Investigating married adults’ communal coping with genetic health risk and perceived discrimination

Increased genetic testing in personalized medicine presents unique challenges for couples, including managing disease risk and potential discrimination as a couple. This study investigated couples’ conflicts and support gaps as they coped with perceived genetic discrimination. We also explored the degree to which communal coping was beneficial in reducing support gaps and ultimately stress. Dyadic analysis of married adults (N?=?266, 133 couples), in which one person had the genetic risk for serious illness, showed that perceived discrimination predicted more frequent conflicts about alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-related treatment, privacy boundaries, and finances, which, in turn, predicted wider gaps in emotion and esteem support, and greater stress for both spouses. Communal coping predicted lower support gaps for both partners and marginally lower stress.     

Meaning in Life in College Students: Implications for College Counselors

The authors examined the relationship between meaning in life and college adjustment in a sample of 96 college students. In line with previous research on meaning in life and positive psychosocial functioning measures, presence of meaning was positively correlated with adjustment, whereas searching for meaning was negatively correlated with adjustment. However, the degree to which students were actively searching for meaning moderated the relationship between presence of meaning and adjustment. Recommendations for college counseling services are discussed.     

论加强企业员工的人文关怀与心理疏导

注重人文关怀和心理疏导,用正确方式处理人际关系,并着眼于促进人的全面发展体现了思想政治工作必须坚持的以人为本、与时俱进创新原则,注重人文关怀和心理疏导已成为做好当前乃至今后一个时期思想政治工作的主要内容。     

高师对师范生教学能力培养的个性追求

高师对师范生教育教学实践能力的培养是能力素养的核心内容。它与知识素养和情意素养共同构成了教师从业需求的三大板块，在高师人才培养中占有十分重要的地位。而培养个性化的能力，既是高师因人施教的具体内容，也是专业知识进行个性化理解和接受中理论与实际统一的要求，还是教师从业中的情境性对实施者能力的规范。因此，对师范生进行个性化实践能力的培养具有特殊意义。     

Community College Counseling: Why Are Research Outcomes So Elusive?

This article focuses on counseling research in the community college context. The article suggests the need for a robust community college knowledge base, describes some limitations of the current community college literature, and suggests a framework for more effective work in this area. The authors’ own experiences and selected examples of published studies are used as illustrations of the hurdles encountered and solutions available when examining counseling theories, practices, and outcomes in 2‐year settings.     

Counseling With HEART: A Relationship Violence Prevention Program for College Students

Relationship violence is a salient concern on college campuses today, and psychoeducational groups may be an appropriate prevention format. This article describes a study measuring the impact of college student participation in the HEART (Help End Abusive Relationships Today) program, a series of group sessions designed to increase knowledge and awareness of relationship violence. Findings indicated significant changes for group participants postintervention. Implications and recommendations for college counselors are discussed.     

Key Concepts From Health Promotion Evaluations: What Psychology Needs to Know

Competing perspectives and debates about the meaning of health promotion and the best ways to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives that focus on enhancing wellness pervade the literature. Given the emergence of health promotion, the impetus for outcomes-based practice in psychology, and the push for evidence-based care in the health system (Thorogood & Coombes, 2000), demonstrations of value and effectiveness are fundamental to the sustainability of mental health promotion activities. Psychology (and counseling as a sub-set field) needs to place itself as a profession vital to the sustainability of wellness initiatives. This paper proposes that psychologists’ awareness and understanding of six key concepts from health promotion evaluation are essential for advancing psychology as a profession and enhancing applied practice for wellness initiatives. The key concepts include: formative, process and outcome evaluations, the qualitative/quantitative debate, the ecological nature, the participatory approach, the focus on community and the underlying philosophies of empowerment and utilization. The use of key concepts from health promotion evaluation strategies support psychologists to a) deal with issues of major public health importance and b) collaborate with other disciplines for the benefit of the public (Sartorius, 1999). Finally, this paper makes recommendations to secure psychology’s place as a vital contributor to future research directions in health promotion, in part because of adherence to the scientist-practitioner model.Whilst Psychology is the generic term used here to represent the broad field, counseling as a sub-set in the discipline is particularly relevant for the ideas and issues discussed. Rather than adding the sub-set qualifier each time the broad field is referred to, the reader in this context is encouraged to hold this perspective of the place of counseling in regard to psychology as they work through the materials presented.     

Expert and Novice Performance: Implications for Clinical Training

Studies of advanced expertise development in a number of areas are reviewed in order to provide general suggestions about the elements of clinical training that might enhance counseling and educational psychology expertise. The emphasis of the discussion is on the connections between classroom instruction and practicum or internship experiences. Recommendations include changes in the sequencing, context, knowledge content, practice conditions, and motivational support provided to students.     

以考研辅导应对高等数学课时减少的分析与建议

在高校大扩招背景之下,学生素质的下降、师资力量的不足以及某些教育教学管理部门指导思想的偏差,导致了高等数学教学质量的滑坡.考研辅导应:根据校情合理定位;精心组建考研数学辅导教师队伍;根据学生的个体情况合理分班;合理安排开课时间和教学内容;科学规划教学过程和教学方法.     

加拿大高中数学课程标准和教学评价的启示

加拿大高中数学课程标准,关于数学学习过程,强调问题解决、推理和证明、反思回顾、选择工具和计算策略、联系、表述、数学交流;对学生的数学学习技能的掌握要求较低,但强调数学学习中用工具、强调数学理解与交流;在数学课程实施和保障中强调学生家长的积极作用;对教材编写提出明确要求;强调对数学知识方法的归纳和概括;对数学教学评价目标指向明确.因此,就目前中国高中数学课堂,应改进课堂教学环节;应树立全过程关注数学学习困难学生的意识;应讲道理、重过程,促进学生的理解;应利用教学评价促进学生的发展和优化教师的教学行为.