Predictors of forensic CBT group attendance and program completion

With the increased focus on rehabilitation, county probation agencies may contract with community-based programs to provide treatment services. Forensic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (F-CBT) is often used in group work to address probation client risk factors and prevent recidivism. This study examined demographic and risk factors of 534 adult probation clients referred to an F-CBT program to determine predictors of program intake, participation, and completion. Results showed that probation type, higher risk neighborhood of residence, and recidivism risk score were predictors of intake completion, but only recidivism risk scores predicted program completion. Implications and methods to increase program engagement are discussed.     

论竞优及其管理

在阐述竞优行为及竞优思想的基础上,提出了竞优内核的概念,并分析了竞优内核的特性,指出了竞优活动的6个特点,对竞优管理的主要内容和流程进行了分析和阐述。研究表明,竞优是以认识和利用事物规律为前提,以知识为驱动,以展示行为主体优良为目的的一种主流行为;竞优观念可以改善人们认识事物的角度;差异性是竞优的必然现象,而多元化则是竞优群体的某种类型选择结果;竞优能够有效提升行为主体的社会价值,并促进社会组织的发展;建立健全民主集中制是竞优管理的基本要求。     

Preliminary Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of the Spanish Version of the Therapeutic Alliance with Clinician (TAC) Questionnaire

As part of a broader study aimed at evaluating perceived alliance with service providers and level of satisfaction with services received, 103 monolingual Spanish speaking Hispanic women were interviewed. Participants were receiving ongoing behavioral health treatment at three different community service provider sites located in the greater New Haven area in Connecticut. These sites included a community health center (n = 40), a community behavioral health center (n = 40), and a faith-based agency (n = 23). As part of this study, the English version of the Therapeutic Alliance with Clinician (TAC) questionnaire was translated into Spanish and administered to our sample of Hispanic women. Results on the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the TAC are presented in this article.     

Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions

Using a high‐stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage, we implement a novel design to separately identify two channels of social influence in financial decisions, both widely studied theoretically. When someone purchases an asset, his peers may also want to purchase it, both because they learn from his choice (“social learning”) and because his possession of the asset directly affects others' utility of owning the same asset (“social utility”). We randomize whether one member of a peer pair who chose to purchase an asset has that choice implemented, thus randomizing his ability to possess the asset. Then, we randomize whether the second member of the pair: (i) receives no information about the first member, or (ii) is informed of the first member's desire to purchase the asset and the result of the randomization that determined possession. This allows us to estimate the effects of learning plus possession, and learning alone, relative to a (no information) control group. We find that both social learning and social utility channels have statistically and economically significant effects on investment decisions. Evidence from a follow‐up survey reveals that social learning effects are greatest when the first (second) investor is financially sophisticated (financially unsophisticated); investors report updating their beliefs about asset quality after learning about their peer's revealed preference; and, they report motivations consistent with “keeping up with the Joneses” when learning about their peer's possession of the asset. These results can help shed light on the mechanisms underlying herding behavior in financial markets and peer effects in consumption and investment decisions.     

略论行政合理原则

合理原则相对于合法原则要求更高,即行政机关作出的行政行为不仅要合法而且要合理,其产生的社会效果优于一般意义上的合法行政,它是政府行政活动的精细化模式。合理行政在适用过程中应注意3个问题：一是树立现代法治理念,注重对法治精神文化基因的培育;二是善于运用相关法律规则,消除行政行为中的＂机械化＂倾向;三是正确适用行为选择规则,＂柔性＂执法,权利优先,在法律没有明文规定的情况下,让合理原则在被法律疏漏的空隙间闪烁出尊重人权、公平正义的和谐之光。     

“90后”大学生的心理行为特点及教育管理对策

＂90后＂大学生的心理行为特点具有独特性,即自我意识显著化,价值观念多元化,人际交流网络化,生活环境社会化。这既有社会原因,也有家庭和个人原因。加强高校教育管理工作,必须针对＂90后＂大学生的心理行为特点,建立良好师生关系,做好心理健康教育,加强网络安全管理,运用激励鼓舞方法,以引导他们在各方面全面发展。     

1978-2007年人民币行为均衡汇率的实证研究

行为均衡汇率理论是均衡汇率的测算方法中影响较大的一种理论。依据行为均衡汇率测算方法,以中国1978—2007年度数据,运用向量误差纠正研究技术,对人民币实际有效汇率与贸易余额占GDP比重等经济基本因素时间序列之间的协整关系进行了实证检验。研究表明人民币实际有效汇率虽然在相当长一段时间内处于低估的状态,但随着经济基本因素的改变,目前它已经十分接近于均衡汇率水平。     

基于计划行为理论的信用卡使用意向分析及其营销策略研究

在计划行为理论的基础上,使用结构方程模型等数理统计方法,探析了消费者信用卡使用意向的影响因素,建构了消费者信用卡使用意向模型。研究表明,计划行为理论中信用卡态度和知觉行为控制变量对消费者信用卡使用意向有重要影响。此外,研究还进一步将消费者信用卡态度区分为便利性态度、金钱与信用态度,实证研究显示便利性态度对信用卡使用意向有重要影响,并且这种区分是合理的和必要的。     

临床医学学科带头人胜任特征模型建构——量化与质化结合的方法

胜任特征模型研究是人力资源管理理论和实践的前沿问题,然而目前研究多采用单一的方法。本研究首先使用O*NET问卷对494位医院工作人员进行工作分析,然后对20位学科带头人进行行为事件访谈,结合进行专家小组访谈,构建临床医学学科带头人的胜任特征模型。研究发现多方法构建模型具有较好的效果。该职位胜任特征模型包括18项特征,可以分为个性特征,认知技能,管理能力三个理论层次。此外,本研究发现了个性化关怀等三项较新的素质要求。