Intended childlessness in late adolescence: Personality and psychopathology

A series of studies are presented which examine the relation between parenthood intentions (intend to be a parent and intend to remain childless) and self-concept, mental health, and grade point average in a college student population. The results suggest that college students not intending to have a child tend to be statistically deviant on all the variables examined. Cross-validation results suggest a high frequency of psychopathology among the sample of young intended nonparent college students. Based on the MMPI results, the intention to be a nonparent appears to be associated with general maladjustment, rather than just a deviancy from social norms.Received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Primary interest is parenting attitudes and parent training.     

EVALUATING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE LESSONS LEARNED

Much energy has been devoted to the evaluation of employment and training programs. Both of these evaluations have often been disappointing both to supporters of the programs and the evaluators themselves. At least in part, the reason for this is that many of the evaluations that have been done have not been carried out very effectively. Guidelines which policymakers should keep in mind in the course of initiating evaluations of employment and training programs are presented. Useful insights in this regard can be obtained by examining evaluation activity in other areas of social policy such as education.     

The risks and benefits of searching for incidental findings in MRI research scans.

We weigh the presumed benefits of routinely searching all research scans for incidental findings (IFs) against its substantial risks, including false-positive and false-negative findings, and the possibility of triggering unnecessary, costly evaluations and perhaps harmful treatments. We argue that routinely searching for IFs may not maximize benefits and minimize risks to participants.     

对WTO秘书处地位和作用的重新定位

WTO秘书处在许多不同的领域发挥了作用,例如贸易谈判、贸易协议的实施与管理、争端解决等方面。但令人担忧的是,秘书处的作用被弱化,变得越发唯唯诺诺,这会使WTO失去效率。“车轮”理论要求WTO从两轮机器变成四轮机器,发挥秘书处和总干事的最大功效。     

国际经济法理论的多元视角

当代国际经济法应该具有多元开放的法学视角和理论进路,例如,法律视角、经济视角、政治视角、历史视角、人权视角、哲学视角、发展视角、可持续发展视角,等等。Jackson的实用主义宪法制度分析、Petersmann的理想主义自由宪政分析、Qureshi的全球化多元综合法律分析为国际经济法学术领域的三种主要视角。国际经济法的理论多元标志着国际经济法学术开始走出理论的幼稚和贫困,迈向理论的成熟和繁荣,进而超越概念之争,进入理论之争,乃至开启范式之争。