Examining the influence of gender and sexual motivation in college hookups

ABSTRACT

Objective: Hooking up is common in college, and has been linked to heavy drinking. Hookups have positive as well as negative consequences, and thus the motivations for hooking up are complex. Yet, little research has focused on these motivations. The present study examined the role that gender and drinking patterns play in the relationship between sexual motivation and penetrative hookups. Participants: Heavy drinking college students (N = 396) completed online surveys between September/October 2009. Method: Sexual motivation, alcohol, and hooking up were assessed. Results: Enhancement motives and drinking frequency predicted more frequent oral and vaginal sex when hooking up, while peer and partner motives predicted anal sex. Men endorsed greater enhancement motives, peer motives, and hookup oral and vaginal sex. For men, coping motives predicted oral and vaginal sex and peer motives predicted anal sex. Conclusions: Results provide greater insight into the reasons why college students engage in penetrative hookups.     

文化与原型——回族文学原型概说

从文化构成上讲,回族文学主要建基于伊斯兰-阿拉伯文化和身处其中的中国文化在融合中产生的回族文化之上.相应的回族文学原型主要有:源自中国主体文学的原型、源自伊斯兰-阿拉伯文化的原型和回族文化自我显现的礼俗及语言原型.后两种原型成功建构了回族文学的民族特征,也成为民族特征最普遍最主要的载体.     

凉州藏朱砂版《藏文大藏经》初探

甘肃凉州所藏朱砂版《藏文大藏经》是弥足珍贵的民族历史文物,是凉州独一无二的民族文化典籍。文章论述了凉州版《藏文大藏经》产生的历史背景和文化渊源,分析了该版本存在的可能性和基本条件,阐述了其重大历史文化研究价值。     

本雅明的“游手好闲者”：在视觉文化的观照下

在视觉文化的观照下,重新论述本雅明＂游手好闲者＂的美学内涵。通过分析这一术语出现的文化背景以及隐含的视觉消费姿态等,不仅帮助我们理解本雅明对都市文化的深刻思考,而且为我们深入认识本雅明的视觉文化理论提供重要的入思路径,对我们考察当下的视觉文化研究具有重要的启示意义。     

论大学英语课堂互动的传统与创新策略

大学英语课堂互动具有一定的理论基础,传统的互动策略主要涉及到师生之间互动和学生之间互动。除此之外,还有其他三种创新的课堂互动策略：如师生角色互换策略,小组互动策略和教师指导下的个人自学策略。     

Postdivorce Adjustment in Singapore: Factors,Themes, and Positive Growth

Although there is a fairly large literature on postdivorce adjustment in the United States, comparatively little research has been conducted on the topic in Singapore. In addition, the majority of research to date has focused on the negative impacts of divorce and has tended to ignore potential positive growth opportunities that might result from the experience. This study seeks to address this gap in the literature through a thematic analysis of interviews with divorcees in Singapore. Specifically, this study identifies factors contributing to positive postdivorce adjustments within the multicultural, multiethnic, and multireligious context found in Singapore. A review of participant responses identified 15 specific factors related to the potential for experiencing a positive postdivorce adjustment. Further review indicates that these factors can be grouped into 6 themes that could specifically inform counselors and other mental health professionals working in Singapore to assist with the adjustment process.     

A life course approach to understanding homelessness of shelter residents

ABSTRACT

Using in-depth interviews of 40 residents from a homeless shelter in El Paso, Texas in the United States, this study examines the etiology, processes, and patterns of homelessness by assessing those confronting homeless spells at different time points and for varying reasons. Our study is guided by the research questions: How did residents of homeless shelters experience transitions and turning points of homelessness? What were the coping resources that homeless people drew on to overcome life adversities? Overall, we found that risk accumulation as a result of different traumatic events, such as death of a family member, marital or relationship breakdown, victimization, unemployment, substance addiction, poor mental health, or discrimination confronted in varied contexts, could serve as precursors or consequences that exacerbated the housing crisis over the course of a life. We recommend that efforts geared toward remediating, alleviating, or preventing homelessness be life course driven. It is only through compassion and empathy rather than criminalizing and stigmatizing that we can help stop the triggers and spread of the downward spiral of homelessness.     

Immigrant Integration Through Mediating Social Institutions: Issues and Strategies

With nearly 40 million foreign-born residents, the United States is the country with the largest immigrant population in the world (Nwosu, Batalova, & Auclair, 2014). This amounts to 13% of the current US population and has fueled debates about the role of immigrants in American society and about what it means to be American (Batalova & Lee, 2012; Hing, 2004). The issue of immigrant integration is at the center of this debate and is also the focus of this study, which examines immigrant integration in two U.S. cities: San Francisco, California and Chicago, Illinois. This study is part of a larger 2007 multi-country study of immigrant integration practices conducted by CeiMigra, a migration research institute based in Valencia, Spain. This study analyzes data collected in the two U.S. study sites, which consists of 19 extensive qualitative interviews with politicians, policy makers, labor leaders, and nongovernment (NGO) and migrant association leaders regarding issues that affect and strategies that facilitate immigrant integration. The interviewees identified two primary points of integration: the economy and local communities. Common barriers affecting both documented and undocumented immigrants were identified, as well as local strategies that promote integration into the economy and the community. Study participants noted the burden on local communities to address immigrant incorporation and called for stronger and more systematic integration programs and policies at the federal level.     

房地产市场调控的政策效果研究——基于广州的调查

近十年来,房价在多轮调控中持续大幅上涨。为把握调控的政策效果,本文依据民意研究数据,分析了当前房地产调控和住房问题上的社情民意,进而探讨政策效果不佳的症结所在,并提出了几点政策建议。