Postdivorce Father‐Adolescent Closeness

Research indicates that closeness of the father‐child bond following parental divorce is associated with better outcomes for children and adolescents. Unlike other investigations, this study takes a long‐term developmental approach to understanding stability and change in postdivorce father‐adolescent relationship closeness. Drawing on Add Health data (n = 483), we examine factors that explain (a) why some high‐quality father‐adolescent relationships remain the same after divorce whereas others decline, and (b) why some low‐quality relationships are stable following divorce whereas others improve. High mother‐offspring relationship quality and offspring feelings of well‐being prevented close father‐offspring relationships from deteriorating. Offspring’s childbearing and cohabitation following parental divorce increase closeness in father‐offspring relationships that were not close prior to divorce. Although a majority of offspring experienced a decline in closeness following divorce, results from this study show that some very close father‐offspring relationships are maintained and some poor relationships become closer.     

The Changing Institution of Marriage: Adolescents’ Expectations to Cohabit and to Marry

Cohabitation has become part of the pathway toward marriage. Prior work focuses on expectations to marry and has ignored cohabitation. Although most young adults are not replacing marriage with cohabitation, but instead cohabit and then marry, it is important to study adolescents’ joint expectations to cohabit as well as marry. Our analyses draw on recently collected data from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (N = 1,293). We find that adolescents are less certain about their cohabitation than marriage expectations. Dating and sexual experience, traditional values, prosocial activities, and parents influence adolescents’ union formation expectations. The findings from this work suggest that adolescents are including cohabitation as part of their future life trajectories but rarely envision cohabitation as substituting for marriage.     

Young adult carers: a literature review informing the re-conceptualisation of young adult caregiving in Australia

The experiences of young adult carers (YACs) have been vastly under-researched, particularly within Australian caregiving literature. This article explores the existence, extent and nature of informal young adult caregiving in Australia, defining YACs as individuals aged between 18 and 25 years who provide unpaid care or support to family members living with chronic illness or disability. The aim of this article is to provide a foundation for the re-conceptualisation of YACs as a distinct carer cohort who, without suitable recognition and specifically targeted support, may experience significantly reduced future life opportunities. The traditional, narrative-based review will first redefine YACs in accordance with overseas literary definitions and will then explore the complex nature and extent of young adult caregiving in Australia. Explanations as to why young adults are increasingly undertaking these informal caregiving roles and how YACs differentiate from their non-carer peers will then follow. Finally, three prominent paradigms, namely the clinical, social capital and carers' rights' perspectives, will be presented to establish a greater understanding of the implications, contextual experiences and unmet civil rights of YACs in Australia.     

Combinatorics and Statistical Issues Related to the Kruskal–Wallis Statistic

We explore criteria that data must meet in order for the Kruskal–Wallis test to reject the null hypothesis by computing the number of unique ranked datasets in the balanced case where each of the m alternatives has n observations. We show that the Kruskal–Wallis test tends to be conservative in rejecting the null hypothesis, and we offer a correction that improves its performance. We then compute the number of possible datasets producing unique rank-sums. The most commonly occurring data lead to an uncommonly small set of possible rank-sums. We extend prior findings about row- and column-ordered data structures.     

少年中国与青春中华——20世纪初知识分子对中国形象的重构

世纪更替容易强化对时间流逝和历史变迁的紧迫感.20世纪初爱国知识分子竞相以“少年中国”和“青春中华”为题重塑中国形象,集中反映了这一代人世纪更替的自觉意识.“少年中国”和“青春中华”既区别于以“天下中心”自居的古典中国,更一扫“老大帝国”的暮气沉沉,追求的是中华民族精神的青春化.     

“苦痛”的记忆与“闪婚”的促发——对皖北Y村青年农民工婚姻实践的考察

本文探讨了Y村村民共同体"苦痛"的记忆与当地村民所践行的"闪婚"模式以及当地婚恋模式变迁之间的关联。村庄共同体的整体利益需求构成发生在村民个体身上的婚姻失败事件转化为"苦痛"的集体记忆的意义转换机制,同时也构成这种苦痛记忆代际承续的动力。这一在不同代际间被不断表述的"苦痛"记忆经由关涉婚姻的地方感与行动主体婚姻实践的结合引发了对当地婚姻规范的动态建构,致使当地婚恋模式的变迁和"闪婚"模式的映现,而这种被行动主体建构出的新的婚姻模式和婚姻规范又在规制着当地村民的婚姻实践。     

Discount rates and risky sexual behaviors among teenagers and young adults

This article examines the relationship between personal discount rates and sexual behaviors in a sample of teenagers and young adults. We find that higher discount rates (an indication of less willingness to forego current consumption for future consumption) are significantly associated with a range of sexual behaviors, including ever having sex, having sex before age 16 years, and past or current pregnancy. These associations are consistent with previous studies showing a link between discounting and other, non-sexual health behaviors. JEL Classification D80 · D90 · I10     

少年中国学会与1920年“改造联合”

1920年少年中国学会与觉悟社、人道社、曙光社和青年互助团等五个宗旨相同的团体在北京组织"改造联合",提出了"到民间去"的改造目标与方向,成为五四运动之后进步团体走向联合的一个重要标志。少年中国学会在"改造联合"会议中发挥了重要的组织作用,而且作为该会代表的李大钊关于各团体标明本会主义的提议,对改造联合产生了重要影响。由此揭起的共同主义之争,成为学会分化的最重要的原因。     

青春版《牡丹亭》“花意象”的艺术功能

青春版《牡丹亭》在原著的基础上成功地发掘和创新“花意象”群，在人物塑造上以“花”装点人物外形，更以“花”描摹人物内心；在剧情建构上，该剧将“花”渗透到情节主线，使重要关目之间形成勾连和呼应；在舞台上该剧以“花”表现语言的诗性美，并营造空灵、绚烂的舞台情境。总之，青春版《牡丹亭》通过“花意象”建构了一个丽花幽情的青春世界。     

关于体育运动与青少年学生心理健康关系的调查研究

通过问卷调查，探讨了体育运动与青少年学生心理健康之间的关系，分析统计结果，得到了不同程度的体育运动对学生心理健康影响有显著差异的结论．