The Mediating Effect of Resilience Between Social Support for Exercise and Resident Satisfaction in Assisted Living

This study examined whether residents' level of resilience mediated the relationship between social support for exercise from staff and resident satisfaction in assisted living. This was a secondary data analysis using baseline data from a function-focused care intervention study including 171 residents from four assisted living facilities. Using structural equation modeling, we found that mood and social support for exercise from staff were the only variables associated with resilience. Mood, gender, cognition, and social support for exercise from staff directly influenced resident satisfaction and explained 31% of the variance in the model. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.     

Quality of Life Enhancement Research Program: Lessons Learned

The attempted Quality of Life Enhancement program appeared to be a novel method for creating a symbiotic and sustainable relationship between a large Southeastern university and local nursing home and assisted living facilities (ALF), through which ALF residents would attend university arts and sporting events. During implementation, it was discovered that this project was unsustainable, undesired, unneeded by many care centers, difficult to implement, and required a dedicated and specialized staff. After attempting to enroll 14 local care facilities, only 2 were interested in becoming involved and produced 5 eligible participants. During the program itself, coordination with facilities and residents was difficult to maintain and unique transportation and accommodation needs were challenging to overcome. Finally, data collection was time consuming and generally unfruitful. Ultimately the project was discontinued after a year of attempted recruitment and implementation of inclusive changes to protocol. While creating an ongoing relationship with local care facilities and local universities may enhance opportunities for residents and research into important areas, such relationships take time, effort, and specialized staff to maintain.     

Divorce,living arrangements,and material well-being during the transition to adulthood in rural Malawi

In this paper, we use longitudinal data to investigate how parental death and divorce influence young women’s own experience of divorce in Malawi, a setting where women marry relatively early and unions are fragile. We find that maternal death and parental divorce are positively associated with divorce for young women but, after controlling for socio-demographic and marital characteristics, only the association with maternal death remains statistically significant. Maternal and paternal death are both strongly associated with women’s post-divorce living arrangements, which in turn affects their material well-being. This finding suggests that divorcing at a young age shapes the subsequent life chances of women; although some women return to their parental home and may have the opportunity to reset the transition to adulthood, other women begin their 20s as head of their own household and with considerable material disadvantage.     

鲍德里亚的消费经济批判及其艺术性变革

在鲍德里亚看来,当代社会在经济现象形态方面表现为消费经济的活跃,需要进行符号经济学批判。当代消费经济具有独特的运行机制,是将各种商品都转化为符号体系的过程,这既是资本的进一步扩展、资本增值的实然逻辑,又是技术理性的渗透、媒介信息的传播,还是物体系的形成、拜物教的深化。消费经济及其奢侈文化从大都市扩散到世界各地,推动了当代商业的发展。当代消费经济令人与人之间关系冷漠,围绕人的不再是实际物品,而是众多意义,需要用结构主义符号学分析其运行机制,采用艺术性变革的方式消除消费异化。艺术能够建构具有救赎作用的乌托邦,不应只为了满足感官刺激,而要通向真理之路,唤醒人的创造潜能,改造消费社会的不合理机制。     

茶馆空间设计探索

本文以传统茶馆空间特点为依据,结合实际情况,总结现代消费者的消费需求,提出了茶馆内外空间设计必须以满足消费者享受服务,信息交流,体验文化氛围与欣赏表演展示的需求,并以此为设计切入点。最后,本文对于具体设计方法提出了想法与建议。     

居民收入分配差距扩大对经济增长的效用分析

收入分配、消费需求与经济增长之间是相互联系、相互促进的辩证统一关系。但是我国近年来的发展却出现了经济增长快,居民收入增长低于经济增长的幅度,从而导致消费需求降低,消费对GDP增长的贡献份额连续大幅度下降的态势。在对居民收入分配差距、城乡差距、地区差距实证分析的基础上,从理论上分析了收入分配差距对经济增长的巨大影响,得出我国收入分配差距以及城乡差距和地区差距已经极大地制约了人们的消费需求,进而影响到经济的持续、有序、快速发展的结论。中央提出:"扩大内需是我国经济发展的长期战略方针和基本立足点。"扩大内需的前提是调整收入分配政策,大幅度提高居民的收入水平,重点增加低收入者的收入,促进整个社会消费水平的提高,从而推动国民经济的持续增长。     

浅析房地产市场复苏的制约因素及其对策

房地产市场包括一级市场和二级市场，二级市场又包括消费市场和投资市场。现在的政策导向只注重房地产消费市场部分，而忽视了其投资市场部分，这是潜力巨大的市场。房地产只有真正成为大众投资品种时，才可能促进房地产一、二级市场的共同繁荣     

社会工作介入留守儿童服务的方法与技巧——以XY市某社区为例

中国社会的急剧转型,城镇化进程加速,产生了一个特殊的农民工群体。随之出现数百万留守儿童。调查发现,85％以上的留守儿童是由祖父母隔代监护和亲友临时监管,而年迈体弱、文化素质较低的祖辈监护人难以满足孩子的学习辅导和生活监护的需要。加上家庭教育的缺失,学校与家庭之间的沟通不畅,家庭和学校监护不力,导致相当数量的留守儿童产生厌学、逃学、辍学等现象。作者从社会工作的角度出发,从留守儿童本身,留守儿童家庭、学校、社会等方面入手,提出三种切实可行的介入应对措施,即社会工作急需介入留守儿童的个案咨询和辅导、介入留守儿童互助支持小组活动、介入留守儿童家庭的亲子沟通。     

论科学发展观与我国生态经济学的发展

在分析生态经济学理论优势的基础上,提出一个人口、生产和消费与生态环境关系的研究框架。研究重点主要是在短期内从生产的角度进行生态补偿研究,而长期必须从消费偏好的角度进行研究。在研究方法上,应该借鉴条件价值法、生态足迹和物质流会计、新制度经济学等方法。这样才能使生态经济学走出乌托邦式的哲学范式,接近公众从而找到其动力源泉。     

资产价格波动对消费影响的传导机制及实证研究

20世纪80年代以来,经济周期波动的一个显著特征是资产价格波动成为各国经济波动的主要动力源,资产价格的大幅波动对一国的实体经济乃至全球的宏观经济带来了巨大冲击。实证研究结果表明,中国股票价格波动对社会消费品零售总额增长与投资增长的影响不显著,而房地产价格波动对社会消费品零售总额增长与投资增长则影响比较显著。