Assimilation and Accommodation in Family Discourse: A Longitudinal Analysis

Assimilative behavioral strategies provide continuity through maintenance of similarities, traditions, and interactions, while accommodative strategies result in social innovation through the creation of new modes and interactive patterns (J. Block, 1982; J . H. Block, 1983). It was hypothesized that females would show assimilative discourse patterns through the maintenance of conversational topics, while males would show accommodative patterns through more frequent changes in conversational topic, and that the roots of this pattern lie in family conversation. Nineteen families were videotaped at one month, four months, and four years following the birth of their second child. Results showed that gender-differentiated use of assimilation and accommodation was more true for sibling dyads than for the parent-child relationship

A Trial of Calcium and Vitamin D for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas

Epidemiologic and preclinical data suggest that higher intake and serum levels of vitamin D and higher intake of calcium reduce the risk of colorectal neoplasia. To further study the chemopreventive potential of these nutrients, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of supplementation with vitamin D, calcium, or both for the prevention of colorectal adenomas

The Use of Subordinate Characters as Dramatized Narrators in Twentieth-Century Novels

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Neither busybodies nor nobodies: managing proximity and distance in neighbourly relations

This article reflects on empirical findings from research into neighbour relations conducted in a small town on the south coast of England. Competing accounts exist of the changing nature of relations between neighbours, and of the sources of pressures for relations with neighbours to combine privacy and sociability. The empirical findings reported on here shed light on the reasons behind people's involvement with or detachment from neighbours, in the process revealing their conceptions of a 'good neighbour'.The article argues that it is a skilful accomplishment for neighbours to establish and maintain a workable balance between 'keeping one's distance' and 'being there when needed'. Little evidence was found of face-to-face relationships between neighbours conforming to the stereotypes of intrusive 'nosy neighbours' or people who reclusively 'keep themselves to themselves'. The article concludes that analyses of neighbouring relationships need to capture the interplay of forces which allow individuals greater freedom from community control than was found in the past but which do not herald the redundancy of neighbourhood ties implied in theories of privatization, individualization and globalization. As a result, analysis will need to go beyond the busybody/nobody dichotomy

Fathers\u27 and Mothers\u27 involvements in sibling communication

The purpose of this study was to measure fathers\u27 and mothers\u27 linguistic involvements with the development of communication between young siblings. In a laboratory setting, 39 two-child mother-father families were videotaped in semistructured activities. The older sibling was from 18 to 26-months-old (M=22.4 months, SD=2.5 months) and the younger sibling was from 4 to 8-weeks-old (M=5 weeks, SD =1.5 weeks). Regardless of type of vocalization, when only one parent was present, utterances encouraging sibling interactions were more often aimed at girls than at boys. As a result, such utterances occurred more when both siblings were girls than for any other gender combination. Fathers were more active in issuing such utterances, especially to girls. When both parents were present, gender differences between parents disappeared, although the effects of children\u27s gender did not. Overall, the results suggest that fathers very actively direct sibling interactions, especially those involving girls