Contraceptive self‐efficacy: A perspective on teenage girls' contraceptive behavior

This research investigated the relationship between the social‐psychological theory of self‐efficacy and teenage girls' contraceptive behavior. Data were obtained from 258 female clients, aged 20 or younger, of a family planning clinic. Four factors were extracted from the contraceptive self‐efficacy (CSE) scale developed for this investigation. Regression analyses were used to determine whether CSE scores distinguished patterns of contraceptive use when the effects of the influential demographic, sexual experience, and psychosocial variables were controlled. Two of the four CSE factors contributed significantly new information in accounting for the variance in the contraceptive use measure, semipartial R = .26, semipartial R² (4, 163) = .07, p < .01. The relationship between study variables and the four CSE factor scores were examined in a canonical correlation analysis to understand better the characteristics of the contraceptively self‐efficacious teenager. The results support the proposition that girls with a high CSE orientation think that they should and can be responsible for their sexual activity and act accordingly to achieve contraceptive protection. Girls with a low CSE orientation may be ineffective contraceptors, because they experience conflict regarding their strong sexual feelings and activities. Implications for interventions are discussed.     

法律位阶论

法律位阶制度是解决法律冲突的一项法律制度 ,性质上不应当仅仅是一种立法制度而同时也应该是一种司法制度。目前 ,我国的法律位阶制度还存在诸多不完善的地方 ,有待进一步加以完善。     

论破产重整中债权人利益保护的问题与对策

重整制度是濒临倒闭的企业的生存希望,在金融危机的背景下,重整制度的运用更为人们所重视。新《破产法》实施两年来,从重整制度的适用范围、重整程序的启动、重整计划的制定批准与执行等角度审视,重整制度存在着债权入利益保护方面的问题,需要我们进行反思并提出相应的对策予以完善。     

发达国家高校办学立法授权模式之探讨

立法授权模式是许多发达国家高校办学的一大特点,表现为政府依法将更多的权力下放给公共机构,减少对高等院校的直接干预和控制,高校享有依法自主办学的权力。同时,立法授权模式在英、法、美、日、德等几个发达国家又呈显出不同的历史特点,探讨和借鉴其成功经验对促进我国高等教育办学与国际接轨的步伐,具有深远的意义。     

Coping with Compulsion: Women's Views of Being on a Community Treatment Order

Abstract

An interview-based study of 42 people with serious mental illness was undertaken in New Zealand during the early 2000s. Of the 42 people, 10 were women. The women were either currently on a Community Treatment Order or had been recently discharged from a long period of being on a Community Treatment Order. Analysis of the original interview data revealed how these women experienced both benefits and limitations under conditions of compulsory community treatment. The women's key workers, clinicians, and nominated family members were also interviewed. The findings indicate that women considered the overall advantages of Community Treatment Orders to outweigh the disadvantages. Advantages included: greater access to treatment and respite care in hospital; and an increased sense of safety and reassurance for women and their families. Disadvantages included: some restrictions, such as where women resided; feelings of stigma; and having to comply with treatment with the threat of being returned to hospital if they did not. Overall, Community Treatment Orders made a significant impact on the lives of the 10 women but they also allowed the women to remain out of hospital long enough to rebuild their lives and maintain their close relationships.     

Fourth Step: Discourse with an Addict

This article is an authentic, unrehearsed, verbatim dialogue between an adult sister and a drug"-addicted brother. It deeply reflects the compulsive nature of addiction despite the full comprehension of the consequences of continuing it. It sensitively touches upon the pain and sorrow within the family, although hardly any manifestations of the agony come clearly to the suiface. It concludes without any real hope for change. That inevitability brings to the surface the true nature of an addiction.     

授权立法的效力初探

文章对授权立法的效力进行论述,提出确认和维护其理论,首先必须了解授权立法的来源和意义;其次必须明确授权主体和授权对象的资格,他们应当坚持各自的基本原则和有效条件;最后,强调只有对授权立法进行监督,授权立法的效力才能得到体现.     

论统计调查的强制性与自愿性

统计调查有强制性和自愿性的区分,正确处理好两者的关系,可以促进统计调查方式的管理。     

浅谈新《公司法》的缺陷

新《公司法》在修改幅度、制度创新上的影响都是不容小觑的,然而其具体制度的运作与中国社会的契合程度有待考证;比较、分析西方国家和我国的公司立法,剖析我国公司法在立法理念与技术、某些具体制度上的缺陷和不足.