The clown's carnival in the hospital: a semiotic analysis of the medical clown's performance

The medical clown's multimodal performance in the hospital takes place within its rigid space. A clown in a hospital is a paradox. “Medical clowning” is a metaphor taken from two seemingly unrelated fields of meaning, juxtaposing what is medical, scientific, serious and logical with clowning, emotions, carnival spirit and humour. The clown addresses barriers erected by illness, pain, alienation and distress with a continuous flexible performance of humour and fantasy tailored to changing conditions and circumstances. A clown, by definition, threatens the public order and seemingly has no place in the hospital paradigm. The current article compares medical clowns to carnival clowns, examines the medical clown's flexible performance, illustrates it with case studies, presents a semiotic analysis of the clown's journey through the hospital and examines the significance of the performance on the ideological level.     

Financial Stress and Depression Among African Refugees in the Southern United States: A Serial Multiple Mediation Analysis of Financial Self-Efficacy and Financial Anxiety

Abstract

As part of a larger community-based participatory research project exploring the postresettlement challenges of African refugees in the southern United States, our study investigated the phenomenon of financial stress and its relationship to mental health through a mediating chain of factors—financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety. Results revealed the mediating role of financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety on the relationship between financial stress and depressive symptoms. Findings provide discourses around financial stress and mental health in the migration context, critical to recognizing the unique experiences of African refugees and informing culturally responsive programs for financial inclusion and economic integration.     

A Review of Literature on Language Anxiety

This paper is a review literature on language anxiety. It begins with a discussion of the concepts of general anxiety and language anxiety,and then continues with an introduction of the techniques for identifying language anxiety. Subsequently,literature on the relationships of language anxiety to learner variables and language learning/using are covered. Finally the dispute and theories concerning language anxiety are presented.     

外语学习焦虑与教学策略

外语学习焦虑是影响学生外语学习效果的一个重要情感因素,它对外语学习的负面影响是不容忽视的。深入探讨学生外语学习焦虑的原因,提出在课堂教学中降低学生语言焦虑的教学策略,使学生能够积极主动地参与课堂活动,才能有效地提高学生的外语语言运用能力。     

论大学生在发展过程中的焦虑心态

大学生发展过程中的焦虑心态给自身成长带来许多负面影响。社会与教育部门采取保护大学生就业措施,杜绝性别歧视;高校重视大学生实际能力的培养,加大心理健康课程覆盖面,职业生涯规划讲座常规化,心理咨询机构发挥长效机制;大学生自身养成识别、适应、调整与求助的能力,从而及时合理地缓解大学生焦虑情绪。     

Age of conduct disorder onset and comorbid anxiety and depression

The relationship between age of onset for conduct disorder (CD) and the externalizing disorder attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is well researched. However, little is known about associations between age of CD onset and comorbid internalizing disorders. This study examined whether age of CD onset significantly predicted the presence of a comorbid mood or anxiety disorder in a community-based sample of adolescents (n = 147). Results showed each one-year increase in age of CD onset was significantly associated with increased probability of comorbid depression, but not significantly associated with the probability of a comorbid anxiety disorder. Analyses were replicated in subsamples of youth with (n = 77) and without (n = 70) ADHD. The significant positive relationship between age of CD onset and comorbid depression held in youth with ADHD only, while a negative relationship with anxiety emerged as significant in youth without ADHD.     

新生外语学习负焦虑分析及其对策

外语学习焦虑对大学新生外语学习有着极大的负影响。本文根据外语学习焦虑的界定,对新生外语学习负焦虑进行分析,提出变负焦虑为正焦虑,促进新生外语学习的相应对策。     

浅议《周易》的大忧患意识及其影响

《周易》作为我国古代的经典力作,其思想内容博大精深。其中又以大忧患意识尤为突出。这种大忧患意识在我国历史上影响深远,成为历代开明执政者的治国要则。在新的历史条件下,以这种大忧患意识为镜,居安思危,励精图治,对于治国安邦,有着重要的现实意义。     

Deciphering the riddle of human deceit detection: groups comprising a higher number of anxious people are better at distinguishing lies from truths

Are groups superior to individuals in detecting lies, and are there certain personality traits that significantly contribute to a collective lie-detecting capability? In the current research, we compared the ability of small groups to detect deception compared with individuals, and further examined whether small groups comprising more members high in attachment anxiety would show superior performance in detecting deceit. To this end, we asked 233 participants (40 groups and 113 individuals) to watch a series of clips showing a person making either truthful or untruthful statements, and then decide whether the speaker was honest or dishonest. Results confirmed our expectations and showed superior deceit-detection abilities in small groups, and that this ability was proportionate to the number of people high in attachment anxiety in the group. These results are discussed from the perspective of social defense theory, and the utility of diverse social groups in coping with diverse threats.