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Psychological Capital and Emotion Regulation Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Sports Clubs: A Network Analysis

This study utilizes network analysis on a large sample of Chinese middle-aged and older sports club members to reveal that psychological capital and emotion regulation form an integrated, hierarchically organized system where optimism and hope serve as central resources, cognitive reappraisal acts as the primary cross-domain bridge, and resilience provides an upstream foundation for adaptive functioning.

Jiayang Luo, Junying Chen, Yujia Qu2026-10-20

📄 social science

Understanding behavioral and structural determinants shaping older adults' responses in the climate-health-energy nexus: Implications for multi-level support

This study utilizes the Behavioral and Structural Influence Sphere (BSIS) framework to analyze qualitative data from Taiwan, revealing that older adults' responses to the climate-health-energy nexus are shaped by a combination of individual-level barriers and multi-level enablers, thereby underscoring the necessity for comprehensive, multi-level support strategies rather than focusing solely on individual behavior change.

Keriin Katsaros, Jo-Ting Huang-Lachmann2026-10-20

📄 social science

Sports Dispute Resolution Frameworks and the Right of Access to the Courts in South Africa

This article argues that South African sports bodies, by prioritizing sports autonomy and excluding judicial intervention in their dispute resolution frameworks, effectively create de facto ouster clauses that infringe upon the constitutional right of access to courts guaranteed under section 34.

Lucky Thekisho, Hoolo Nyane2026-10-20

📄 social science

The Legal Subject as Continuant: Durability as a Hidden Assumption of Legal Subjecthood

This article argues that legal subjecthood fundamentally presupposes the assumption of a persisting "continuant" entity, a hidden structural condition revealed by doctrines like *actus reus* and *res judicata* that exposes the limits of legal personhood for reconfigurable or dissolving entities.

Ammar Younas2026-10-20

📄 social science

Generative AI Use and Academic Integrity Behaviour among Law Students in Bangladesh

This study of Bangladeshi law students reveals a significant gap between their high endorsement of verifying AI-generated legal materials and their lower willingness to disclose AI assistance, suggesting a need for distinct educational workflows to address verification and transparency separately.

Kazi Abdul Mannan, Parvas Mia2026-10-20

📄 social science

Negation in Applied Linguistics Research Article Abstracts: Formal Realizations, Rhetorical Locations, and Discourse Functions

This corpus study analyzes the formal realizations, rhetorical distribution, and discourse functions of negation in 812 applied linguistics abstracts, revealing that syntactic negation is most prevalent and that its usage varies significantly across rhetorical moves to help writers construct disciplinary space and calibrate the evidential boundaries of their claims.

Ismail Xodabande, Maryam Maghrour Zefreh, Abdulxay Qosimov, Luiza Galimullina2026-10-20

📄 social science

Innovating infill: Evaluating a city’s moveable tiny homes and RV pilot program to expand housing affordability on residential lots

This qualitative case study evaluates a mid-sized U.S. city's pilot program for moveable tiny homes and RVs as infill housing, revealing how intermediary organizations, early adopters, and pilot-based experimentation can overcome regulatory and social barriers to advance housing affordability and policy reform in established neighborhoods.

Vanessa Fry, Krista Paulsen2026-10-20

📄 social science

Hospital culture, organizational climate, and goal acceptance: Deconstructing the influence path on Chinese medical staff's control at work

This study utilizes a moderated mediation model to demonstrate that hospital culture indirectly enhances Chinese medical staff's control at work through goal acceptance, a process that is further regulated by organizational climate.

Jiaxing Du, Zhiwei Wang, Xiu Jin2026-10-20

📄 social science

The impact of perceptual bias on the utilization of home- and community-based services among older adults in China

This study reveals that perceptual bias significantly hinders the effective utilization of home- and community-based services among older adults in China by distorting service access and allocation, necessitating targeted interventions to improve information dissemination and service quality.

Hengyuan Zhang2026-10-20

📄 social science

The Grammar of Silence and Data Voids: Knowledge Governance on Hunger in Haiti

This theoretical–methodological study utilizes a scoping review and AI-assisted mapping to demonstrate how data voids and the "Grammar of Silence" in international databases marginalize scientific production on hunger in Haiti, arguing that effective solutions require epistemological shifts toward Global South theories and social re-education rather than solely biological or material interventions.

Ethol Exime2026-10-20

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