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Silence And Disclosure: Rethinking Communication And Power In Addressing Child Sexual Abuse In Nigeria

This study utilizes a convergent mixed-methods design and critical theoretical frameworks to demonstrate that child sexual abuse in Nigerian schools is perpetuated not merely by cultural silence but by structural institutional failures and power imbalances, necessitating a shift from top-down awareness campaigns to dialogic, child-centered communication and accountable reporting mechanisms.

Olusola A John, Sadiya Abubakar, Aliyu Bello2026-09-21

📄 social science

Navigating Administrative Hybridity and Legitimacy in the Digital Age: A Bibliometric Review and Research Agenda for Developing Public Administrations

This study employs a bibliometric review and the proposed Administrative Hybridity-Legitimacy Matrix to argue that in developing public administrations, state legitimacy in the digital age depends on strategically fusing traditional governance structures with data-driven innovations.

Edio Mariano Piedade Soares2026-09-21

📄 social science

The Effects of Synonym-Embedment in Reading Passages on Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention among EFL Freshmen

This quasi-experimental study with 110 EFL freshmen in Uzbekistan demonstrates that embedding parenthetical synonym cues within reading passages significantly enhances both the immediate acquisition and two-week retention of target vocabulary compared to reading without such support.

Raju Dhuli2026-09-21

📄 social science

A qualitative examination of gender-diverse stigma in Germany

This qualitative study of 10 gender-diverse adults in Berlin reveals that stigma operates as a dynamic, multi-level process shaped by structural barriers like non-inclusive language and laws, interpersonal discrimination from family and society, and individual coping strategies, thereby extending the socio-ecological model of transgender stigma to highlight the specific role of binary gender norms and linguistic exclusion in the German context.

Luisa Wegner, Charlotte Gertrud Eurydike Holste, Mercy Limo, Muthoni Mathai, Charlotte Müller, Ruihua Li, Shuyan Liu2026-09-20

📄 social science

The Interplay of Human Capital Sustainability Leadership and the Big Five Personality in Explaining Flourishing

This study of 429 employees in Sabah, Malaysia, reveals that while Human Capital Sustainability Leadership directly promotes employee flourishing, the personality trait of conscientiousness uniquely serves as a significant mediating mechanism linking sustainable leadership practices to well-being, whereas other Big Five traits do not.

Bee Seok Chua, Rosnah Ismail2026-09-20

📄 social science

Teacher-Student Relationships and Self-Regulated Learning: The Serial Mediating Roles of Learning Engagement and Affective Computing-Derived Emotional Valence

This study demonstrates that positive teacher-student relationships enhance university students' self-regulated learning through a serial mediation pathway where improved learning engagement subsequently fosters positive emotional valence, as measured by affective computing.

Kaizhen Kong, Yuhan Gu, Ming Zhao, Zhenli Jiang, Hongbo Guo, Shuna Li2026-09-20

📄 social science

Between Local Participation and Karst Conservation in the Context of Sustainability

This study analyzes the governance tensions between formal institutions and local communities in Indonesia's Rammang-Rammang karst area, revealing six key dynamics and proposing an integrative model that bridges Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks with Adaptive Co-Management and Adaptive Governance to achieve sustainable conservation.

Sawedi Muhammad, Suryanto Arifin, Hariashari Rahim, Andi Nurlela, Emma Porio, Bama Andika Putra2026-09-20

📄 social science

Association Between Perceived Supportive Educational Environments and Emotion Regulation Among Middle School Students in Shandong China

A cross-sectional study of 384 middle school students in Shandong, China, reveals that perceived supportive educational environments, particularly the campus psychological environment, are strongly and positively associated with students' emotion regulation, collectively explaining over 80% of the variance in emotional functioning.

Gong Ting, Khalid Ahmed, Ahmed Basyoni, Anne Thingnam, Ruqia Saba Ashraf, Huang He, Rahat Bashir2026-09-20

📄 social science

Tracing the Evolution of a Science Teacher's Technological Pedagogical Content Belief System During E-Argumentation

This single-case study demonstrates that implementing e-argumentation software in science classes fosters the evolution of a teacher's technological, pedagogical, and epistemological beliefs from distinct concepts into a flexible, integrated system through the software's ability to make student reasoning visible and promote interactive belief reorganization.

Muhsin KILIÇ, Mehmet DEMİRBAĞ, Eralp BAHÇİVAN2026-09-20

📄 social science

Cumulative Intimate Partner Violence Reshapes Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Protective Factor Networks: The Central Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties

This study demonstrates that cumulative intimate partner violence fundamentally reorganizes the network of psychopathological symptoms and protective factors in female survivors, shifting from isolated violence-related experiences to an integrated structure where emotion regulation difficulties and self-compassion emerge as central intervention targets.

MinJae Kim, A-Ra Son, Doyeon Kim, Jang-Han Lee, Gi-Eun Lee2026-09-20

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