ABSTRACT
Relief-induced agonism includes a varied pattern of aggressive, exigent, and quarrelsome behaviors, both verbal and non-verbal. The agonism expresses itself more as a general irritability and a remonstrative or contestive attitude toward anyone at hand, including relief personnel. The relationship between the presence of a hunger period and the strength with which agonism is expressed is again strong and statistically significant. Aggressions occur within a framework of calendric festivities and are thus constrained with respect to timing, but they have not been rendered essentially harmless as in those cases where agonism is expressed only in sham battles or verbal aggressions. The relationship between the presence of a hunger period and the strength with which agonism is expressed is again strong and statistically significant. The Probability Sample contains two societies for which reports disclose post-hunger season violence occurring amidst celebration, but without the fighting itself showing any ritual restraint.
