Georgia College & State University

About: Georgia College & State University is a education organization based out in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 950 authors who have published 1591 publications receiving 37027 citations.

Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation

Abstract: In this chapter, we begin to explore the wealth of research and theory on the implications of mindfulness for emotional experience by examining a variety of models of mindfulness and how they inform mindful emotion regulation. Then, we provide an empirical overview of the role of mindfulness in general emotional states, emotional reactions to stimuli and events, and emotions over time. Within this overview, we provide evidence for several distinct avenues through which mindfulness benefits emotion regulation, including increased willingness to experience negative emotions, reduced reactivity to emotional stimuli and situations, a decentered perspective, and increased emotional stability; we also highlight some research which suggests the neurological underpinnings of mindful emotion regulation. Finally, we link the impact of mindfulness on emotion regulation to behavioral change. Specifically, by highlighting research on smoking, alcohol use, and other addictive behaviors, we demonstrate that emotion regulation serves as a key mechanism in the relationship between mindfulness and some domains of behavioral regulation.

Mixed-Morphology Pairs as a Breeding Ground for Active Nuclei

Abstract: Mixed-morphology pairs offer a simplification of the interaction equation that involves a gas-rich fast rotator paired with a gas-poor slow rotator. In past low-resolution IRAS studies it was assumed that the bulk of the far-infrared (FIR) emission originated in the spiral component. However, our Infrared Space Observatory studies revealed a surprising number of early-type components with significant IR emission, some of which turned out to show active nuclei. This motivated us to look at the current statistics of active nuclei in mixed pairs using the radio-FIR continuum correlation as a diagnostic. We find a clear excess of early-type components with radio continuum emission and active nuclei. We suggest that they arise more often in mixed pairs via cross-fueling of gas from the spiral companion. This fuel is more efficiently channeled into the nucleus of the slow-rotating receptor. In a sample of 112 mixed-morphology pairs from the Karachentsev catalog, we find that about 25%–30% of detected mixed pairs show a displacement from the radio-FIR relation defined by normal star-forming galaxies. The latter objects show excess radio continuum emission, while others extend the relation to unusually high radio and FIR flux levels. Many of the outliers or extreme emitters involve an early-type component with an active nucleus. The paired E/S0 galaxies in the sample exhibit a significant excess detection fraction and a marginal excess luminosity distribution compared to those of isolated unpaired E/S0 galaxies.

The Vietnam War : Vietnamese and American perspectives

Abstract: The conveners (the editors of this book) of the September 1989 Four Anniversaries China Conference in Annapolis, asked the contributors to look back from that point in time to consider four major events in modern Chinese history in the perspective of the rapid changes that were shaping the Chinese society, economy, polity, and sense of place in the world in the 1980s, a time when China was making rapid strides toward becoming more integrated with the outside world. With contributions by distinguished scholars in the field, the four anniversaries considered are the High Qing, the May Fourth Movement, forty years of communism in China, and ten years of the Deng era.

Work—Home Conflict A Study of the Effects of Role Conflict on Military Officer Turnover Intention

Abstract: This research examined work and family influences on military officers' retention decisions. Work—home conflict was used to predict retention decisions of military officers. Results indicated that work-related variables had insignificant effects on turnover intentions, a finding contrary to work—family literature that suggests work-related experiences are more likely to predict turnover intentions than family-related experiences. Family satisfaction with military life affected retention decisions, suggesting that members considered their families' satisfaction with military life above their own work-related attitudes. Results indicated that as family members' general satisfaction with military life improved, a corresponding positive effect on the members' willingness to remain in the service resulted.