A meta-analysis of third wave mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapies for older people

Objectives: The aim of this study is to review the effectiveness of third wave mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) for depressive or anxiety symptomatology in older adults across a wide range of physical and psychological conditions. Methods: Electronic literature databases were searched for articles, and random-effects meta-analysis was conducted. Results: Ten studies met the inclusion criteria, of which nine reported the efficacy of interventions on depressive symptoms and seven on anxiety symptoms. Effect-size estimates suggested that mindfulness-based CBT is moderately effective on depressive symptoms in older adults (g = 0.55). The results demonstrated a similar level of overall effect size for anxiety symptoms (g = 0.58). However, there was a large heterogeneity, and publication bias was evident in studies reporting outcomes on anxiety symptoms, and thus, this observed efficacy for late-life anxiety may not be robust. The quality of the included studies varied. Only one study used an active psychological control condition. There were a limited number of studies that used an intent-to-treat (last observation carried forward method) analysis and reported appropriate methods for clinical trials (e.g., treatment-integrity reporting). Conclusions: Third wave mindfulness-based CBT may be robust in particular for depressive symptoms in older adults. We recommend that future studies (i) conduct randomized controlled trials with intent-to-treat to compare mindfulness-based CBT with other types of psychotherapy in older people and (ii) improve study quality by using appropriate methods for checking treatment adherence, randomization, and blinding of assessors. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

L’analyse des classes sociales dans la sociologie canadienne de langue anglaise (1895-1965)

Il est communément admis que les sociologues canadiens ont généralement ignoré l’étude des classes sociales avant la publication de The Vertical Mosaic, en 1965. Cette idée est fausse. Entre 1895 et 1965, plusieurs sociologues canadiens ont contribué à l’étude des classes sociales. Cet essai examine trois traditions de l’analyse des classes sociales :It is widely believed that Canadian sociologists generally ignored the study of social class prior to the publication of The Vertical Mosaic in 1965. This conception is false. There were several sociologists who, between 1895 and 1965, made contributions to the study of social class in Canadian sociology. The paper examines three traditions of 'class' analysis:Es admitido comúnmente que antes de la publicación de The Vertical Mosaic en 1965, los sociólogos canadienses han generalmente ignorado el estudio de las clases sociales. Esta idea es falsa. Entre 1895 y 1965, varios sociólogos canadienses han contribuido al estudio de las clases sociales. Este ensayo examina tres tradiciones del análisis de las clases sociales

Introduction to The Marginal Master: Return to Everett C. Hughes

It is the Introductory essay to a long special section of the journal's issue devoted to Everett C. Hughes (and titled The Marginal Master: Return to Everett C. Hughes), which includes four articles by contemporary writers and three previously unpublished texts by the same Hughes, discovered in academic archives in Chicago and Boston