Do individuals believe that an election victory by their favored candidate will improve their personal economic well-being? Previous work has either adopted an approach that is not well suited to determining this relationship, or ignored this question to focus on perceptions of macroeconomic conditions. In this paper we adopt a new approach that allows us to determine the relationship individuals perceive between elections and personal economic welfare, examining the relationship between vote choice, the election outcome, and post-election expectations for personal economic well-being. We find that economic individualism plays an important role in shaping the relationship individuals perceive between election outcomes and their personal economic well-being. Individuals who reject economic individualism do perceive a relationship, with those viewing an election outcome as favorable more optimistic in their expectations for personal economic well-being than those who view the election outcome as unfavorable. Conversely, election outcomes do not influence the expectations of economic individualists. 相似文献
This paper investigates the impact of fiscal institutions on state government borrowing costs. We find that institutions have both a direct and indirect effect on interest costs paid by state governments. Revenue limits are associated directly with higher interest costs; expenditure limits, stricter balanced budget rules, and restrictions on state debt issuance are indirectly associated with lower interest costs because they lead to higher credit ratings. It appears that investors and bond raters incorporate information on fiscal institutions into their assessment of state government credit quality. 相似文献
The study of Chinese nationalism is very popular—both in China and the West. This article introduces a special section of seven articles (four of which are in this issue) on ‘The Limits of Chinese Nationalism’, arguing that our understanding of nationalism in China is problematic. This special section aims to explore the limits of many of the statements about Chinese nationalism that have now become ‘common sense’: the rise of Chinese nationalism, nationalism filling an ideological vacuum, elites manipulating nationalism to gain legitimacy, and so on. Using critical IR theory this Introduction explores the concept of limits to argue that borders in China are not just territorial, but cultural, economic and thus political. It seeks to change the objective of our discussion of Chinese nationalism from seeking an Answer—either as a measure of the objective nature of Chinese nationalism or as a moral judgment of it as good or evil—to seeing ‘nationalism’ as a provocation which pushes us to think about China and identity in a host of different and productive ways. 相似文献
This study investigated a multi-mediation model of the relationship between bullying behavior, peer victimization, personal
identity, and family characteristics to adolescent depressive symptoms in 194 high school students, 12–18 years of age. In
the first model, peer victimization mediated the relation between bullying behavior and depressive symptoms. In the second
model, personal identity mediated the relation between peer victimization and depressive symptoms. In the final model, the
two mediation models were combined. The relative influence of family characteristics on all variables in the two mediation
models was studied using structural equation modeling. The results supported both mediation models and confirmed the influence
of family characteristics on all variables in the mediation models. This study indicates that victimization by one’s peers
has consequences for adolescents’ psychological health when their personal identity is affected. In addition, the study was
able to model several processes in which family characteristics were related to adolescent depressive symptoms. Moreover,
the final combined model (in which the two mediation models and the influence of family characteristics on all variables were
confirmed) explained half of the variance in adolescent depressive symptoms.
Research examining the relationship between internalizing symptoms and antisocial behaviors has generally been cross-sectional
in design. Thus, although extant data have substantiated a strong correlation between internalizing symptoms and antisocial
behaviors, few studies have focused on describing the nature of the co-occurrence over time. This study examined the relation
between growth in internalizing symptoms and longitudinal patterns of antisocial behavior in a sample of 283 inner-city males
and their caregivers assessed as part of a longitudinal developmental risk study. Participants were assessed annually in four
waves. Non-offenders and escalating offenders had lower levels of internalizing problems at wave 1 than did chronic minor
and serious-chronic-violent offenders. Results revealed a developmental trend of decreasing internalizing problems across
study years for most participants, as would be expected, with adolescents participating in serious, chronic, and violent patterns
of antisocial behavior displaying greater internalizing problems than those participating in stable patterns of less serious
or no antisocial behavior. Further, when there was escalation of seriousness and frequency of antisocial behavior, there also
was increased internalizing problems relative to non-escalating juveniles. Results are discussed in the context of developmental
psychopathology.
Community, demographic, familial, and personal risk factors of childhood depressive symptoms were examined from an ecological
theoretical approach using hierarchical linear modeling. Individual-level data were collected from an ethnically diverse (73%
African-American) community sample of 197 children and their parents; community-level data were obtained from the U.S. Census
regarding rates of community poverty and unemployment in participants’ neighborhoods. Results indicated that high rates of
community poverty and unemployment, children’s depressive attributional style, and low levels of self-perceived competence
predict children’s depressive symptoms, even after accounting for demographic and familial risk factors, such as parental
education and negative parenting behaviors. The effect of negative parenting behaviors on depressive symptoms was partially
mediated by personal variables like children’s self-perceived competence. Recommendations for future research, intervention
and prevention programs are discussed.
