Filial therapy, originally developed by Bernard Guerney (1964), is a form of parent child therapy utilizing child-centered skills and limit setting strategies to improve the parent child relationship and to increase positive child behaviors. Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), developed by Sheila Eyberg (1988), is an empirically supported treatment for improving parenting skills and decrea...

This is a dialogue between Paulos Huang (Professor at Shanghai University) and Xianglong Zhang on the cooperation in Filial Piety of Family Confucianism Christianity. It includes following issues: How has Professor Lin HE influenced to study philosophy? Zhang’s Phenomenology Daoism USA. changed his focus from into Chinese traditions after he returned China USA? The potentiality Christianity fil...

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains synthesize starch as the main storage compound. However, some starch is degraded already during caryopsis development. We studied temporal and spatial expression patterns of genes coding for enzymes of starch synthesis and degradation. These profiles coupled with measurements of selected enzyme activities and metabolites have allowed us to propose a role for star...

OBJECTIVES Family caregiving in East Asian cultures is traditionally based on the Confucian ethic of filial piety that mandates total, holistic care for elders. While research suggests changes in 'family care' are occurring in Asian countries themselves, remarkably little is known about immigrant Asian families in Australia. The study aimed to explore the experience of 'family care' among Chine...

OBJECTIVES This paper investigates sociodemographic and family structure factors that predict men's involvement (n = 773) in different gendered dimensions of filial caregiving: traditionally male, gender neutral, and traditionally female care. METHODS The concepts that guide this research relate to family obligations or motivations to provide care, specifically, commitment to care, legitimate...