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The parent-teacher system is influential in promoting students' career development. Guided by the systems theory framework of career development and spillover theory, this study examined the direct association between parent-teacher relationships and high school students' career development. Furthermore, it analyzed the indirect effect of parent-teacher relationship on career development through parents' and teachers' support for students' autonomy and the moderating role of the type of school. Data analyses were conducted on 1,452 students (46.5% males) in Grade 10 (aged approximately 15-16 years) from an academically oriented high school (53.0%) and a vocational high school (47.0%) in Beijing. The students completed questionnaires on the parent-teacher relationship, parent autonomy support, teacher autonomy support, and career development. The results indicated that the parent-teacher relationship predicted career development directly as well as indirectly through parent autonomy support. Moreover, there was no difference in the results of the structural equation model analysis among students in academically oriented and vocational high schools. Last, further implications and limitations are discussed.

School guidance and counseling services are important for adolescent development. This study focused on the predictive role of three main delivery strategies (guidance curriculum, group counseling, and individual counseling) on students' positive development (academic, personal-social, career) and psychopathology (anxiety, depression, problem behaviors) in the high school context. Cross-sectional data were obtained from 59 high schools and 8556 students from mainland China. The results showed that the relationships between the number of times students attended guidance and counseling services and the domains of positive development were significantly higher than the relationship of the services with psychopathology. Furthermore, non-recursive model analyses showed that the latent variable of positive development mediated the influence of the services on psychopathology. In addition, psychopathology mediated the influence of counseling on positive development. The present findings confirm that school guidance and counseling services are effective for student development in China and provide partial support for the classification of guidance and counseling delivery strategies in terms of actual service effects. While paying attention to the differences in delivery strategies, school administrators are advised to consider the indirect effects of guidance and counseling on student development, which benefits the development and integration of comprehensive guidance services., Author(s): Qing Xiong [sup.1] [sup.2] [sup.3] , Xiaoyi Fang [sup.1] [sup.2] , Yang Wu [sup.3] , Haide Chen [sup.4] , Wei Hu [sup.5] , Yuchi Zhang [sup.6] Author Affiliations: (1) [...]

The present study investigated patterns of adolescent life changes across multiple life domains and utilized a holistic-interactionistic perspective to examine their individual, familial, and societal correlates with a sample of 2544 Chinese parent-adolescent dyads. Adolescents were aged from 10 to 19 years old (50.16% girls). Latent profile analysis revealed five life change profiles, including three improved profiles at various degrees, one unchanged profile, and one worsened profile. The majority of adolescents had an improved or unchanged life. Multinomial logistic regression analyses found that most of the individual, familial, and societal factors predicted the group memberships. Notably, parent-adolescent conflict was a significant factor that predicted memberships of all patterns. These findings show the resilience of adolescents and indicate the need for policies and interventions that consider the holistic nature of adolescents' person-context system, especially during a global crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic., Author(s): Jingyi Shen [sup.1] [sup.2] , Ruixi Sun [sup.1] [sup.2] , Jianjie Xu [sup.3] , Yingying Dai [sup.1] [sup.2] , Wanping Li [sup.1] [sup.2] , Hang Liu [sup.1] , Xiaoyi [...]

Research has shown that intrapersonal, interpersonal, and stress factors are associated with development in marital satisfaction. However, the unique contributions of early predictors and changes in these factors to the development of marital satisfaction have been overlooked. Based on data from 268 Chinese newlywed couples (M[subscript age] = 29.59, SD = 3.25 for husbands; M[subscript age] = 28.08, SD = 2.51 for wives), the current study used latent growth curve model to examine (a) the development of marital satisfaction and the unique contributions of the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and stress predictors to the developmental trajectories (i.e., the initial level and change) of marital satisfaction; (b) whether the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and stress predictors develop over time; and (c) how trajectories of these predictor domains are associated with changes in marital satisfaction. The results indicated that interpersonal variables, rather than intrapersonal or stress predictors at baseline, were associated with both the initial levels of and changes in marital satisfaction; in contrast, only the changes in the stress levels were found to be related to changes in marital satisfaction. The theoretical implications and future directions for this research are discussed.

Based on 4 annual waves of data from a large sample of Chinese college students (N = 2,329, M[subscript age] = 18.40 years old, SD = 0.85; 63.10% females), this study examines the within-person and between-person effects in the association between problematic Internet use (PIU) and mental health issues. Results of analyses using the developmental equilibrium model (i.e., an autoregressive, cross-lagged panel model) demonstrate a "reciprocal" positive association between PIU and mental health issues consistently across waves. In contrast, results of analyses utilizing the random intercept, cross-lagged panel model (i.e., a model that can disaggregate within-person and between-person effects) indicate a "unidirectional" positive within-person effect from PIU to mental health issues (rather than the reverse) consistently over time, while controlling for the between-person effects that exist when comparing different individuals. Such findings highlight the importance of disaggregating within-person and between-person effects in understanding the nature of the temporal dynamics of the association between PIU and mental health.

