When Is Silence Golden? A Meta-analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Employee Silence

Journal of Business and Psychology - Recent research on employee silence has grown rapidly, but findings remain quantitatively unsynthesized. This paper presents a comprehensive meta-analysis of...     

The Effects of Parental Labor Migration on Children’s Mental Health in Rural China

Applied Research in Quality of Life - Utilizing data from the China Education Panel Survey, we investigated the effects of parental migration and its duration on children’s mental health in...     

国内近十年来意识和无意识关系研究的新成就

近十年来,国内掀起了从自然科学途径进行意识和无意识对比研究的新热潮,尤其在实验范式的引进、修正、完善和模型建构方面,做出了中国学者自己的贡献。错误记忆、内隐时间及不注意视盲等新领域的触及代表了国内学者在意识研究内容上的丰富。“钢筋水泥”、“意识涌现”及“车站监视室”等模型的提出,代表了中国学者在意识研究理论方面的创新。当前国内意识研究与国外基本同步,但存在着“研究领域泛化,神经机制探讨有限,跨学科整合力度有待深化”的问题。     

Associations between psychological characteristics and indicators of metabolic syndrome among Chinese adults

Current knowledge about the relationship between psychological characteristics and metabolic syndrome (MetS) components is limited in Asian populations. The purpose of this study is to investigate linkages between physiological markers of MetS and life satisfaction, hostility, and depression in Chinese adults. Secondary analyses were conducted using cross-sectional data from parents of randomly selected middle school students participating in a pilot study in Qingdao, China. Among 440 parents who consented to participate (237 women, 203 men), 368 provided valid responses in all three categories of psychological characteristics, and only those subjects were included in these analyses. General linear models and logistic regressions were run separately by gender, controlling for covariates. Among women, life satisfaction was inversely associated with triglyceride levels (p = .04), LDL-C (p < .01), risk of hypertriglyceridemia (OR[.53], p < .01), HDL-C (OR[.78], p = .03), and MetS (OR[.52], p = .03). No associations were found between life satisfaction and any psychological characteristics among men. Among women, hostility was positively associated with triglyceride level (p = .04) and risk of hypertriglyceridemia (OR[2.12], p < .05). Among men, hostility was positively associated with waist circumference (p = .04), waist-hip ratio (p < .05), and fasting plasma insulin (p < .01). Depression was not associated with any physiological measurement in either gender. These findings indicate that relationships exist between certain psychological characteristics and physiological indicators of MetS among Chinese adults, although there may be important differences between genders.     

Perception of emotional expression in musical performance

Expression in musical performance is largely communicated by the manner in which a piece is played; interpretive aspects that supplement the written score. In piano performance, timing and amplitude are the principal parameters the performer can vary. We examined the way in which such variation serves to communicate emotion by manipulating timing and amplitude in performances of classical piano pieces. Over three experiments, listeners rated the emotional expressivity of performances and their manipulated versions. In Experiments 1 and 2, timing and amplitude information were covaried; judgments were monotonically decreasing with performance variability, demonstrating that the rank ordering of acoustical manipulations was captured by participants' responses. Further, participants' judgments formed an S-shaped (sigmoidal) function in which greater sensitivity was seen for musical manipulations in the middle of the range than at the extremes. In Experiment 3, timing and amplitude were manipulated independently; timing variation was found to provide more expressive information than did amplitude. Across all three experiments, listeners demonstrated sensitivity to the expressive cues we manipulated, with sensitivity increasing as a function of musical experience.     

Relationship influences on teachers' perceptions of academic competence in academically at-risk minority and majority first grade students

This study examined the associations among child demographic variables, teacher perceptions of parent-teacher and student-teacher relationship quality, and teacher perceptions of children's academic abilities in an ethnically diverse sample of 607 academically at-risk first grade children. Relative to relationships with African American children and parents, teachers rated their relationships with White and Hispanic children and parents more positively. Measures of relationship quality added unique variance to teachers' perceptions of children's abilities, controlling for parent educational level and measured ability. Relationship variables fully mediated the association between African American status and teachers' perceptions of children's abilities. Implications of the findings for teacher in-service and professional development and for parent involvement programs are discussed.     

“超级女生”的公众心理效应分析

本文试图从公众心理效应的角度分析“超级女生”受如此多海内外中国观众钟爱的原因,以及“超级女生”带给个人和组织在如何利用公众心理效应上的启示。     

政治技术:一个文献的研究

“政治技术”是公共权力存在和运作过程中所内含和体现出的客观社会技术形式。当前,学术界对政治技术的研究视角主要体现在政治学和技术哲学两方面;研究内容主要表现为对政治技术问题的原则性肯定,对政治与技术关系的理论研究,对政治特定领域的政治技术的论述,对与政治技术相关或相近的政治理论的研究等方面。就整体而言,除少量研究成果较为集中外,对政治技术并未形成自觉的问题意识和统一有效的研究范式,往往视政治技术为毋须证明与细究的自明性命题,前期学术沉淀相对薄弱。     

高校教师职位O＊NET工作分析研究

本研究采用O*NET工作分析问卷调查法,探讨高校教师职位所需要的重要的工作技能、工作风格及工作价值观.结果表明:(1)高校教师职位重要的工作技能是认知技能和社会技能;重要的工作风格是创新导向、人员导向和成就导向;重要的工作价值观是独立自主和工作条件.(2)认知技能、创新导向、人员导向和成就导向与高校教师的工作绩效有密切联系,可能是高校教师重要的胜任特征.(3)独立自主、成就认可、工作条件与高校教师的教学及总体工作绩效有密切联系.     

公民社会道德建设之探讨

我国正步入公民社会.公共生活伦理应当成为我国当前社会道德建设的重心.公民自治既是公民社会的重要特征,也是道德的重要特征.因此公民社会里公共领域的道德建设也应从公民道德自治这一实际情况出发.公民社会的另一个特征是公民自愿组织的出现与存在.这些组织具有特定的伦理功能.这些功能表明这些组织既是公民道德实现自治的平台,也是我国公共生活领域公民伦理建设的主要途径.