Danielle H. DallaireEmail:
Dr. Danielle H. Dallaire
is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at The College of William and Mary. She received her Ph.D. from Temple
University in 2003. Her major research interests include children’s social and emotional development and promoting resiliency
in children and families in high risk environments, particularly children and families dealing with parental incarceration.
Dr. David A. Cole
is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. He received his Ph.D. from
The University of Houston in 1983. His major research interests center around developmental psychopathology in general and
childhood depression in particular.
Dr. Thomas M. Smith
is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University, Peabody College. He received his Ph.D.
in 2000 from The Pennsylvania State University. Professor Smith’s current research agenda focuses on the organization of teaching
quality, exploring relationships between educational policy (national, state, district, and school level), school organization,
teacher commitment, and the quality of classroom instruction.
Dr. Jeffrey A. Ciesla
is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Kent State University. He received his Ph.D. from The State University
of New York at Buffalo in 2004. His major research interests include the effects of ruminative thought and stressful life
events on depressive disorders.
Beth LaGrange,
M.S., is a Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.
Her current research interests include depression and the development of depressive cognitive style in children and adolescents.
Dr. Farrah M. Jacquez
is a Postdoctoral fellow in pediatric psychology at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami.
She received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 2006. Her major research interests include parenting in the context of
poverty and developing community-based interventions for underserved children and families.
Ashley Q. Pineda,
M.S., is a Doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University
and is currently completing her internship at the Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. Her major research interests
include examining the reciprocal relations between parenting behaviors, depressive cognitions, and childhood depression.
Alanna E. Truss,
M.S., is a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Her major research
and clinical interests include developmental factors in internalizing disorders in children and adolescents and the effects
of trauma on children and families.
Amy S. Folmer
is a graduate student in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. She received her B.A.
from The University of Texas in 2003. Her major research interests include cognitive developmental factors that influence
the applicability of adult cognitive models of depression to children. 相似文献
This study examined the relationship between limited English proficiency status, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors
among a sample of Latino/a children (N = 2,840) from the US Department of Education’s Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K) data set. Results
of cross sectional regression and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) analyses suggest that there is a positive relationship
between limited English proficiency and externalizing symptoms, particularly by third grade. Additionally, sex and place of
birth also helped to explain externalizing behaviors at various time points in the models. Place of birth and family poverty
were significantly associated with internalizing symptoms. Implications for future research and interventions related to internalizing
and externalizing behavior among the Latino/a school aged population are discussed.
Sheara A. WilliamsEmail:
Beverly Araújo Dawson
is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Adelphi University, New York. She received her doctoral and master’s
degree from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in psychology from Hunter College. Her research interests focus on the impact
of psychosocial stressors on the mental health of Latino/a immigrants.
Sheara Williams
is an assistant professor in the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston. She received her Ph.D. from
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; an M.S.W. from Louisiana State University; and a B.S. from Southern University,
A & M. Her research interests focus on psychosocial factors related to school behavior and academic achievement for poor and
minority children. 相似文献
This study examines the relationship between having other-sex versus same-sex best friends and antisocial behavior throughout
early adolescence. Participants (N = 955) were recruited in 6th grade and followed longitudinally through 7th, 8th, and 11th grades. Participants were 58% ethnically
diverse youth and 48% girls. Results indicate that the frequency of other-sex best friendship remained stable from 6th to
7th grade but significantly increased from 8th to 11th grade. Higher rates of concurrent antisocial behavior were related
to having other-sex best friends in 6th grade but not in 7th grade. In 8th grade, there was an interaction between friendship
and the sex of friends. Boys with only same-sex best friends and girls with other-sex best friends endorsed higher rates of
antisocial behavior. Having other-sex best friends predicted antisocial behavior from 6th to 7th grade and 8th to 11th grade,
especially for girls. Implications for the development of early adolescent friendship and antisocial behavior are discussed.
Elizabeth A. Stormshak (Corresponding author)Email:
In 2005 Indonesian and European institutes joined to start the first step for the implementation of an Ocean Operational System
in the Indonesian archipelago. The system will support the decision making process for the sustainable use of marine resources,
providing useful information and added value products as well as a service for an improved management of the sea with high
business impact to targeted groups as public authorities and commercial operators (coastal managers, fishermen, shipping companies).
In this paper the System is shortly described with its potential benefits and economic and social impacts.
