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Host state regulation of transnational corporate damages: a Chinese perspective on challenges and responses

Drawing on China's experience as a major capital-importing developing state, this article argues that despite dual domestic and international constraints on regulatory sovereignty, host states must prioritize building their own institutional pathways—through improved administrative-judicial coordination, refined liability frameworks, and strategic international engagement—rather than relying solely on home state litigation or external accountability mechanisms to address transnational corporate damages.

XINCHAO LIU2026-09-10

📄 social science

Predicting Health-Oriented Leadership from Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs

This study demonstrates that among managers and staff at an Iranian medical university, mental health significantly predicts health-oriented leadership both directly and indirectly through the mediating mechanism of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness).

Arezoo Jafari, Babak Pouyanasab, Saeed Amini2026-09-10

📄 social science

Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Looking-Glass Self and Women’s Leadership Aspirations—A Qualitative Descriptive Study

This qualitative study applies Cooley's looking-glass self theory to demonstrate how 12 college-educated women internalize gendered expectations through family, education, and media, while also identifying how supportive relationships and professional achievements can help reconstruct their self-concept to overcome barriers to leadership.

Henry H. Abghari2026-09-10

📄 social science

Scaffolded Mentorship and Longitudinal Engagement Support High School Students’ Progression to Research Contribution

This study demonstrates that the OPALS program's multi-tier mentorship model and longitudinal engagement framework effectively increase high school student participation, retention, and scholarly output, facilitating their progression from initial exposure to active research contribution.

David Siqi Liu, Veronica Gomez-Godinez, Linda Shi2026-09-10

📄 social science

A Tricontinental Study on Environmental Sustainability

This tricontinental study employs postcolonial ecocriticism and a novel "Eco-Narratology" methodology to analyze literary works from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, demonstrating how these narratives expose extractive colonialism and climate injustice while positioning marginalized voices as essential to achieving global sustainability and climate justice.

Madhusmita Pattanaik, Sonali Das, Rajakumar Guduru2026-09-10

📄 social science

A Sociology Inquiry on the Influence of Tourism on Dietary Practices in Yelagiri Hills

This mixed-method study investigates how the influx of tourism in Yelagiri Hills is shifting the dietary habits of indigenous tribal communities toward convenient, mass-produced packaged foods, highlighting the urgent need for safeguards to protect local food systems while balancing economic benefits.

VIMAL RAJ P, DEVI P2026-09-10

📄 social science

Creative Art Engagement as a Protective Res ource against Digital Overload: The Roles of Emotion Regulation and Psychological Resil ience in University Students’ Mental Health

This study of 478 Chinese university students reveals that creative art engagement serves as a protective resource against the negative mental health impacts of digital overload by enhancing emotion regulation and psychological resilience.

Weixin Zhu2026-09-10

📄 social science

Uncovering the Multidimensional Nature of Climate Change Anxiety: Comprehensive Psychometric Evidence from Colombia

This study validates the multidimensional structure and psychometric properties of the Latin American Spanish version of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale in a large Colombian sample, confirming its reliability and validity for assessing climate change anxiety across different demographic groups.

Ubaldo Enrique Rodríguez-de Avila, David Felipe Vega-Villa, Zuany Luz Paba-Argote2026-09-10

📄 social science

The Cost of Keeping Quiet: A Systematic Review of Self-Silencing and Mental Health Outcomes in Women Across Three Decades

This systematic review synthesizes three decades of empirical evidence to demonstrate a consistent positive relationship between self-silencing and adverse mental health outcomes in women, particularly depression, while highlighting the influence of cultural and relational contexts and acknowledging methodological limitations such as the predominance of cross-sectional designs.

CHITRA SCMS, Supriya Lamba Sahdev2026-09-10

📄 social science

From Need Satisfaction to Participatory Digital Citizenship: Motivational Pathways and Configurations among Chinese Undergraduates

This study of nearly 10,000 Chinese undergraduates reveals that psychological need satisfaction fosters online civic engagement by enhancing academic self-efficacy and learning engagement, with specific motivational configurations driving high levels of participatory digital citizenship.

Weida Zhang, Yingchun Zhang, Tingting Yao, Zhicheng Liu, Xuerong Liao2026-09-10

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