Creativity in the Later Life: Factors Associated with the Creativity of the Chinese Elderly

This study examined a total of 140 elderly Chinese from China and the United States to investigate the relationship between attitude toward aging, daily activities, general health, education, and other demographics and rated creativity as measured by collage making and storytelling. The result of this study shows that creativity declines with age. However, education, general health status, daily activities, and the attitude toward aging are also found to be decisive factors of creativity. The implications of the findings are discussed.     

Kinematics, kinetics, and electromyogram of ankle during drop landing: a comparison between dominant and non-dominant limb

The biomechanical difference between the dominant and non-dominant limb has seldom been studied during double-leg landing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of limb laterality on the ankle kinematics, kinetics and electromyogram (EMG) during drop landing. Sixteen healthy adults were recruited and dropped individually from platforms with three different heights (0.32 m, 0.52 m, and 0.72 m). The ground reaction force, ankle joint kinematics, and surface EMG of tibialis anterior (TA) and lateral gastrocnemius (LG) were measured in both lower extremities. Two-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the effects of laterality and dropping height. The peak angular velocities in dorsiflexion and abduction were significantly higher in the dominant ankle, whereas the pre- and post-landing EMG amplitudes of the TA were significantly higher in the non-dominant limb. Compared with the dominant side, the non-dominant ankle has a more effective protective mechanism in that excessive joint motion is restrained by greater ankle flexor activity. Compared with the non-dominant side, the dominant ankle joint is in greater injury risk during drop landing, and data measured in the dominant limb may produce more conservative conclusions for injury protection or prediction.     

西南少数民族教育价值观的调查研究

在文献综述、开放式问卷和个别访谈的基础上,提出了西南少数民族教育价值观的理论构想,自编了西南少数民族教育价值观量表。约1,500名西南地区少数民族被试接受了测试。研究表明,该量表具有良好的信度和效度,西南少数民族的教育价值观包括教育效用、家族荣誉、个人发展、民族传承等四个维度,西南少数民族群众的教育价值观在性别和年龄不存在显著性差异,在民族和文化程度上存在着显著性差异。     

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.     

Exploring the Meaning of Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Chinese Contexts: A Scoping Review

Journal of Religion and Health - Spirituality is recognised as a fundamental aspect of health and nursing care. Yet, there are few studies exploring how this concept may be understood outside of...     

试论《管子》的养老思想

《管子》是我国古代一部重要的典籍。它内容丰富,博大精深,涉及经济、政治、哲学、军事、社会保障等诸多学科,在养老方面也有诸多的阐述。梳理《管子》养老思想中的孝道传统,研究其推行的“爱亲善养,思敬奉教”的家庭养老模式和社会养老保障制度,总结其实施养老政策过程中的政治智慧,对解决我们今天的养老问题可以提供有益的启示和借鉴。     

两汉魏晋庙数刍议——从西晋“太祖虚位”谈起

西汉韦玄成、刘歆所主天子庙数皆有一定的开放性。与韦氏之学类似,郑玄既主张以四亲庙为基础的五庙常制,也以周制天子七庙为理想;承袭刘氏之学,王肃既主张以六亲庙为基础的七庙常制,也认为王者可不拘七庙。由郑、王二学皆可产生"太祖虚位"现象。汉元帝利用四亲庙理念塑造出七庙之制,这提示研究者要注意皇权对"天子七庙"理想之追求。     

大学生自尊与微信成瘾：状态焦虑和网络人际信任的中介作用

摘要 为探究大学生微信成瘾的原因及其心理机制,采用自尊量表、网络人际信任量表、状态焦虑量表和微信成瘾量表对931名来自三所高校的大学生进行调查。结果表明：（1）自尊与焦虑、微信成瘾显著负相关;焦虑与网络人际信任显著负相关;网络人际信任、焦虑与微信成瘾显著正相关。（2）自尊对微信成瘾有显著的直接预测作用,而且能够通过焦虑、以及焦虑和网络人际信任的链式中介作用间接对微信成瘾产生影响。研究结果对减少大学生微信成瘾具有一定的借鉴意义。     

Cultural influences on artistic creativity and its evaluation

Two studies were designed to compare (a) the rated creativity of artworks created by American and Chinese college students, and (b) the criteria used by American and Chinese judges to evaluate these artworks. The study demonstrated that the two groups of students differed in their artistic creativity. American participants produced more creative and aesthetically pleasing artworks than did their Chinese counterparts, and this difference in performance was recognized by both American and Chinese judges. The difference between the use of criteria by American and Chinese judges was small, and consisted mainly of the American judges' use of stricter standards in evaluating overall creativity. Moreover, in general, there was a greater consensus among Chinese judges regarding what constitutes creativity than among American judges. The study also revealed, but preliminarily, that the artistic creativity of Chinese students was more likely to be reduced as a function of restrictive task constraints or of the absence of explicit instructions to be creative. The results of this study seem to support the hypothesis that an independent self‐oriented culture is more encouraging of the development of artistic creativity than is an interdependent self‐oriented culture. Other possible explanations, such as differences in people's attitudes toward and motivation for engaging in art activities, or socioeconomic factors might also account for differences in people's artistic creativity.