下岗女性职工自我效能感与再就业应对方式关系的研究

下岗女性职工自我效能感可以区分为一般效能感和再就业效能感两个部分。下岗女性职工两种效能感整体水平都比较高,再就业应对也以积极方式为主,而再就业效能感则低于男性下岗职工。两种效能感是受不同的再就业因素影响的,同时两种效能感也影响着不同性质的再就业应对方式。回归分析表明:当一般效能感较低时,容易产生消极的应对方式,较高的再就业效能感会导致积极的再就业应对。     

Dimensions of Cross Cultural Treatment with Late Adolescent College Students

This paper addresses the need to develop culturally sensitive services on university campuses with a student population that is rapidly becoming more culturally diverse. It explores the different psychological paradigms of Western and non-Western cultures, the adolescent developmental process within diverse cultural constructs and the notion of self cross-culturally. Clinical practice implications in cross-cultural treatment are investigated. These include the therapist's self-disclosure, resistance and countertransference issues, verbal and non-verbal communication in the therapeutic relationship, and the dynamics of power and authority. Two short vignettes illustrate some of these clinical issues and emphasize the value of the therapist's knowledge and awareness of cultural differences as well as the importance of their willingness to modify more traditional clinical practices to fit diverse cultural paradigms.     

Statistical studies of infectious disease incidence

Methods for the analysis of data on the incidence of an infectious disease are reviewed, with an emphasis on important objectives that such analyses should address and identifying areas where further work is required. Recent statistical work has adapted methods for constructing estimating functions from martingale theory, methods of data augmentation and methods developed for studying the human immunodeficiency virus–acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic. Infectious disease data seem particularly suited to analysis by Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. Epidemic modellers have recently made substantial progress in allowing for community structure and heterogeneity among individuals when studying the requirements for preventing major epidemics. This has stimulated interest in making statistical inferences about crucial parameters from infectious disease data for such community settings.     

Non-parametric tests for several sample location problem based on subsample extrema

In this paper non-parametric tests for homogeneity of several populations against locationtype alternatives are proposed. For this all possible subsamples of fixed size are drawn from each sample and their maxima and minima are computed One class of tests is obtained using these subsample minima whereas other class of tests involves use of sub sample maxima. Tests belonging t o these two classes have been compared with many of the presently available tests in terms of their Pitman asymptotic relative efficiency . Some of the members of these proposed classes of tests prove to robust in terms of efficiency.     

Estimation of the limit variance for sums under a new weak dependence condition

We prove a self-normalized central limit theorem for a mixing class of processes introduced in Kacem M, Loisel S, Maume-Deschamps V. [Some mixing properties of conditionally independent processes. Commun Statist Theory Methods. 2016;45:1241–1259]. This class is larger than more classical strongly mixing processes and thus our result is more general than [Peligrad M, Shao QM. Estimation of the variance of partial sums for ρ-mixing random variables. J Multivar Anal. 1995;52:140–157; Shi S. Estimation of the variance for strongly mixing sequences. Appl Math J Chinese Univ. 2000;15(1):45–54] ones. The fact that some conditionally independent processes satisfy this kind of mixing properties motivated our study. We investigate the weak consistency as well as the asymptotic normality of the estimator of the variance that we propose.     

Exploring differences in crisis literacy and efficacy on behavioral responses during infectious disease outbreaks

This study examined the effects of literacy and efficacy on individuals’ protective action taking and information seeking during the early phase of infectious disease outbreaks through a nationally representative survey of 1164 U.S. adults. New measures of disaster literacy and crisis efficacy were tested. Overall, results revealed that crisis efficacy and organizational efficacy drove protective action taking and information seeking intentions, while health literacy did not. Disaster literacy negatively predicted both protective action advice seeking and information seeking. The findings highlight the importance of strengthening public efficacy and improving relationships between health authorities and the public, which is greatly influenced by the public’s confidence in the health authority’s management of the crisis.     

Parental Support in Adolescents' Career Development: Parents' and Children's Perceptions

Using social cognitive career theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 2000 ), this study examined the role of parents' and children's perceptions of parental support in adolescents' career choices. A total of 94 Italian adolescents (30 boys, 64 girls) and both of their parents (N = 188) participated in the study. The authors tested a fully mediated model between mothers' and fathers' perceptions of support and career choice through the indirect effect of adolescents' perceptions of parental support and career self‐efficacy. Results provided support for the model. Specifically, both mothers' and fathers' perceptions of support predicted their adolescents' career choice through the mediating effect of the youths' perceptions of parental support and career self‐efficacy. These results have important implications for practice and underscore that parents need to be involved very early on in their children's vocational development.     

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Media use predictors of online political efficacy among Internet users in five Arab countries

Informed by research on the uses and gratifications of the Internet for political activity, this study examines predictors of online political efficacy among Internet users in five Arab countries (N?=?4029): Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Lebanon, Qatar, and the U.A.E. As predicted, variables presumed to be associated with political dissidence in Arab countries – unemployment, distrust of mainstream media, young age, and feeling country is on the wrong track – were not positively associated with online political efficacy. Counter to what was hypothesized, however, Internet reliance and social media use were not strongly or consistently associated with online political efficacy in the five countries. Rather, the strongest predictors of efficacy were a belief in news media credibility, print media use (newspapers, magazines, and books), belief in the reliability of online information, and tolerance of free speech online. Findings align with some prior research on predictors of online political efficacy, but not with common presumptions of the role the Internet plays among Arab publics.     

Self and other: The importance of social interaction and social relationships in shaping the experience of early-stage Alzheimer's disease

Various factors influence how individuals experience illness. Especially important, however, is the reaction of others whose response shapes the meaning of the illness for the person who is ill, and the impact it will have on her or his sense of self. Adopting a symbolic interactionist perspective, and drawing on data obtained from in-depth interviews conducted with nine individuals living with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, this paper examines how others’ reactions to and treatment of persons living with the condition can influence how they experience dementia. The findings reveal that the majority of the participants did not believe others’ treatment of them had substantially changed, nor did most express the level of concern about the possible negative response of others reported in other studies. Within their relationships and social interactions participants received the essential support, cooperation, and encouragement that enabled them to create meaning in life and sustain identity.