Perception of Substance Use Problems in Asian American Communities by Chinese,Indian, and Vietnamese American Youth

SUMMARY

The study was a cross-sectional survey using a convenience sample of 87 Asian American youth respondents to examine their perceptions of substance use problems in the Asian American community. The authors examined respondents' perceptions of the severity of substance use problems in the Asian American community, perceived characteristics of persons with problems of substance use, perceived etiology of substance use problems, beliefs about treatment, perceived help-seeking preferences and helpful services. The youth demonstrated an increased awareness of the severity of substance use problems in the community, although such awareness was more prominent for drinking problems than drug use problems. Respondents showed a positive attitude toward treatment, although such an attitudinal change was not yet accompanied by a change in their behavioral preferences. Findings suggested a tendency for Asian American youth respondents to utilize personal resources rather than professional help or formal treatment programs in response to substance use problems. In addition, respondents shared similar “myths” of Asian problem drinkers and drug users. Implications for developing culturally relevant interventions for prevention and treatment as well as future research are discussed.     

灾后安置社区社会工作的实践与反思——都江堰市“勤俭人家”社会工作服务经验研究

灾后社会工作介入对于地震灾区社会重建有着十分重要的作用.本文以都江堰市"勤俭人家"安置社区社会工作援建服务经验为基础,从社会工作服务目标、社会工作服务项目、社会工作方法和策略三方面对灾后安置社区社会工作服务进行了分析和反思.     

专制主义概念辨难

中国诸子百家之不同,不在于是否主张专制,因为他们都是肯定专制的专制主义论者;也不在于主张在何种历史条件下应该专制,因为他们都认为专制在任何历史条件下都是应该的,他们都是永恒的超历史的专制主义论者。他们的不同只在于主张怎样的专制:是王道的、开明的、仁慈的专制主义,还是霸道的、野蛮的、邪恶的专制主义?因此,中国专制主义便可以归结为两大混合类型:以孔子和儒家为代表的“永恒且开明专制主义”与以韩非和法家为代表的“永恒且邪恶专制主义”。     

中国居民储蓄的决定:理论与实证

中国居民储蓄存款从收入时序看 ,主要受当年收入和下年收入影响 ;从收入稳定性看 ,主要受短暂收入影响 ;从利率看 ,主要受名义利率影响 ,而与实际利率的关系在 1990年前后发生了明显的结构变动。同时 ,城镇居民与农村居民储蓄对收入和利率变动的反映表现出极大的差异性。     

名词作临时物量词的认知机制

临时物量词多来自名词，名词作临时物量词与认知机制有关，主要表现在：实体事物的量的认知基于事物不同的空间性；名词的空间性的认知，影响名词作临时物量词；对于空间性不定或没有的事物，其空间性的认知则利用隐喻或转喻，从而认知它的量。     

一种CDMA2000系统的位置管理优化技术

在CDMA2000系统的研发过程中,发现了运行在CDMA2000核心网络上的位置管理技术存在效率问题。该文在CDMA2000系统业务模型的基础上,提出了一种优化技术,这种优化技术无需改变当前核心网络的体系结构,但能大大提高用户位置管理的效率,而且在现存的已初具规模的CDMA2000系统中,很容易通过软件改造实现。     

人类学视野中的边缘化穆斯林族群

目前学术界将族群理论引入到我国民族学研究中,给我国民族学、人类学研究提供了新思维、新视角,有助于我国民族学研究的深化和细化。我国边缘化穆斯林族群所表现出的文化特征、族群边界、族群关系及族群认同为这一理论在中国的发展提供了实证个案。特别是边缘化穆斯林在族群互动中所引起的宗教信仰、语言、服饰的变异,说明民族既是一个历史文化现象,又是一个历史发展过程,他不是一经确认就不再发展的事物。     

Improved estimators for the selected location parameters

_i , i = 1, 2, ..., k be k independent exponential populations with different unknown location parameters θ _i , i = 1, 2, ..., k and common known scale parameter σ. Let Y _i denote the smallest observation based on a random sample of size n from the i-th population. Suppose a subset of the given k population is selected using the subset selection procedure according to which the population π _i is selected iff Y _i ≥Y ₍₁₎−d, where Y ₍₁₎ is the largest of the Y _i 's and d is some suitable constant. The estimation of the location parameters associated with the selected populations is considered for the squared error loss. It is observed that the natural estimator dominates the unbiased estimator. It is also shown that the natural estimator itself is inadmissible and a class of improved estimators that dominate the natural estimator is obtained. The improved estimators are consistent and their risks are shown to be O(kn ⁻²). As a special case, we obtain the coresponding results for the estimation of θ₍₁₎, the parameter associated with Y ₍₁₎. Received: January 6, 1998; revised version: July 11, 2000     

Containing Violence: A Case Study Illustration of Bion's Container-Contained Model as Applied to Mother–Infant Intervention

Secure Beginnings is a program of psychotherapy for pregnant women with potential problems in the formation of the parent–child relationship including, in the extreme, infant maltreatment. The core of the therapeutic process is to help the mother recognize and think through unbearable thoughts and feelings rather than project expectations of abandonment, hate, helplessness or ridicule into her infant. Case material, from 18 months of treatment, is used to illustrate the Secure Beginnings approach. The case is a mother with psychosis and addiction who lost nine previous children to foster care.     

拉开任务型组织研究的帷幕

组织研究是社会科学中最有价值的课题。在20世纪后期,随着从工业社会向后工业社会历史转型过程的开启,任务型组织作为一个显著的组织形式呼唤着组织理论家们的关注。此前,常规组织一直是组织理论关注的对象,也是在现实生活和社会管理中发挥基础性作用的组织形式。然而,在新的历史条件下,任务型组织成了一个急迫的和需要加以理论探讨的组织现象。任务型组织具有临时性,但是,不能归结为临时性组织。审视行政改革的实践,在任务型组织的视点上,可以提出全新的思路。