'She just got me’: supporting care experienced young people negotiating relationships and identities at school

In this article we examine the complex relationship between care experience, mental health and exclusion from school and how young people (YP) negotiate these different experiences and identities. The study is a secondary analysis, informed by symbolic interactionist theory, of interviews conducted with 19 care experienced YP in Scotland. Not all of the YP were excluded and not all had a formal mental health diagnosis, as such our study design allows interrogation of the contexts and relationships which not only facilitate but also disrupt pathways to exclusion. It also allows reconsideration of assumptions of vulnerability which are often applied to care experienced YP. Our findings suggest that these YP are moving beyond ‘role playing’ the identities ascribed to them and actively seek out relationships which enable them to construct alternative identities.     

What it means to be “one of us”: Discourses of national identity in the United States

In recent years, the transnational movement of people has resulted in increasing tension and debates about national identity. The present research utilized a discourse analytic approach to examine accounts of national identity in the U.S. among native-born U.S. residents, Mexicans living in Mexico, and Mexicans living in the U.S. Our analysis focused on two sets of diverging accounts of national identity. A first set involved participants' explanations of national identity as natural/essential, “felt”, or conditional, which served to either constrain how “American” immigrants could be or allowed for a more inclusive definition of national identity. A second set of accounts involved participants theorizing the national polity as a multicultural or monocultural space which functioned to construct national boundaries as permeable or reinforced (White) American dominance. These patterns of talk emerged across all interviews, although U.S. participants attended to more flexible and dilemmatic (e.g. inclusionary and exclusionary) accounts of national identity. We discuss the implications for the complexity of national identity.     

The benefits of ethnic activity group participation on older immigrant well-being and host country adjustment

Drawing on acculturation and social identity literatures, the present research extends on initial work on social group connectedness among older immigrants to examine in a quasi-experimental study the well-being benefits of participating in heritage culture groups. Older immigrant clients (N = 66) of six aged-care agencies in Australia were given diary booklets in which to complete a set of measures on selected days when they did or did not attend the agencies’ heritage culture group activities, over a 2-month period. Results showed that heritage group participation reduced loneliness and increased well-being. Future research should replicate and extend these findings to assist our understanding of how heritage culture group participation aids first-generation older immigrants with aging successfully in a foreign land.     

‘Who is zooming who’? A study of young PE-students in their figurations

The article presents an analysis of 93 essays written in an upper secondary school context. The essays were collected in relation to a larger research project, which went on for 5 years in a Danish upper secondary school (2010–2015). The material represents both genders and the students are 15–17 years old. We deploy a theoretical framework taken from Norbert Elias’ notion on established-outsider relations [Elias, N., &; Scotson, J. L. (1994 [1965]). The established and the outsiders. London: SAGE] as well as his use of personal pronouns [Elias, N. (1978). What is sociology? London: Hutchinson, Elias, N. (2001). The society of individuals. New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group] in illustrating how people negotiate, position and navigate within figurational contexts [Elias, N. (1994 [1939]). The civilizing proces. Oxford: Blackwell.]. We do this in an effort to interpret how young people negotiate ‘we-I-relations’ when it comes to their sporting identity. Elias’ processual framework provides a tool for a much needed analysis of how young people continually orientate and develop their sense of selves. The web of human interdependencies and processes of change are key words when it comes to understanding the social practices and doings of the students’ constructions of self-steering. What social scientists may see as laziness and drop-outs of sports [Seippel, Ø. (2016). Prek, vekker og kjedelig? Trening og mening blant ungdom: 1985–2013. In Ø. Seippel, M. K. Sisjord, &; Å Strandbu (Eds.), Ungdom og Idrett. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk] can in the essays of students be analysed as a struggle for group connectedness and social inclusion in the classroom. The results of our research show that identity is a multiple concept and an ongoing process of emotional work [Elias, N. (1987). On human beings and their emotions: A process-sociological essay. Theory Culture Society, 4, 339–361], but also a power balance of playing and presenting what is imagined as the right performance as not being shamed as outcasts.     

少数民族传统体育的基本成因及其特点

我国是一个多民族国家，各民族在历史的长河中，创造了灿烂的文化，而民族传统体育的产生是其传统文化的代表，渗透着民族历史发展的痕迹，它的发展也反映了各民族在自身的民族发展与壮大。本文就民族传统体育的历史演变过程及其特点进行分析，阐述了民族传统体育的基本内涵及所表达的美学价值，为民族传统体育的发展提供必要的参考。     

我国少数民族传统体育存在方式和存在基础的特征调查与近30年内逐步现代化的对策研究

为探索近30年内,我国少数民族传统体育的发展方向和发展对策,采用文献法、调查法和逻辑方法,发现了我国少数民族传统体育区别于现代体育的、现实的存在方式和存在基础的个性特征。得出了未来30年内,促进我国少数民族传统体育逐步现代化的对策主要是:通过行政力量主动介入而强化引导方式,在促进民俗活动和业余文化活动的开展中促进其发展;关注社会需求、坚持服务社会方向,更为充分挖掘和实现其课程资源、旅游资源和健身文化资源的价值;组织竞赛,借助竞赛的杠杆作用推动其持续发展。     

从2004年"华夏杯"全国健美操锦标赛六人操项目成绩看南京体院竞技健美操的发展与对策

运用文献资料法、数据统计分析法对2004年“华夏杯”全国健美操锦标赛竞技新人组六人操比赛前三名成绩得分和我院成绩的对比分析，提出我院竞技健美操总体水平属中等，发展缓慢，指出在今后的训练和编排中应加强运动员基本素质的训练和加强成套动作编排，突出难度、艺术性，追求完美。     

2004年全国青少年健美操锦标赛等级规定动作完成情况调研

对参加2004年全国青少年健美操锦标赛(西安赛区)各组别运动员规定成套动作的完成情况作了统计，分析了当前青少年健美操在我国的开展状况以及在训练中所存在的问题，旨在为健美操运动项目在我国更加广泛地开展与普及以及对其竞技后备人才的挖掘与培养提供客观依据。     

从第十届全运会看上海男子体操

采用跟踪观察、问卷调查、访谈、文献查阅等方法,对上海男子体操队参加十运会队伍的状况以及主要时手的情况等进行深入研究,结果发现:上海男子体操队参加十运会队伍伤病情况严重,项目发展不均衡,缺乏全能型选手和领军人物等。