Sex Guilt Mediates the Relationship Between Religiosity and Sexual Desire in East Asian and Euro-Canadian College-Aged Women

IntroductionDepression as a pathology and the side effects of pharmacology therapy have been pointed proven to be as responsible for the lack of sexual desire. Among the drugs used in the treatment of depression, anti-depressives are the ones mostly connected to sexual dysfunction.Aims /objectivesTo study the relationship between depression and its impact on the sexual desire in psychiatric patients.MethodsThe chosen sample is composed of 89 subjects, 73 females and 16 males, with ages ranging from 21 to 70 years, who present with depressive symptomatology (mild to moderate symptomatology (MMS) and severe symptomatology (SS).To each patient 3 instruments were applied: 1)Questionnaire used to collect demographic and clinical data from the sample;2)Instrument of estimation of the depression degree (BDI - Beck Depression Inventory);3)Instrument of valuation of the sexual desire (SDS - Sexual Desire Scale).ResultsDepression average value obtained with BDI was 25.58 (SD = 11.86). The majority was satisfied with their marital relationship (72.7% and 52.9%, respectively), and the group with most sexual damaged (actual sexual performance regarding sexual desire) being the one with severe depression (54.5% versus 82.4%, respectively). Regarding total SDS value, the group with MMD present with higher levels of sexual desire (M = 54.93; DP = 14.56) than the group with SD (M = 41.82; DP = 11.86).ConclusionsThis study presents an exploratory character and the obtained results revealed that depressive symptomatology severity is directly related with sexual desire, by saying the higher the depression's severity is the lower sexual desire will be.

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Timescale-dependence of the relationship between the East Asian summer monsoon strength and precipitation over eastern China in the last millennium by Jian Shi, Qing Yan, and Huijun Wang

10.5194/cp-2017-125-rc2 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Anonymous

Keyword(s):

Summer Monsoon ◽

East Asian Summer Monsoon ◽

Asian Summer Monsoon ◽

East Asian ◽

Eastern China ◽

Last Millennium ◽

Asian Summer ◽

Monsoon Strength ◽

The Relationship

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The Spatial Dimension Of Take-Offs And Sustainability: The Case Of East Asian Countries

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v32i2.9634 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 719

Author(s):

Paul Moon Sub Choi ◽

Jinhwan Oh ◽

Changsu Ko

Keyword(s):

Financial Markets ◽

East Asian ◽

Spatial Dimension ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Economic Openness ◽

Human Capital Development ◽

The Past ◽

Capital Development ◽

The Relationship ◽

The U.S

This study examines the relationship between the size of a country and its “take-off” for economic development. We find that most countries which experienced economic upheavals in the past decades are relatively small in terms of area. Specifically, take-offs appear to be quicker for smaller landmasses with larger potential workforce and higher population density, controlled for financial markets maturity, corporate governance, economic openness, and human capital development. We also find that take-offs are not sustainable by nature as most countries in East Asia that which experience take-offs are currently facing slow-downs of their economies. Through this finding, we predict that China may experience a slow-down at around 36% and may reach to the 50-60% of income level of the U.S.

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Mobilizing Restraint: Democracy and Industrial Conflict in Post-Reform South Asia. By Emmanuel Teitelbaum. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2011. 248p. $65.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Perspectives on Politics ◽

10.1017/s1537592712001119 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 809-811

Author(s):

Erik Martinez Kuhonta

Keyword(s):

Growth Rates ◽

East Asian ◽

High Growth ◽

Political Stability ◽

Authoritarian Regimes ◽

Development Model ◽

Regime Type ◽

The Political ◽

Cornell University ◽

The Relationship

A major debate in the literature on the political economy of development centers on the relationship between regime type and economic development. This debate has been heavily influenced by the East Asian development model, where authoritarianism has often gone hand in hand with high growth rates. In South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, development has been propelled by authoritarian or semidemocratic regimes. One key element of this argument is that the repression of labor under these authoritarian regimes has been especially helpful in states' pursuit of high growth rates because it has ensured political stability and checked societal demands.

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Confucianism and Democracy: A Review of the Opposing Conceptualizations

Japanese Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s1468109910000265 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 143-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

NICHOLAS SPINA ◽

DOH C. SHIN ◽

DANA CHA

Keyword(s):

East Asian ◽

Democratic Consolidation ◽

Review Article ◽

Democratic Values ◽

Way Of Life ◽

The Future ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe debate over the future of East Asian democracy centers largely on the fit between democratic values and the Confucian way of life. Some interpret Confucianism's hierarchical, communitarian, and anti-pluralistic values as a roadblock to democratic consolidation. Others interpret the Confucian traditions of dissent and accountability as comparable to liberal institutions. This article surveys this scholarly debate by dividing the literature into three theoretical camps: compatibility, incompatibility, and convergence. Additionally, the few available empirical works on the Confucian-democratic dynamic are discussed and the findings are applied to the three categorizations. This review article maintains that a consensus on the relationship between Confucianism and democracy remains elusive due to the divergent conceptualizations and operationalizations of the two doctrines.

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