Mere religiosity is not enough! Spirituality strengthens the relations between religiosity and positive youth development

Although prior research shows that either religiosity or spirituality facilitates well-being, the interaction of both constructs in predicting positive youth development (PYD) in collectivistic contexts remains unknown. This study examined the moderating role of spirituality on the link between religiosity and PYD, including each of its Cs (i.e., competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) among 1116 Filipino adolescents. Results demonstrate that both religiosity and spirituality are positively correlated with PYD and its dimensions. Furthermore, there is a significant interaction between religiosity and spirituality for the overall PYD construct and the socio-emotional Cs (i.e., connection, character, and caring). This study highlights the importance of young people's sense of connection with something beyond than themselves (i.e., spirituality) in promoting adolescent thriving.     

Shift-and-persist coping and health among rural African American adolescents

This study examines whether shift-and-persist coping, a coping strategy defined by accepting challenges and remaining hopeful for the future, is associated with psychosocial and physical health and/or moderates the effects of contextual stress (i.e., racial discrimination, financial strain) on health among African American adolescents living in the rural Southeastern United States. Participants (N = 299, 56% boys, M_age = 12.91) completed measures of shift-and-persist coping, contextual stress, and psychosocial and physical health. Shift-and-persist coping was generally associated with better health but did not buffer the effects of contextual stress. Results suggest that shift-and-persist coping may serve as a source of resilience among African American adolescents living in a context where many experience heightened contextual stress.     

Addressing challenges to carrying out intervention programs with youth populations: Successes and strategies

We identify five challenges notoriously faced by researchers conducting youth intervention studies: access to the target population, successful recruitment, ensuring continued attendance, promoting engaged, enthused, and task-focused participation, and efficient data collection. To ensure research quality, we have devised strategies to address these obstacles. Successes and lessons are included from The Compass Project (TCP), a 9-week morality strengthening program designed to facilitate positive attitudinal and behavioral outcomes in young people. Despite four of the five identified challenges being overcome in TCP, the fifth challenge of data collection was insurmountable as many participants failed to complete questionnaire scales. We propose that researchers build on our success by building rapport and trust with participants and youth organizations and building a participant sense of community, and improve upon our design by scrutinizing the format, accessibility, and length of data measures. Ultimately, tests of whether intervention programs can result in positive outcomes in the lives of young people hinge on adequately overcoming the identified challenges. Implementation of the proposed strategies will be instrumental to allow for meaningful and powerful statistical analyses to more accurately gauge the positive impact of intervention programs on young people's lives.     

Nowhere to go: Housing pathways of college students with foster care and homelessness experience

This study builds on previous research to understand longer term housing experiences in late adolescence and early adulthood for vulnerable college students. Using a biographical, qualitative method, we study high school and college housing and family circumstances for 27 students with homelessness or foster care experience enrolled in 4-year colleges in Georgia. We identified three different housing pathway types in high school—family homelessness, unaccompanied youth and foster care. Housing instability and frequent moves were common in high school among all housing pathway types. In college, students who were able to find low or no-cost housing and those who identified a foster care pathway in high school achieved greater housing stability. Others students experienced a continuation of housing instability that began in high school. Additional funding to cover the cost of on-campus housing would likely contribute to increased stability. Additional strategies, such as rental assistance programmes tailored for college students, may be needed to address housing instability for vulnerable college students. More research on the unmet housing needs and the consequences of housing instability during college for homeless and foster youth is needed to further a housing policy agenda that focuses on practical solutions.     

流量时代“梗”的多维呈现及引导策略

梗是一种常见于青年群体的文化现象,它的生成、传播和使用具有多源性与随机性、多变性与互动性、封闭性与开放性的基本特征。在文化属性上,梗有着明显的狂欢化特点,既热衷于戏谑,又突出情绪宣泄。梗不仅体现了青年群体“弱者的反抗”式的文化批判,也反映了青年创造个体价值、渴望社会公平、表达爱国情感等的基本追求。梗文化在流行的同时也造成了烂梗和滥梗等问题。针对这些问题,可以从政府、媒介平台、青年群体等多个层面进行治理和引导。     

女性地位低的层级推演--对出生性别比偏高背后隐象的探析

目前学术界对出生性别比偏高原因的争论主要集中在出生婴儿性别次序先后与下一孩次性别关系以及计划生育政策和女婴存在漏报、瞒报的影响等三个方面,本文在对三大传统观点提出质疑的基础上,先从生物学、计划生育政策、医学技术三个方面,而后从性别偏好,最后从女性地位低这三级递进的层次,推演和探析出生性别比偏高的原因,从而明晰出生性别比偏高的终极原因在于女性地位低这一事实。并努力从女性地位、男性偏好以及出生性别比三者关系上构造出一个新的分析框架。     

从《普塔霍特普教谕》看古埃及人对青年人的道德教育

《普塔霍特普教谕》是古王国出现的最重要的教谕文献,作者主要从三个方面对古埃及青年进行了道德教育:社会生活中应该遵守的道德准则、青年人应该具有的良好的性格和青年人走上仕途应该注意的为官之道。《教谕》对古埃及青年良好道德的形成有不可忽视的重要作用。     

植物、性与繁衍——《九歌》生态世界初探

《楚辞·九歌》存在着一个具有特殊意义的植物群.这些植物的蓬勃生机象征着旺盛的生命力,它们是吸引异性、两情相悦的媒介;它们的某些药用价值具有催发情欲、提高生育能力的功能,因此它们与人的生存繁衍密切相关.对植物的膜拜,是一种重要的巫术文化现象.植物、性与繁衍构成了《九歌》中的生态世界.     

中国共产党引领青年理想信念教育的百年历史演进与实践经验

中国共产党成立100年来,党引领青年理想信念教育历经了新民主主义革命时期的初步探索、社会主义革命和建设时期的曲折发展、党的十一届三中全会到十八大之前的繁荣发展以及中国特色社会主义新时代的纵深发展四个阶段。百年来,中国共产党领导青年理想信念教育与时代同进步,与青年同发展,积累了坚持党对青年理想信念教育的全面引领、坚持马克思主义对青年理想信念教育的指导、坚持以全面发展为青年理想信念教育的中心思想、坚持青年理想信念教育目标内容方法的与时俱进、坚持青年理想信念教育的虚功实做、实功细作等基本的实践经验。深刻分析这些宝贵经验背后的历史逻辑,对于开创新时代青年理想信念教育工作新局面具有重要意义。     

青年失业与人生转型

本文采用扎根理论方法探讨了失业对中国青年人生转型的影响,指出西方理论运用于中国时具有局限性,中国文化背景下的青年人生转型的含义并非脱离原生家庭关系网络而独立,而是在原有家庭关系网络中实现经济自立,并为处于社会网络的父母争面子以及反哺父母。失业对中国青年人生转型的影响主要表现其拖延了青年以上人生目标的实现。本文还简要地讨论了社会科学研究本土化的问题。