Family Models of In(ter)dependence: Cultural Change and the Question of Universal Needs

I will start by discussing some aspects of Kagitcibasi’s Theory of Family Change: its current empirical status and, more importantly, its focus on universal human needs and the consequences of this focus. Family Change Theory’s focus on the universality of the basic human needs of autonomy and relatedness and its culture-level emphasis on cultural norms and family values as reflecting a culture’s capacity for fulfilling its members’ respective needs shows that the theory advocates balanced cultural norms of independence and interdependence. As a normative theory it therefore postulates the necessity of a synthetic family model of emotional interdependence as an alternative to extreme models of total independence and total interdependence. Generalizing from this I will sketch a theoretical model where a dynamic and dialectical process of the fit between individual and culture and between culture and universal human needs and related social practices is central. I will discuss this model using a recent cross-cultural project on implicit theories of self/world and primary/secondary control orientations as an example. Implications for migrating families and acculturating individuals are also discussed.

Predictors and Consequences of Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Adolescents

Background/Aims: The simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis is common among adolescents, but has been little studied. In this study, we examine predictors and consequences of this behavior in a population-based sample of high school students. Method: Self-reports were obtained from students in Quebec (Canada) followed throughout high school (N=6589). Logistic regressions were used to test the association between individual, family, and peerrelated predictors in grades 7–8 and simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in grade 10, as well as between simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in grade 10 and experiencing 3 or more substance-related problems of various types (legal, physical, etc.) in grade 11. Results: Most predictors in grades 7–8 were associated with simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in grade 10. Only variables reflecting early-onset substance use involvement — alcohol intoxication, cannabis use, and drug use by close friend(s) — remained predictive in a multivariate model. Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use was associated with increased substance-related problems in grade 11, above and beyond baseline problems and the concurrent use of the two substances in separate episodes in grade 10. Conclusions: Simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use 1) is anticipated by multiple psychosocial risk factors which come together with individual and peer substance use in early high school and 2) is independently predictive of subsequent substance-related problems. Providing adolescents with adequate information regarding the potential harm of simultaneous use may be a useful prevention strategy.

Spin dependence of slow neutron scattering by deuterons /

Work performed at the Argonne National Laboratory.

Treating tobacco use and dependence /

"This guideline is an updated version of the 1996 Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline No. 18."--P. ii.

Driver performance and individual differences in attention and information processing. Volume II: field dependence and highway safety. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Wavelength dependence of ultraviolet-enhanced reactivation and induction of mammalian viruses /

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Data dependence in ordinary programs /

Thesis (M. S.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Drug dependence

Each number also called Experimental issue

Petri Pauli Peredae ... In Michaelis Ioannis Paschalii methodum curandi scholia : addita in extremo operis disputatio medica, an cannabis & aqua, in qua mollitur possint aerem inficere : opus recens recognitum & indicibus suis insignitum.

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Petri Pauli Peredae ... In Michaelis Ioannis Paschalis methodum curandi scholia : addita in extremo operis disputatio medica, an cannabis & aqua, in qua mollitur possint aërem inficere : opus recens recognitum & indicibus suis insignitum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Petri Pauli Peredae ... In Michaelis Ioannis Paschalis methodum curandi scholia : cum addita in extremo operis disputatione medica, an cannabis & aqua, in qua mollitur possint aërem inficere : opus recens recognitum & indicibus suis insignitum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Behavioral pharmacology of human drug dependence /

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Testing drugs for physical dependence potential and abuse liability /

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Mechanisms of tolerance and dependence /

Mode of access: Internet.