The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism

There is relatively limited research on psychopathy in non-Caucasian ethnic groups and even less on the utility of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) that focuses on PCL-R facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism. In this study, we assessed the utility of the PCL-R in prospectively predicting violent versus nonviolent recidivism during an 11-year follow-up window. A high-risk sample of 451 incarcerated Korean male offenders was assessed on the PCL-R at baseline. A total of 445 were reconvicted after release (353 violent and 92 nonviolent recidivists). Psychopathy facet scores were higher in violent compared to nonviolent recidivists. Facet 2 (affective) showed the strongest effect size (Cohen's d = 0.53; Percentage change in odds = 22.6%) in predicting violent recidivism. Analyses of the four items constituting the affective facet indicated that callous/lack of empathy (Percentage change in odds = 134.4%) and failure to accept responsibility (Percentage change in odds = 94.5%) were the strongest predictors of violent recidivism. Findings are to our knowledge the first to document the utility of the PCL-R in distinguishing violent from nonviolent recidivism and highlight the role of affective impairment (particularly lack of empathy) in violent recidivism.     

双重立义、机械力与能力——论胡塞尔实践世界的触觉基础

胡塞尔的触觉观是常常遭到忽视的一个主题。提到现象学直观,一般会将其与视觉联系起来。但在胡塞尔的诸多文献中,视觉与触觉经常成对出现,而且他认为触觉是元感觉场,强调触感知相对于视感知的优先性,进而将触摸行为视作实践活动的基础。不过,胡塞尔的这些表述大多是零散、不完善的。本文将通过触觉的双重立义特征来探讨其元感觉场地位,引出其作为元实践场的意涵;然后着眼于元实践区域中对象和主体两个维度的原初显现,将触觉优先性放入机械力和能力如何被给予和类比的问题中进行解释,以此对触觉在实践中的基础地位做一个新的系统性阐发。     

Airport Servicescape,Approach Intentions,and the Mediating Role of Perceived Merchandise Value and Shopping Value1

Despite the large body of work on approach intentions in airport servicescapes, literature considering cognitive evaluations as a possible mediator is lacking. The aim of this study is to address this gap in literature by investigating the effect of an airport servicescape environment on approach intentions through cognitive evaluations on the foundation of the stimulus–organism–response framework. Data of 484 passengers at Chinese international airports were collected. Overall, perceived merchandise value significantly mediated the relationship between airport servicescapes and approach intentions; perceived merchandise value and shopping value acted as chain mediators between airport servicescapes and approach intentions. The theoretical implications are discussed, and the results could be used by airport stores to achieve higher approach intentions.     

"大一统"视野下的历史人物观

"大一统"思想作为中华民族文化血脉中一个根深蒂固的成分,一向是中国人评价历史人物的重要尺度.无论在何种环境下,追求或顺应"一统"的人往往得到后世的好评,而企求"分裂"或满足于分裂状态的人则大多受贬斥.在通常情况下,"大一统"这一评价标准能超越人物的实际功绩、仁、和平、汉族主义和阶级意识等一系列其他的评价标准.