Factors Contributing to Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms: A Test of Three Developmental Models

In a longitudinal study on 115 early adolescents, the impact of major events, relationship stressors, and coping style in interaction with biological changes on depressive outcome in late adolescence were explored. Three developmental models proposed by Nolen-Hoeksema and Girgus (1994, Psychol. Bull. 115: 424–433), which attempt to explain the emergence of gender differences in adolescent depressive symptoms, were tested. Multiple regression analyses conducted to test Model 1 identified two etiological factors associated with gender differences of depression, namely, stress in the adolescent–mother relationship and a more negative body image. Tests of Model 2 revealed etiological factors which correlated with depression in adolescent girls but not adolescent boys. The correlational patterns of avoidant coping and body image emerged as relevant factors for Model 2. Finally, tests of Model 3 searched for factors which were more likely to be observed in adolescent girls than boys and which would put girls at risk should they interact with a third etiological factor. Early maturational timing emerged as a factor for Model 3.     

现代语言起源的化石解剖学和分子遗传学思考

1.语言起源的研究对象不是人类符号系统的起源 ,而是现代人语言的起源。 2 .化石解剖学的研究表明 ,人类有声分节语言的成熟有赖于咽腔成熟。 3.依据分子遗传学的夏娃理论 ,现代人祖先和现代人语言都具有单一起源性。 4.人类思维交际符号的演变表现为从原始体态语、原始手势语、胚胎语到现代语的连续统过程。5 .现代语言造就了现代人类和现代文化     

困境与进路：中国语境下的律师会见制度

律师会见制度是一项关键的刑事辩护制度。但由于权利受损与程序缺失,律师会见遭遇制度性及操作性困境,因而必须寻求制度完善之进路。观念更新、立法完善和制度改进将为我国刑事辩护走出律师会见的困惑提供理念指导、法律保障和制度支持。     

DIFFERENTIATING SERIOUS ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS WHO EXIT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT

Numerous factors have been posited to promote desistance from criminal offending in late adolescence and early adulthood. Research in this area has generally examined these factors for their impact on offending for a period shortly after the occurrence or shifts in possible predictors. The current study takes a slightly different approach. It examines the broad relation of life changes and developmental patterns to wholesale shifts in offending behavior. The current study uses data from the Pathways to Desistance study to compare the developmental patterns of two groups of serious adolescent male offenders: those who are “system successes” with no subsequent criminal justice system involvement and a matched sample for a 7‐year period after court involvement for a felony offense. Findings from growth curve analyses indicate that patterns of change in criminal attitudes, psychosocial development, and legal employment over this extended follow‐up period are related to an absence of offending. These results support further investigation of the synergistic effects of psychological changes and entry into the job market as possible mechanisms promoting desistance during this developmental period. The policy and practice implications of these findings are discussed.     

上市公司股权集中度、制衡度与债务期限结构选择

与已有的债务期限结构的研究潜在的假设企业管理者和股东利益完全一致不同,本文基于股权集中和股权制衡对二者利益一致性的影响,在杠杆率和债务期限内生的假定条件下,通过对分别以"债务期限"和"债务杠杆"为因变量的联立方程模型进行2SLS检验,运用中国上市公司的数据样本来研究股权集中度和股权制衡度对债务期限结构的影响。本文的研究不仅是对债务期限结构研究的有利补充,也为我们从公司治理角度思考上市公司的资本结构选择提供了经验证据。     

Superficial,not Substantial: The Ambiguity of Public Support for Europe's Security and Defence Policy

Abstract

Surveys such as the European Commission's Eurobarometer regularly reveal high levels of public support for European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). This paper argues, however, that public support for ESDP is only superficial, not substantial. First, there is no homogeneous ‘European’ public support for ESDP. Second, security and defence, as covered by ESDP with its focus on global crisis-management, rank very low among Europeans’ priorities. Third, Europeans are very sceptical about the appropriateness of military means, and hence a core element of ESDP, as a legitimate instrument in international affairs. These reservations are likely to have constraining effects on ESDP's future development. At the same time, there are compelling reasons for the further development of ESDP. Therefore, Europe's political elites should initiate a public diplomacy campaign inside the EU in which the case for Europe's further evolution as a strategic security and defence actor is made. ESDP operations are the most promising starting points as they illustrate both the normative and the ‘realist’ necessities of European engagement in global security affairs.     

Golden BRICS

正THE BRICS countries have transformed since the turn of the 21st century from a group of emerging markets to a substantive cooperative mechanism of developing economies with growing global influence.Brazil is host of the fi rst Summit of the second cycle of BRICS Summits–the Sixth BRICS Summit–in mid-July.The event denotes the maturity of this cooperative mechanism.Expectations among the fi ve participating countries signify the group’s remarkable progress as regards pragmatic cooperation.Since 2013,when the Durban Summit decided to establish the BRICS Development Bank,the program has steadily progressed with support from all member countries.Preparatory work has been completed,so paving the way for the Brazil summit which will consolidate the BRICS mechanism and strengthen BRICS international development and cooperation.     

“大数据杀熟”行为政府治理路径探讨

“大数据杀熟”行为严重损害了消费者权益.相对于传统商业“杀熟”行为, “大数据杀熟”行为更隐蔽,消费者维权更艰难.这种利用算法应用技术损害消费者权益的行为严重违背商业伦理,不仅关乎消费者个人权益,更会影响公共利益,仅凭市场调节难以纠正,需要通过法律进行救济.政府应在遵循辅助性原则的前提下,通过算法应用技术备案、建立“政...     

Determinants of e-government maturity： Do organizational specific factors matter？

E-government is said to be an efficient and effective way of delivering government services to its customers. Web information accessibility and online transactional services increase transparency, openness of bureaucratic institutions and reduce cost of transactions. Global e-government surveys which portray the trend in countries＇ e-government readiness and stage of e-government maturity rank developing countries at the bottom. Based on the benefits reaped from e-government and the fact that some countries can progress than others; it is evident that e-government has become a development phenomenon to researchers and policy makers. Accordingly, the basic empirical question to researchers has been on what determines e-government maturity？ To answer this question, it is important first to distinguish between e-readiness and e-government maturity in order to understand the intuition behind this question. E-readiness comprises of all prerequisite necessary to implement e-government while e-government maturity refers to the actual level of e-government progress a country has attained based on websites assessment. While macro factors such as level of Gross Domestic Product, human capital and ICT （information and communication technology） infrastructure are important in determining e-government maturity at the national level; they may not necessarily explain differences of e-government maturity among government agencies within the same country. In other words, why there are differences in e-government maturity among governmental agencies even in those countries which are ranked at the top. In this paper authors argue that organizational specific factors play a vital role in determining the stage of organizational e-government maturity. To accentuate the argument, authors provide one of the possible frameworks and respective propositions to indicate the influence of organizational specific characteristics on e-government maturity.