One in six. Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, has designated September as Hunger ACTion Month. As part of its 30 Days in 30 Days program, it’s asking communities across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income inpiduals and families with the fuel they need to survive.
It’s the kind of work that’s done every day at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who gather at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren’t looking for God—they’re there for something to eat. St. Andrew’s runs a food pantry that serves the city and several of the surrounding towns. Janet Drane is its manager.
In the wake of the recession, the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is reported that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. What’s most surprising is that 36% of them live in householdswhere at least one adult is working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed,” says St. Andrew’s Drane. “The people we see now have three and four part-time jobs and they’re still right on the edge financially.”
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来自Catherine A. Sanderson所著《Social Psychology》一书的第445页"Strategies for effective conflict resolution"一节
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Because conflict and disaGREements are part of all close relationships,couples need to learn strategies for managing conflict in a healthy and constructive way. Some couples just avoid and deny the presence of any conflict in a relationship. However, denying the existence of conflict results in couples failing to solve their problems at early stages, which can then lead to even GREater problems later on. Not surprisingly, expressing anger and disaGREement initially leads to lower marital SATisfACTion at the beginning. However,these patterns of behavior predicts increases in marital SATisfACTion over time. Reserch suggests that working through conflicts in an important predictor of marital SATisfACTion.
So, what can you do to manage conflict in your own relationships? First,try to understand the other person's point of view andput yourself in his or her place. People who are sensitive to what their partner thinks and feels experience GREater relationship SATisfACTion. For example, researchers found that among people in dating relationships as well as marriages, those who can adopt their partner's perspective show more positive emotions, more relationship-enhancing attributes, and more constructive response to conflict.
Second, because conflict and disaGREements are an inevitable part of close relationships, people need to be able to apologize to their partners for wrongdoings and receive forgiveness from their partner for their own ACTs. Apologies minimize conflict,lead to forgiveness, and serve to restore relationship closeness. In line with this view,spouses who are more forgiving show higher marital quality over time. Interestingly,apologizing can even have positive health benefits. For example,when people reflect on hurtful memories and grudges, they show negative physiological effects, including increased heart rate and blood pressure, compared to when they reflect on sympathetic perspective-talking and forgiving.
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