The Effect of Intergenerational Conflict and School-Based Racial Discrimination on Depression and Academic Achievement in Filipino American Adolescents

Abstract

Bronfenbrenner's ecological model postulates the home and school to be key microsystems in fostering emotional well-being and school functioning in children. Utilizing a sample of 663 Filipino American adolescents who participated in the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), we assessed the effect of intergenerational conflict at home and racial discrimination at school on their mental health and academic achievement. Cross-sectionally, intergenerational conflict and school-based racial discrimination increased depression and decreased academic achievement in early adolescence. Longitudinally, conflict and discrimination in early adolescence decreased academic performance while conflict alone increased depression in late adolescence. Implications of the findings were discussed.     

Torture and terrorism: an interview with Moazzam Begg

This article presents some of the findings of research on issues surrounding teaching terrorism and political violence at UK higher education institutions. It reports the results of a survey of UK institutions of higher education on their responses to government and other pressures in relation to terrorism. The data show a minority of universities have developed systems, policies or procedures for ‘preventing violent extremism’, while a significant number have developed close cooperation and collaboration with state counterterrorism policies raising potential issues of academic freedom. This article then examines three high-profile cases – incidents where universities, lecturers and students have come under political and legal pressures over the content of terrorism courses or accusations of ‘radicalisation’ on campus. It suggests that these pressures can be and sometimes are resisted, but that they have on occasion effectively narrowed the scope of academic freedom in practise with the danger that a further chilling effect follows in their wake.     

Two Ecological Models of Academic Achievement Among Diverse Students With and Without Disabilities in Transition

School experiences can have positive effects on student academic achievement, yet less is known about intermediary processes that contribute to these positive effects. We examined pathways between school experiences and academic achievement among 117 low-income urban students of color, many with disabilities, who transitioned to other schools following a school closure. Using structural equation modeling, we tested two ecological models that examined the relationships among self-reported school experiences, school support, academic self-efficacy, and school-reported academic achievement. The model in which the relationship between school experiences and academic achievement is mediated by both school support and academic self-efficacy, and that takes previous academic achievement into account, was an excellent fit with the data. The roles of contextual and individual factors as they relate to academic achievement, and the implications of these findings, are discussed.     

公安院校大学生的职业认同与学业情绪研究

公安大学生职业认同在入学动机上表现为职业预期和学习生活适应性上的差异,对公安大学生学业情绪的影响主要有对警察的职业认知、职业情感和职业行为等三个方面的因素。公安大学生职业认同感的构建,需要培养大学生的警察意识、警务技能和警务行为素养,从而激发大学生积极向上的学业情绪。     

论提升学术期刊核心竞争力

新形势对学术期刊的生存发展能力提出了更高的要求,应对挑战的必然选择是提升学术期刊的核心竞争力。有必要对核心竞争力的概念和特征进行新的解读,围绕影响核心竞争力提升的主要因素,从"理念铸魂、内容为王、人才是本、管理有道、创新至上"五个方面进行思考。     

学术论文中的学术失范、学术不端现象及其防范

目前辨别及防范学术失范和学术不端行为已成为学术期刊出版的一项重要工作。选取某学术期刊,对其来稿情况及利用《学术不端行为检测系统》比对的结果进行分析。结果表明,作者来稿中的学术失范和学术不端行为的产生既有主观原因又有客观因素,涉及到作者的学术态度、写作动机,对学术道德的认识,对引文标注、著作权法等相关规范和法律条文的理解,以及对网络媒体和纸质期刊之间关系的了解等各个方面。学术期刊的编辑,是学术论文发表的审核者和把关者,应该利用好《学术不端行为检测系统》,辩证地分析检测结果,提高辨别和防范学术失范及学术不端行为的能力,尽最大可能避免重复发表和剽窃之作流向社会。     

论学术评价机制的完善

现代管理主义的兴起对学术产生了冲击,使得学术职业的传统和特有的价值理念受到了前所未有的冲击,使学术不端行为的产生成为必然。现行学术评价机制的缺陷主要包括考核指标体系不合理,评价方式和程序的异化。不合理的评价机制对学术不端起了推波助澜的作用。因此要建立新的学术评价机制;建立多样化的评价体系,使评价标准理性化。同时要建立正当的学术评价程序,学术问题只能由学者解决,专家评议必须有规范的程序。     

中国宪法学的学术使命与功能的演变——中国宪法学30年发展的反思

宪法学的历史源远流长,不同时代的宪法学承担不同的学术使命。在改革开放的背景下,中国宪法学以其学术逻辑与主体性,推动了社会发展与进步,确立了自己的历史方位与功能。通过对宪法学学术使命与功能演变过程的分析,对宪法学30年发展中的若干基本问题进行了学术反思,提出“后30年宪法学”发展的基本课题。     

前科制度的理论根据探讨

前科制度的理论根据问题是前科制度研究中的基础性问题。前科制度的 理论根据是报应根据和功利目标的内在统一。报应是前科制度的正义性根据,功 利是前科制度的目的性根据。前科制度的刑罚价值并非补偿前次犯罪之刑罚在量 上的欠缺和不足,追求刑罚的特殊预防效应,而是用以消除再次犯罪人的人身危 险性,追求刑罚的特殊预防效应和一般预防效应的手段。