decision making become...

Death: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Teen motherhood in cross-cultural perspective.

Teen motherhood is the prevalent childbearing pattern in most traditional populations. Yet early motherhood is associated with negative biological and social outcomes in the developed world. We review the teen pregnancy literature in light of this discrepancy, emphasizing two core debates. The first debate centers on whether teens have poor pregnancy outcomes compared to older women, and whethe...

Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective

The available cross-cultural data clearly show that the ways in which individuals organize their sexual behavior vary considerably between societies (Westermarck, 1908; Ford & Beach, 1951; Broude & Greene, 1976). Although biological and psychological factors help explain variations of sexual behavior between individuals within a given society, intercultural variations in patterns of human sexua...