📄 social science

Emotion regulation correlates of depressive symptoms and well- being: A cross-sectional network analysis of responses to positive affect and interpersonal emotion regulation

This cross-sectional network analysis of 2,766 Chinese vocational students reveals that while well-being and depressive symptoms are negatively associated, their relationships with intrapersonal and interpersonal emotion regulation strategies are only partially opposite, with specific regulation tendencies and efficacies showing distinct, sometimes counterintuitive, conditional associations with each mental health indicator.

Silei Li¹˒²2026-10-21
📄 social science

Cultivating Online Civic Character through Deeper Learning: A Transformative Model for Digital Citizenship Education

This study demonstrates that a transformative, deeper-learning-based model implemented in an Indonesian university successfully cultivates distinct and durable facets of online civic character—particularly civic purpose and digital citizenship—shifting digital citizenship education from procedural safety regulation to the development of essential moral and epistemic dispositions for democratic participation.

Warlim Warlim, Mupid Hidayat, Ratna Fitria, Aang Supriatna, Muhammad Imam Fahrizal2026-10-21
📄 social science

Architecture as an Evolving Infrastructure: Adaptability and Exaptation in Southeastern European Socialist Mass Housing

This paper reframes socialist mass housing in Southeastern Europe as a dynamic, evolving infrastructure by applying the concept of exaptation to demonstrate how residents in Skopje have informally adapted modular designs to meet neoliberal housing pressures, ultimately advocating for incremental, community-led transformations over demolition to address contemporary affordability crises.

Ludovica Rolando2026-10-21
📄 social science

Balancing Sovereignty and National Interest amid Regional Integration: A Comparative Analysis of Malawi and Botswana's Engagement with the SADC Trade Protocols

This study employs a qualitative comparative case study of Malawi and Botswana to demonstrate that while economic incentives drive SADC participation, the actual implementation of trade protocols is pragmatically mediated by domestic institutional capacities and political priorities, leading states to prioritize national sovereignty and interests over supranational obligations.

Chisomo Magawa, David Sebudubudu, Stanley Osezua Ehiane2026-10-21
📄 social science

From Virtual to Classroom: A Within-Student Comparison of Engagement, Interaction, Perceived Learning and Satisfaction across Online and Face-to-Face Computer Instruction

This within-student comparative study in a resource-constrained setting reveals that while face-to-face computer instruction significantly outperforms online instruction in engagement, interaction, perceived learning, and satisfaction, the persistence of online flexibility and a strong student preference for blended models suggest that a hybrid approach is the most effective solution.

Adesegun Nurudeen Osijirin, Leonard C. Anigbo, Oliver Okechukwu2026-10-21
📈 economics

Measuring Organizational R&D Capability and External Knowledge Integration: A Longitudinal Scientometric Study of Aviation Higher Education Institutions

This longitudinal scientometric study of 38 aviation higher education institutions from 2015 to 2025 finds that while prior organizational R&D capability and external knowledge integration are positively correlated in pooled data, there is no statistically significant evidence that an institution's own R&D capability predicts its subsequent knowledge integration when controlling for institutional and temporal factors.

Arthur Dela Peña, Jefferson Clariza, Noel Florencondia2026-10-21
📄 social science

“I Just Left Home to Feed Home”: Negotiating the Moral Legitimacy of Yahoo Yahoo in Nigeria

This qualitative study of 30 participants in Ibadan, Nigeria, argues that while Yahoo Yahoo is legally prohibited, its moral legitimacy remains contested as youths frame it as a necessary means of survival and family responsibility, whereas religious leaders and law enforcement officers uphold stricter boundaries regarding legitimate wealth and criminal accountability.

Olalekan Olawale Taiwo, Solomon Ayomide Adekoya, Oluwapelumi John Jokotoye2026-10-21