📄 social science

Is the Onset-Based STEARC Effect Culturally Generalizable? Evidence from a Turkish Sample

This study challenges the cultural generalizability of the onset-based STEARC effect by demonstrating that Turkish participants, despite their left-to-right reading habits, did not exhibit a consistent left-to-right Mental Time Line, suggesting that reading direction alone is insufficient to produce a stable spatial-temporal association across different task conditions.

İrem Aydın, Merve Bulut, Hakan Çetinkaya, Seda Dural, Ezgi Gür2026-09-04
📄 social science

Methodological Notes on Black Feminist Epistemologies and Intersectionality in Qualitative and Health Equity Research

Drawing on a qualitative study of police violence's impact on Black and Latina women, this paper argues that Black feminist epistemologies and intersectionality are critical methodologies for uncovering the structural roots of health inequities, centering marginalized lived experiences, and driving transformative solutions toward health equity.

Ida Wilson2026-09-04
📄 social science

Culture and Diversity Content in Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Program Curricula: An Exploratory Analysis

This exploratory study investigates how ABA graduate programs currently integrate culture and diversity content and evaluates the effectiveness of providing a specialized toolkit in accelerating curricular changes to align with updated professional ethics and competency guidelines.

Meghan A. Deshais, Stephanie M Ortiz, Adelynne Antilus, Trae Steed, Archisha Murthy2026-09-04
📄 social science

Tourist Perceptions of Infrastructure Adequacy and Facility Satisfaction in the Mountain Tourism City of Skardu Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan

This study validates a four-dimensional model of urban facility satisfaction to demonstrate that hospitality infrastructure and attraction assets are the primary drivers of tourist satisfaction in Skardu, Pakistan, providing planners with a diagnostic tool to prioritize infrastructure investments amidst rapid tourism-driven urbanization.

Najaf Ali, Zaheer Ahmed, Takaaki Nihei, Kashif Mahmood2026-09-04
📄 social science

Different resources predict entry into and exit from harsh parenting

This study of 2,290 Japanese parents reveals that while adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress predict the onset of harsh parenting, positive childhood experiences with non-parental adults and community social capital specifically predict its desistance, suggesting that strengthening non-family relationships is a critical target for intervention beyond traditional risk reduction.

Chihiro Hosoda, Takahiro Tabuchi2026-09-04
📄 social science

The landscape of disability-inclusive education in Nepal: A scoping review

This scoping review of 42 studies reveals that while disability-inclusive education in Nepal is supported by rights-based policies and peer networks, its practical implementation is significantly hindered by structural barriers like inaccessible infrastructure and inadequate teacher preparation, necessitating a shift from mere classroom placement to meaningful pedagogical inclusion.

Yadav Acharya, Basu Dev Kafle, Rabindra Siwakoti, Shanti Prasad Khanal, Chhaya Kumari Pathak2026-09-04
📄 social science

Short-Term Effects of Dynamic Emotional Bodily Movements on Emotion Regulation

This study demonstrates that dynamic bodily movements associated with happiness and sadness can immediately shift self-reported affective states in healthy adults, providing preliminary evidence for the role of full-body movements in emotion regulation while noting the need for further controlled trials before clinical applications can be established.

Amit Kumar Soni, Chetan Gwala, Mohit Kumar2026-09-04
📄 social science

Differentiated Emphasis, Shared Silences: A Tension-Aware Academic Balanced Scorecard Analysis of the Strategic Plans of the World’s Top-50 Universities

This study introduces a novel tension-aware Academic Balanced Scorecard validated by ensemble LLM coding and compositional analysis to reveal that while the strategic plans of the world's top-50 universities exhibit differentiated emphases unrelated to region or rank, they share significant silences, notably under-prioritizing research, measurable outcomes, and explicit trade-offs.

A. Elkhatat2026-09-04