Patterns of Middle School Adjustment and Ninth Grade Adaptation of Rural African American Youth: Grades and Substance Use

The transition to high school has been identified as a potentially difficult time in adolescents’ lives. Reductions in both academic and social functioning often accompany this transition. While these effects have been documented in urban youth, the move to high school has not been extensively studied in rural minority youth. Toward that end, the academic grades and substance use in ninth grade of 447 (184 male and 263 female) African-American adolescents from two rural counties in a state in the deep South were examined in relation to configurations of adaptation from sixth through eighth grade. Results indicate that individual with consistently positive patterns across middle school had higher grades and lower rates of substance use compared to individuals with persistent difficulties or those that transitioned to problem behavior. Many individuals who improved in their patterns of adaptation had relatively high grades, but also rather high rates of substance use in the ninth grade. David B. Estell is an assistant professor of educational psychology at Indiana University Bloomington. He received his PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His major research interests include peer relations and the development of aggression. Thomas W. Farmer is an associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State University and director of the National Research Center on Rural Education Support. He received his PhD in Special Education from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His major research interests include peer relations and the development of aggression in students with and without special needs. Matthew J. Irvin is a research scientist at the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His major research interests include resilience and student engagement. Jana H. Thompson is a research associate at the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include peer social relations and developmental transitions into early adolescence. Bryan C. Hutchins is a research assistant at the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a graduate student in the Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation Program at UNC. His research interests include child and adolescent social development and school based emotional and behavioral interventions and prevention programs. Erin M. McDonough is currently a doctoral candidate in School Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Emory University. As a research assistant at the Center for Developmental Science, she has been able to explore her interests in student achievement as well as rural education. Another major research interest of hers is school-based mental health.     

析中华传统美德与大学生成长成才的内在统一性

中华民族在数千年的漫长历史岁月中创造了辉煌灿烂的文化,给我们留下了丰富而宝贵的文化遗产。教育的任务是“人的培养”和“才的培养”,这与中国传统文化的人格修养目标是一致的,二者具有内在的统一性。     

财类院校英语专业"体验英美文学“教学模式探究

本文从财经类院校英语专业英美文学教学所面临的消极与积极影响出发，提出了当前英美文学教学的应对性策略，即“体验英美文学”教学模式。文章重点介绍了“体验英美文学”教学模式的理念与具体的实践环节，给陷入困境的英美文学教学找到了一种应对性的教学办法，目的是使英美文学课程的教学获得预期的效果。     

当代美国大学生领导力教育成功经验分析

20世纪八九十年代以来,以面向未来领导人教育为主旨的大学生领导力教育在美国高校悄然兴起并日趋活跃,学校采取灵活科学的教学组织形式、招生制度和课程设置,取得了不可忽视的教学成效。学生对自身能力的信心、领导技能、以领导身份服务社区的愿望等方面有了很大提高,他们改变了对领导力的看法,从而也改善了校园文化。     

浅论公安高校学生的“个性化”培养

发展个性是现代教育的一个重要标志，对学生进行“个性化”培养是公安高校人才培养观念的进步。正确理解“个性化”培养的内涵、明确“个性化”培养的重要性、落实“个性化”培养的措施是新形势下公安高等教育创新发展的重要步骤。     

The Influence of Future Certainty and Contextual Factors on Delinquent Behavior and School Adjustment Among African American Adolescents

This study examined the ability of future certainty—an individual's perception of future stability, operationalized as the likelihood of certain life outcomes–to explain variance in delinquency and school adjustment, while controlling for economic, neighborhood, and family factors, among a cross-sectional sample of 1422 male and 1562 female African American adolescents drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Three kinds of future certainty were examined: future life certainty (e.g., life expectancy), marriage certainty, and college certainty. In hierarchical multiple regression analyses, future certainty and family functioning were stronger predictors than economic and neighborhood variables: neighborhood disorganization and family socioeconomic status. Future life certainty and expectations of attending college were stronger predictors of delinquency among males than females. Marriage certainty was the weakest predictor of the three certainty variables.     

布什政府对东盟的政策及其对中国的影响

本文总结了布什执政以来美国对东盟的政策,探讨了影响美国政策的因素,分析了美国对东盟政策的调整将对中国—东盟关系产生的影响。文章认为,“9.11”事件以后,美国的反恐战争为其重返东南亚提供了契机。布什政府调整了对这一地区的政策,改善或提升了与东盟国家的关系。然而,把东盟作为一个地区机制,美国还没有完整的战略。美国主要推进的是双边关系,其中以军事关系为重。美国政策对中国的影响是复杂的,在中美关系稳定的情况下,其负面影响在短期内不会太大。     

关注贫困女大学生的心理问题及心理救助

贫困女大学生面对沉重的生存压力和日趋激烈的竞争环境,不仅物质生活困窘,其心理压力也十分值得关注。因此,了解这一特定群体身心发展的特点,在为贫困女大学生提供积极的经济帮助的同时,重视她们的心理问题及心理救助,加强对她们的心理健康教育,是高校教育工作者义不容辞的职责。     

弘扬中华民族优良传统道德——培育青年学生伟大民族精神

中华民族的优良传统道德是孕育中华民族精神的思想母体.深入分析当代民族精神,其每一部分内容都可以从中华民族优良传统道德中找到它的思想根源.我们要在学生中弘扬和培育民族精神,一个重要任务就是要弘扬我们中华民族的优良传统道德.     

贵州黔东南州少数民族大学生心理健康调查与分析

本研究采用心理健康测查表(PHI)对黔东南地区凯里学院513名少数民族大学生进行测试,结果表明:黔东南地区少数民族大学生的心理健康水平从总体上有较大问题,心理问题的检出率较高,男生和女生均出现比较一致的情况;性别因素对少数民族大学生心理健康水平的影响不大,男女生没有显著差异。引起少数民族大学生心理问题的原因是复杂的、多方面的,既有个人的因素,也有社会、学校和家庭以及民族文化和环境等方面的因素,建议民族地区高校应重视和加强心理健康教育的指导。