A pilot study of a preventive program for depressive and anxious symptoms during the postsecondary transition

Abstract

Objective: To examine the effects of the indicated level of the prevention program Zenétudes: making a healthy transition to college on anxious and depressive symptoms. Participants: 65 college students participated in the study, from September 2014 to August 2016. From that initial sample, 53 students (ages 16–34) were included in analyses. Methods: First-year students were screened for anxious and depressive symptoms at the beginning of their semester. Students who scored higher than the cutoff score were invited to be part of the study. Both treatment and comparison groups completed pretest, post-test, and follow-up questionnaires. Results: Results show significant differences between treatment and comparison groups in both depressive and anxious symptoms at follow-up. Conclusion: The results of this pilot study support the positive effects of Zenétudes on anxious and depressive symptoms. Larger studies should be conducted to identify which components of the program mediate its efficacy.     

Evaluating SafeCare® in Israel: Benefits for the families

SafeCare® is a home‐based intervention programme targeting parents of children up to 5 years old and is designed to reduce and even prevent child abuse and neglect. Here, we present an evaluation of a pilot trial of SafeCare® in Israel, examining family's outcomes. We examined parents' behavioural changes resulting from the three main modules of SafeCare®: the Health, Safety, and Parent‐Child/Infant Interaction. We also studied the unplanned effects of SafeCare® by examining maternal depressive symptoms. Participants were 46 mothers with children identified as being at risk of neglect by the local Department of Social Services who completed the programme. The mothers filled out questionnaires at the beginning and at the end of their participation. After completing the programme, mothers' self‐reports showed changes in how they would treat a sick child, an increase in feelings of competency, and a decline in symptoms of depression. We thus conclude that SafeCare® helped the participating mothers, enhancing their feelings of competency and changing several of their behaviours.     

Knitting an action net to reduce plastic waste: reusable takeout food containers in New York City

ABSTRACT

The paper presents an analysis of actions undertaken to promote and implement reusable takeout food containers in New York City in response to the overuse of plastic disposable single-use containers. It discusses, in detail, the emergence of an action net around this issue and business models for reusables. The paper contributes to the theoretical discussion on network emergence by analyzing the formation and axiological tensions within the action net. Currently, market solutions are the only ones exercised and perceived as achievable by network participants, who consider market conditions as both given and unchallengeable. The paper argues that chances for network expansion depend on network participants’ perceptions of the limitations of social change.     

防范金融风险的法律问题

防止金融危机,必须首先防范和化解金融风险.尽管产生金融风险的原因及应采取的对策措施很多,但要想通过防止或减少金融风险,促进我国金融业乃至我国整个国民经济快速、健康、持续的向前发展,当前最重要的是从法律意识、立法、守法、执法、追究法律责任等方面分析产生金融风险的原因,并采取相应的法律对策.     

大学生抑郁症的成因和疏导机制研究

通过调查福建农林大学16个学院232位学生的心理情况,分析了抑郁症产生的原因并提出了疏导和预防措施:(1)做好"三早",即早发现、早疏导、早治疗;(2)建立心理健康档案;(3)建立和培训心理健康教育队伍,开展心理健康教育(4)引导抑郁症患者参与社团活动;(5)鼓励抑郁症患者参与体育活动;(6)引导抑郁症患者欣赏音乐;(7)鼓励抑郁症患者参与趣味游戏。     

目前高校安全现状与做好安全防范

近两年来,高校校园失窃案件呈上升趋势,安全工作堪忧.分析目前高校安全现状和发生案件的原因,提出做好安全防范对策,确保一方平安.     

经济犯罪亚文化论——以医疗系统职务才已罪的实证调查为视角

经济犯罪不仅是一个法律现象,也是一个亚文化现象。我们分析医疗卫生系统职务犯罪高发的原因时,可以通过对医疗系统内部的犯罪亚文化的研究,找出它的成因,特点及其危害,以便从文化体制方面预防医疗系统职务犯罪的产生。     

Flooding Risks: A Comparison of Lay People's Perceptions and Expert's Assessments in Switzerland

Experts on the risk of flooding have developed very detailed maps for different parts of Switzerland that indicate the types of damage possible and the probabilities of adverse events. Four categories of risk severity are defined on the maps, ranging from high risk to no risk. Based on these existing maps, we selected respondents for a mail survey, some from areas high in risk and others from low-risk regions. Respondents answered several questions related to flood risk perception and preparedness. Survey results showed that respondents' risk perceptions were correlated with the experts' risk assessments. Respondents who lived in areas designated "no risk" by the experts had lower perceptions of risk than respondents who lived in areas with higher levels of designated risk. With regard to concrete prevention behavior, no differences between people living in different risk areas were observed. Survey results further suggest that many inhabitants do not know that flooding maps exist for their region. Results suggest that in some regions people overestimate the risks associated with flooding. Consequently, some people are more afraid of flooding than is justified by the facts. Some people show prevention behavior that most likely is superfluous. However, in other regions people underestimate the risks associated with flooding. These people do not show prevention behavior, and they are not well prepared for an adverse event. Furthermore, results suggest that respondents' experiences with flooding are positively related to their perceptions of flood risk. Findings of the present study are in line with the availability heuristic.     

桥梁钻孔灌注桩质量缺陷分析及防治

结合工程实际提出了桥梁钻孔灌注桩施工过程中断桩的处治措施,介绍了钻孔灌注桩断桩处理过程中的取芯、清淤、压浆、验证等具体做法。     

The generalized Cucconi test statistic for the two-sample problem

When testing hypotheses in two-sample problem, the Lepage test statistic is often used to jointly test the location and scale parameters, and this test statistic has been discussed by many authors over the years. Since two-sample nonparametric testing plays an important role in biometry, the Cucconi test statistic is generalized to the location, scale, and location–scale parameters in two-sample problem. The limiting distribution of the suggested test statistic is derived under the hypotheses. Deriving the exact critical value of the test statistic is difficult when the sample sizes are increased. A gamma approximation is used to evaluate the upper tail probability for the proposed test statistic given finite sample sizes. The asymptotic efficiencies of the proposed test statistic are determined for various distributions. The consistency of the original Cucconi test statistic is shown on the specific cases. Finally, the original Cucconi statistic is discussed in the theory of ties.