Intergenerational Activities that Promote Engaging Conversations are Preferred among Young and Older Adults

ABSTRACT

Loneliness negatively affects young and older adults. Intergenerational activities foster social connectedness. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, this study explored which intergenerational activities are most enjoyable for college students and retirement community residents. Demographics, loneliness, enjoyment, conversation level, and type of activity were analyzed. The enjoyment and conversation variables were positively correlated (r = .59, p < .001) which was supported by participants’ narratives. Both populations most enjoyed the activities with higher conversation levels, with the first being committees, followed by meals, one on one activities, and transportation. Retirement communities and universities should promote intergenerational activities, which include meaningful conversations.     

刑事被害人救助制度研究的文献计量分析及学术评述——以中国知网（cNKI）数据库为基本素材

刑事被害人救助制度是刑事法领域的一项重要制度,中国知网（CNKI）数据表明,我国对该制度的研究呈现出阶段性和不平衡性,研究初期成果较少,近年呈现爆发式增长。其原因有三：一是被害人救助制度缺失引发的被害人困境引发了社会及学界对该制度的关注;二是被害人救助制度的实践探索推动学术研究的发展;三是“和谐社会”政治语境的指引和导向。我国对该制度的研究取得了一定的成就,也客观存在一些问题,表现为研究持续性不够,研究视角比较狭窄、研究方法比较单一,“学术跟风”比较严重。     

高知大龄未婚女性的婚恋问题浅析

在男女性别比居高不下。男性人口远远高于女性人口的当今中国,却出现了高知大龄未婚女性婚恋难问题,这一奇特的社会现象引起人们广泛的关注和热议。本文认为高知大龄未婚女性婚恋问题主要源于“结构性剩余”,在对高知大龄未婚女性婚恋难问题已有的多角度理论研究回顾的基础上．主要从人口与经济的视角对高知大龄未婚女性“结构性剩余”现象的原因进行深入发掘。最后提出一些解决问题的举措。     

Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh

The aim of this study was to explore the consequences of domestic violence against rural Bangladeshi women. Drawing on in‐depth qualitative phenomenological interviews with 39 female victims of domestic violence from 8 rural settings of the Netrokona and Mymensingh districts, it was found that domestic violence not only causes serious consequences to the overall health and wellbeing of victims, it also causes negative impacts to their children and family members. For victims, consequences were physical, sexual, reproductive, psychological, and economic. For the children of the victims, consequences were mostly behavioral and psychological, while for family members of the victims, consequences were mainly economic and psychological. This study has significant academic implications because it could trace the consequences of domestic violence in a three dimensional manner. Based on empirical findings, this study proposes policy recommendations, such as campaigning against domestic violence and the proper implementation of laws related to domestic violence.     

Are Methadone Counselors Properly Equipped to Meet the Palliative Care Needs of Older Adults in Methadone Maintenance Treatment? Implications for Training

Today's methadone patients differ greatly from those of the past. Because of the rise of polydrug use and the HIV and hepatitis epidemics, treatment has become much more complex, which multiply the concerns and complexities of treatment. Patients entering methadone programs are also more commonly presenting at ages well into their 50s, 60s, and 70s; and this phenomenon of high rates continues to grow. The majority of these individuals in treatment have presented with a number of significant comorbid medical conditions that will progress and eventually lead to death. This aging cohort must be approached with a modified treatment plan that focuses on management and promoting healthy aging, while attending to their maximum delay of illness, disease, and disability. This article argues that it is necessary for counselors working with this group to adopt a palliative care philosophy. This article also makes recommendations in areas that counselors need to be knowledgeable and skilled in to provide appropriate palliative services specific to this aging population with multiple needs as they near end of life.     

Supporting Residents Moving Into Long-Term Care: Multiple Layers Shape Residents’ Experiences

This interpretive grounded theory study explores 10 residents’ retrospective accounts of the relocation process, including the decision to move into a long-term care home, the pre-move preparations, the moving day circumstances, and the initial adjustment period following the move. Analysis of the data revealed a complex intersection of conditions at multiple layers that shaped residents’ experiences of the transitional process. Recommendations to enhance circumstances at individual, interpersonal, and systemic layers, for each temporal stage of the relocation process are proposed. Implications for social work practice across the continuum of care are also discussed.     

Concealing Concealment: The Mediating Role of Internalized Heterosexism in Psychological Distress Among Lesbian,Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults

ABSTRACT

Recent population-based studies indicate that sexual minorities aged 50 and older experience significantly higher rates of psychological distress than their heterosexual age-peers. The minority stress model has been useful in explaining disparately high rates of psychological distress among younger sexual minorities. The purpose of this study is to test a hypothesized structural relationship between two minority stressors—internalized heterosexism and concealment of sexual orientation—and consequent psychological distress among a sample of 2,349 lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults aged 50 to 95 years old. Structural equation modeling indicates that concealment has a nonsignificant direct effect on psychological distress but a significant indirect effect that is mediated through internalized heterosexism; the effect of concealment is itself concealed. This may explain divergent results regarding the role of concealment in psychological distress in other studies, and the implications will be discussed.     

家庭暴力受害人法律地位认知的理论反思

我国现有的反家庭暴力方面的法律规定主要是从规制家庭暴力侵权行为的角度进行的立法,对家庭暴力受害人的权利规定也仅限于一般的权利保护方式,并未从法律主体的角度对其进行保护。这主要是因为传统的理论认为,家庭暴力受害人是一种与普通侵权行为受害人一样的法律主体,未将其作为一个整体性的、需要法律特殊保护的法律主体来对待。传统的理论只是建立在形式平等原则、功利主义原则基础之上的。我国的反家庭暴力立法,应当从人权法角度,对家庭暴力受害人进行倾斜保护,使反家庭暴力立法成为一部人权保护法,而非简单的侵权特别法或者婚姻特别法。     

老龄工人在组织变革期间的管理:三种模型的应用

基于西方相关文献,本文讨论了组织性结构变革与老龄工人的健康之间的关系.通过对三个健康模型的分析—失去工作模型、付出-回报模型和工作控制模型,探讨了组织性结构变革是否会对老龄工人的健康造成影响,并进一步解释了在不同模型下组织性结构变革通过什么样的方式影响老龄工人的身心健康.文章还分析了三种模型之间的关系和应用,描述了政府和雇主在工作场所发生变化的时候,可以采取的减轻老龄员工健康风险的三个不同方法.最后针对中国现状,提出通过工作岗位支持来帮助老龄员工延缓与年龄相关的工作方面的及来自养老金和劳动力市场方面的压力的建议.     

我国刑事被害人救助制度价值分析与立法设想

刑事被害人救助制度作为国家建立的特殊救济制度,主要针对因刑事损害遭受严重损失但又无法获得有效民事救济的刑事被害人提供必要物质保障。刑事被害人救助制度具有法理学和司法实务上的重要制度价值,需要通过立法加以规范与保障。要通过救助对象、救助条件、救助程序等方面的完备立法,进一步有效保障刑事被害人的合法权益。