Group Cohesion and Homework Adherence in Multi‐Family Group Therapy for Schizophrenia

This study examined the relationship between levels of group cohesion, defined as whole group relationships, and between‐session therapeutic homework adherence in a multi‐family group therapy (MFGT) for people with schizophrenia. Participants from 18 consenting families attending MFGT groups completed weekly homework adherence ratings, group cohesion and spontaneous between‐session activity measures. Levels of group cohesion at each session were compared with measures of scheduled and spontaneous homework adherence reported at the next session. It was hypothesised that higher levels of group cohesion would be related to homework adherence and other spontaneous between‐session therapeutic activity completed by group members. Results show higher levels of group cohesion were associated with higher rates of spontaneous between‐session therapeutic activity. However, contrary to expectations no significant relationship between cohesion and scheduled homework completion was found. The implications of the findings for group processes and homework adherence are discussed.     

英语语篇中的名词性词语

在英语语篇中,名词性词语是实现参与者的重要语法策略。将语篇中的名词性词语分为指称性名词性词语(涉及对参与者的首次提及)和照应性名词性词语(涉及对参与者的再次或多次提及)。实现参与者首次、再次、多次提及的名词性词语,构成了语篇照应或链状照应结构。     

Asian American ethnic identification by surname

Few data sources include ethnicity-levelclassification for Asian Americans. However, it isoften more informative to study the ethnic groupsseparately than to use an aggregate Asian Americancategory, because of differences in immigrationhistory, socioeconomic status, health, and culture. Many types of records that include surnames of personsoffer the potential for inferential ethnicclassification. This paper describes the developmentof surname lists for six major Asian American ethnicgroups: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, AsianIndian, and Vietnamese. The lists were based on SocialSecurity Administration records that include countryof birth. After they were compiled, the lists wereevaluated using an independent file of census records.The surname lists have a variety of applications forresearchers: identification of individuals to targetfor study participation; inference of ethnicity indata sources lacking ethnic detail; andcharacterization of the ethnic composition of apopulation.     

The effect of immigration on the internal migration of the native-born population, 1981–1990

This study examines the impact of immigration on the labor market opportunities of the native-born population by looking through the window of migration. We use Current Population Survey data to analyze the one-year migration patterns of Anglos and Blacks and include the presence of recent immigrants in the origin and (potential) destination US states among the covariates. Our departure model employs a logit specification to predict outmigration (vs not) from the state during the year prior to the survey. Our arrival model uses a conditional logit discrete choice specification with sampling among the alternatives to predict destination state. The data are taken from the 1981, 1984, 1987, and 1990 Current Population Surveys. This work adds to other knowledge of the migratory response of workers and sheds light on theories of substitution and complementarity in labor markets. States with high levels of recent immigration are less likely to retain Anglo workers or receive new Anglo interstate migrants, but this apparent substitution effect is partially offset by the presence of long-term immigrant stock. Lower skilled Anglos are more susceptible to this substitution effect than those of higher skill level. In the black population, results are more complex. Lower skilled blacks are less attracted to high immigrant locations, but African-Americans of higher skill level in selected occupations and industries are predicted to be more likely to remain in or choose states with many recent immigrants.     

Socioeconomic integration and spatial residential patterns of immigrant groups in Canada

It is often assumed that the level of residential segregation of ethnic and racial groups can be used as a measure of their socio-economic integration into a society. This paper using Canadian census data for the period 1981–1991 questions this assumption and goes to show that the trends in residential segregation need not parallel the trends in socio-economic integration. Socio-economic integration is measured by indices of dissimilarity in the occupational composition and residential segregation by indices of dissimilarity in the population distribution. The study shows that while residential segregation of ethnic groups has remained fairly constant during the decade, occupational segregation has declined significantly. It concludes that while residential segregation may persist due to voluntary or involuntary causes, minority groups have been occupationally mobile. Unlike the case of Blacks in the United States, the study concludes that public policy concerns that spatial segregation of an ethnic group will result in relative deprivation in terms of socio-economic integration may not always be valid in Canada.     

私法公法化视野下的公权干预私权——从上海市政府介入“群租房”现象考察

房屋租赁关系本属民事法律关系范畴,相关的问题可以在私法的领域内调整。但是当下,一方面由于代表公权的行政权的扩张和膨胀,公权越来越深入到私权领域;另一方面由于社会公共利益和秩序的需要,合意性的私权又应该受公权的监督。而房屋群租行为由于其存在的不合理性受到了公权的执行人——政府的干预。政府介入房屋群租现象直接目标是打击有碍公益的群租行为,规范租房市场,而其根本目的则应是践行服务型政府的理念,解决目前住房难的问题。     

“中兴四大诗人”名称来历考

在我国诗歌发展史上,陆游、杨万里、范成大、尤袤并称“中兴四大诗人”。但是“中兴四大诗人”这一名称的确立,却是经历了一番曲折,最终形成文学史现在的面貌。它首先由南宋诗人杨万里提出,尤袤紧随其后,由方回最终确立,其指称的诗人群体也经历了“尤萧范陆”到“萧杨范陆”再到“尤杨范陆”的过程。这一过程的形成原因也是论文考察的对象。     

业主委员会民事主体资格研究

当前我国法律对业主委员会的性质没有明确规定,对其是否具有民事主体资格,能否享有独立的诉讼权利等问题存在广泛争议。业主委员会系业主自治性机构,不具备成立法人或“其他组织”的条件,赋予其民事主体资格不仅不能解决当前存在的诉讼难题,还会陷入新的理论及实践困境。根本出路在于借鉴国外相关立法,引入“业主团体”的概念,对业主委员会制度做出相应调整,进而将其明确界定为业主团体的代表机关和执行机关。     

非正规就业:弱势群体就业的有效途径

在结构性改革和新技术应用带来的劳动力结构性矛盾日益突出的现状下,出现了一部分易受劳动力市场排斥、就业前景有限的弱势群体。发展正规就业的同时大力发展非正规就业,对于这些弱势群体来说,具有非常重要的生存战略意义。     

弱势群体司法制度保护的完善——强制代理制度在行政诉讼中的植入

分析了现行司法制度特别是行政诉讼制度在保护弱势群体上,存在的缺乏强制保护机制和操作有效性的问题。指出了要解决弱势群体在行政诉讼程序中得不到实质保护的问题,就必须在行政诉讼制度中植入强制代理制度,对弱势群体施以必要的援助和保护;要解决法律援助援而不助的问题,就必须配合强制辩护制度,使之对弱势群体的帮助落到实处。