Exploring the Lived Experiences of Psychologists Working With Parental Alienation Syndrome

Divorce is a common modern phenomenon. Changes in legislation to support the best-interest-of-the-child principle are argued to have escalated conflict between parents during custody disputes. Parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is a controversial concept in high-conflict divorces and has received both praise and criticism over the past 2 decades. This study explores the experiences of psychologists working with PAS in private practice. A snowball sample (n = 8) of psychologists willingly participated in the study. Data collection took place by means of in-depth interviews. Transcribed data were analyzed by means of thematic analysis, and themes and subthemes were derived. The 2 main categories that emerged were the participants’ general understanding of PAS and the operational and practical experiences working with PAS. The participants working with PAS referred to it as complex and destructive. The involvement of lawyers, parental pathology, and legislation all contribute to the complex task of intervening in cases where PAS is present. The impact of working with such a complex phenomenon has emotional effects like self-doubt, disappointment, and anxiety. In some cases, this resulted in an active decision on the part of the psychologist not to work with forensic cases any more.     

论主观心理语境的建构

语境,即语言环境或言语环境,对语篇生成与理解具有重大作用,一向为语义学家、语用学家、民俗学家、人类学家、哲学家和认知学家等所关注。文章以韩礼德的功能语言学语境观为出发点,针对其语境观的不足,具体分析交际者在人际交往过程中所表现出来的个性心理现象及特征,结合语篇构建模式研究主观心理语境是如何构建的。指出主观心理语境主要由三个变项构成:认知、情感及意向,而交际者通过心理语境对情景语境及文化语境的过滤来建构话语和理解话语,情景语境与主观心理语境共同推动语言和语篇的变化发展。     

The Responsible Child and Parental Well-Being

The majority of cancers affect older persons disproportionately and the probability of developing cancer increases dramatically with age. We compared psychological and functional adaptation as well as psychosocial coping resources and service use between two age cohorts: patients under 65 and patienis 65 and over with a diagnosis of breast, colorectal or lung cancer. Older patients were not seriously disadvantaged in terms of adaptation or coping resources, although results suggest that they may be underutilizers of supportive community services. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.     

论以思想政治教育精细化理念推进大学生自我教育

中央16号文件发布以来,大学生思想政治教育取得了丰硕的成果,新形势下,思想政治教育精细化理念应被引入大学生思想政治教育中,并指导大学生思想政治教育的开展,贯穿到大学生自我教育体系构建中,坚持尊重学生的主体地位和将他律与自律相结合的原则,不断探索大学生自我教育的的新途径。     

论教育的职业服务功能

教育社会功能的实现要以其个体功能的实现为基础。社会职业存在与发展的模式基础是人与人之间基于“职业功能-需求-收益”的交易行为。教育的职业服务功能体现为对受教育者功能与需求主体特征的现实影响,以及对外职业环境发展趋势的引导。在一定时期内,教育能实现的职业服务功能是有限的,不可能单纯地通过教育改革解决所有与教育职业服务能力不足相关的问题。     

旧题中开出的新意：孙中山民族主义概念新解——以对孙中山1924年三民主义演讲的阐发为例

在孙中山晚年的三民主义演讲里,就民族主义而言,一些论点往往与国民党宣言、党章等正式场合中所反映的内容相矛盾。如果我们能正视孙中山的实际心理历程,就可以发现真实的孙中山思想;而对这些新思想赋予现代意义,则能够对中国的民族问题解决带来启发。     

毛泽东改造主观世界思想对马克思主义哲学的主要贡献

改造主观世界思想是毛泽东哲学思想的重要内容,其对马克思主义哲学的主要贡献在于:它在历史观上提出了"改造两个世界"的历史任务,突出了人的自觉能动性在历史规律中的重要作用;在实践观上具体化了马克思的"改变世界"思想,解决了"解释世界"与"改变世界"之间的张力及辩证转化问题;在价值论上把改造主观世界和人的全面发展联系起来,彰显了马克思主义哲学的人学本质。     

Poverty and Subjective Well-being in Mexico

There are two tendencies in the literatureregarding the relationship between income andsubjective well-being. The first tendencymaintains that there is a strong relationshipbetween these two variables, and that thepoorer the population, the more pronounced thisrelationship. The second tendency downplaysthis relationship, arguing that a largepercentage of happiness cannot be explained byeconomic variables. The objective of this studywas to compare the subjective well-being ofthree socioeconomic groups – extremely poor,moderately poor and not poor – and to discoverthe combination of subjective well-beingfactors that makes it possible to predict thesocioeconomic group to which subjects belong.Subjective well-being was measured by using aninstrument developed by Palomar Lever (2000) andconsisting of eleven related factors thatinquire into the subjects' satisfaction ineleven areas of life. The results indicatestatistically significant differences in nearlyall the subjective well-being factors inrelation to the socioeconomic group to whichsubjects belong, with the poorest subjectsreporting the least satisfaction. In additionsome differences were found in relation to sexand age. Also, low correlations were observedbetween income and subjective well-being in theextremely poor and moderately poor groups, withmore of these correlations in the first group,followed by the last. Finally, it was foundthat membership in the socioeconomic groups canbe predicted by a combination of subjectivewell-being factors such as satisfaction withone's recreational activities, socialsurroundings, personal development and couplerelationship.     

Expected Uncertain Utility Theory

We introduce and analyze expected uncertain utility (EUU) theory. A prior and an interval utility characterize an EUU decision maker. The decision maker transforms each uncertain prospect into an interval‐valued prospect that assigns an interval of prizes to each state. She then ranks prospects according to their expected interval utilities. We define uncertainty aversion for EUU, use the EUU model to address the Ellsberg Paradox and other ambiguity evidence, and relate EUU theory to existing models.     

A Complexity Approach to Psychological Well-Being in Adolescence: Major Strengths and Methodological Issues

Psychological well-being in adolescence is an increasing field of study. Deepening in its knowledge during this period of life can be of a lot of help to the designing of more adjusted prevention programs aimed to avoid or reduce the problems adolescents might be experiencing. Complexity theories can be a productive alternative to the important limitations explanations about psychological well-being in adolescence have nowadays. Answers to a questionnaire have been obtained from a sample of 968 Catalan adolescents from 12 to 16 years old including 29 psychological well-being indicators measuring 8 dimensions related to satisfaction with specific life domains, self-esteem, perceived social support, perception of control and values.A structural equation modelling approach to complexity that focuses on the non-linearity property has been followed. Given the large number of dimensions, the model has been estimated in two steps. First, a confirmatory factor analysis model has been fitted to the 29 indicators and appropriate factor scores have been saved. Then all possible products and squared terms of the factor scores have been computed and have been used as predictors of the dependent variable using an ordered logit model.The results show that a non-linear model including interaction effects among the 8 dimensions, age and gender, has a higher explanatory power to predict satisfaction with life as a whole, compared to a linear model estimated from those same indicators.This work must be understood as a first step, basically a methodological one, to the future elaboration of new models of psychological well-being in adolescence to be based on the principles defended by complexity theories.