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The significance of Loneliness in later life in the context of COVID-19 pandemic -- How to understand loneliness in later life? -- Social capital and loneliness -- The moderating role of age and gender in the relationship between social capital and loneliness -- The moderating role of marital status and living alone in the relationship between social capital and loneliness -- The role of social capital in affecting loneliness among older adults with different socioeconomic status -- The role of social capital in affecting loneliness among older adults with different physical health status -- The mechanism linking structural social capital, cognitive social capital and loneliness -- Implications of the findings and conclusions.

The concept of "popular theater" has many connotations which is often contradictory and it constitutes nowadays a utopia or a true "myth", in the sense that Roland Barthes attributed to this term in his famous Mythologies. Our research project is therefore an attempt to question this utopia by comparing the debates, theories and practices that have crossed the twentieth century in France (and in Europe) and in the same period, those that animated a context far removed, culturally and geographically: China. Between the desires of democratization and the effects of propaganda, between dreams of formal revolutions and aesthetic conformism, the notion of popular theater makes it possible to go through a long period, rich in contradictions, characterized by enormous changes on the political and ideological level (two world wars and several revolutions) as well as strictly theatrically. If China has been able to represent on several occasions, a mythical and controversial model in the west, what about Western theories and practices, especially French, in China? This study is based on a comparative survey of socio-cultural movements, intellectual thoughts and aesthetic transformations of a utopia concerning popular theater of the twentieth century between France and China. ; Le concept de « théâtre populaire » est chargé de nombreuses connotations, souvent contradictoires, et constitue aujourd'hui une utopié ou un véritable « mythe », au sens que Roland Barthes attribuait à ce terme dans ses célèbres Mythologies. Notre projet de recherche consiste donc dans la tentative d'interroger cette utopie en mettant en parallèle les débats, les théories et les pratiques qui ont traversé le XXe siècle en France (et en Europe) et ceux qui ont animé, dans la même période, un contexte bien éloigné, culturellement et géographiquement : la Chine. Entre désirs de démocratisation et effets de propagande, entre rêves de révolutions formelles et conformismes esthétiques, la notion de théâtre populaire permet effectivement de traverser une longue période, riche en contradictions, caractérisée par d'énormes changements sur les plans politique et idéologique (deux guerres mondiale et plusieurs révolutions) ainsi que sur le plan strictement théâtral. Si la Chine a pu représenter, à plusieurs reprises, un modèle mythique et controversé en occident, qu'en est-il des théories et des pratiques théâtrales occidentales, et notamment françaises, en Chine ? Cette étude repose sur une enquête comparative des mouvements socio-culturels, des pensées intellectuelles et des transformations esthétiques d'une utopie concernant le théâtre populaire du XXe siècle entre la France et la Chine.

The concept of "popular theater" has many connotations which is often contradictory and it constitutes nowadays a utopia or a true "myth", in the sense that Roland Barthes attributed to this term in his famous Mythologies. Our research project is therefore an attempt to question this utopia by comparing the debates, theories and practices that have crossed the twentieth century in France (and in Europe) and in the same period, those that animated a context far removed, culturally and geographically: China. Between the desires of democratization and the effects of propaganda, between dreams of formal revolutions and aesthetic conformism, the notion of popular theater makes it possible to go through a long period, rich in contradictions, characterized by enormous changes on the political and ideological level (two world wars and several revolutions) as well as strictly theatrically. If China has been able to represent on several occasions, a mythical and controversial model in the west, what about Western theories and practices, especially French, in China? This study is based on a comparative survey of socio-cultural movements, intellectual thoughts and aesthetic transformations of a utopia concerning popular theater of the twentieth century between France and China. ; Le concept de « théâtre populaire » est chargé de nombreuses connotations, souvent contradictoires, et constitue aujourd'hui une utopié ou un véritable « mythe », au sens que Roland Barthes attribuait à ce terme dans ses célèbres Mythologies. Notre projet de recherche consiste donc dans la tentative d'interroger cette utopie en mettant en parallèle les débats, les théories et les pratiques qui ont traversé le XXe siècle en France (et en Europe) et ceux qui ont animé, dans la même période, un contexte bien éloigné, culturellement et géographiquement : la Chine. Entre désirs de démocratisation et effets de propagande, entre rêves de révolutions formelles et conformismes esthétiques, la notion de théâtre populaire permet effectivement de traverser une ...

