Turkey: A Pilot Study of Elder Mistreatment in a Convenience Sample

ABSTRACT

Attitudes towards elder abuse were explored through a survey on International Perspectives on Family Violence and Abuse in a Turkish convenience sample of 25 females and 14 males, ranging in age from 22 to 58. Participants gave examples of behaviors considered in their culture to be extremely abusive, moderately abusive, and mildly abusive from an adult child toward his or her older parent. Responses were coded into four major categories of abuse, each of which had several subcategories: psychological aggression (including the subcategories of verbal aggression, emotional abuse, disrespect, disobedience, power assertion, blame, and imprisonment), neglect (including physical neglect, psychological neglect, abandonment, and putting the older individual into a nursing home), physical aggression (including beating and hitting), and mistreatment related to goods and services (including economic demands, economic withholding, and labor). The most common examples of extreme abuse were neglect, particulary physical neglect, followed by physical abuse. At the moderate and mild levels, various forms of psychological aggression were most commonly mentioned. The only significant gender difference was that men listed more instances of verbal aggression as examples of extreme abuse than women. A positive correlation was found between age and the number of abandonment examples at the extreme level. Results were interpreted from a cultural perspective.     

The review of new evidence 5 years later: SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) decided that NREPP should offer a second review option for interventions that have already been reviewed and included in the registry for 5 years. Principals from 135 such interventions were invited to participate in a second review, and an exploratory study of the Principals’ responses to this invitation was conducted. The study used a mixed-method approach, quantitatively describing characteristics of Principals and their interventions and qualitatively summarizing feedback from phone interviews with a convenience sample of Principals participating in a second review. Of the Principals invited, 21% accepted a second review, 24% were interested but unable or not ready to submit materials, and 56% did not accept or did not respond. Mental health treatment interventions were more likely to undergo a second review, and substance abuse treatment interventions were less likely. Similar percentages of interventions undergoing a second review had received funding from the National Institutes of Health (86%) and had been evaluated in a comparative effectiveness research study (79%). Overall ratings for interventions improved in each second review completed. The interviewed Principals perceived potentially lower ratings as the only risk in participating in a second review.     

湖北省恩施州农村地区初级中学体育教师现状调查分析

运用文献资料法、数理统计法、问卷调查法等方法,以湖北省恩施州农村地区30所初级中学的81名体育教师为研究对象,通过对相关学校的体育教师数量、男女比例、职称、学历、年龄构成、教学工作开展情况、工作环境、对工作及收入的满意度等基本情况进行调查,结果显示:湖北省恩施州农村地区初级中学体育教师数量配备不足、教学工作量较大、工作环境艰苦、器材设备不足、大部分体育教师对工作及收入状况表示不满意态度,影响着体育教师结构的稳定性。     

国外儿童性虐待解决之道——基于预防、教育、治疗三维系统视角

儿童性虐待是一个严重的社会问题,目前国外学者主张从预防、教育与治疗三个维度,构建起基于家庭、学校、社会、制度、相关服务机构等相互协同的良好社会生态系统,科学有效地解决儿童性虐待难题。     

The choice agenda in the Australian supported housing context: a timely reflection

The last 30 years has seen significant developments in the Australian housing sector for people with disabilities. Despite much change in the sector, and advancements in disability services, the range of current supported housing options for younger Australian adults with a neurological disability remains vastly under-developed. This is despite a widely accepted and endorsed recognition that, as is the general population, people with all forms of disability have a right to housing of their choice. This paper presents a timely critique of the key actions made by the Australian disability and housing sectors and subsequently proposes a more informed approach to supported housing design and development: one that is based on a comprehensive understanding of consumer housing priorities and preferences, and is conducive to a person’s biopsychosocial health.     

The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Other Trauma on Drug Court Participants

Within the context of a larger study of drug court participants, this study examined the impact of traumatic experiences on psychiatric distress and on court outcomes. In the analyses, the participants (n = 229) were separated into 3 groups: childhood sexual abuse (CSA; n = 18), other trauma (n = 134), and no trauma (n = 77). The CSA group had higher mean scores on depression, anxiety, panic disorder, social phobia, somatization, and posttraumatic stress disorder than the other trauma group. Path analyses suggest that a history of trauma is a positive predictor of psychiatric distress and negative court events (positive urine screens, sanctions, etc.), with indirect effects on substance abuse severity, and failure in the drug court. These results suggest a need for the initial assessment procedure in drug courts to include a screening for trauma history, including CSA. They also suggest a need for trauma-informed care within drug courts.     

"虎日"的人类学发现与实践--兼论《虎日》影视人类学片的应用新方向

“虎日”戒毒盟誓仪式的考察与研究运用了人类学的人类研究的整体论原则,在寻找地方族群毒品依赖行为的社会文化原因的同时,考虑建立不同于科学的方法论的另一种方法论-即以文化的力量战胜人类生物性的成瘾性。彝族人民运用强大的习惯法与仪式、家支组织、信仰与尊严、民俗道德、亲情教化等集合的文化的力量,成了中国戒毒成功率最高的范例。影视人类学片《虎日》则一改传统纪录片单纯描述与诠释的特点,卷入了探索影片的直接的应用的目的并付诸实施,从而为影视人类学开辟了直接应用的新的方向。     

吉林省欠发达地区农民体育健身现状及对策

运用文献资料法、问卷调查法、专家访谈法等方法,调查新农村建设中吉林省欠发达地区农民体育及体育场所建设的现状,对影响农民参加体育活动的主要因素进行研究,提出经济欠发达地区发展农村体育的对策和建议。     

高校体教专业学生就业现状及对策研究

目前,高校毕业生就业压力很大,尤其是体教专业的学生就业更加困难.文章分析了影响高校体教专业毕业生就业的诸多因素,提出了拓宽高校体教专业毕业生就业渠道的措施与对策.