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Cet essai se penche sur les liens entre les représentations du voyage et les représentations des drogues dans les journaux de voyage contemporains. En tant que genre populaire non romanesque, le journal de voyage aide à structurer la perception du public à l'égard du voyage. Cependant, tout comme plusieurs autres formes d'écriture sur les voyages, il dépeint fréquemment les drogues. Nombre de journaux de voyage présentent des écrivains voyageant avec de la drogue, voyageant sous l'effet de la drogue, ou voyageant pour s'en procurer. Les journaux de voyage contemporains présentent souvent le voyage comme étant une métaphore paradigmatique, pourtant problématique, qui sert à comprendre divers genres d'expériences en lien avec la drogue : celles qui servent à acquérir des connaissances sur soi ou à subir des transformations, celles qui vont à la rencontre de l'altérité radicale ou cherchent à la domestiquer sous des formulations néocoloniales. Il est question dans ces pages de deux journaux de voyage relatant l'expérience des drogues, publiés à la fin du 20e siècle : Chasing the Dragon: Into the Heart of the Golden Triangle (1996) de Christopher Cox et Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yémen (1998) de Kevin Rushby. Mon analyse explore la façon avec laquelle ces récits populaires imaginent la connexion mobilité/intoxication et comment ces connexions font intervenir la double thématique de la mobilité planétaire et de la circulation et de la consommation illicites de substances psychotropes.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS) among families involved with youth mental health services. Methods: Using NCFAS data collected by child mental health intake workers with 158 families, factor analysis was conducted to assess factor structure, and thematic analysis of intake notes was used to test content validity. Results: This study found only three NCFAS subscales. The case notes included themes specific to youth with mental health needs that were not captured by current NCFAS items. Conclusions: This study suggests variation in the fit for the NCFAS in child mental health services compared to the measurement properties established in child welfare samples.

The objectives of the present study are to identify sociodemographic factors associated with father nurturance and assess the relationship between parental (mother and father) nurturance and youth psychological well-being among 216 African American college-aged youth. Participants attended a historically Black college in the Mid-Atlantic region. Findings indicated that the frequency and duration of the participants' interactions with their fathers were associated with levels of father nurturance. Youth whose mothers and fathers were married or cohabitating, compared with those who were separated, divorced, widowed, or never married, had lower levels of psychological well-being. Furthermore, youth who reported more mother nurturance had higher levels of overall psychological well-being. These findings highlight the importance of time-based variables in youths' perceptions of father nurturance and raise important questions about how the nature of the coparental relationship and variations in the fathering role affect youth well-being.

Objective: This study examines the impact of the Family Connections (FC) intervention on preventing behavioral problems among urban, predominantly African American children at risk of neglect. Method: Secondary data analyses using mixed model analyses of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures were used to examine gender differences in child behavior outcomes among 111 participating families across three time points (intake, closing, and 6 months following intervention participation). Results: From intake to closing, boys appeared to experience a larger decrease in internalizing and externalizing behaviors than girls. At 6-month follow-up, boys' behaviors remained stable relative to results at closing; girls showed a slight decrease in behaviors over the same period. Findings also indicate a greater decrease in problem behaviors for participants in the 9-month versus 3-month version of FC. Conclusions: Positive effects of the FC intervention for African American children indicate the potential of this prevention intervention to avert negative behavior trajectories.