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Bluebooking Environmental Resources
Get PDFFive-page tip sheet presented as a table covers how to properly cite environmental material according to the Bluebook. It includes federal and state bills, legislation, and regulations, federal and state administrative adjudications and other administrative material
Identity, Instability and Inebriation: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Mediating Effect of Borderline Personality Disorder on the Association Between Separation- Individuation Outcomes, Substance Use Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder
No full textSubstance Use Disorders (SUD) and Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) are among the most prevalent psychological disorders and represent the biggest single burden on health care costs in the United States. SUD and AUD have been found to be strongly associated with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) with the link between them unclear. This study explored a psychoanalytic approach to personality development that suggested that deficiencies in separation and individuation during toddlerhood and adolescence lead to maladaptive personality outcomes that can cause SUD and AUD. It was suggested that BPD would act as a mediator between the variables suggesting that deficiencies in separation-individuation lead to BPD and then SUD and AUD. This paper contributes to the understanding of these mental illnesses by reviewing the psychoanalytic literature about how these illnesses develop and providing statistical support for these ideas. Participants in this study are 1275 ethnically and racially diverse adult outpatients between the ages of 18 and 63 undergoing psychotherapeutic treatment at the McShane Center for Psychological Services at Pace University\u27s clinic in Downtown Manhattan. The Profile of Depression and Individuation (PADI) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) were administered to participants and mediation analyses were run to determine the relationships between eight scales of the PDI and eight scales from the PAI. The vast majority of the hypotheses tested were found to be significant lending empirical support to the psychoanalytic propositions that separation-individuation difficulties underlie psychopathology in general and more specifically, they are at the root of BPD, SUD and AUD. Support was also provided for the hypothesis that separation-individuation outcomes lead to BPD and then AUD and SUD. Limitations, implications, and directions for future research are discussed
Predictors of Amelioration of Psychotic Symptoms for Children in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting
No full textThis study explored the extent to which cognitive and Rorschach variables would be able to differentiate between children with psychotic symptoms whose symptoms remitted versus those whose symptoms did not over the course of an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. The sample included 200 children, ages seven to twelve, who were assigned to three groups (never psychotic, good outcome, poor outcome) based on the therapist ratings on the psychotic symptoms scales of Children\u27s Psychiatric Symptom Rating Scale (CPSRS). Children were assessed with a battery of psychodiagnostic instruments that included the Rorschach Comprehensive System (Exner 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995; Exner & Weiner, 1994), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISCIV; Wechsler, 2003) and Conners Continuous Performance Test (CPT II; Conners et al., 2000). The findings indicate that Rorschach variables (Xa%, X-%, Level 2, FAB2, WSUM6, PTI, TPC, EII- 2) significantly differ between children who did not display any psychotic symptoms from children who experienced psychotic symptoms. However, none of the Rorschach variables differentiated the good outcome group from the poor outcome group. Similarly, several cognitive variables (WISC-IV) were able to distinguish the never psychotic group from children with psychotic symptoms. Children initially rated as having psychotic symptoms who displayed poor outcome demonstrated lower WISC-IV Comprehension scores than children with poor outcome. In addition, CPT variables (Standard Scores for Omissions and Total hits) significantly differentiated between never psychotic group of children and children in the good outcome group. Findings are discussed relative to the prognosis and treatment of children with psychotic symptoms
A Disorder by Any Other Name: The Comparative Effects of Asperger\u27s Disorder vs. Autism Spectrum Disorder Labels on Public Attitudes
No full textThe Asperger\u27s Disorder diagnosis has been removed from the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and individuals with symptoms of Asperger\u27s Disorder have now been reclassified under the umbrella diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, which now encompasses a broad range of severity and symptoms. This change has caused concern among the Asperger\u27s Disorder community about the possible negative impacts of being labeled as having Autism Spectrum Disorder. This study examined and compared public attitudes towards and perceptions of the two labels. Small but significant differences in social distance and perceptions were found between the two labels, with Asperger\u27s Disorder being more positively regarded. Furthermore, respondents considered Autism Spectrum Disorder to be a more stigmatizing or negative label. Participant level of familiarity with individuals carrying either label predicted reduced negative attitudes. Implications and suggestions for further research and intervention are discussed
The Role of Compassion and Sustainability Awareness on Fair Trade Fashion Consumption
