Acculturation and Communication Traits: A study of Cross-Cultural Adaptation among Chinese in America     

《Communication monographs》2012,79(3):414-425

This study investigated the relationships between acculturation and communication traits. One hundred and seventy-five Chinese across from the United States participated in this study. Participants received a battery of questionnaires in the mail, including the measures of communication apprehension, willingness to communicate, communication competence, argumentativeness, general disclosiveness and cultural identity. Results indicated that as proportion of life in America increased, Chinese identified more with American culture; in turn, they became less fearful, more willing and competent in communication. Their self-disclosure also became less frequent and intimate, but more positive, with longer time living in America. These findings suggest that culture shapes communication traits through exposure to and identification with the host culture to some extent.  相似文献   

Family Interactions and Disordered Eating Attitudes: The Mediating Roles of Social Competence and Psychological Distress     

《Communication monographs》2012,79(4):399-424

This research explored the role of family interactions on young adult females' disordered eating attitudes as mediated by both social competence and psychological distress. Assessment of the family interaction variables included the perspectives of multiple family members: a young adult female, a mother, and a sibling. Results generally supported the proposed model such that family interaction patterns, namely family-expressed emotion, were associated with low social competence, low social competence was associated with psychological distress, and psychological distress was associated with disordered eating attitudes. Practical applications of these results are discussed, as implications of this study draw attention to corrosive family communication patterns and inadequate social competence as key factors related to disordered eating attitudes.  相似文献   

Parents' Communication Skills and Adolescents' Salivary α-Amylase and Cortisol Response Patterns     

《Communication monographs》2012,79(3):273-295

The primary goal of this study was to examine patterns or groupings of adolescents’ hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) (measured through cortisol) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) (measured through salivary alpha amylase or sAA) responses as a function of their parents’ communication skills. A related goal was to decipher whether adolescents who demonstrate different patterns of physiological reactivity vary in their personal and relational health. The sample consisted of 118 parent–adolescent dyads who were asked to talk about something stressful related to the parents’ relationship. The results revealed that adolescents’ perceptions of their parent's communication skills predicted the likelihood that the adolescents would overreact, show no reaction, or down regulate in response to such a discussion, but only for sAA. All of the communication skills in question—social support, communication competence, feeling caught between the parents’ conflict, and inappropriate disclosures—supported the hypothesis that adolescents with parents who they think are more communicatively skilled are better able to recover from a stressful interaction than adolescents whose parents are less skilled. Adolescents who were considered “overreactors” in sAA also had more negative health indices, somewhat lower psychological well-being, and poorer quality relationships with their parents.  相似文献   

How do teachers promote their students' lifelong learning in class? Development and first application of the LLL Interview     

《Teaching and Teacher Education》2014

Lifelong learning's (LLL) cornerstones are laid at school. Especially teachers' behaviour is central. As of yet, there is no instrument to measure teachers' efforts in promoting aspects associated with LLL within their students. We present a new interview to measure teachers' competence concerning this matter. To illustrate possible results, we interviewed N = 40 teachers. While teachers did very well in arousing interest in a new topic, they did worse in supporting students while planning. The LLL Interview is a promising new instrument that allows for identifying which aspects related to LLL need more attention.  相似文献   

Pathways to Children’s Academic Performance and Prosocial Behaviour: Roles of physical health status,environmental, family,and child factors     

Gillian King  Janette McDougall  David DeWit  Sungjin Hong  Linda Miller  David Offord 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》2005,52(4):313-344

