Internalizing and externalizing symptoms among unaccompanied refugee and Italian adolescents

This study investigated the prevalence of emotional and behavioral symptoms in unaccompanied refugee adolescents living in Italy; an area which remains under-researched despite the relatively high number of asylum seekers registered in Italy compared to other industrialized countries. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) for 6–18 year-olds was completed by a social worker or parent for each of the 120 participating adolescents; sixty male unaccompanied refugee adolescents and sixty male native Italian adolescents. The paper presents findings that illustrate high levels of emotional and behavioral problems in unaccompanied refugee youth living in Italy. On all components of the CBCL, unaccompanied refugee adolescents were found to present with significantly more problems, as reported by social workers, compared to the Italian group of adolescents. In the light of these results, the importance of interventions and culturally sensitive therapeutic programs for refugee youth is discussed.     

Emotional Intelligence as a Protective Factor Against Psychological Maltreatment in Dating Couples According to Age

Abstract

Psychological violence during dating is a current phenomenon of universal proportions. Initiatives are urgently required to deal with this reality, initiatives focused on anticipating the potentially violent dynamics. Various works of research have confirmed that emotional intelligence can be a protecting factor against violence in relationships. This paper analyses the relation between the capacity to exercise behavior patterns of psychological maltreatment within dating couples and the subjects’ emotional competences, as well as its relation to the subjects’ age. 1080 students of the University of Extremadura (Spain) participated in the study, aged between 17 and 23?years or more. The results show the presence of all the behavior patterns of psychological maltreatment analyzed, especially among the students aged 17–18?years. Similarly, the existence of significant correlations between all the manifestations of psychological violence and the emotional competences studied are confirmed, with a great variability in the results depending on the subjects’ age. Future studies are suggested focusing on training in emotional self-management skills as a protective agent against psychological violence in dating couples and as a healthy marital mechanism with no age limit.     

How to foster employee quality of life: The role of employee performance management and authentic leadership

Although employee performance management (EPM) enhances performance, the effects that these systems have on employee quality of life remain unclear. Such information is particularly relevant for ‘vulnerable’ workers, whose employment situation has the potential to alter their social and economic position in life. Based on data gathered from 111 leaders and 547 vulnerable workers in 36 social profit organizations, multilevel regression analysis demonstrates that EPM is related to vulnerable workers’ quality of life. Moreover, authentic leadership and psychological empowerment buffer the negative relationship between EPM and vulnerable workers’ quality of life. These findings imply that organizations that employ vulnerable workers need authentic leaders to foster a positive impact not only on performance through EPM but also on vulnerable workers’ quality of life. In addition, organizations can also pursue vulnerable workers’ psychological empowerment by providing tasks that are meaningful to them and in which they experience self-efficacy to reduce the potential negative effects of EPM on vulnerable workers’ quality of life.     

论未来教师“儿童心理健康诊测能力”的培养

未来教师是国家的未来,肩负着培养祖国接班人的重任。为了更充分发扬师范生教书育人的功能,不仅自己需要有健康的心理,还能够对小学生、儿童进行心理健康的诊断、辅导、咨询,以及具有心理素质和健康水平的测量等能力。通过问卷了解师范生的心理健康状况和心理健康诊测能力现状,提出＂儿童心理健康诊测能力＂培养的建议。     

Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological well-being and perceived social support in England

Summary.  A fundamental focus of Government concern is to enhance well-being. Recently, policy makers in the UK and elsewhere have recognized the importance of the community and society to the well-being of the nation as a whole. We explore the extent to which economic and social factors influence the psychological well-being of individuals and their perceptions of the social support that they receive, using Health Survey for England data. We employ a random-effects ordered probit modelling approach and find that unobserved intrahousehold characteristics help to explain the variation in our dependent variables, particularly for co-resident females. Our results indicate that individuals with acute and chronic physical illness, who are female, unemployed or inactive in the labour market and who live in poor households or areas of multiple deprivation report lower levels of psychological well-being. Reduced perceptions of social support are associated with being male, single or post marriage, from an ethnic minority, having low educational attainment and living in a poor household, but are not statistically related to area deprivation measures. These findings may help to inform the contemporary policy debate surrounding the promotion of individual well-being and community, through the alleviation of social exclusion.     

论现代汉语词的双音节化及其发展规律

双音节词占优势是现代汉语构词法的一个重要特点 ,是汉语词汇发展的必然趋势。除了语音简化的因素外 ,人们还应更多地考虑到其他方面的重要因素 :社会的发展和语言交际功能的需要在词的双音节化进程中起了推动作用 ;汉族人民对对称机制情有独钟的民族心理情结 ,及其在双音节化历史进程中所发生的催化剂和原动力作用 ;现代汉语构词手段的灵活多样 ;短语凝结成简称或合成词 ;双音节化在人民群众口头语言和词语运用中的强大魅力。词的双音节化是汉语词汇不可逆转的内部发展规律     

渠道关系中的感知不公平研究——基于心理契约及不公平容忍区域的视角

营销渠道中的不公平对渠道关系极具破坏性。长期以来,文献多限于间接分析公平对渠道关系的影响,缺乏直接从不公平角度展开研究。对此,本文重点探讨渠道关系中的感知不公平。本文在显性契约、关系契约的基础上,引入了心理契约维度,重构了渠道关系及分析框架;指明心理契约与感知不公平存在相关性,前者可对后者进行衡量;界定并刻画了不公平容忍区域,讨论了不公平类型、角色定位对不公平容忍区域范围的影响。本文构建的分析框架提出了一个新视角,有助于打开"渠道成员行为发生"的"黑箱",对营销渠道不公平的深入研究大有裨益。     

基于心理契约理论的高校课堂管理研究

心理契约是员工与组织之间关于双方责任的各种内在信念和主观心理约定，是联系员工与组织之间的心理纽带，是组织行为强有力的决定因素。针对当前我国高校课堂管理中存在的许多问题，本文试图从心理契约理论的视角，来重新审视高校课堂管理方法。本文主要阐述了在高校课堂管理中不能只注重知识的灌输，应通过建立正确的师生心理契约，实现师生之间有效的互动，创造和谐的课堂教学环境，最终达到提高课堂教学质量的目的。     

高校学生自杀现象新思考

高等学府里自杀事件屡有发生的现象令人深思目前高校学生的心理健康问题以及相关的社会问题。心理障碍、学习和就业压力大、情感挫折、经济压力、家庭变故、生理疾患以及媒体诱导和周边环境影响等,都是导致大学生自杀的原因。高校学生自杀呈现出自杀因素的多元化、自杀过程的情绪化、自杀手段的极端化和自杀比率上升化等特征。高校学生的自杀现象对高校的心理咨询、心理危机干预等心理健康教育课题提出了新的要求。