Parental stress and parenting in Chinese immigrant families: The mediating role of social support

As the population of Chinese immigrants has been growing rapidly in the United States, it has been understudied on the parenting behaviours as well as the roles parental stress and social support playing in parenting in this group. This study investigated whether parental stress was associated with parenting and whether this relationship was mediated by social support in a sample of 255 Chinese immigrant parents from the Survey of Asian American Families in New York City. Regression analyses with a rich array of control variables found that a higher level of parental stress and the presence of one or more stressors such as unemployment, low income, and low education were positively associated with the use of harsh discipline and parent–child conflicts and negatively associated with positive parenting practices. Social support functioned as a significant mediator in the relationships between parental stress and positive parenting practices but not in the relationships of parental stress with parent–child conflict or the use of harsh discipline.     

Racial/Ethnic Minority Community College Students' Critical Consciousness and Social Cognitive Career Outcomes

A need exists to better understand how racial/ethnic minority students' critical consciousness development in response to marginalization may be involved in their educational and career development. We therefore examined the link between critical consciousness development and career decision self-efficacy and career outcome expectations among racial/ethnic minority community college students. Following social cognitive career theory's conceptual pillars, we developed a testable model integrating critical consciousness and social cognitive variables. This model was tested with 135 racially and ethnically diverse community college students. Data analysis included path analyses and tests of model fit using structural equation modeling. Results suggested that (a) higher critical agency is linked to higher career decision self-efficacy and outcome expectations and (b) critical action and reflection have a bidirectional link and predict higher critical agency. Implications for research and practice aiming to close educational and career gaps among racial/ethnic minorities are discussed.     

Palm snags are a critical nesting resource for woodpeckers in an urbanized tropical region

Urban Ecosystems - Critical resources for birds nesting in cities can support populations in spite of the challenges imposed by urbanization, and the identification of such resources can shed light...     

论我国国际私法的渊源结构--司法解释应成为我国国际私法的渊源

司法解释在我国调整涉外民事关系中扮演着重要的角色,但其作为国际私法渊源的地位却没有给予明确的肯定。无论从我国的实际和国际私法立法的特征来看,还是法律规则发展来看,司法解释应当成为我国国际私法的重要渊源,使其成为我国,国际私法渊源结构中的重要组成部分。     

湘军发祥的社会土壤

湘乡的文化底蕴包括历史的、地理的、人文的和社会的等诸多方面,湘乡是湘军的发祥地,对湘军建设具有重大贡献。     

试论物理学的人类学特征

人在脱离了动物界进入社会之后,在人的生物进化中止(基本中止)的地方,开始了人类更加迅速且不断加速的社会进化,实验手段、数学工具和与之相联系的物理想象力始终是人类社会进化的重要条件,它们为人的认识通向感官接触不到的领域开辟着无限深广的道路。科学认识的人类学特征在生物学意义上的不可超越性,决不意味着它在社会学意义上也是不可超越的,只是给这种超越加上了人类学的形式,和必须投影到人类实践平面上的要求。     

初冬小游凤凰山

初冬,中国东北大部分地区已感到寒意。可是,当我们置身在位于大凌河畔的辽宁省朝阳市却全没了寒冷的感觉。11月8日的朝阳,天空湛蓝湛蓝的,大大的太阳照得人格外惬意。“这的天儿真是太好啦!”我们不时地赞叹着。听到我们的感叹,市旅游局小潘说,朝阳这地方日照充足,常年少雨,阳光总是毫无遮挡地洒落在朝阳大地,不然怎么叫朝阳呢!他还认真地补充到,朝阳的气候在全省总是特别的,如果全省阴,俺朝阳这地方准晴;如果说全省有雨,咱这儿顶多是阴天。换个说法,如果朝阳这地方下小雨,那全省大部分地区就得大雨或暴雨了。说话间,我们已来到了号称东北佛…     

亦真亦幻的世界——评亦舒的科幻小说

众所周知,亦舒是香港著名的言情小说家,然而,她笔下的科幻小说也毫不逊色,不仅情节曲折,想象奇特,而且能充分体现出女性作家特有的心理体验。相对于其同时代的言情小说家而言,身为言情小说家的亦舒,科幻小说更能显示她过人的才气。文章即从小说的叙事模式和女性心理体验两方面阐述亦舒科幻小说的创作特色与艺术个性。     

应用现代教育技术提高教育教学质量

现代教育技术朝着智能化、多媒化、网络化的方向发展,具有教学信息资源和信息渠道多元化、课堂教学开放化、教学手段智能化以及教学过程情景化等特点。而课堂教学现代化是提高教学质量的有效途径,通过合理应用现代教育技术手段,使教学效果达到最优化。     

我国森林资源境外开发对策研究

森林资源境外开发是森林资源三大供给体系的重要组成部分,是指运用相关理论,采取一定的方式与手段与本国以外的国家、地区、企业发生的一些具体的林业经济关系。文章分析了我国林业利用国外森林资源战略目标及实现条件,研究并提出一系列措施。