Advances in Sociology Research. Volume 8

ADVANCES IN SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 8......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Abstract......Page 15
Psychosocial, Emotional, and Academic Adjustment  in Foster Children......Page 16
Neurodevelopmental Deficits in Attention and Self-Regulation......Page 18
The Context for Care......Page 20
Symptom Reduction-Focused Interventions......Page 22
Caregiver-Based Interventions......Page 23
Defining the Construct......Page 24
Similarities and Clarification......Page 25
Current Applications of Mindfulness......Page 26
Stress and Well-Being......Page 27
Self-Regulation......Page 28
Children and Adolescents......Page 29
Foster Children......Page 30
Future Directions......Page 31
References......Page 32
Overcoming Modernity: Western  and Japanese Attempts......Page 45
Leo Strauss (1899-1973)......Page 46
Alasdair MacIntyre (1929 to Present)......Page 49
Martin Heidegger......Page 51
The Issue of Overcoming Modernity and the Japanese......Page 53
Tetsurou Watsuji (1889-1960)......Page 54
Takeshi Umehara......Page 56
Should Modernity Be Overcome?......Page 58
Dilemmas of War, Science and Job Security......Page 59
Reference......Page 61
Abstract......Page 65
1. Introduction......Page 66
2. Transitional Justice and Its Global Players......Page 68
3. Elections and Democracy in Transitional  Societies: Developing Interethnic and  Inter-Party Mechanisms of Decision-Mediation......Page 73
4. Case Study. The Limits of Institutional Designs  for Granting Democratic Fairiness: Some  Considerations on the Caretaker  Government of Bangladesh......Page 80
References......Page 83
Abstract......Page 85
Introduction......Page 86
Transnational Deliberative  Democracy and the Public Sphere......Page 87
Social Policy Dialogue in the EU &  the Open Method of Coordination......Page 90
The Social OMC as a Template for Transnational Deliberative Democracy......Page 92
Harnessing the Benefits of the Social Policy OMC Process......Page 96
Limits of the Social OMC......Page 98
Conclusion......Page 100
References......Page 101
Introduction......Page 103
Universal Design and Its Principles......Page 106
Furnishing......Page 108
Safety Features......Page 112
Easy Chair......Page 113
Bathroom Areas......Page 115
Kitchen Areas......Page 116
Accidents and Injuries......Page 117
Environmental Factors......Page 119
References......Page 122
Abstract......Page 127
Economic Growth with Improved Income Distribution......Page 129
Upward Trend in Female Education and Labor Participation......Page 132
Public Health and Health Care System......Page 133
Saving Maternal and Child Life......Page 134
Healthy Growth and Development......Page 135
Healthy Start in Life......Page 136
Improving Standard of Living......Page 137
Rising Status and Empowerment of Women......Page 138
Universal Access to Health Care Services......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 140
References......Page 141
Abstract......Page 145
Attachement Relationships: Background and Consequences......Page 146
The Present Study......Page 148
Procedure......Page 149
Measures......Page 150
Analyses Related to Sample Demographics......Page 151
Adolescents’ Attachment-Security and Well-Being at Time 1......Page 153
Adolescents’ Attachment-Security and Subsequent Well-Being (T2)......Page 154
Discussion......Page 157
Limitations and Future Directions......Page 159
References......Page 160
Abstract......Page 165
How is PAS Defined?......Page 166
How is PAS Used in the Workplace?......Page 169
Who Pays for Workplace PAS?......Page 171
How Are Personal Assistants Identified and Hired?......Page 174
What Are the Attitudes about PAS at Work?......Page 175
Conclusion: Where We Are Going......Page 177
References......Page 179
Introduction......Page 183
1.1. Two Notions of Personhood......Page 184
1.2. Increasing Value –– Increasing Personhood?......Page 185
1.3. The Dominant Role of Personhood......Page 186
2.1. Similarity to Personhood......Page 187
2.2. Continuity to Future Personhood......Page 188
2.3. Potential Personhood......Page 189
2.4. Parental Consent and Parental Dignity......Page 190
2.5. Sense of Mystery, Uncertainty, Lack of Consensus......Page 191
2.6. Membership of the Human Species......Page 192
2.7. Respect for Nonhuman Entities......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 195
References......Page 196
Abstract......Page 201
Introduction......Page 202
On Civil Society in Turkey......Page 203
Method and Sample......Page 205
a. Type of Activity Connecting Political Parties and CSOs......Page 206
b. The Closeness and Exclusiveness of Relationships......Page 208
Discussion......Page 209
Conclusion......Page 212
References......Page 213
Abstract......Page 217
How Density Can Encourage Aggressive Strategies......Page 219
Perspectives from Human-Oriented Disciplines......Page 221
Social Psychological Perspectives: The Bystander and Systems Overload Hypotheses......Page 222
Sociological Perspectives: Social Disorganization Theory......Page 223
An Evolutionary Synthesis......Page 225
References......Page 228
Introduction......Page 231
Analytic Approach......Page 233
Rhetorical Effect 1: Depicting Foster Children in Negative Ways......Page 234
Rhetorical Effect 2: Denying Societal Responsibility......Page 235
Rhetorical Effect 3: Constructing Carework as a Generous Gift......Page 236
Rhetorical Effect 4: Questioning the Motives of Foster Carers......Page 237
Rhetorical Effect 5: Discounting Challenges Faced by Carers......Page 238
Conclusion......Page 239
References......Page 242
Introduction......Page 243
Introduction......Page 244
Results and Discussion......Page 245
Step 1 - Nutritional status assessment......Page 246
Step 2 – Decision for routes of access......Page 247
Step 3 - Home enteral nutrition therapy indications......Page 248
Costs of Enteral Nutrition Therapy: Home x Hospital......Page 249
a) Cost savings with the use of oral supplements......Page 250
Conclusion......Page 251
References......Page 252
Abstract......Page 257
Introduction......Page 258
Demography and Population Ageing in Asia......Page 259
Changes of Economic Status and Family Structures in Asia......Page 260
Urbanization in Asia......Page 261
Effects of Urbanization on Psychiatric Disorders......Page 262
Social Policy on Urbanization and Ageing Society in Japan......Page 263
Supports for the Elderly - An Example of Health Service and Social Welfare for the Elderly in Japan......Page 265
Innovative Programs for Ageing Society in Japan......Page 267
References......Page 268
Index......Page 271