This Element offers a comprehensive examination of forensic linguistics in China. It traces the origins of the field in the 1980s and 1990s, and highlights the progress made in the 2000s, with a focus on the work of influential scholars such as Pan Qingyun, Wang Jie, Du Jinbang, Liao Meizhen, Yuan Chuanyou, and Wang Zhenhua. It discusses the development of Discourse Information Theory, the Principle of Goal, Functional Forensic Discourse Analysis, and Legal Discourse as a Social Process. It also analyses studies on language evidence and explores legal translation. It discusses emerging research areas, including cyberbullying language research, internet court discourse analysis, authorship analysis, expert assistance systems, and speaker identification and evidence of forensic phonetics. This Element provides valuable insights into the growth and potential of forensic linguistics in China, serving as a comprehensive resource for scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in the intersection of language and law.

This Element is an examination of forensic linguistics in China. It traces the origins of the field in the 1980s and 1990s, and highlights the progress made in the 2000s. It discusses the development of Discourse Information Theory, the Principle of Goal, Functional Forensic Discourse Analysis, and Legal Discourse as a Social Process.

This Element offers a comprehensive examination of forensic linguistics in China. It traces the origins of the field in the 1980s and 1990s, and highlights the progress made in the 2000s, with a focus on the work of influential scholars such as Pan Qingyun, Wang Jie, Du Jinbang, Liao Meizhen, Yuan Chuanyou, and Wang Zhenhua. It discusses the development of Discourse Information Theory, the Principle of Goal, Functional Forensic Discourse Analysis, and Legal Discourse as a Social Process. It also analyses studies on language evidence and explores legal translation. It discusses emerging research areas, including cyberbullying language research, internet court discourse analysis, authorship analysis, expert assistance systems, and speaker identification and evidence of forensic phonetics. This Element provides valuable insights into the growth and potential of forensic linguistics in China, serving as a comprehensive resource for scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in the intersection of language and law

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Public health crises like Covid-19 profoundly influence informal care-givers of older adults with functional health limitations. This study deepens existing understanding of care-giving processes during the pandemic to uncover insights useful for developing effective care-giving interventions for the post-pandemic era and future public health crises. Specifically, it examined (1) how care-giving activities during the pandemic impacted care-giver psychological wellbeing by affecting caregiving burden and the positive aspects of caregiving and (2) the moderating effect of pandemic-specific factors (i.e., care recipients' unmet health-care needs due to the pandemic). Multiple-group analyses were conducted on data on 906 informal care-givers of older adults with functional health limitations, obtained from the Covid-19 Supplement and Round 10 Survey of the National Health and Aging Trends Study conducted in the United States. The mean age of participants was approximately 60 years, and most were white women. Positive aspects of care-giving significantly mediated the relationships between providing assistance in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL, and emotional support and positive affect. Care-giving burden significantly mediated the relationship between assistance in ADL and positive and negative affect. Care recipients' unmet health-care needs moderated the relationships between assistance in ADL and burden, assistance in ADL and negative affect, and emotional support and positive affect. In sum, this study underscores the positive aspects of care-giving as well as care-giving burden and demonstrates that greater attention should be paid to care-givers caring for individuals with unmet health-care needs during public health crises. The results suggest that more-effective responses to public health crises must be developed, especially within health-care systems.

AbstractDepressive symptoms are one of the most common mental health problems in later life. Although previous studies examined the social determinants of depressive symptoms, older adults' attitudes towards ageing (ATA) and the underlying mechanisms are understudied, especially in developing country contexts such as China. The objective of this study was to examine the association between ATA and social participation, and their influences on depressive symptoms among older Chinese adults. The data were drawn from the 2014 baseline wave of the China Longitudinal Ageing Social Survey, and 8,568 respondents aged sixty years or older were included in this study. Path analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that both psychological loss and psychological growth (i.e. two types of ATA) had a direct effect on depressive symptoms. In addition, ATA were likely to mediate the relationship between social participation and depressive symptoms among older people. In conclusion, this study emphasises the importance of older people's ATA in reducing depressive symptoms and how engaging in social activities could modify ATA and further reduce the risk of depressive symptoms.