Physiologic Responses to Racial Rejection Images Among Young Adults from African-American Backgrounds

Physiologic reactivity to racially rejecting images was assessed in 35 young adults (10 males, 25 female) from African-American backgrounds using the startle probe paradigm. In a laboratory setting, participants viewed 16 images depicting racial rejection, racial acceptance, nonracial negative, and nonracial positive themes. While viewing these images, startling bursts of noise were presented and the magnitude of the eyeblink responses were measured. Results supported an attentional mechanism which suggests that, while viewing both racially rejecting and nonracial positive images, individuals may be so absorbed in processing the images that they appear less distracted by the startling noise. However, these patterns were only found for participants low in racial regard. Young adults who felt positively about their racial background did not exhibit differential processing of startle stimuli as a function of slide themes. Race-rejection sensitivity did not moderate startle reactivity. Developmental implications, particularly in light of coping with racial discrimination, are discussed.

How people organise cultural attitudes: cultural belief systems and the populist radical right

Political scientists generally agree that all individuals structure their cultural attitudes in the same unidimensional fashion. However, various populist radical right parties remarkably combine moral progressiveness with conservatism regarding immigration-related issues. This suggests that the structuring of cultural attitudes among the electorate may also be more complex than typically assumed. Applying Correlational Class Analysis to representative survey data, the study uncovers three cultural belief systems. For individuals adhering to an integrated one, all cultural attitudes are interdependent, as typically assumed. However, two alternative belief systems are also uncovered: intermediate and partitioned. In the latter, positions on one cultural attitude (e.g. ethnocentrism) are barely related to positions on others (e.g. rejecting Islam or opposing homosexuality). The existence of multiple cultural belief systems challenges the widely held assumption that all people organise their cultural attitudes similarly. Both political party agendas and individuals’ education level and religion appear key to understanding variation in belief systems.     

对归正人员回归社会中的社会排斥分析

归正人员在重返和融入社会的过程中遭受着经济、政治、公共服务和社会关系等多层面的社会排斥。导致社会排斥的原因除了来自社会结构和文化之外,还有归正人员自身的原因。为了消除社会排斥,我们必须确立前科消灭制度、改变人们对归正人员的偏见和提高归正人员的自身素质。     

馆藏图书剔除刍议

结合馆藏图书剔除工作的实际,论述了馆藏图书剔除是馆藏图书建设必不可少的基础工作之一,应建立具体的业务部门、进行经常性的馆藏图书剔除工作。详细地阐述了馆藏图书剔除的理由,对馆藏图书剔除的错误认识和在馆藏图书剔除中,为减少风险所采取的安全措施。     

对国外证人拒绝作证权的法律探究

证人拒绝作证制度在英美法系国家被称为证人特权规则 ,是外国证据法中一个法治原则的体现。文章通过对外国证人特权规则适用的主体范围、特权规则内容的对比、总结 ,探讨在中国当前增设证人拒绝作证制度的意义。     

An Objective Measure of Splitting in Parental Alienation: The Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire

Both clinicians and forensic practitioners should distinguish parental alienation (rejection of a parent without legitimate justification) from other reasons for contact refusal. Alienated children—who were not abused—often engage in splitting and lack ambivalence with respect to the rejected parent; children who were maltreated usually perceive the abusive parent in an ambivalent manner. The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of the Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ) in identifying and quantifying the degree of splitting, which may assist in diagnosing parental alienation. Results showed that severely alienated children engaged in a high level of splitting, by perceiving the preferred parent in extremely positive terms and the rejected parent in extremely negative terms. Splitting was not manifested by the children in other family groups. The PARQ may be useful for both clinicians and forensic practitioners in evaluating children of divorced parents when there is a concern about the possible diagnosis of parental alienation.     

论证明妨碍法律效果之择定——以文书提出妨碍为例

证明妨碍之构成以相对人负有相应之义务为其逻辑基点,提出义务产生于诉讼提起之时,而保存义务则始于诉讼可＂合理预期＂之际。基于救济、惩罚和阻却等三大功能目标,并充分考量证明妨碍行为本身所呈现出的三种不同样态,在择定其法律效果时,可考虑推定文书之内容为真、拟制文书之应证事实为真、罚款或强制交付和提起独立之诉等不同路径的选择适用,从而为最大限度地回复当事人之公平,实现当事人之平等接近事证,提供多重救济路径。     

论行政调查中相对人协助义务及其权利保护

行政调查程序中,相对人的协助会明显提高行政调查的效能,帮助行政机关查明真相,以促进其公共职能的实现。但协助本质上属于一种相对义务,有强制性协助和非强制性协助之分。因此,相对人在一定情况下享有拒绝协助的权利,而且拒绝协助的法律后果也应该根据不同的情况区别对待。     

雷公藤,左旋咪唑延迟异体皮排斥的实验研究

研究雷公藤和左旋咪唑对同种异体植皮排斥反应的抑制作用。方法将Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠背部全厚皮片浸泡于不同被选择的４组药中，室温下３ｈ，然后移植于ＳＤ大鼠背部。     

Self-Silencing and Rejection Sensitivity in Adolescent Romantic Relationships

This study examined the link between rejection sensitivity, self-silencing behaviors, and depressive symptomatology among adolescent dating couples. Self-silencing was hypothesized to be the process mediating the association between rejection sensitivity and depressive symptoms. Our sample included 211 couples between 14 and 21 who were dating at least 4 weeks. Results indicated that dating adolescents who were sensitive to rejection reported more depressive symptomatology and higher levels of self-silencing behaviors within their romantic relationship compared to dating adolescents who were not so sensitive to rejection. Self-silencing was identified as a partial mediator of the association between rejection sensitivity and depressive symptomatology among dating adolescents. Clinical implications in light of these findings are discussed.