A theoretical model was tested in which general parenting and parental smoking predicted anti-smoking socialization, which in turn predicted adolescent smoking onset. Participants were 4351 Dutch adolescents between 13 and 15 years of age. In the model, strictness and psychological autonomy granting were related to lower likelihood of smoking onset, and parental smoking was positively related t...

Tax reform has been an integral part of the economic reforms of most countries that have undertaken structural adjustment programmes. Even in the developed countries, tax reforms have been a prominent feature during the 1980s. One of the important reasons impelling governments of the developing countries embarking on economic reform programmes to undertake tax reform has been the need to cut th...

Sichuan has abundant tourist resources; the Government confirmed the tourism industry as the six pillar industries of the cross-century development in Sichuan. In recent years, the ratio of tourism to the province's GDP increased year by year. Based on stability test of the VAR model, this paper uses impulse response functions and variance decomposition method for econometric analysis, by using...

Since the Cold War, the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty has been the lynchpin of the regional security architecture. The alliance served as the key mechanism to ensure U.S. military presence and commitment to the Asia-Pacific. In addition to the modernization of Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) military capabilities, U.S. military presence manifested through bases in Japan, and Japan-U.S. military co...

An important episode in workplace learning is the socialization of newly hired people into the organization quickly and effectively. Typically, the organization sciences literature conceptualizes the socialization of new employees as a learning process whereby the newcomer is responsible for learning to fit into the organization. Not only must newcomers learn the tasks of their jobs, they must ...

PURPOSE Our previous study found it feasible for a preschooler with cerebral palsy (CP) to use a power mobility device in his classroom but noted a lack of typical socialization. The purpose of this follow-up study was to determine the feasibility of providing mobility and socialization training for this child. METHODS Will, a 3-year-old with CP, 1 comparison peer, 2 preschool teachers, and 2...

career aspirations are career paths which provide employees' career lives with maintenance, order and meaning. these aspirations are resources of self- knowledge and stability in career. researches showed that career aspirations can influence the improvement of variables related to human resource management including organizational socialization which plays a vital role in the initial stag...