Sharing is caring for developmental psychology

Many of us, especially in the more experimental tradition, are used to doing it all ourselves: we don't know better than to collect our own data for every new study. We invest considerable amounts of time and resources in designing experiments, ethical review applications, participant recruitment, finding and training measuring assistants, and writing data management plans. And after all the hard work we end up with a sample size that hardly ever meets current standards. What if we could skip, or outsource some of these study aspects, allowing us to devote more of our time, energy, expertise, and experience to data analysis, reading, writing, and theory development? We argue that sharing data, expertise, and infrastructure could contribute to improving the credibility of research results, and to practicing more sustainable developmental science. In addition, we discuss several reasons that we believe may (currently) dissuade researchers from considering such sharing.     

Step Three: Assessing Readiness for OAM (Older Adult Ministry)

SUMMARY

Assessing existing programs as well as the readiness of the congregation to receive new programs in the area of older adult ministry is an essential building block. An assessment of existing ministries is essential to discovering what needs to be developed. At the same time, the strengths and challenges of a congregation to develop and maintain an expanded older adult ministry is also important to assess so that starting points can be identified and needs filled. Often, the secondary gain of any congregational assessment is the ability to hear all of the voices within the congregation, help congregants to feel like they have participated in the process and to prepare them to expect something new. Tools for assessing existing programs as well as the readiness of the congregation are shared and explained.     

The shame of existing: An extreme form of shame

This paper presents ‘the shame of existing’ as a form of shame that is deeper and more extensive than those customarily encountered. ‘The shame of existing’ is defined as shame about existing as we are and especially at the fact that we are. It is accompanied by merciless and total rejection of the subject's self and by feelings of extreme worthlessness and inferiority coupled with the all‐pervasive conviction that it would be better not to exist. On the basis of clinical material, consideration is given to the specific transference and countertransference aspects of analyses in which the shame of existing constitutes an important part of the patient's pathology. Disturbance of handling and holding by the primary objects right from birth is suggested as the earliest developmental basis of the shame of existing. This disturbance is attributed to hate and rejection of the infant by the primary objects and to the infant's not being touched emotionally and physically and not having its right to exist acknowledged. The paper begins with an introduction to shame as an affect and as a concept in psychoanalytic theory.     

社会合作信息对距离知觉的影响

为探讨社会合作信息对距离知觉的影响,本研究通过两个实验,采用动态追逐场景,对两个追逐者之间的交互模式(或合作或单独追逐同一目标)与追逐目标的存在与否进行了操作。结果发现,相比随机运动和单独追逐,存在合作关系的两个追逐者间的距离被知觉得更远,即存在距离的扩张效应(实验1),且该效应不能由底层的物理特征所解释(实验2)。该结果揭示,社会合作信息使得知觉距离被扩张,其可帮助理解视觉的适应性机制。     

青少年问题性社交网络使用

青少年问题性社交网络使用是世界范围内受到普遍关注的问题。问题性社交网络使用常被称作“社交网络成瘾”、“病理性社交网络使用”或“社交网络过度使用”, 概念和界定标准还没有达成一致看法。青少年合理的社交网络使用对促进社交关系的建立、维持和发展有积极意义, 但问题性社交网络使用却对青少年的身心发展产生消极影响。对青少年问题性社交网络使用发生机制的探讨, 将为问题性社交网络的干预引导提供依据。未来的研究应对问题性社交网络使用的概念和界定标准进行澄清, 用多维视角的方法开展问题性社交网络使用发生机制的深入研究, 加强对问题性社交网络使用的理论建构和干预研究。     

幽门螺杆菌研究历程的启示

幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacterpylori,Hp)的发现被视为现代消化疾病研究领域的一个里程碑,其发现者澳大利亚科学家马歇尔(Barry J.Marshall)和沃伦(J.Robin Warren)被授予2005年度诺贝尔医学奖.通过对幽门螺杆菌研究历程的反思,我们可以得到以下启示:对疾病的认识是一个曲折的探索过程;实践与理论的互动促进科学发展;科学发现是偶然性和必然性的统一;科学研究需要耐得住寂寞,持之以恒;科学需要创新,循规蹈矩不可能创造任何奇迹;科学是一种社会活动,需要良好的合作和互助.     

门诊老年患者医疗服务中存在的问题及其改进

文章从门诊老年患者就医需求的角度对医疗服务进行思考,认为医护人员在服务理念、有效沟通以及主动服务等方面存在的问题亟需改进。提出医护人员应当确立以老年患者需求为中心的门诊医疗服务理念,做到主动关心、及时询问、有效沟通、合理安排,从而提高老年患者就诊的满意度。