Characteristics of Empirically-Supported Treatments

This study presents a survey of general characteristics of empirically supported treatments (ESTs) identified by the American Psychological Association Division 12 Task Force on the Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures. Results indicate that the ESTs share the following characteristics: they involve skill building, have a specific problem focus, incorporate continuous assessment of client progress, and involve brief treatment contact, requiring 20 or fewer sessions. Traditional assessment methods, such as intelligence testing, projectives, and objective personality tests such as the MMPI-2, are rarely used in these treatments. Although it is recognized that these findings are in part an artifact of sociological factors present in contemporary psychotherapy development and research, the findings may also serve as a heuristic aid in the development of therapies

Mean-field theory for Bose-Hubbard Model under a magnetic field

We consider the superfluid-insulator transition for cold bosons under an effective magnetic field. We investigate how the applied magnetic field affects the Mott transition within mean field theory and find that the critical hopping strength $(t/U)_c$, increases with the applied field. The increase in the critical hopping follows the bandwidth of the Hofstadter butterfly at the given value of the magnetic field. We also calculate the magnetization and superfluid density within mean field theory.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, published versio

The Ursinus Weekly, February 22, 1954

Eighty-eight are on Dean\u27s list first semester • W. Hansen, second seminar speaker • Ruby 2/3 completed; Class of \u2754 show, Mar. 5 • Price, court elected royalty for May Day • French Club sponsors movie; Will give play • Naval aviation cadet man to visit UC, tell of program • Ursinus quartet sings for Rotary\u27s ladies night • Student exchange program, subject of forum, Wed. • Greek columns • Quinn discusses criteria for judging paintings • Mizz Test is play director • Pre-meds visit Phila. College of Osteopathy • AAUW will introduce its aims to senior women • Editorials: Expostulation and reply • Supply store: To be or not to be • Letters to the editor • Ursinus men make gay debut in social season highlight • Save the Supply: Patronize it! • Little known facts revealed on Washington\u27s birthday • Belles trounce Beaver in second win, 51-35 • Badminton team goes down to Penn; Defeats Drexel • J.V. Belles win over Beaver, 48-21 • Cub swimmers splash past Beavers, 29 to 23 • Mermaids lose to Beaver in thrilling meet, 31-26 • Matmen trounce Fords; Win four bouts, 18-13 • Textile drops Cagemen, 61-50 • Three falls fail to halt Bucknell • Badminton team in 3-2 victory • Swarthmore tops Cagers; Big man hurts Bearshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1489/thumbnail.jp

De l’agressivité à la maternité. Étude longitudinale sur 30 ans auprès de filles agressives devenues mères : trajectoires de leur agressivité durant l’enfance, indicateurs de leurs caractéristiques parentales et développement de leurs enfants

L’agressivité chez les filles tend à ne pas se manifester de la même façon que chez les garçons ; de plus, elle suit une trajectoire longitudinale particulière. Les filles agressives envers leurs pairs ne se caractérisent pas tant par leurs manifestations de délinquance et de criminalité ; elles s’orientent plutôt vers une trajectoire de troubles sociaux et de santé mentale qui, à terme, compromet leur avenir scolaire, social et professionnel, de même que leur état de santé physique. Les compétences parentales des filles agressives, de même que le fonctionnement de leur famille, peuvent aussi être affectées ; dans ce cas, c’est la socialisation, la santé et le développement de toute une nouvelle génération d’enfants qui sont menacés. La Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project (Enquête longitudinale sur les risques, Université Concordia) suit un échantillon intergénérationnel de 1 770 sujets vivant à Montréal, dont un sous-échantillon de plus de 200 filles dites très agressives, et le compare avec un échantillon de garçons agressifs et un groupe témoin composé d’enfants des deux sexes. Les participants sont suivis de l’enfance à l’âge adulte sur une période de 30 ans. Le présent article décrit les trajectoires à long terme des filles agressives et les conséquences de cette agressivité sur une large variété d’éléments psychosociaux et de santé comme la maternité et la transmission des risques à la prochaine génération. Plus particulièrement, nous souhaitons : (1) établir les trajectoires des filles qui mènent de l’agressivité dans l’enfance au développement négatif à l’âge adulte, (2) établir les indicateurs de santé et les facteurs physiologiques connexes qui comportent des risques pour les filles agressives et leurs enfants et (3) évaluer comment l’agressivité à l’enfance se répercute sur le rôle maternel et le développement de la prochaine génération. Enfin, les retombées de nos conclusions seront discutées.Childhood aggression in girls may take different forms and follow different longitudinal trajectories from those typical of aggressive boys. Even when overt delinquency and criminality are avoided, girls who are aggressive towards their peers may follow a life course involving continuing social and mental health problems. From a longterm perspective, academic, social, health, and occupational achievement are likely to be negatively affected. Family functioning and parenting abilities may also be compromised, placing the offspring of these girls, a subsequent generation, at risk for social, health, and developmental problems. The Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, which follows an intergenerational sample of 1770 inner-city Montrealers, includes a sub-sample of over 200 highly aggressive girls, with comparison groups of aggressive boys and normative children of both genders. Participants have been followed over a 30-year period, from childhood into adulthood. The present paper describes the long-term trajectories and sequelae of girlhood aggression in the context of a broad range of negative psychosocial and health outcomes, including parenting and the inter generational transfer of risk to offspring. More specifically, (1) trajectories by which childhood aggression places girls at risk for negative developmental outcomes are outlined, (2) health behaviours and physiological correlates that signify risk to aggressive girls and their offspring are delineated, and (3) pathways through which girlhood aggression influences parenting and offspring development are elucidated. Implications of these findings are discussed

