The purpose of this study is to demonstrate briefly how Shusaku Endo, the noted Japanese author Silence, stresses his identity over Roman Catholic religion in novel Samurai. This preference has unfortunately been ignored by Western literary critics who have instead opted stress importance religious beliefs fiction.

Parenting responsiveness and over-reactivity were assessed among 25 mothers of 7-9-year-old sons with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and oppositional behavior (Oppositional Defiant, OD), 24 mothers of sons with ADHD only, and 38 mothers of nonproblem sons. Responsiveness was observed during mother-son play and clean-up interactions and over-reactivity was assessed using self-re...

The importance of irritability, as measured among the symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), has dramatically come to the fore in recent years. New diagnostic categories rely on the distinct clinical utility of irritability, and models of psychopathology suggest it plays a key role in explaining developmental pathways within and between disorders into adulthood. However, only a few st...

This article presents a review of the world literature about two important subjects: family violence and problems of aggressive behavior and oppositional defiant disorder in childhood. We opted for publications that had used the CBCL- Child Behavior Checklist for investigating behavior problems in children. This instrument is internationally recognized for its reliability and validity, consider...

This paper deals with two concepts of polynomial dichotomy for linear difference equations which are defined in a Banach space and whose norms can increase not faster than exponentially. Some illustrating examples clarify the relations between these concepts. Our approach is based on the extension of techniques for exponential dichotomy to the case of polynomial dichotomy. The obtained results ...

Comparison of Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Self-Control and Attachment Styles in Children with Addicted Non-Addicted Parent

BACKGROUND The Amsterdam Scale of Oppositionality (ASO) is a recently developed self-report instrument to measure the full range of oppositionality. It was used to test the assumption that oppositionality can best be conceptualized as a combination of emotions and behaviors varying across contexts, i.e., with parents, peers and authority figures. METHOD The sample consisted of 560 boys and 59...

Computer games constantly promote particular values to be adopted by their players during gameplay, but there has been little research into how this takes place. Understanding value promotion in computer games is of importance for a variety of reasons, ranging from game design to criticism. This paper presents an initial method for assessing value promotion in computer games by examining what h...

I present a thought experiment into socially-responsible technology development through a process of likening the rise of HCI as a field and a practice to the progress of feminism in the 20 century. This framing allows me to explore HCI, first, as part of a duality, next, as the Other, and, more recently, as damaged by oppositional relations that have emerged through attempts to define its valu...