The objective of this article is to examine the pathways by which children’s physical health status, environmental, family, and child factors affect children’s academic performance and prosocial behaviour, using a theoretically‐based and empirically‐based model of competence development. The model proposes that 3 types of relational processes, dealing with opportunity, support, and skill development through participation, lead to competence. Structural equation modelling was performed on cross‐sectional, parent‐report data for approximately 10,000 Canadian children aged 6–11 years from the 1994–95 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. The analyses controlled for family socioeconomic status and child’s age and sex, and included 3 groups of children (those with activity‐limiting conditions, non‐activity‐limiting conditions, or no health problems). There was little evidence that children with chronic conditions were at direct risk for poorer outcomes. Children with activity‐limiting conditions were at increased indirect risk for academic difficulties through the role played by cognitive functioning. Cognitive functioning and hyperactivity/inattention difficulties were the major predictors of academic performance. Recreational participation and behavioural functioning were the main predictors of prosocial behaviour. The pathways in the model also indicated the importance of family functioning, social support to parents, and neighbourhood cohesion. In conclusion, the findings indicate the utility of the model of competence development in understanding the pathways and processes by which various factors affect children’s academic and social outcomes.  相似文献   

试论大学生语用能力的培养   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

杨秀岚 《贵州教育学院学报》2003,19(3):39-41,46

成功的交际取决于得体的表达形式。培养学生语境判断能力，用真实的材料培养学生的跨文化交际意识，结合语言教学导入语用知识，是培养和提高大学生语用能力的重要课题。  相似文献   

创造性思维在外语教学中的运用     

应建芬 《金华职业技术学院学报》2003,3(1):119-121

长期在应试教育主导和指导下的以教师为中心的大学外语教学重视学生语言知识的传授而忽视学生实际运用能力的培养。这种教学模式已不再适应当前社会、政治、经济的发展需求。如何转换教学模式，培养学生的语言运用能力，达到新大纲要求的能“用英语交流信息”的教学目标?在外语教学中，根据创造性思维的主要特点，启发学生的创造性思维，巧妙灵活地重组课文，创设开放式的外语课堂，并在此过程中引入竞争机制。这一种新的以学生为中心的教学模式，能激发学生的学习兴趣，调动学生的创造性、积极性、主动性，引导学生参加语言交际活动，从而培养学生的语言运用能力。  相似文献   

Further Testing of a New Model of Intercultural Communication Competence     

Lily A. Arasaratnam 《Communication Research Reports》2013,30(2):93-99

Recently, a new model of intercultural communication was proposed and later empirically tested (Arasaratnam, 2004 Arasaratnam , L. A. ( 2004 ). Intercultural communication competence: Development and empirical validation of a new model . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association , New Orleans , LA . [Google Scholar]; Arasaratnam & Doerfel, 2005 Arasaratnam , L. A. & Doerfel , M. L. ( 2005 ). Intercultural communication competence: Identifying key components from multicultural perspectives . International Journal of Intercultural Relations , 29 , 137 – 163 . [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). The present study was designed to further test the model and address the limitations of the previous test. Survey data were collected from participants (N = 400) and analyzed using regression analyses. The results mostly supported the previous model. These results plus some new findings in the relationship between empathy and intercultural communication competence are discussed.  相似文献   

Understanding Work/Life Blending: Credibility Implications for Those Who Date at Work     

Sean M. Horan  Rebecca M. Chory 《Communication Studies》2013,64(5):563-580

This study examined the credibility implications of employees who date at work. A 2 (status dynamic of the romance) × 2 (sex of the peer) design was used to examine effects of workplace romance on perceptions of credibility. One hundred and forty full-time working adults assessed the credibility of a hypothetical coworker who was involved in a workplace romance. Results indicate that peers who date superiors are viewed as less caring and less trustworthy than are peers who date equal status employees. Sex and status interacted such that women dating superiors versus peers were perceived as less caring and less trustworthy, whereas perceptions of men did not differ based on the status of their relational partners. Limitations and future research are discussed.  相似文献   

多面Rasch模型在学科能力测评中的应用     

王立君  黄星艳 《考试研究》2013,(1):41-50

本研究利用多面rasch模型(MFRM)评估大学生"多元统计方法分析"课程的能力水平,并分析题目的难度和评分者的严苛度。研究结果显示,多面Rasch分析可以很好地解决开放式考试中对于学科能力的评估,其评估结果与学生的反馈一致。  相似文献