Lurking Behavior in Online Psychosocial Discussion Forums: Theoretical Perspectives and Implications for Practice

Improving outcomes of telebehavioral psychoeducation requires rethinking program design when delivered wholly or partially for self-directed participation. Discussion forum participation often follows the “90-9-1 Rule” where 90% of participants lurk, rather than contribute content. A theoretical perspective on the behavior can help explain its adaptive functions, as well as the threats that this behavior poses to the lurker. Implications for practice require program redesign that actively links individual skills training and group-based discussion. The proposed linking design can synergize individual and group participation to support the development of mutual aid, as well as greater interaction with psychoeducation content and materials.     

中华民族传统音乐理性刍议

音乐是人类最古老的艺术形式之一,也是最具感染力的艺术形式。中华民族传统音乐侧重于个体性和生命性,注重感悟性和体验性,也注重在现实层面关注于对社会的教化作用,实际上是实用理性指导下的音乐。在社会主义文化建设背景下,努力发掘中华民族传统音乐理性的优良特质,对于当前社会主义文化建设有着积极的意义。     

浅议当前我国立法需要完成的几个任务

我国社会主义法律体系虽然已经基本形成,但针对当前突出的社会问题,立法需要承担起社会主义道德建设的重任,树立社会主义核心价值观,实现法律与道德的相互促进。所以,在立法时应实现对社会各种利益进行确认、保护与分配的任务,平衡不同的利益冲突,加大对社会弱势群体的保护力度,以实现社会的公正与和谐。     

Exploratory Study on Drug Users’ Perspectives on Quality of Life: More than Health-Related Quality of Life?

In drug treatment outcome literature, a focus on objective and socially desirable indicators of change (e.g. no drug use) has predominated, while outcome indicators that are important for drug users themselves (e.g. quality of life, satisfaction with treatment) have largely been neglected. Nonetheless, Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important concept to evaluate effectiveness of treatment in mental health care research and disability studies. Given the almost exclusive focus on Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in substance abuse research and the neglect of clients’ perspectives in this field, we explore in this study the concept of QoL as perceived by drug users. Focus group discussions (n = 9) were organised in various treatment settings and community services for drug users in the region of Ghent, Belgium to identify important dimensions of QoL and their interpretation by drug users. Data were clustered and analysed based on the theoretical framework of Robert Schalock (Quality of life. Volume 1: Conceptualization and measurement, 1996). The domains ‘personal relationships’, ‘social inclusion’ and ‘self-determination’ were discussed most frequently by the participants. They stressed the importance of a supportive social network in particular. It can be concluded that QoL is not primarily associated by drug users with health and it involves much more than the aspects typically represented in measures of HRQOL.     

Practicing What We Preach: Creating Groups for Ourselves

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the professional isolation faced by social group work practitioners and educators. It identifies the need for peer support and connection in an environment of limited opportunities for professional development. The paper describes and assesses long-term peer support groups initiated and developed by each of the authors, one for group work educators and the other for practitioners. It discusses the potential for expanding the development of such groups, which could benefit individual group workers as well as strengthen efforts to ensure the survival of group work.     

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青岛市社科类社团发展状况调研

青岛市社科类社团数量居山东省前列，与全国同类城市基本持平，社团设立具有时代特色，学科建设工作均衡发展。与此同时，青岛市社科类社团在自身和管理方面还存在一些问题，社团自身要逐步建立适应市场经济发展规律的工作和运行机制，加强学习，提高自律水平，不断强化人才队伍建设，引导社科工作者将研究重心转到地方经济社会文化发展上来，注重科研成果与社会联系的密切性和向现实转化的可能性。另外，政府也要进一步加大扶持力度，改善社科类社团发展的外部环境，提供财政支持，提供优惠政策，引导社会行为，出台有利于社科类社团发展的人才政策，细化完善社科类社团的管理制度。     

Mixed matters in Australia

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Mapping attitudes toward intermarriage – who is and who is NOT considered an acceptable mate – offers an incisive means through which imaginings of belonging – ethnicity, nationhood, citizenship, race, and culture – can be critically evaluated. Looking specifically at Australia, despite a growing body of research on whiteness, and Mixedness, there is very little qualitative research on attitudes toward mixing among the different groups in Australia. Therefore, in this article, I document attitudes towards ‘mixed’ marriage through focus group interviews in communities across Australia to explore what boundaries, if any, exist and the attitudes of different groups toward intermarriage and ‘mixed’ families in Australia. Drawing from these 69 focus groups conducted across seven cities and the surrounding area of the six states of Australia: Darwin, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, and Melbourne with homogenous groups based on the ways Australians self-identify – indigenous (Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander), white (differentiating if applicable between those who identify as Australian as opposed to European or South African), African Australian, and other groups at various community locations, I argue that national discourses of multiculturalism and imaginings of who and what constitutes being Australian heavily influence attitudes toward mixing. Furthermore, there is a clear hierarchy of desirability in terms of who is considered marriable, with pattern in the narratives and counter-narratives offered by different groups. These findings are presented within a larger discussion of how the contemporary situation in Australia compares to the institutional, individual, and ideological practices that discourage mixing globally.     

从新视角看中国近代史的基本线索

本文从新的视角重新梳理了中国近代史的基本线索,即把中国近代史放进整个世界近代历史发展进程和中华民族形成史中,以此为视角,认为中国近代史有三条基本线索,即中国近代史是中华民族反对帝国主义,争取民族独立和解放的过程;中华民族在各层次上实现近代转型和现代化的过程;中华民族走向自觉联合的过程。     

略论党的三代领导集体西部开发战略思想及其实践

新中国成立 5 0年来 ,党的三代领导集体为推动西部地区经济发展进行了艰辛的探索和大胆的实践。 5 0年代初到 70年代末 ,在“均衡发展”战略指导下 ,对西部地区进行过几次较大规模的开发建设 ;80年代初到 90年代中期 ,在共同富裕与“两个大局”思想指导下 ,在西部地区兴建了一批基础设施 ;90年代中期以来 ,实施对口支援 ,使西部经济获得较快发展 ,特别是跨入新世纪之际 ,以江泽民为核心的第三代中央领导集体又作出了西部大开发的战略决策 ,这必将对西部经济发展产生深远影响。