Assessing the counselling needs of high school students in Kenya

The Student Counselling Needs Scale (SCNS) was administered to 867 participants recruited from high schools in Kenya. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis yielding five factors: human relationships, career development, self development, social values, and learning skills were assessed. The findings highlighted the importance of using assessment instruments to identify students’ counselling needs in Kenya.     

含持久生存数据模型的识别问题

混合和非混合模型被广泛地用于拟合含有持久生存者的生存数据．当添加有协变量时,这两类模型却都不具有比例危险率(PH)结构．“不正确”比例危险率模型能克服上述缺点．本文研究此模型的识别问题．同时也考虑“不正确”的可加危险率(AH)模型的识别问题．本文的结果对模型的参数估计有重要意义．     

The Experience of Columbian Child Soldiers from a Resilience Perspective

There are child soldiers fighting with government forces and opposition groups in more than 30 countries worldwide. Although studies have been conducted on the impact of war-related trauma on children, very few have focused on those children who do not exhibit trauma-related symptoms after experiencing armed combat. The purpose of this study was to identify and understand some of the mechanisms and resources that resilient children draw upon to overcome the trauma of child soldiering. Six Colombian child soldiers were recruited through purposive sampling techniques to participate in a narrative study focusing on their lived experiences and their personal understanding of how they were able to overcome the effects of war trauma. Six narrative themes were identified and discussed in terms of the literature on trauma and childhood resilience and also related to counselling needs and services.     

远去的足音——论海明威死亡情结

美国现代小说家海明威以其非凡的经历和不朽的文学作品享誉世界,然而在他事业如日中天的时候,却自毙身亡,引起世人的无尽哀戚与困惑。作为生命个体,尤其是喜欢冒险并有着复杂经历的海明威,不可避免地多次与死亡擦肩而过,受到死神的捉弄并惶恐地感到死之凄凉、死之无常和死之不可捉摸。作为文学家的海明威,他无法回避对人生仔细的琢磨和深刻的领悟后产生的苍凉虚无的悲哀,所以不得不用死亡去实现另一种圆满。     

‘Teachers should be like second parents’: affectivity,schooling and poverty in Mexico

The paper highlights the importance of affectivity in school retention in public secondary schools in Guadalajara, Mexico, in a socioeconomic context where the students themselves often decide whether to stay in school or to drop out. In such contexts, students' feelings towards the school and the teachers can become crucial in deciding whether to persist with school or not, especially when they are already under pressure due to economic difficulties and other family pressures. Yet currently, pressures to achieve efficiency in schools limit staff capacity to establish more personal contact with students. The article looks at how three key spaces within Mexican secondaries could potentially reinforce one another to help attend to students' emotional well‐being, but also points to obstacles that currently prevent these spaces from being used in a constructive way.     

Treatment for Sexual Assault Survivors at University Counseling Centers

University Counseling Centers (UCCs) provide important services for sexual assault survivors, yet little research has been conducted on interventions used by clinicians in this unique setting. As a preliminary investigation, UCC professionals were asked about services provided to survivors of sexual assault and staff perceptions of the effectiveness of these interventions. Supportive counseling was perceived to be the most effective relative to other interventions, and many participants indicated that they did not use or were not sure if other evidence-based interventions were effective with student victims. Several recommendations for future research on sexual assault services in UCCs are suggested.     

Trauma as the turning point in opening up self-education: Embracing sorrow and this world through no-self realisation

Abstract

Life is ever-changing and unpredictable. Because of drastic changes in our society, numerous people are under pressure from various sources at school, in the workplace, or in their families. People need a therapeutic pedagogy to develop the capacity to heal from their traumas. Conventionally, education is assumed to enhance learners’ self-realisation. This article proposes another viewpoint of self-realisation, or rather its reverse, from the spiritual aspect as a manner of self-realisation without the self, called no-self realisation. The idea is developed from both the Buddhist and Daoist perspectives on the wisdom of the no-self. This article suggests that no-self realisation is a therapeutic approach that supports one to turn direction from seeking for extrinsic value to exploring inner wisdom while meeting with misfortune. It can be applied as a manner of self-education for equipping positive attitude to cope with human trauma. No-self realisation can be attained by achieving freedom from releasing self-consciousness. It deconstructs the narrow idea of the ego-self. When the ego is out of mind, the capacity of the human self is able to broaden its scope. This creates a realisation—a no-self realisation—for completing a mature life with a no-self mind that opens up the capacity for unlimited tolerance. One is thus able to embrace this world and the harm caused in the world.     

Supporting Transgender College Students: Implications for Clinical Intervention and Campus Prevention

This study examines the experiences of transgender college students in coping with stress in comparison to their cisgender peers. Undergraduate and graduate students from 73 colleges, totaling 26,292 participants, of which 47 identified as transgender completed an online survey. Transgender students reported greater exposure to trauma and higher rates of suicidal experiences, as well as different precipitants to reported stressful periods and sources of support than their cisgender peers. Implications for individual and group counseling as well as outreach and prevention to better support transgender students are explored.     

存在缺失引发的生命悲歌

蒋蔚祖是《财主的儿女们》中的一个重要的人物形象,过去人们对他却缺少应有的重视。在他身上,封建父爱所带来的精神奴役的创伤,生存困境中所作的“原始强力”的反抗都鲜明地表现出路翎创作的特点。但这种表现,特别是“原始强力”的反抗给路翎的小说带来了难以突破的局限。