The rapid development of urbanization has caused obstructed urban natural ventilation and the contribution rate of urbanization is relatively high. Therefore, there is an urgent need for urban development planning that should respect natural ventilation and local climate to reduce negative impacts. By optimizing the urban construction layout to reduce obstruction and leave a passageway for wind to blow in, the natural ventilation environment could be improved. This paper presents a promising approach for natural ventilation planning at both the city and community scales. Based on the assessment of wind environment, heat island intensity, and ventilation potential, the results revealed that winds blowing from the western and northern mountainous area of Shijiazhuang play a natural ventilation inlet role which can provide clean air. The SSHI and SHI were mainly distributed within the Second Ring Road, which has a large proportion of the low ventilation potential level. Thus, six first-class ventilation corridors and thirteen secondary corridors were recommended, which were set to be adapted to the dominant wind direction. Subsequently, an urban climate analysis map (UCAnMap) was developed considering climate sensitivity, and planning recommendations were provided for different climate zones. The relationship between architectural spatial structure and ventilation efficiency was analyzed; the results revealed that increasing the height of the buildings will decrease the proportion of comfortable wind zones, and the overall ventilation efficiency will weaken, so the average building height of a typical block should be controlled within 45 m, which matches ventilation performance requirements. The ventilation efficiency of the block has a certain negative correlation with the building density, and as the building density decreased by more than 10%, the proportion of the comfortable wind zones could increase by 4–5%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ATC signal equipment is an important equipment for controlling rolling stock (subways). The on-board system is closely connected with the control circuit system of the vehicle, and there are many electrical interfaces and information interfaces between them. As the on-board ATC signal equipment and the vehicle belong to two systems, the joint debugging between the systems is aff ected by many factors such as time, site and so on. At present, there is no equipment available that can independently detect the internal digital signal functions of the boards and cards onboard the vehicle, and there is a lack of special tools to verify the functions of the boards and cards after medium and large-scale overhaul. There are safety risks during the dynamic debugging on the test line after static overhaul. This paper mainly describes a debugging device that replaces professional vehicle equipment. The device is connected with the female head of int connector. Under the static condition of the train, OMAP software is used to force and drive the internal digital signal of the board or card, so as to test whether the internal contact of the board or card works normally. The positions of faulty components can be accurately identified before dynamic train testing. This device improves the efficiency of dynamic train debugging and further improves the maintenance quality and standard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined the reciprocal prospective associations between commitment, forgiveness, and different aspects of marital well‐being (marital satisfaction and marital instability) among Chinese newlywed couples and the gender differences in these associations. The Vulnerability‐Stress‐Adaptation (VSA) model posits reciprocal associations between adaptive processes and relationship satisfaction. However, the directionality of the associations between adaptive processes and marital satisfaction may differ from the associations between adaptive processes and marital instability in Chinese societies due to the emphasis on relationship maintenance. Based on three annual waves of data from 268 Chinese newlywed couples (Mage = 29.59, SD = 3.25 for husbands; Mage = 28.08, SD = 2.51 for wives), a cross‐lagged approach was used to examine the reciprocal associations between commitment, forgiveness, and marital satisfaction/instability. We found: (a) reciprocal associations between commitment/forgiveness and marital satisfaction (wives only); (b) reciprocal associations between forgiveness and marital instability (husbands only); and (c) wives' commitment at Wave 2 mediated the association between wives' commitment at Wave 1 and wives' marital satisfaction at Wave 3. Extending the VSA model, findings suggest different reciprocal associations between commitment, forgiveness, and different aspects of marital well‐being among Chinese newlywed couples. Results highlight the important role of culture and gender in marital relationships and clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parent-teacher partnership is associated closely with adolescents' development. However, little is known about the association between parent-teacher partnership and Chinese high school students' development. Therefore, this study examines whether and how parent-teacher partnership (objective contacts and subjective relationship quality) relates to high school students' academic, career, and personal/social development among a national representative sample of 4,606 high school teachers from 61 high schools across 10 provinces of Mainland China. Both parent-teacher contacts and relationship were related to high school students' development across all three domains (i.e., academic, career, and personal/social development). Parent-teacher relationship was more closely related to students' developmental outcomes than parent-teacher contacts. Parent-teacher contacts were associated directly and indirectly with students' developmental outcomes via parent-teacher relationship and teacher-student relationship. Implications for future studies and practice were discussed.

Adolescence is a significant period for the formation of relationship networks and the development of internalizing problems. With a sample of Chinese adolescents (N = 3,834, 52.01% girls, M age = 16.68 at Wave 1), the present study aimed to identify the configuration of adolescents' relationship qualities from four important domains (i.e., relationship quality with mother, father, peers, and teachers) and how distinct profiles were associated with the development of internalizing problems (indicated by depressive and anxiety symptoms) across high school years. Latent profile analysis identified a five-profile configuration with four convergent profiles (i.e., relationship qualities with others were generally good or bad) and one "Father estrangement" profile (i.e., the relationship quality with others were relatively good but that with father was particularly poor). Further conditional latent growth curve analysis indicated the "Father estrangement" profile was especially vulnerable to an increase in the internalizing problems as compared with other relationship profiles. This study contributes to understanding the characteristics of interpersonal relationship qualities and their influences on adolescent internalizing problems in a non-Western context. Results were further discussed from a culturally specific perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]