Multifamily Group Intervention for Chinese Parents and Their Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a Chinese Context

Despite the empirical evidence of multifamily group (MFG) in helping children with mental health needs in Western contexts, there is a dearth of clinical studies in Chinese societies such as Hong Kong to explore such adaption to help Chinese families of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In this article, the authors describe the MFG model adapted to the Chinese context and assess the perceived helpfulness of the intervention, using a client-driven approach in evaluation. The parents’ evaluation toward the MFG program is positive whereas the children’s feedback is less favorable. Modifications have been made including a 30-minute pregroup meeting for the parents and more challenging games and outdoor activities for the children.     

How do immigrant parents of children with complex health needs manage to cope in their daily lives?

Daily life with children who have complex health needs can be stressful for parents. Immigrant parents are vulnerable to stress because they may lack language skills and knowledge about the health care system and have limited social networks. In this study, we focus on how immigrant parents of children with complex health needs use emotion‐focused and problem‐focused coping strategies to manage their daily life, and how their self‐efficacy and the immigration process may affect their coping. This qualitative study had an exploratory design with individual and focus group interviews. The sample comprised 27 parents—18 mothers and 9 fathers—from Pakistan, Poland, and Vietnam. The findings indicated that the parents' love for their child helps them to cope in their daily life. Newly arrived migrants, single mothers with a severely ill child who lacked support and migrant parents with language difficulties struggle to cope. Some of the stress is related to personal, social and structural problems, and to the insufficient resources available to meet the child's needs. The parents used both emotion‐focused and problem‐focused coping strategies. The parents noted that access to both universal and selective welfare services is an important factor that contributed to their self‐efficacy and coping.     

Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing

Public confidence in policing is receiving increasing attention from UK social scientists and policy-makers. The criminal justice system relies on legitimacy and consent to an extent unlike other public services: public support is vital if the police and other criminal justice agencies are to function both effectively and in accordance with democratic norms. Yet we know little about the forms of social perception that stand prior to public confidence and police legitimacy. Drawing on data from the 2003/2004 British Crime Survey and the 2006/2007 London Metropolitan Police Safer Neighbourhoods Survey, this paper suggests that people think about their local police in ways less to do with the risk of victimization (instrumental concerns about personal safety) and more to do with judgments of social cohesion and moral consensus (expressive concerns about neighbourhood stability, cohesion and loss of collective authority). Across England and Wales the police may not primarily be seen as providers of a narrow sense of personal security, held responsible for crime and safety. Instead the police may stand as symbolic 'moral guardians' of social stability and order, held responsible for community values and informal social controls. We also present evidence that public confidence in the London Metropolitan Police Service expresses broader social anxieties about long-term social change. We finish our paper with some thoughts on a sociological analysis of the cultural place of policing: confidence (and perhaps ultimately the legitimacy of the police) might just be wrapped up in broader public concerns about social order and moral consensus.     

Economic Crisis and Marital Problems in Turkey: Testing the Family Stress Model

This paper applied the family stress model to the case of Turkey in the wake of the 2001 economic crisis. Using structural equation modeling and a nationally representative urban sample of 711 married women and 490 married men, we tested whether economic hardship and the associated family economic strain on families resulted in greater marital problems. Our results showed a modified family stress model applies to Turkey. In contrast to most previous research, economic strain had a direct effect on marital problems, and the indirect effect of strain, via emotional distress, was only significant for women. The results were interpreted in light of social and cultural factors that condition how economic distress affects marital relations.     

大学生压力应对方式与人际关系敏感度研究

压力是人们在环境中受到各种刺激因素的影响而产生的生理和心理上的异常反应。它不仅是社会存在的普遍现象,也是现在大学生面临的一个重要问题。大学生要承受着来自学习、感情、就业、人际关系等多种压力。通过简易应对方式问卷和SCL-90问卷中人际关系敏感维度,在性别、年级、专业、兼职经历等方面探讨在校大学生压力应对方式与人际关系的敏感度。     

高校学生网络群体性事件参与的动机结构研究

网络群体性事件是网民就某一话题自发或有组织地在网络空间集中表达诉求,并产生一定现实影响的集群事件。以高校学生为研究对象,在半结构访谈基础上,结合网络调查和线下的问卷调查分两批次采集数据,运用探索性因素分析和验证性因素分析发现：高校学生网络群体性事件参与动机由社会正义、自我表现、自我放纵、跟风好玩四个维度构成。基于“四因素”模型结构,提出针对不同的参与动机和特点开展对高校学生网络事件参与的教育对策。     

高职新生心理应激特征的调查研究

目的:调查高职新生心理应激特征,为开展大学生心理干预提供理论帮助。方法:采用中国大学生心理应激量表(CCSPSS)对1800名高职新生的心理应激特征进行调查。结果:1高职新生心理应激量普遍高于全国常模大学生;2男生在量表各维度上的得分均显著高于女生;3独生子女在量表各维度上的心得分有高于非独生子女的倾向;4农村生源在发展分量表上的得分显著低于其他生源地学生的得分;5高职新生心理应激量在民族和专业上差异不显著。结论:高职新生心理应激受性别、生源地、独生子女与否等因素影响。     

混沌学的哲学思考

混沌学蕴涵着深刻的哲学内涵,人们关于偶然性和必然性、简单性与复杂性、有序性与无序性的认识业已超越互相排斥和对立体系的互补性思想,而走向互相包含和转化的统一,进入更高的层次.     

论新闻标题的重音

新闻标题学是一门跨学科的新兴学科 ,有很强的实用性。丰富新闻标题的研究对推动我国新闻事业的发展有极其重要的作用。以往的研究多从写作学、修辞学、鉴赏学和编辑学的角度进行 ,忽视了对其语音形式的系统研究。本文运用汉语节律学原理和新闻标题学原理广泛考察报纸、电视和广播的新闻标题 ,分析新闻标题中节律的形式之一———重音的表现并探讨其运用规律 ,从中得出对新闻标题的制作有一定指导意义的结论 ,同时期望进一步丰富汉语节律学和新闻标题学的理论研究。     

强迫症心理治疗方法综述

强迫症是以无法控制的强迫思维和强迫动作为特征的神经症性障碍,对其治疗方法的研究成为近年来国内外研究的焦点。本文在对强迫症的概念进行界定的基础上,重点分析了认知行为疗法、精神分析疗法和森田疗法对强迫症治疗的观点。发现各个流派的心理治疗方法对强迫症的治疗存在一定的局限,有必要逐步整合出一套对强迫症治疗更全面．更有效的心理治疗方法。