No full textWhile there is growing awareness, concern and expectation among stakeholders for companies to implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies, the fashion industry’s current unsustainable global supply chains and product lifecycles leave a lot to be desired. As a form of sustainability and CSR, Fair Trade apparel bridges that gap. Since Fair Trade consumers support environmental and societal sustainability initiatives, this study focuses on the role that a) Compassion for Oneself, Others and the Environment (COOE) and b) Desire for Sustainability Awareness (DSA) have on Fair Trade Fashion Consumption (FTFC). Data was collected and reviewed through non-experimental associational research design, involving consumers who may or may not purchase Fair Trade clothing. Online surveys were distributed to 1,197 individuals. The population included consumers who were likely to shop at Fair Trade clothing companies and consumers who were likely to shop at conventional clothing companies. Two hundred fifty-eight respondents make up the sample N = 258. Results were analyzed through correlation and multiple regression. It was found that COOE and DSA are positively related to FTFC. In addition, Internet Engagement (IE) functions as a moderator for the relationship between DSA and FTFC
The Impact of Autonomy, Firm Age, Networks, and Knowledge Sharing on Entrepreneurial Learning and Performance
No full textThe need for autonomy in entrepreneurship is regarded as one of the hallmark traits affecting entrepreneurship venture launch, task performance and persistence. This study evaluates the role autonomy might play in triggering the entrepreneurial learning process. In particular, this study proposes a model identifying direct and indirect paths through which autonomy affects entrepreneurial learning; how entrepreneurial learning is influenced by venture age, knowledge sharing and social network; how entrepreneurial learning, social network and knowledge sharing affect entrepreneurs’ performance; and how venture age, social network and knowledge sharing interact with each other. The results of the study indicate autonomy has a positive correlation with social network, entrepreneurial learning, and knowledge sharing. Further, social network has a positive correlation with entrepreneurial learning, knowledge sharing, and venture performance. In addition, none of the relationships for venture age were found to be significant. Moreover, there were no significant positive correlations between entrepreneurial learning and venture performance; between knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial learning; or knowledge sharing and venture performance. Implications of the model are discussed
Food Localization: Empowering Community Food Systems Through the Farm Bill
Get PDFOur intent in this Article is not to delineate foods that are local or not local, nor is it to lionize one agricultural production method over another. Rather, we hope to build on the literature that for many decades has documented how local communities have emerged as influential actors on the American food system through establishing control over local supply chains often alongside national and global supply chains. We begin with Part I, which explores how some food-system scholars have conceptualized these democratic changes occurring. We look to Thomas Lyson’s concept of civic agriculture, which attempts to move corporation-oriented communities away from the model of industrial agriculture and toward a model in which individuals are locally empowered in the land and marketplace. We also review Neil D. Hamilton’s concept of food democracy, which, like civic agriculture, acts as a set of alternative choices to the industrial food system and allows for more localized control of the food supply chain. Afterward, we attempt to connect two seemingly unrelated case studies to demonstrate what a food system influenced by Lyson and Hamilton could look like and how it could empower local communities. Next, in Part II, we turn to the federal government’s local-food policy. We discuss why laws promoting local food systems are proxies for laws democratizing our food system, and we then review a selection of federal legislation, often originating in the Farm Bill, that promote localization of the food system. In Part III, we explore deliberative democracy, a political framework that encourages the sort of participation and representation conceptualized in food democracy and civic agriculture. We then summarize the work of contemporary schools who have identified how deliberative democracy has been crafted by food-system participants. We highlight examples from the American political process to demonstrate their current existence in the food system. Afterward, we observe more deeply how deliberative democracy has grounded federal agriculture policy. Finally, in Part IV, influenced by past Farm Bills and historical agricultural policy, we propose various mechanisms Congress can implement in future Farm Bills to further legitimize its actions to promote localized food systems, as well as to provide structure to the democratization efforts it continues to support. Specifically, we propose various ways Congress can increase diverse representation in the food system and federal agricultural programs, which, through expanded access to decision-making and the strengthening of self-determination among an array of individuals, provide for further and enhanced food localization
Foreword: Private, Environmental, Governance
Get PDFThis essay is the invited foreword to the 2017 J.B & Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium issue of the George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law. The 2017 symposium was dedicated to the issue of private environmental governance. This essay recognizes the incredible growth of private environmental governance as an area of study in the legal academy. In addition to introducing the various contributions to the symposium issue, this essay proposes that rather than merely studying private environmental governance as an independent concept, scholars should look closely at the individual components, private, environmental, and governance, to better understand the direction of the field and to give it a more complete theoretical grounding
