An Exploratory Analysis of Seven Child Welfare Workers who Confused SIDS with Child Maltreatment Fatalities: A Brief Research Report

Abstract

Previous research shows that child welfare workers (CWWs) have low levels of knowledge of risk factors for child maltreatment fatalities. Further, these gaps in knowledge leave CWWs with misconceptions about causes of deaths and the characteristics of the perpetrators. This brief research report focuses on CWWs’ gaps in knowledge with regard to CMFs and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and explores the socio-demographic characteristics of seven workers who confused fatal child maltreatment and SIDS. These workers were experienced professionals—who were in their middle-age, mid-career, and well-educated—and had been trained in how to recognize risk factors for CMFs. Implications for training and collaboration with other professionals are discussed, as well as the need for research to evaluate training efficacy.     

“She Was Stomping on Everything That We Used to Think of as a Family”: Communication and Turning Points in Cohabiting (Step)Families

This study investigates the relationship between joint and sole physical custody arrangements and parental hostility, conflict, and communication in divorced families. Data from both self-report and clinical ratings from 121 families were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression in order to determine predictors of parental hostility, conflict, and communication 2-3 years after the separation. Family structures variables such as ages and numbers of children, as well as SES differences between parents were included in the model. Results show that where both parents have more frequent access to their children, they communicate with each other more frequently, but also experience greater hostility and conflict in their relationship. A second result indicates that extreme levels of parental verbal or physical abuse is predicted by extreme abuse during the marital years and is not related to custody or visitation arrangements, nor to family structure variables 2-3 years post-separation.     

网络场域：人口学研究的空间转向

空间是人口学研究的核心概念,是人口学理论的一个基本分析视角,是人口学方法的一个重要分析工具。随着网络社会的崛起,人类生存与发展的空间发生了变化,人口学发展产生了新的理论框架和新的问题意识。转向网络场域是人口学对空间研究的反思。是人口学随着网络社会崛起对空间研究的理论自觉。基于拥有独立研究对象、有理论基础的支撑和研究方法的支持,网络人口学得以可能。     

城市化进程中地方行政区划变革的经济增长绩效#——基于江苏省“县改区”的个案分析

"县改区"既可能是城市化进程中进行区域整合、优化资源配置的必然选择,也可能是省级政府与地市级政府财政人事权博弈的结果。以江苏省2004年盐都县行政区划变革为个案,用合成控制法估计了"县改区"对区域经济增长的影响,研究结果显示:盐都撤县设区改革加速了盐都的经济增长,但这一增长绩效并不显著,行政区划改革未能使盐都领跑江苏,甚至不能领跑苏北。     

可持续发展的目标函数和约束条件

运用目标函数和约束条件已成为经济学研究范式。已有的可持续发展研究因为主体模糊而导致目标函数模糊;因为忽视自然资本而放松、放弃约束,产生自然资本的转化难题,或者自然资本“重置”的困难。文章在梳理已有的可持续发展的定义、四种资本相互转化研究的基础上,把自然资本纳入分析框架,将长期的、代际的可持续发展问题转化成短期的充分、必要条件和目标研究,强化可持续发展的约束条件。以可持续发展的模型求解了四种资本的转换关系。并证明了必要条件容易得到,解决、满足充分条件是可持续发展的关键。     

20世纪三四十年代的女性文学与丁玲的文学转折

丁玲在五四精神影响下进入了文学界,以其大胆独白而受到关注。在20世纪三四十年代,她的创作出现了重要转折,从女性革命走向革命女性,这一方面是因为其女性创作找寻不到出路,另一方面是由于其政治选择。在20世纪40年代,丁玲的一些作品还是显露了她的独立思考,随后由于政治因素,丁玲放弃了个性表达,走向配合政治宣传。     

欧阳修词与政治心态的内在转向

欧阳修《采桑子》词十三首为描摹风物之名篇,考其与《玉楼春》、《夜行船》等歌词以及诗文创作的内在关联,词人的政治心态自洛阳而夷陵而颍州的内在转向之历程可获掘发;由此历史心理切入考证《朝中措》送刘敞词,个人豪兴发舒之外,更与友朋之间唱和诗有婉转勾连的关系;进而考察欧阳修参与的《明妃曲》唱和活动,则心态内转又与当日士大夫政治分野密切相关。     

近年来中国社会变迁之流行语探微

结合社会语言学,立足于汉语的固有特点,以2008年以来社会上产生的流行语为语料,从流行语形式与内容两方面的特点探究近几年汉语与中国社会发生的细微变化：形式上,“模式化”倾向不断发展;内容上,主体意识突显,出现“精神”转向。     

莲花戒与摩诃衍的思想比较研究

“顿渐之诤”是汉藏佛教交流史上规模较大、影响深刻的一次交流,也是一场高水平、深层次的汉、印、藏三地佛教对话。学术界对“顿渐之诤”的思想焦点争论不定、观点纷纭。本文以藏文文献《修习次第论》及敦煌出土的汉文文献《顿悟大乘正理诀》为依据,从五个方面归纳、总结了“顿渐”两派在思想教义及修持方法方面的差异。     

突变级数法的中心城市粮食安全绩效评价

在对中心城市粮食安全内涵进行深入分析的基础上,从支出、产业链和效率以及结果四个维度提出了中心城市粮食安全的4E绩效评价模型,并应用突变级数法对济南市2003—2007年的粮食安全绩效进行了深入研究。结果表明,突变级数法应用于多目标多环节的中心城市粮食安全绩效评价具有很强的科学性和实用性。