Lowering the age of consent: Legal,ethical, and clinical implications of adolescent-directed therapy

This article discusses a recently enacted Colorado law that aims to reduce the youth suicide rate by lowering the age of consent for psychotherapy from age 15 to age 12. The author discusses the challenges therapists face when young adolescents seek therapy without parental consent in cases involving interparental conflict. Suggestions for managing adolescent-directed therapy are offered.     

马克思主义中国化历史进程中的青年发展

马克思主义中国化的历程远未完结。历史上看,马克思主义在中国的每一步无不与青年发展紧密相连,而青年也在马克思主义的指导下,不断走向成熟,肩负起历史重任和使命。它们在本质上有着共同特性,我们必须把当代青年发展与马克思主义在中国的发展牢牢结合起来,使青年成为马克思主义的继承者和发展者,当代中国马克思主义的倡导者和推动者,中国特色社会主义的行动者和实践者。     

城镇化进程中当代青年发展新机遇和潜能开发

全面建成小康社会的新目标激励当代青年增强使命和责任,引领青年发展必须有良好政策机制创新驱动。城镇化科学发展应当充分照顾不同阶层青年的利益和诉求,更要把人的现代化放在核心位置。共青团作为党和政府青年工作的中坚力量,真心做好党的青年群众工作,必须充分发挥连心桥作用。     

思想政治教育视域下的青年价值观教育

青年是民族的希望,国家的未来,是中国社会主义事业的建设者、接班人。面对多元化价值观念的影响,引导青年坚定集体主义观念,需要青年价值观教育尊重社会发展的时代特点,遵循思想政治教育的客观规律,以贴合青年生理、心理实际的方法,来全面提升青年价值观教育的实效。     

青少年底线道德教育探析

我国青少年道德教育一直实行道德理想主义教育,内容过于理想化而脱离实际。当前青少年底线道德存在诸多问题,需从底线道德教育的生活性、实践性、制度规范和教育方式等方面着手,提高青少年底线道德教育的实效性。     

行走间隔年：中国青年幸福感的自我体验

幸福是人生的终极目标,不同的社会人群都在努力提升自己的幸福感。青年群体作为社会的中坚力量,幸福体验的重要性不言而喻。通过检视可以发现,很多青年人都沉迷和陶醉于自我营设的虚幻幸福感中,内心却非常苦闷。间隔年旅行可以帮助青年人获得幸福感的自我体验,在欣赏大自然的奇绝与壮美中,在与异域人群的接触与交往中,在劳动创造和挫折经历中,在义工和志愿活动中,青年经受着岁月流年的洗礼,把成熟、仁爱与自信熔铸于内心,同时也体味和获取着别样的幸福感受。     

国内四家青年研究类期刊的栏目比较研究

期刊栏目具有内容的定性、发展方向的定位、展示特色的平台、作者投稿的导航和吸引读者的导读等功能。《当代青年研究》、《中国青年研究》、《青少年研究》和《青年探索》作为国内青年研究类期刊的代表,其栏目设置均展现了各自的特色,体现了研究内容分类的科学性,并且一直坚持着栏目应有的定性与分类。     

新媒体时代青年工作面对“六个新逻辑”的思考

青年工作受到来自新媒体技术引发的“技术、市场、资本、社交、劳动、组织”等六个全新的且相互关联的逻辑影响,面对着“系统性压力”。实践中须遵循习近平总书记关于青年工作的重要思想对青年工作引领,充分思量青年工作面对的严峻“形式和任务”,重新“定位和评估”新媒体对中国青年工作的影响。     

Seen or Unseen? The Role of Race in Police Contact among Homeless Youth

Homeless youth are at an increased risk of police contact—being stopped by police and arrested, yet it is less clear if this interaction is patterned by race. The current study draws on diverse scholarship to examine three possible effects of race on homeless youths’ interaction with police: that non-White homeless youth are more likely (disproportionate minority contact/symbolic assailants), less likely (out-of-place policing) or no different than White youth (master status) to experience police contact. Using the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Homeless Adolescents, we examine homeless youths’ odds of self-reported police harassment and arrest. Non-White homeless youth are more likely to report police harassment and arrest, but living on the street neutralizes these racial disparities. Further, prior police harassment is linked to subsequent arrest, operating similarly for White and non-White homeless youth. We discuss the implications of these findings for advancing scholarship on the challenges faced by homeless youth.     

Target congruence theory and Latino youth victimization

While a number of studies have found that immigrant youth are less likely to engage in delinquency, they are more likely to report victimization. Scholars have traditionally attributed this finding to American cultural norms that may generate marginalization and culture conflict that, in return, increases the likelihood of victimization. However, few studies have applied victimization theories to this study population. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to apply Target Congruence Theory to test its capability to explain victimization among Latino youth. Data collected from the Dating Violence Among Latino Adolescents (DAVILA) Study shows that a target’s vulnerability, gratifiability, and antagonism modestly predicted their victimization. Results, as well as the study’s limitations and suggestions for future research, are discussed.