Conceptualizing Childbearing Ambivalence: A Social and Dynamic Perspective

Childbearing ambivalence is often conceptualized as a state of conflicting desires about having a child that is characteristic of particular individuals or life stages. This study proposes that childbearing ambivalence is dynamic and situational, resulting from the multiple sociocultural frames surrounding childbearing. Using eight waves of prospective data from a population‐based sample of young adults in Malawi, results show that 41% of women and 48% of men are ambivalent about childbearing at some point in the 2.5‐year study. There is limited evidence that ambivalence is related to individual sociodemographic or psychosocial characteristics aside from gender; rather, ambivalence is tied to life course markers such as school enrollment and age. In addition, life course transitions and changes in relationships, health, and economic factors are associated with the onset of ambivalence, supporting the theory that ambivalence is a dynamic state that men and women frequently pass through as their lives and circumstances change.     

Ambivalence in Older Parent–Adult Child Relationships: Mixed Feelings,Mixed Measures

This research compared direct and indirect measures of ambivalence, 2 commonly used strategies for measuring intergenerational ambivalence between older parents and their adult children. Directly and indirectly measured ambivalence, corresponding to felt and potential manifestations of the construct, were contrasted with each other and across generations. Data were derived from 253 older parent–adult child dyads participating in the Longitudinal Study of Generations in 2005. Direct and indirect measures of ambivalence were moderately correlated with each other within each generation. Children expressed greater indirect ambivalence than their parents but were no different than their mothers or fathers in their levels of direct ambivalence. Multivariate regression analyses examining the relationship between each type of ambivalence with individual and relationship characteristics found differences in associations across equations. The results suggest that direct and indirect measures are related but represent 2 distinct conceptions of ambivalence. This research highlights the challenges in understanding the full complexity of intergenerational relations and suggests that both generational perspectives be considered in future research.     

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE RELEVANCE OF THE WORK OF D. W. WINNICOTT FOR PRESENT DAY SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH ADULTS

The work of D. W. Winnicott is of topical relevance and value to current social work students who are learning to work with adult service users. Winnicott's theories and ideas on essential matters like reliability and proper listening are raised, together with issues of ambivalence, and some implications for inter‐professional practice. Winnicott is clear, accessible and meaningful in practice terms, which is what social work students crave.     

Cambodian Refugee Families: Impacts of Immigration-Related Stressors on Intergenerational Relationships

The purpose of this study was to elucidate Cambodian refugees’ perceptions of immigration-related stressors and their impacts on intergenerational relations during the processes of immigration and settlement. We used narrative analysis to evoke older immigrants’ voices as they transitioned to the United States. Thirty-one Cambodian immigrants were interviewed using open-ended interview guides informed by ethnographic tenets of data collection. Participants expressed (a) changes in family structure and elder isolation and (b) intergenerational ambivalence and elder’s dependence on adult children as products of immigration-related stressors. Implications of these results for refugee and immigrant mental health research are discussed.     

语用模糊的动态初探

文章从动态语用角度就语用模糊在言语交际中的动态性及动态过程进行探讨和例析。意义交流应是语用模糊在交际中的最高层面;动机作为整个动态系统的出发点对语用模糊起选择作用;语境对语用模糊有制约和释义作用;语用模糊使话语含有意义潜势,使之产生特定的交际效果,而受话人的反馈使意义得以协调并推动交际过程作动态变化发展。     

双重性——巴赫金狂欢诗学的基本哲学立场

在狂欢诗学理念下,双重性既是同一事物相反两极属性的对照共生,又是具有不同属性事物之间的正反对照共存。它与德国古典哲学中对立统一思想的区别在于:对立统一观是一种预设的抽象的观念形态,双重性思想则是对西方实存的鲜活的文化形态的具体体验和把握。巴赫金对狂欢节的非官方色彩的甄别,对民间诙谐文化的价值判断,对狂欢节的世界感受的阐释,对广场语言的辨识,对狂欢化文艺作品诸要素的分析,无不闪耀着双重性思想的光辉。双重性在巴赫金狂欢诗学中具有哲学方法论的意义。     

狂欢人格的双重性与基督位格的双重性——从狂欢论与位格论的内在一致看巴赫金思想的基督教背景

巴赫金关于狂欢人物的一体双身的阐述,与基督教教义关于基督位格的神人合一的论证之间,有着叙事上、思维上乃至精神上的内在一致性.这种一致性,深深地根植于巴赫金思想的基督教背景.     

“对话的泛音”与狂欢的双重性——巴赫金两大诗学范畴的内在一致性初探

巴赫金关于狂欢的阐述强调其双重性意义,关于对话的阐述则强调"对话的泛音",文章认为,狂欢广场上不绝于耳的喧嚣实际上也就是话语间无所不在的对话的泛音.双重性以对话性的形式显现,对话性表达着双重性.两者都是以话语的交流构建的存在方式,具有本质上的一致性.