Yea-saying and mood-of-the-day effects in self-reported quality of life

This paper focuses on some of the complications that may arise from errors of measurement in quality of life (QOL) scales based on self-report. It is argued that systematic errors as well as random errors (specifically in the shape of mood-of-the-day effects) will tend to suppress, mask or “wash out” statistical associations between “objective”, sociologically relevant, indicators of well-being and self-reported quality of life. Results from a Norwegian sample of middle-aged and old participants in a health screening operation (N=610) are reported. The findings indicate that response acquiescence (“yea-saying”) may be a source of systematic error even in balanced QOL-scales, and that this bias may lead one to underestimate QOL among the well-educated and overestimate it among older respondents. Utilizing over-time data we are able to show that self-reported QOL appears particularly vulnerable to mood-of-the-day effects among younger females. Implications for sociological research on subjective well-being are pointed out.     

South Africa's Emergent “Social Indicators Movement”

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Beware the angry leader: Trait anger and trait anxiety as predictors of petty tyranny

Drawing on the general aggression model and theories of victimization and temperamental goodness-of-fit, we investigated trait anger and trait anxiety as antecedents of petty tyranny: employing a multilevel design with data from 84 sea captains and 177 crew members. Leader trait anger predicted subordinate-reported petty tyranny. Subordinate trait anxiety was associated with subordinate-reported petty tyranny. The association between leader trait anger and subordinate-reported petty tyranny was strongest among low trait anger subordinates supporting the theory of temperamental goodness-of-fit—or rather misfit—in dyads. Hence, leader anger-generated petty tyranny seems to constitute itself both as an average leadership style and as behavior targeting specific subordinates, in this case low trait anger subordinates. In addition, anxious subordinates report more exposure to such abusive leadership behaviors irrespective of levels of trait anger in the captain. The practical implications are above all the needs for organizational and individual management of leader trait anger.     

电影工业的文化多样性：一项跨国研究

本文作者提出了一个评估文化多样性的框架。本文得出的主要结果：（1）国家的多样性等级次序高度依赖于其所采用的文化多样性维度;（2）电影产业得到公共支持越强大的国家（法国、欧盟和韩国）,其文化多样性越高;（3）供应多样性（supplied diversity）与消费多样性（consumed diversity）紧密相联,前者始终高于后者。这一现象揭示出对供应文化多样性的支持政策似乎与消费偏向相吻合。     

高校体育教师业务素质评价标准的设计

对高校体育教师业务素质评价的意义、方法和评价模式等进行分析研究 ,以寻求一种最佳的体育教师业务素质评价模式 ,使体育教师的业务素质得以真实地反映。     

偏微分方程的非线性变换和精确解

利用截属的Painlev'e展开式、非线性变换和可积的微分方程，可以求出一类非线性偏微分方程的自Backlund变换和它的精确解，孤立波解。波动方程、Hirota-Satsuma方程组和非线性色散与耗散方程作为例子来说明这一方法。     

浅论汉武帝德法并用治国方略

汉武帝在其执政时期 ,倡导儒学 ,广施德政 ,同时 ,又创新改革 ,以法治国 ,恩威并施 ,德法兼用 ,积极寻找多渠道的治国良方 ,使国家在政治、经济、军事、文化各方面都得到空前的大发展。     

心理健康教育模式在课堂教学中的建构

在实证的基础上论述了心理健康教育模式在课堂教学中的建构 ,以期增进学生的心理健康     

Subset selection of superior populations when the number of populations is large

The situation where k populations are partitioned into one inferior group and one superior group is considered. The statistical problem is to select a random size subset of superior populations while trying to avoid including any inferior populations. A selection procedure is assumed to satisfy the condition that the probability of selecting at least one superior population is bounded below by P¹<1. The performance of a procedure is measured by the probability of including an inferior population.The asymptotic performance, as k→∞ of Gupta's traditional maximum type procedure ψ^G is considered in the location-model. For normally distributed populations, ψ^G turns out to be asymptotically optimal, provided the size of the inferior group does not become infinitely larger than the size of the superior group.