The Performance of the World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF in Assessing the Quality of Life of Thai College Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the performance of the Thai-version of WHOQOL-BREF in assessing the quality of life (QoL) among Thai college students. The psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF were assessed in this study. The self-administered WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was applied. A total of 407 Thai college students (male age = 20.5 ± 1.2; female age = 20.5 ± 1.2) participated in this study. Item-response distributions, internal consistency reliability, discriminant validity, criterion-related validity and construct validity through confirmatory analysis were analyzed. The findings indicate that the WHOQOL-BREF had acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.73–0.83 across four domains), all items highly correlated with corresponding domain scores (r = 0.53–0.80), the indices of a two-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrate that the data fit the model well with allowing covary of error variances of some items, all items had good property of criterion-related validity and item discrimination and, all three domain scores except the social relationship domain had significant associations with overall QoL or general health. The results suggest that the WHOQOL-BREF was reliable and valid to health professionals in the assessment of the QoL of college-based Thai youth, but some unsuitable items may be deleted in future studies.     

Framing the Sino–US–Thai relations in the post-global economic crisis

Based on the frame analysis, this study conducted a content analysis of Thailand's two English-language newspapers, Bangkok Post and the Nation, to examine the relationships among the world's two largest economies, the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, and the emerging economy of Thailand in the wake of the subprime housing loan crisis. The study has established five generic news frames: economic consequence, human interest, morality, conflict and cooperation. It was found that such cultural values as individualism – collectivism, materialism – spiritualism and conflict – harmony have influenced the frame-building process. As a consequence of the subprime crisis, the US was portrayed as the old power waning in hegemony while China an emerging power with a fast growing economy. The Thai press played up a sound Sino–US relationship based on cooperation rather than conflict which would shape the 21st century. Thailand, where the Asian financial crisis broke out in 1997, offered morality or ethics as a remedy frame for the global economic crisis.     

傣泰民族的"勐"文化

"勐"的概念以及由"勐"所产生的政治制度、思想意识和宗教文化长期存在于西南泰之中,是这个族群所共有的,又是其区别于其他族群所特有的概念。从部落社会一直延续到近代,"勐制"与"勐文化"浓缩了西南泰的历史,从政治到经济、军事到思想、宗教到非宗教,"勐"的概念渗透傣泰民族社会生活的方方面面。研究"勐文化"有助于我们更贴近西南泰生活的社会实际,从这个民族群体所固有的本质特征来认识和理解它。     

傣语中的水文化

文章用文化语言学的观点,首先考察了西双版纳傣族居住的地理环境特征,认为“水”是西双版纳地理环境中一个十分突出的因素,因而,傣族文化中也具有十分浓厚的“水”情结。语言是民族文化的重要组成部分,文章进而分析了傣语词汇、俗语、诗歌与“水”的联系,试图以此阐明傣语中的水文化。     

欢腾式发展:泰北乡村农家乐项目的民族志研究

进入21世纪以来,泰国的政党政治发生了重要转变,原来的代理式政党被以项目为基础的纲领式政党取代,国家和社会组织在乡村地区推行了许多发展项目。文章运用集体欢腾的概念,对泰北乡村的农家乐项目进行民族志描述和分析。农家乐项目的实施过程嵌入在地方文化实践当中,表现为项目在原有的有灵空间中展开,通过多主体参与的方式来实现,以及项目实施过程所具有的集体欢腾的特点。文中将这种项目治理模式归纳为欢腾式发展。欢腾式发展的成功之处在于强化了社区的共同体意识,项目实施过程的意义超越了用单一的经济发展指标考量项目实施结果的意义,而国家权力和其他社会力量的绩效也在项目实施过程中得以实现。项目实施过程中所体现出来的社区生活的丰富性、开放性以及重组的可能性应当成为国家与社会治理的重要目标。     

从中泰学生音乐会看我国音乐教育的现状

我国全面推行素质教育,美育被列为教育方针的内容之一,音乐教育作为美育教育的重要载体,得到了迅速的发展.但是,由于教育观念、教育内容、教育方法和评价体系等方面的制约,音乐教育的现状却不容乐观.通过中国和泰国学生在一场音乐会上的不同表现,作者对我国的音乐教育现状进行了分析和思考.     

汉泰情感隐喻对比研究

汉泰语都出现以隐喻的形式表达各种情感。文章对汉泰语的“快乐”、“悲伤”、“愤怒”、“恐惧”情感概念的形成和表达进行对比研究。研究发现汉泰语都借用自然现象、人体器官、容器中的液体等的某些特征来隐喻这些基本情感。这是因为人类的生活体验、认知心理具有共通性。然而,中国和泰国的不同民族文化、地域环境、思维方式等使一些汉泰情感出现不同的隐喻来源域,比如说中国人以方位概念隐喻情感而泰国人没有。     

泰语称谓语中的汉语方言借词

中国南方省份尤其是广东、福建沿海一带移居暹罗者较多。移民给泰国本地带来了不少中国文化,尤其是语言。如今泰语中的汉语词汇借词以潮州话居多。最明显的是“称谓语”。汉语的称谓语在泰语中的使用不仅仅局限于华人家庭,在泰国人当中也普遍使用。泰语里的汉语称谓语借词包括亲属称谓语和社会称谓语。汉语称谓语在泰语借用时音义及词法有所变化,尤其是语义在泰语中的使用已逐渐离开其本义并产生新的义项。     

武术散打与泰拳规则差异及其技术体系分析

以中国武术散打与泰国泰拳竞赛规则开始对比分析,以中泰对抗战绩结果为研究对象,对两者技术体系进行重点分析,总结探索我国散打技术体系构建的科学性与规范性,为我国散打运动的教学、训练提供科学的理论依据和相关思路.     

对外汉语教学中近义词习得的偏误分析——以泰国学生为例

本文主要是对泰国学生汉语习得偏误进行归类,主要从词义的角度、词义的色彩、词语的误用三个方面来分析泰国学生汉语习得偏误的原因以及寻求解决办法,希望能给汉语老师对泰汉语教学提供参考,泰国学生也能从中得到启发,从而更有效的学习汉语。