Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to Predict Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties on Positive and Negative Affect Among Adolescents in Disadvantaged Communities

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was used to predict the positive and negative affects of emotional and behavioral difficulties among adolescent boys and girls aged between 14 and 21 years living in disadvantaged communities. A total of 316 adolescents—181 boys and 135 girls—living in the Seri Pantai and Pantai Ria Public Housing Projects in Kuala Lumpur were invited to complete the questionnaire. The results showed that conduct and peer problems were the most prevalent emotional and behavioral difficulties experienced by these adolescents. As expected, the emotional symptoms were more common among the girls than the boys. A further analysis showed that emotional symptoms, peer problems, and low prosocial behavior were predictors of the negative affect of emotional and behavioral difficulties while negative emotional symptoms and high hyperactivity were predictors of a positive affect. The findings suggested that three subscales of SDQ are required to produce a negative affect, and two subscales of SDQ for a positive affect.     

走向法庭还是走上街头：超越维权困境的一条行动路径

制度外抗争与制度内法律维权有着显著不同的结果和制度逻辑。现有文献中的“依法抗争”或“以法抗争”可以通过制度外或者制度边缘的集体行动获得政府及时的反应,但却有着多重困境：机会困境、风险困境、组织困境、制度困境。制度内法律维权可以很大程度上破解这些困境,但也有着该模式下独特的结果困境：费时费力而又缺乏即时直接的回报困扰或者阻碍制度内法律维权者去为了获得长期的有益于整个群体的普遍性制度化后果采取行动。但本研究中的业主维权行动在一定程度上破解了这一困境。他们的制度内维权行动让法律在实践中最大可能地运转了起来,从而超越了传统维权的困境。独特的政治机会结构和制度内维权本身所具有的特征,促进一些群体走向法庭,而非走上街头。     

Income management in Australia: A critical examination of the evidence

The introduction of income management – sometimes called welfare quarantining – for subgroups of Australian income security recipients within the Northern Territory, and subsequently a number of other trial sites, has provoked considerable contention. The present study critically examined the arguments and evidence presented in favour of income management with particular reference to the guidelines, methodology and findings of official evaluations conducted by the Commonwealth Government. We identified five key issues that do not seem to be adequately addressed by official evaluations: choice and control, the quality of decision making, consultation with local community members, structural disadvantage and economic cost. We used these concepts to develop a proposed alternative model for assessing the impact of income management on local communities.     

Virtual Communities of Practice in Social Group Work Education

Virtual communities of practice are an international phenomenon in social work around the world. However, they are rare in social work in the United States. This article describes an online community, the Social Group Work Commons, designed to complement courses in social group work. Using Web 2.0 Internet tools, such as blogs, discussion boards, and chats, the developers employed group work skills to help students establish a vehicle for mutual support as students struggled to integrate course content in their field placements. Examples from course blogs indicate students became increasingly intimate in their online exchanges over time and readily provided each other support in applying course content in their practice.     

何为政治哲学

以亚里士多德为代表的古代政治哲学,既强调公民是城邦政治的参与者,也强调以德性为中心的共同体善。后者是当代社群主义的思想资源。自由主义的政治哲学从强调善优先于权利转向权利优先于善。正义从以共同体的利益为依归转向以人权或基本权利为内涵。当代社群主义与自由主义的分歧在于诉诸共同体的善还是诉诸权利为其理论重心。然而,阿伦特所提出的公民权问题以及世界主义所关注的全球贫困问题构成了对自由主义的权利重心的挑战。     

论人的私法地位与和谐社会

人的私法地位与和谐社会有着本质联系,社会主义和谐社会的价值与人的私法地位完全一致。研究了和谐社会的本质,指出和谐社会的本质是与人的私法地位承认与存在的价值体系完全一致;人的私法地位是和谐社会的一部分,是构建和谐社会最重要的法律因素,并在此基础之上对如何构建和谐社会提出了新的看法。     

国外文件公开制度的建立、内容及特征

文件公开制度是一种最能体现民主精神、实现公民知情权的制度,也是各国制度建设中遇到障碍最大的一种制度。介绍这种制度的建立及内容、分析其共同特征,对促进文件公开制度的建设具有重要意义。     

重庆城市社区教育发展初探

社区教育是21世纪教育与城市发展的趋势.知识经济时代就是教育的时代,城市社区教育已受到广泛关注,并成为构建终身教育体系和终身学习化社会的重要方式和途径.     

高校社团建设中的素质教育问题探讨

优秀的高校学生社团,以其自发的感召力、凝聚力、娱乐性、知识性、丰富多彩的活动、正确的社团价值观念、“润物细无声”的潜移默化影响,而成为大学生综合素质教育的创新基地。应完善高校学生社团的管理队伍、财务、审批诸项重大制度的建设。     

共青团与校园文化建设

校园文化以其情景性、渗透性、持久性、愉悦性等特点,对学生良好思想品德和行为习惯的养成有其独特的作用。学校共青团组织应针对大学生群体在思想政治意识和道德观念行为方面的变动趋势,依据校园文化在社会转型时期的开放性、多元化与优势引领性特征;充分发挥自身的政治优势,全面推进学生会工作,积极引导组织学生社团;为推动群众性、阵地化、多样化的校园文化活动作出应有的创新贡献。