Paternal support for child sexual abuse victims: A qualitative study

BackgroundThe current state of knowledge regarding the role of non-offending fathers in supporting their sexually abused children is very scarce.ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to further our understanding of fathers’ roles following disclosure of their children’s sexual abuse (SA) by evaluating fathers’ perceptions of the impact of disclosure on their involvement and support of their children.Participants and methodThis qualitative study relies on individual semi-structured interviews conducted with 17 fathers of allegedly abused children.ResultsInductive thematic analysis first highlighted that some reported a period of disengagement from the child during which they put into question their role and attitudes, followed by a period of re-involvement. This period of difficulties experienced by some fathers in regard to their involvement towards their children was due to either their own important psychological distress, their ambivalence towards their child or even because of feelings of uneasiness experienced during physical contact with them. Despite this, findings indicate the presence of thoughts and attitudes that suggest children are a source of concern for fathers. The four forms of abuse-specific support previously observed among mothers (believing the child, seeking out professional services, protecting him/her from the offender, supporting him/her emotionally) were also observed among fathers. In accordance with the activation theory, a form of support specific to fathers, namely, encouraging the child to open up to and explore the world outside the family, thereby, fostering the child’s self-esteem development, was observed and constitutes a relevant finding.ConclusionClinical and empirical implications are discussed.     

The impact of socioeconomic status on parental factors in promoting academic achievement in Chinese children

Children from families of low socioeconomic status (SES) tend to experience lower academic achievement than children from middle-SES families. This discrepancy can be attributed to a range of parental factors. The present study tested: (1) the extent to which academic achievement in three core subjects differs between children from low- and middle-SES backgrounds; (2) the differences in parental expectation, parental involvement, and child engagement across the two groups; and (3) the mediating role of parental expectation, parental involvement, and child engagement in explaining how SES influences children’s academic achievement. The sample consisted of 184 primary students with low SES and 165 primary students with middle SES from mainstream primary schools in Hong Kong. Results revealed significant differences in parental expectation, parental involvement, child engagement, as well as academic achievement in Chinese and English subjects between the low-SES and middle-SES groups. Our findings also suggest that parental expectation, parental involvement, and child engagement may be important mediators in the relationship between SES and academic achievement.     

旅游社区伦理冲突的思考

本文引入了旅游社区的概念,分析了旅游社区的特点,并且在考虑到这些特点的前提下,研究了旅游社区在旅游开发的过程中可能遇到的伦理冲突,并提出了相应的解决途径。     

促进家长参与家校合作的国际经验及启示

有效的家校合作离不开家长参与,如何提升家长参与家校合作的积极性和有效性是我国教育中的重要问题。我国家长参与家校合作仍在起步阶段,面临积极性不高、方式单一和效果有待提升、不同家庭间差异较大等现实困境。鉴于家长参与家校合作的重要意义和我国目前面临的困境,该文基于国际经验,对我国如何促进家长参与家校合作提出了建议:构建和发展本土化家长参与的实践模式;根据不同家庭情况转变“以学校为中心”的工作思路;以及结合教师专业发展提升其引导家长参与的能力和动机。     

银团贷款方式的参与行数量博弈分析——基于大型基础设施BOT项目的研究

银团贷款能满足大型基础设施BOT项目的资金需求,但银团中“参与行的数量”不能有效确定,就会引起项目融资前期借贷双方的低效率,影响融资活动的顺利进行。我们试图运用混合策略博弈方法建立相应的模型,将被“参与行数量”所影响的各决策变量置于该博弈框架下运行分析,由此找出均衡数量并提出相应的对策建议。     

赋权增能：教师课程参与的保障——美国教师“赋权增能”策略及启示

20世纪80年代中期,美国教育改革“第二次浪潮”在追求教师“专业化”、强调通过增强教师的力量来提高教学专业化水平,以实现学校教育改进的过程中,“教师赋权增能”成为人们普遍关注的问题。当前。关于“教师课程主体性”、“教师课程参与”、“教师课程决策”等问题已成为我国课程研究领域关注的重点,而发挥教师课程主体性的前提应该是教师“赋权增能”。     

Individual participant data meta-analysis of the impact of educational interventions on pupils eligible for Free School Meals

Meta-analysis is the synthesis of findings from research projects, which enables an estimate of the average or pooled effect across various studies. This study presents findings from the intention to treat analysis for a series of educational evaluations in England using a two-stage meta-analysis with standardised outcome data and individual participant data meta-analyses. The research estimates the overall impact of educational trials on pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and the attainment gap in literacy and mathematics performance between FSM and non-FSM pupils based on analysis of 88 trials and data from over half a million pupils. For the meta-analyses, frequentist and Bayesian multilevel models were used to estimate the individual and pooled effect size across categories of explanatory variables such as age groups (key stages in England) and aspects of the type of interventions (one-to-one, small group, whole class). Results indicated that the overall impact of interventions on the literacy outcomes of FSM pupils was positive, with a pooled effect size of 0.06 (0.03, 0.08). However, for mathematics, no overall effect on FSM pupils was observed. Analysis of the attainment gap indicated that literacy outcomes for FSM pupils were improved by interventions marginally more than for non-FSM pupils (pooled attainment gap 0.01 (−0.01, 0.04)). The risk of bias assessment showed that estimates were consistent across different methodological approaches. Overall, evidence from this study can be used to identify, test and scale educational interventions in schools to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.     

风险投资改善了新创企业IPO绩效吗?

通过手工判别风险投资及其背景,以创业板上市企业为研究对象,分析了风险投资机构的进入、参与程度和资金背景对新创企业IPO绩效的影响。研究发现:(1)风险投资的进入和参与程度能显著改善企业IPO绩效;(2)相比于政府背景风险投资,民营和外资背景风险投资的进入和参与程度对IPO绩效的影响更大;(3)政府背景风险投资虽向投资者发出新创企业质量较高的"信号",但未能真正缓解投资者对企业真实价值认识的信息不对称和不确定性。此外,联合风险投资可以有效提升IPO绩效。     

Narrative transportability,leisure reading,and genre preference in children 9–13 years old

Leisure reading behavior is a key predictor of educational success. Transportability is a trait that determines how likely an individual is to become involved in a story, and past research has suggested that involvement may be related to leisure reading behavior. However, available measures of transportability have not been validated with children or related to leisure reading. To address this gap, children 9–13 years old (N = 136) completed a revised version of the Transportability Scale. A 13-item version of the scale was found to be unidimensional, reliable, and predictive of 6% of the variance in leisure reading (above and beyond sex, age, reading ability, and student performance). Transportability was also related to genre preference and several interesting sex differences emerged. The Transportability Scale provides researchers with a psychometrically sound measure of narrative involvement to advance research on leisure reading.     

Parent Resource Centers: An Innovative Mechanism for Parental Involvement in School Choice Decisions

This qualitative investigation reports on the use of Parent Resource Centers (PRCs) as a mechanism for parental involvement in public school choice decisions. Interviews with parents and staff at seven PRCs in Florida revealed that PRCs employ multiple strategies to communicate choice information to parents: community-, school- and media-based outreach; outreach to hard-to-reach parents; and collaboration with other agencies. Personalized assistance and provision of choice materials are also highlighted as useful strategies. Results indicate that there is low level of awareness about school choice options among parents and thus clear and consistent communication of choice information is needed. While PRCs hold promise for increasing parental engagement in school choice, structural and systemic barriers to exercising choice decisions such as transportation and collaboration between schools and PRCs should be addressed. Methodologically, this study illustrates the power of triangulating data from parents and PRCs to illuminate our understanding of how parents make choice decisions.