Diffusion in a Random Velocity Field: Spectral Properties of a Non-Hermitian Fokker-Planck Operator

We study spectral properties of the Fokker-Planck operator that describes particles diffusing in a quenched random velocity field. This random operator is non-Hermitian and has eigenvalues occupying a finite area in the complex plane. We calculate the eigenvalue density and averaged one-particle Green's function, for weak disorder and dimension d>2. We relate our results to the time-evolution of particle density, and compare them with numerical simulations.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

The Ursinus Weekly, March 1, 1954

Helfferich tells causes of delay in Union work • U.C. Supply Store resumes full operation today • Ruby show to be presented • Band starts practice for Spring concert • Composition and technique discussed by Walter Hansen • Summer School to feature single session • U. of Penn band to present concert here • Dorthee von Miller to speak at AAUW program Wed. • Spring play cast revealed; Wright, Rack in lead roles • WSGA group holds meeting • John Canady to speak at seminar sessions • WAA will present variety show Mar. 11 • Dr. Allan Rice to present Scandinavian readings • Editorials: Support the Supply; Chinese controversy • Unusual campus rules • She felt like a young colt; But looked like an old .45 • Al Sare tells of Navy life • Reporter misses big scoop; Must turn in notebook • Just plain Bill reports Belles vs. Albright game • Little Belles top Bryn Mawr • Muhlenberg decisions Bears in heartbreaker • Shreiner, Hobson, South, Rimby\u27s, Maples win • Cagemen top Fords in two overtimes • Belles down C. Hill, 57-13 • Bears top Drexel, 24-8 prior to M.A.C. wrestling • Chestnut Hill topples U.C. mermaids, 37-19 • PMC squeezes netmen to win • Snell\u27s Belles win again; Hand Wagner 55-20 losshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1490/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, March 1, 1954

Helfferich tells causes of delay in Union work • U.C. Supply Store resumes full operation today • Ruby show to be presented • Band starts practice for Spring concert • Composition and technique discussed by Walter Hansen • Summer School to feature single session • U. of Penn band to present concert here • Dorthee von Miller to speak at AAUW program Wed. • Spring play cast revealed; Wright, Rack in lead roles • WSGA group holds meeting • John Canady to speak at seminar sessions • WAA will present variety show Mar. 11 • Dr. Allan Rice to present Scandinavian readings • Editorials: Support the Supply; Chinese controversy • Unusual campus rules • She felt like a young colt; But looked like an old .45 • Al Sare tells of Navy life • Reporter misses big scoop; Must turn in notebook • Just plain Bill reports Belles vs. Albright game • Little Belles top Bryn Mawr • Muhlenberg decisions Bears in heartbreaker • Shreiner, Hobson, South, Rimby\u27s, Maples win • Cagemen top Fords in two overtimes • Belles down C. Hill, 57-13 • Bears top Drexel, 24-8 prior to M.A.C. wrestling • Chestnut Hill topples U.C. mermaids, 37-19 • PMC squeezes netmen to win • Snell\u27s Belles win again; Hand Wagner 55-20 losshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1490/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, February 8, 1954

Central Comm. announces plans for May Day • Lorelei date set as Feb. 12 • Schools of Egypt, U.S. compared by education • Bridge tournament at U.C., Feb. 18 • Frosh-Soph hop theme for \u2754 is Mardi Gras • Meistersingers plan tour; Present first concert • Demonstration is planned for C.C. general meeting • Pre-meds sponsor hospital tours • Spaghetti, speaker, stunts at Y dinner Wednesday • Ruby nears completion; Shows promise at 1/3 mark • Forum features Irish lord; Godley to speak, Wed. • Reporter remarks on MSGA session • Second semester welcomes 23 to U.C. • Stevenson, Cross, Dawkins elected • U.C. Color Day Thursday; Mrs. Seth Baker to speak • U.C. men may question aviation cadet team, Tues. • Editorials: Fair chance; Barbs and bouquets • Chapel change: The facts • Alumni news • Engagement • Greek columns • Violent mid-January events motivate student expeditions to sunny South • How to torture waiters; Or, mealtime diversions • Swimming team drops opener • Dawkins and Padula win; But match is lost, 20 to 8 • Belles open with bang; Topple Rosemont, 51-21 • Badminton team loses opener, 5-0 • Sieb stars for alumni but youth triumphs, 86-67 • Sharp-shooting Drexel wins; Tops Bears, 81-53; Shoes has 19 • Varsity letter winners posted • Baby Belles down Rosemont, 38-15https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1487/thumbnail.jp

Spectrum of the Fokker-Planck operator representing diffusion in a random velocity field

We study spectral properties of the Fokker-Planck operator that represents particles moving via a combination of diffusion and advection in a time-independent random velocity field, presenting in detail work outlined elsewhere [J. T. Chalker and Z. J. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 79}, 1797 (1997)]. We calculate analytically the ensemble-averaged one-particle Green function and the eigenvalue density for this Fokker-Planck operator, using a diagrammatic expansion developed for resolvents of non-Hermitian random operators, together with a mean-field approximation (the self-consistent Born approximation) which is well-controlled in the weak-disorder regime for dimension d>2. The eigenvalue density in the complex plane is non-zero within a wedge that encloses the negative real axis. Particle motion is diffusive at long times, but for short times we find a novel time-dependence of the mean-square displacement, $\sim t^{2/d}$ in dimension d>2, associated with the imaginary parts of eigenvalues.Comment: 8 pages, submitted to Phys Rev