Associations among Attachment Style,Maintenance Strategies,and Relational Quality across Cultures

Previous research has suggested that attachment style is an indicator of relationship behavior and perception universally across cultures; however, research comparing the effect of attachment style on relational maintenance in culturally distinct societies is still non-existent. The present study investigated the effect of the secure or insecure attachment style on commonly used relational maintenance strategies and desired relational features in three geographically distant cultures: the US mainland, Hawaii, and South Korea. Results indicated that as predicted, regardless of culture, secure attachment style was associated with higher ratings of relationship quality (trust, commitment, liking, control mutuality, and satisfaction) and the self- and partner-perceived uses of Stafford and Canary's (1991 Stafford, L and Canary, DJ. 1991. Maintenance strategies and romantic relationship type, gender and relational characteristics. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 8: 217–242. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) relationship maintenance strategies. Culture did not change the effect of attachment style on the dependent factors; however, culture, as an independent factor, contributed to the variance in the self-/partner-perceived maintenance strategies and relationship quality.     

The Effects of National Culture and Face Concerns on Intention to Apologize: A Comparison of the USA and China

The current study examined national culture differences between US American and Chinese participants (N?=?317) regarding face need concerns and apology intention, based on positive and negative face needs (Brown & Levinson, 1987 Brown, P and Levinson, SC. 1987. Politeness: Some universals in language usages, Cambridge, , UK: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) and concerns for self-face and other-face (Ting-Toomey, 2005 Ting-Toomey, S. 2005. “The matrix of face: An updated face-negotiation theory”. In Theorizing about intercultural communication, Edited by: Gudykunst, WB. 71–92. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  [Google Scholar]). Participants read vignettes that varied in relationship types (in-group vs. out-group members) and situation types (negative face vs. positive face threatening) and responded to scales measuring realism of the vignettes, intention to apologize, and five types of face need concerns. The findings showed that Chinese participants, compared to US Americans, had stronger intentions to apologize when their acts threatened the other person's positive face, while US American participants, compared to Chinese, had stronger intentions to apologize when their acts threatened the other's negative face. Other findings and implications thereof are discussed.     

Minority Cultures and Social Media: Magnifying Garifuna

This paper looks at social media use by the Garifuna people. It explores how they are using social media to create a supraterritorial cyberscape. Despite the claim that global media is marginalising minority cultures and causing global homogenisation, this research found that newer forms of social media are in fact creating virtual cultural cyberscapes that are extending minority cultures. The Garifuna cultural response to social media can be demonstrative of the positive impact of social media minority perspectives. The larger implication, though, is that traditional geographical models of cultural space are becoming obsolete. In this research, a total of 60 Garifuna in locations all across the United States and Honduras were selected for participation. Their access to and use of media were examined.     

观“剑心书韵”谈武术文化创新——2014年春晚武术类表演项目《剑心书韵》观感

武术文化的创新是武术面向大众传播的重要途径。近年来由于文化富国、文化兴国和文化强国战略的提出,武术文化也获得了创新发展,成为了具有新的生机与活力的时代产物。央视2014年春晚武术表演节目《剑心书韵》即是这种创新的展现。它在展示传统武术的美的同时,也给予人们许多反思。通过分析武术文化的渊源,解析前人传承武术的方式和途径,探究了时代变幻背景下当代武术的文化创新与传承发展的前途,论证了拓宽武术文化传播以及实现武术文化创新繁荣新局面的路径和意义。     

弘扬文化传统彰显个性特色——试论近年来高校图书馆特藏的发展

一流大学不仅要国际化和标准化,而且要特色化和个性化。特藏是体现图书馆及所在高校文化传统和特色的重要指标。文章通过分析和论述境内外四所具有代表性的大学图书馆的特藏建设,较为全面地观察和总结了近年来特藏发展的方向和流变:许多图书馆或创建内容丰富、形式活跃的“新特藏”,以凸现本校本馆特色,支持重点学科发展;或致力于发掘传统的“老特藏”,以梳理馆藏流变,彰显人文内涵和历史传统,传统意义上以“善本”为核心的特藏概念被扩大了。特藏建设已经成为图书馆揭示和打造其文化传统的一个重要方面。     

从《良友》画报广告看其对上海消费文化空间的意义生产

在商业价值的元素外,广告日益增显其文化附加值。本文探讨民国《良友》画报广告对上海消费文化空间的意义生产流程及类别。文章认为它在现代性家庭生活、男女性别、文学文化和民族主义政治等四种空间里,生产了上海消费文化空间的整体构件。     

太极拳的文化内涵及时代价值研究

太极拳理取“太极”,暗合“阴阳”,哲理深邃,奥妙无穷,处处折射出中国古典哲学思想的影子,己成为风靡全球、享誉中外的“哲拳”.而哲学作为人类认识世界的思想体系,是人类文化的核心.文章通过对太极拳的文化内涵与时代价值阐述,认为弘扬中华武术精神和民族传统文化具有时代的现实意义.     

武术散打中的传统文化及武德建设

传统文化是中华民族的宝贵遗产,“尚武崇德”历来是武术界共同信仰的言行准则,武术散打是继承传统武术而发展的运动项目。文章从传统文化与武术的关系出发,分析传统文化对武术的影响及在武术散打中的体现与应用,传统文化对武术散打由术至道的升华具有重要影响。     

高校校园体育文化在构建和谐校园中的作用

校园体育文化作为校园文化的重要组成部分,他以其独特的功能和作用在和谐校园的建设中发挥着重要作用。此研究在阐述校园体育文化的内涵及特性的基础上,分析校园体育文化在构建和谐校园中的作用,并提出以校园体育文化建设为基础促进校园和谐发展的若干措施:加强校园体育制度文化的建设;重视学生体育文化意识的培养;构建"以人为本"的现代体育教育观.。     

浅谈峨嵋武术的产业化发展

峨嵋武术是一个优秀的武术流派,承载着中国特色的传统文化,尤其是四川地区的传统文化,依托峨眉山得天独厚的自然、人文资源。因此我们谈峨嵋武术的产业化就不可能脱离她的文化意义,而仅仅只谈武术运动的产业化。本文试图从峨嵋武术文化的角度研究产业化,全方位分析现状,为峨嵋武术文化的产业化寻找更多的契机．