For the Love of Fluffy: Respecting,Protecting, and Empowering Transitional Objects in the Context of High-Conflict Divorce

ABSTRACT

Transitional objects are those idiosyncratically determined, beloved blankies and stuffed animals that communicate an absent parent’s affection. As such, transitional objects serve the short-term need to cope with separation, and the long-term need to move toward autonomy. This article discusses the value, use, and misuse of transitional objects in the context of coparental conflict. The concept of alienation-by-proxy is introduced. Specific recommendations are provided, including the therapeutic creation and empowerment of transitional objects to assist children experiencing separation anxiety, consideration of the role of transitional objects in child custody evaluations, and the court’s responsibility to encourage litigating parents to respect the child’s needs for transitional objects.     

Does Religion Make a Difference? Assessing the Effects of Christian Affiliation and Practice on Marital Solidarity and Divorce in Britain, 1985–2005

Frequency of divorce and separation among 15,714 adults from the British Social Attitudes data set for 1985–2005 peaked at around 50 years of age, and increased significantly over the period of study. Ratios of marital breakdown were compared between those of no religious affiliation and Christian affiliates with different levels of church attendance. Frequent Christian attendees were 1.5 times less likely to suffer marital breakdown than nonaffiliates, but there was no difference between nonattending Christian affiliates and those of no religion. Infrequent Christian attendees were 1.3 times less likely to suffer marital breakdown compared to nonaffiliates, suggesting that even infrequent church attendance might have some significance for predicting the persistence of marital solidarity.     

Problematizing Fatherhood: Impact of the Intact Family Ideal on Fathers in Hong Kong

Discourses that uphold the superiority of the married two-parent family ignore the findings that parental practice rather than family form matters. Few studies have examined the impact of the hegemonic notion of the intact family on fathers. Based on data from participant observation in a men's center in Hong Kong and in-depth interviews with 20 members, this article analyzes the implied hegemony of the intact family in the new manhood proposed by the center. Results show intact family hegemony led fathers to endure bitter and violent marriages and that divorced fathers felt a sense of failure and guilt toward their children. I argue that the fatherhood movement should abandon the obsession with the intact family and promote involved fathering for all families.     

Family separation and the impacts on refugee settlement in Australia

In recent years, governments, researchers, non‐government organisations, service providers and international institutions have become increasingly concerned with how to best support the settlement of refugees in UNHCR resettlement nations. Anxieties about the formation of a refugee underclass and the intergenerational impacts of social stratification motivate such inquiries. Settlement is often viewed through either of two lenses; the biomedical frame or the social inclusion frame. These frameworks are complementary rather than exclusive. It is from this combined theoretical perspective that this paper explores the impacts of family separation on the settlement of refugees in Australia. Drawing on focus groups and in‐depth interviews across three refugee background communities in metropolitan Melbourne, the paper finds that family separation has pervasive impacts on the wellbeing of the participants and on their capacity to participate and direct their own futures. Family separation is found to be a barrier to settlement and therefore a crucial consideration for the design and provision of settlement services to people with refugee backgrounds.     

北京市市内人户分离人口状况研究

当前,市内人户分离现象已经成为北京及各大城市社会管理的一个重要问题。为了做好城市管理工作,本文根据2005年全国1%抽样调查数据,对北京市市内人户分离人口的变动趋势、人口学特征、社会经济特征以及人户分离原因等进行了分析,并探讨了解决市内人户分离问题的对策。     

一种预测膜蛋白类型的新方法

本文以紧邻氨基酸出现的频数为参数,用离散增量方法预测了6种类型膜蛋白.并用自洽、留一法和独立检验三种方法对算法进行检验,均获得了较好的预测效果.     

Ambiguous position of the child in supervised meetings

The paper addresses the ambiguous nature of supervised meetings between children and their non‐residential parent(s) which, according to the current legal idea, should serve the best interest of the child. In Finland the meetings between the child and the non‐residential parent can be ordered supervised if there are justified grounds for assuming that they constitute a risk for the child's safety. In many parts of Europe the need for such kinds of meetings controlled by outsiders has increased. The aim of the paper is to consider the child's position and the closely related issue of the child's interest in supervised meetings, based on the daily experiences of the supervisors. Data are gathered by focus group interviews and analysed qualitatively in terms of categorization analysis. As a result, the child's position is an ambiguous phenomenon with multiple interests. Obviously the child's interests will be met in some cases, although paradoxically it is mostly the interests of the parents and most often the fathers, which seem to demand more attention. Thus adult‐centredness, meanings of gender, time together with both the positive and possible detrimental outcomes for the child need further reflection.     

基于平均自下而上时间的两种分类方法的比较

内容提要：诸如疾病分类系统的预后预测和分类方法,常可用于帮助进行临床管理决策。同一疾病总体常可得到多种分类方法,因此有必要比较这些方法以确定最优分类,或者寻找不逊于最优分类的替代方法。本文基于约束平均寿命引入分离度指标来度量分类方法的预后分类效率,这个指标可用来比较以生存时间为结局的两种分类方法的功效,特别是用于非劣性和等效性检验。我们给出了基于配对数据的两个分离度的估计与检验方法。模拟结果提示,检验方法在适当的样本量条件下能够控制第一类错误,两个实例表明在医学临床中的应用。     

多元人生视点与小说艺术的多功能——方方小说结构论析

本文从小说结构层面 ,研究方方小说的结构型态 :现世与历史的共时态 ,立体交叉的网络体 ,具象与抽象的契合式。由小说结构型态的考察 ,进而分析不同结构型态的多种艺术功能     

论公司监督权的设置与完善

所有权、经营权、监督权“三权分立”是现代公司有效运行的基本标志 ,监督权的设置和完善是其核心问题。针对当前国有企业公司化改制过程中监督弱化的现象 ,应当合理地选择监督者 ,设定其相应的监督权 ,以使公司制运行过程中产生的道德风险降到最低。