Spirituality and Substance Abuse Recovery

Researchers explored patient and staff perceptions of spiritual well-being and the spiritual needs of patients enrolled in a residential substance abuse treatment program. The Spiritual Well-Being Scale was used to gather quantitative data. Additionally, a brief questionnaire containing one qualitative and two quantitative questions was completed by both clients and staff. A statistically significant difference was found, indicating a more positive sense of spiritual well-being among patients upon discharge. Although the staff and clients of the residential program have similar perceptions regarding the concept of spiritual well-being, their definitions do not appear identical.     

坏心情与工作行为：中庸思维跨层次的调节作用

本研究探讨工作中坏心情与3种工作行为(组织公民行为、反生产行为和任务绩效行为)在个体内水平的关系, 以及中庸思维在二者间跨层次的调节作用。采用经验抽样方法, 通过对72名员工历时两周的追踪调查, 获取被试每日心情状态和每日工作行为的数据。HLM 6.02分析表明：(1)每日坏心情显著地负向影响每日的组织公民行为和任务绩效行为, 而对反生产行为无显著影响; (2)中庸思维在“心情-行为”的联系间发挥调节作用, 高中庸思维者的坏心情对组织公民行为的负向影响较弱, 低中庸思维者的坏心情对组织公民行为的负向影响较强; 高中庸思维者的坏心情对任务绩效行为产生正向影响, 低中庸思维者的坏心情对任务绩效行为产生负向影响。     

Brain plasticity and behavior

Although the brain was once seen as a rather static organ, it is now clear that the organization of brain circuitry is constantly changing as a function of experience. These changes are referred to as brain plasticity, and they are associated with functional changes that include phenomena such as memory, addiction, and recovery of function. Recent research has shown that brain plasticity and behavior can be influenced by a myriad of factors, including both pre- and postnatal experience, drugs, hormones, maturation, aging, diet, disease, and stress. Understanding how these factors influence brain organization and function is important not only for understanding both normal and abnormal behavior, but also for designing treatments for behavioral and psychological disorders ranging from addiction to stroke.     

Trait Emotional Intelligence,Self‐Reported Affect,and Salivary Alpha‐Amylase on Working Days and a Non‐Working Day

This study examined the relationship between trait emotional intelligence (EI) and variation in psychological (positive affect: PA, negative affect: NA) and psychophysiological (salivary alpha‐amylase: sAA) indicators among Japanese employees over 3 consecutive days (working day 1, non‐working day, working day 2). The analyses revealed that higher trait EI was associated across the days with higher PA, but not with NA. Moreover, diurnal sAA levels were lower in the high trait EI group than in the low trait EI group on the intervening non‐working day, and this difference between the EI groups continued to show a tendency to significance on working day 2. The results indicate that higher EI may be related to the preservation of higher levels of PA and lower levels of sympathetic activity in recovery in the naturalistic condition.     

Personalized Occupational Transformations: Narratives from Two Occupational Therapists’ Experiences with Complex Therapeutic Processes

Recovery and occupation-centered practices with persons with severe psychiatric disabilities involve many dynamic issues and processes. This study aimed to develop an understanding of how the therapeutic process unfolds in occupational therapy among persons with severe psychiatric disabilities living in sheltered or supported housing. Repeated interviews were conducted with two occupational therapists working in sheltered and supported housing facilities. Narrative analysis was used to analyze their stories. The findings reveal “personalized occupational transformations” describing significant events of interaction establishing therapeutic processes to promote personal agency and social recovery while targeting meaningful activities based on each resident’s wishes.     

Extinction, spontaneous recovery and renewal of flavor preferences based on taste-taste learning

This paper presents evidence of extinction, spontaneous recovery and renewal in a conditioned preferences paradigm based on taste-taste associations. More specifically, in three experiments rats exposed to a simultaneous compound of citric acid-saccharin solution showed a preference for the citric solution when the preference was measured with a two-bottle test (citric vs. water). Experiment 1 revealed that conditioned preferences were extinguished by repeated presentations of the citric acid solution without the saccharin. In Experiment 2, an additional test trial was introduced 21 days after the extinction treatment. Delayed testing resulted in the recovery of the extinguished preference for the citric, reflecting a spontaneous recovery effect. Experiment 3 revealed a preference renewal effect that was obtained when the extinction was conducted in a context different from that of the remaining experimental stages. The implications of these results are analyzed with attention paid to the mechanisms underlying learning of flavor preferences.     

日本安乐死立法之考察与研究

日本成文法律目前尚无关于安乐死的明确规定,但是一些典型的判例已经对安乐死合法的条件做出了界定。日本社会和民众绝大多数能够接受消极安乐死,但是强烈反对积极安乐死。积极安乐死属于日本刑法上的杀人罪行为,但是量刑较轻。     

印尼语主动句、被动句的命题表征项目顺序特点

采用句子—图形验证任务(sentence-pictureverificationtask)探讨了印尼学生理解印尼语主动句、被动句所形成的命题表征中的项目顺序的特点。实验结果表明,无论是语义水平较高的不可逆句,还是语义水平较低的可逆句,印尼学生理解印尼语主动句和被动句后所建构的命题表征中项目顺序均为“受事→施事”。本研究结果初步表明,印尼学生理解印尼语主动句和被动句时,能根据它们不同的表层结构(印尼语主动句的语言表达顺序为“施事→受事”、印尼语被动句的语言表达顺序为“受事→施事”)建构相同的深层结构(语义内容的命题表征项目顺序“受事→施事”),可能是一个按照“受事→施事”固定方向进行的系列认知心理加工的过程。     

自闭症儿童能否痊愈?——来自谱系个体“最佳结果”及剩余缺陷研究的证据分析

自闭症谱系障碍预后效果不佳, 通常被认为是一种伴随终生的疾病。不过随着研究的拓展和深入, 部分早期被诊断为自闭症的儿童, 随着年龄增长和相关干预措施的介入, 其认知、适应性等方面均可达到正常发展水平, 并且不再符合自闭症的诊断标准, 即达到了“最佳结果”。但多数个体仍然存在不同程度的剩余缺陷。本文以自闭症预后结果评定和“最佳结果”定义演变为切入点, 分析“最佳结果”个体剩余缺陷的具体表现, 并梳理此类群体的个体特征与结果预测因素, 以期能为自闭症个体的系统干预提供有效依据。