📄 social science

Mapping Friendship Processes: The Role of Interaction Frequency in Overlap and Synchrony

A quantitative study of 300 young adults in Delhi NCR using correlational design and Pearson's analysis found that higher interaction frequency significantly predicts greater network overlap and behavioral synchrony in friendships, with females demonstrating significantly stronger relational efficiency than males across all measures.

Akshita Lamba, Lisha Anand, Aryan Goenka, Shivani Arora2026-09-08
📄 social science

From Novelty to Credibility? A Longitudinal Structural Topic Model of Audience Discourse towards Lil Miquela on YouTube

This longitudinal study of YouTube comments reveals that audience discourse toward the virtual influencer Lil Miquela did not follow a uniform trajectory from novelty to credibility, but instead exhibited selective normalisation characterized by declining identity confusion, rising creative engagement, and significant fluctuations driven by content gaps and sponsorship contexts.

Nan Li, Luyao Yuan2026-09-08
📄 social science

Beyond Technology Adoption: The Household Solar Utilization Meaning Framework (HSUMF) for Understanding Household Solar Energy Utilization in Urban Zambia

This study introduces the Household Solar Utilization Meaning Framework (HSUMF) for urban Zambia, arguing that consistent household solar adoption is driven not merely by technology or economics but by a socially embedded process of meaning construction where structural challenges and community interactions shape how families interpret solar energy as essential for security, livelihood, and well-being.

Sophie Harawa, Francis Simui, John C Phiri, Nasilele Lubinda2026-09-08
📄 social science

Shared Book Reading in a Sinhala-English Bilingual Family: Parent-Child Engagement Across Languages and Text Formats

This study examines shared book reading in a Sinhala-English bilingual family in Australia, revealing that while English sessions fostered more extensive dialogue, Sinhala sessions utilized code-switching and translation as scaffolding, with both languages and formats (print and digital) contributing uniquely to children's cognitive and social literacy development.

SUMALI SAMINDA KURUPPU KURUPPU ACHCHIGE2026-09-08
📄 social science

Sleep Problems and Internet Addiction Symptom Co-occurrence in Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis

This cross-lagged panel network analysis of Chinese adolescents reveals that sleep problems, particularly daytime dysfunction and poor sleep quality, temporally predict subsequent Internet addiction symptoms more strongly than the reverse, suggesting that targeting sleep functioning and self-regulation could effectively prevent the consolidation of Internet addiction.

Lili Liu, Shuang Li2026-09-08
📄 social science

Terminology use and self-determination in end-of-life coverage by Korean national daily newspapers: a quantitative content analysis

This quantitative content analysis of 106 articles from seven Korean national daily newspapers (2023–2025) reveals that end-of-life coverage frequently conflates distinct terminologies and prioritizes legal-institutional frames over the autonomy frame, thereby obscuring the specific scope of self-determination and highlighting the need for conceptual clarity to safeguard patient choice.

Ji Yeun Lim, Hong-Keun Bak, Kye-hyun Kim, Seog-Kyun Mun2026-09-08
📄 social science

An Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour framework on the purchase decision towards gari and beans dish among undergraduates

This study reveals that among undergraduates at the University of Education, Winneba, the purchase decision for 'gari and beans' is significantly driven by pricing, attitude, location, and perceived behavioural control, with pricing emerging as the strongest predictor, while packaging was found to be statistically insignificant.

Isaac Kwasi Asante, Yaw Sarfo, Auswell Amfo-Antiri, Mavis Akor Teye, Justice Ako-nai Mensah2026-09-08