Psychometric properties of the Padua Inventory in Chinese college samples

The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Padua Inventory in Chinese college samples. Three different samples (N1 = 1,939, N2 = 1,341, and N3 = 298) of Chinese college students were recruited. Exploratory factor analyses yielded a four-factor structure which was similar to that found in previous studies. Further, present results showed good internal consistency as well as convergent and divergent validity with the subscales of the Symptom Checklist-90 and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Although no sex difference was found on total score, women had significantly higher scores on Factor 2 (Urges and worries of losing control over motor behaviors) and Factor 4 (Checking), while men had significantly higher scores on Factor 3 (Contamination). Implications of ter the results and directions for research are discussed.     

Parenting practices and their relevance to child behaviors in Canada and China

Liu, M. & Guo, F. (2010). Parenting practices and their relevance to child behaviors in Canada and China. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 109–114. Recent studies have revealed that parents in different cultures endorse different child‐rearing practices. Studies in the West suggest that there is a cluster of behavioral characteristics in children that are linked with each type of parenting styles. Mixed results, however, were found in non‐Western countries. This study examined (1) parenting practices in Canadian and Chinese mothers, and (2) the relevance between parenting practices and child behaviors in Canada and China. Forty Canadian children (average age = 5.40) and 39 Chinese children (average age = 4.84) and their mothers participated in the study. Information on maternal authoritative and authoritarian behaviors and children’s behaviors, including coercive request, polite request, and assertiveness, was obtained from observations of mother‐child interactions in a laboratory situation. The results indicated that Chinese mothers were less authoritative and more authoritarian than Canadian mothers. Both cross‐cultural differences and similarities were found on the associations between maternal parenting practices and child behaviors.     

轻度认知功能障碍的防治决策

轻度认知功能障碍(mild cognitive i mpairment,MCI)被认为是阿尔茨海默病(alzhei mer disease,AD)的极早期。AD的防治需从MCI开始,早期发现,早期干预,以便延缓和阻止AD的发生。目前我国MCI具有就诊率低,诊断率低,治疗率低和漏诊率高的特点。临床研究要改变MCI三低一高的状况,医师及民众要提高对MCI的认识,应该采取重在预防,重视筛查,早期诊断,早期治疗的决策,可以延迟和阻止AD的发生。     

轻度认知功能障碍的防治决策

轻度认知功能障碍(mild cognitive impairment,MCI)被认为是阿尔茨海默病(alzheimer disease,AD)的极早期.AD的防治需从MCI开始,早期发现,早期干预,以便延缓和阻止AD的发生.目前我国MCI具有就诊率低,诊断率低,治疗率低和漏诊率高的特点.临床研究要改变MCI三低一高的状况,医师及民众要提高对MCI的认识,应该采取重在预防,重视筛查,早期诊断,早期治疗的决策,可以延迟和阻止AD的发生.     

Memory span and general intelligence: A latent-variable approach

There are several studies showing that working memory and intelligence are strongly related. However, working memory tasks require simultaneous processing and storage, so the causes of their relationship with intelligence are currently a matter of discussion. The present study examined the simultaneous relationships among short-term memory (STM), working memory (WM), and general intelligence (g). Two hundred and eight participants performed six verbal, quantitative, and spatial STM tasks, six verbal, quantitative, and spatial WM tasks, and eight tests measuring fluid, crystallized, spatial, and quantitative intelligence. Especial care is taken to avoid misrepresenting the relations among the constructs being studied because of specific task variance. Structural equation modelling (SEM) results revealed that (a) WM and g are (almost) isomorphic constructs, (b) the isomorphism vanishes when the storage component of WM is partialed out, and (c) STM and WM (with its storage component partialed out) predict g.     

全社会共同努力,在发展中实现卫生公正

"公正"是科学发展观的重要内容,是卫生系统的主要价值取向,实现公正是医药卫生界的神圣职责.目前,在发展中实现卫生公正已经刻不容缓.我们必须以政府为主导,坚持以人为本和卫生公正,树立扶贫济困的社会风气,共同努力,采用多种措施实现卫生公正.     

肥胖的成因、相关疾病及减肥

肥胖严重威胁人们的健康和生活质量,受多种因素的影响,与多种疾病有密切联系。辩证地分析和研究肥胖与其相关因素的关系,有助于肥胖的预防和治疗。     

肿瘤治疗的过度与不足

当前肿瘤的治疗面临着两个极端治疗过度和治疗不足。通过分析这两种现象的危害、原因以及存在的基础,总结提出应对策略,有利于肿瘤治疗步上更加健康的发展之路。     

生育伦理与人口控制社会化

在影响人口发展的诸因素中,生育伦理是影响相对持久、相对直接的一个重要因素。在现代人口发展理论的框架下,人口控制社会化,是人口控制的必然选择,这种控制方式的实施,就必须把正确的社会生育伦理转变为人们的生育观和生育意愿。使人口控制的手段由他律为主转变为自律为主。