The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI): Treatment Scales and Interpersonal Characteristics in a Sample of Men Charged with or Convicted of a Sexual Offense*

An individual's interpersonal features are pertinent to treatment within clinical populations. The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) contains two scales that assess the interpersonal features of warmth (WRM) and dominance (DOM), as well as two additional measures to assess to treatment prediction, process, and rejection (RXR; TPI). The current study examined associations between these PAI scales in a sample of 92 men who underwent comprehensive evaluations of sexual behavior after being charged with or convicted of a sexual offense. Analyses indicated that RXR was positively associated with WRM and DOM, TPI was negatively associated with WRM, and the two interpersonal scales of WRM and DOM were positively correlated with each other. A significant inverse relationship was found between the two treatment scales RXR and TPI indicating that motivation for treatment may have a limited relationship with the treatment process. WRM significantly predicted scores on the TPI, and both WRM and DOM predicted individual scores on RXR. Higher scores on positive impression management (PIM) were predictive of lower TPI and higher RXR, as individuals with higher stakes cases may score higher on PIM and underreport obstacles within treatment or be unwilling to accept the need for treatment. Overall, findings suggest that interpersonal characteristics identified by the PAI scales may be advantageous in approaching treatment within this population.     

乡村振兴视角下乡镇公共文化服务体系建设路径探寻——以宜昌市夷陵区为例

乡村振兴,文化铸魂。实现乡村振兴,必须大力加强乡镇公共文化服务建设。本文以宜昌市夷陵区为例,总结乡镇公共文化服务体系建设中的经验,梳理存在的问题,并结合实际情况提出一些建议,以期为夷陵区以及其他地区创建公共文化服务体系示范区提供参考借鉴。     

田野工作的意义

田野工作是文化人类学研究的基础,两年以上细致的野外调查是田野工作必不可少的一环.要使田野工作卓有成效,调查者必须接受严格的文化人类学方法论的训练,只有掌握了扎实的文化人类学理论,才能通过实地调查升华和建构出新的理论,也才能对不同社会形态进行深入的比较研究.     

冲绳神女组织探源--冲绳神女与云南少数民族祭司的比较

属于祭司阶层、曾受琉球王国册封的神女,至今仍活跃于日本冲绳诸岛的民间祭祀活动中.通过与云南少数民族中至今仍存留的祭司及相关宗教民俗之比较,可探寻到东亚这一鲜见的民俗事象的历史文化根源.     

英语教学中应重视文化背景知识的传授——对我院2000级学生跨文化交际知识调查的分析

语言是交际的工具 ,又是文化的载体 ,有时决定交际成败的关键因素不是语言本身 ,而是文化背景知识。通过对大学生进行的跨文化交际知识调查后发现 ,一些大学生对中西方文化差异的敏感性较弱 ,这将直接影响学生今后的交际能力 ,也反映出现行的英语教学的一些不足之处。因此 ,英语教学中注意跨文化背景知识介绍是十分必要的     

Intergenerational Cultural Dissonance,Parent–Child Conflict and Bonding,and Youth Problem Behaviors among Vietnamese and Cambodian Immigrant Families

Intergenerational cultural dissonance (ICD)—a clash between parents and children over cultural values—is a frequent issue for Asian American youth. Using longitudinal data from the Cross Cultural Families Project, this study examines the mechanisms by which ICD contributes to problem behaviors, including whether ICD predicts parent–child conflict, whether parent–child conflict then has a direct effect on youth problem behavior, and whether positive bonding with parents mediates the effects of such conflict on youth problem behaviors among Vietnamese (n = 164) and Cambodian (n = 163) families with adolescents [average age = 15.2 years (SD = 1.05)]. The results from the path analyses show that, in both groups, ICD indirectly predicts problem behaviors by increasing parent–child conflict, which in turn weakens positive parent–child bonding. Interventions that target youths’ perception of intergenerational cultural gaps, help them manage conflict, and help strengthen bonds with parents may prevent problem behaviors among Cambodian and Vietnamese families. This study contributes to inform how to effectively prevent problems and difficulties among these families.

英文书写笔迹检验研究

随着我国对外开放的不断深入和商务往来的需要,在笔迹检验中出现一些有关英文笔迹检验的案件。虽然英文笔迹也是书写人汉字书写习惯的反映,遵循汉字笔迹的检验方法,但是在英文书写中还有自身特点,因此,对于非母语的英文笔迹的分析、鉴定和研究有着十分重要的现实意义和适用价值。     

论沈从文的苗族文化心理

湘西独特的人文环境,孕育了沈从文浓厚的苗族文化心理。这种文化心理,赋予了作家认识世界的独特目光和审美情趣,孕育了他的个性,影响了他一生的处事态度。这种心理主导下的创作思想,在一个以汉儒文化和西方文明为主流的都市文化背景下,不失为一种特立独行的创作个性。     

聚众斗殴犯罪中若干问题辨析

作为一种较为常见的犯罪行为,聚众斗殴在案件定性及刑事责任承担上存在若干不同认识,通过探究立法原意,并紧密结合执法活动实践,对聚众斗殴罪的犯罪特征、聚众斗殴罪定性中存在的疑难问题鉴定标准和刑事责任承担分类认定等问题进行分析,有利于执法活动中现实问题的解决。     

文化遗产法的立场:民族主义抑或国际主义

在文化遗产法领域,存在着两种对文化遗产的价值判断方式。一种立足于民族主义,强调对文化遗产原主国权利的尊重和维护。另一种则站在国际主义立场,强调文化遗产属于全人类。本文认为,两者的基本目标都是保护文化遗产,但是在一般情况下,民族主义的立场是第一位的,只有在国家保护不力或蓄意破坏文化遗产时才应站在国际主义立场加以干预和保护。同时,应警惕和反对极端国际主义。