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Perceived Fairness of Algorithm Driven High Stakes Examinations The Role of Statistical Equivalence System Transparency and Explanation in Shaping Trust Legitimacy and Acceptance

This study investigates how technical factors like statistical equivalence and algorithmic opacity, alongside system transparency and explanations, influence students' perceptions of fairness, trust, and acceptance of algorithm-driven high-stakes examinations, revealing that while statistical factors drive perceived fairness, clear explanations and fairness are the most critical predictors of algorithmic legitimacy and acceptance.

DRMOHAMMAD ALAWNEH, Prof. Nedal Alshraifin2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Mental health and transition among the First-Year Students at one South African University

Guided by Schlossberg's Transition Theory, this qualitative study of twelve first-year students at a South African university identifies alcohol abuse, crime, homophobia, and risky sexual behavior as key mental health challenges during their transition, while highlighting religiosity and institutional support as crucial protective factors.

Lukhanyo Bacela, Jabulani Gilford Kheswa, Vuyokazi Pearl Lupuwana, Mvuyisi Notole2026-07-02

📄 social_science

QR Code–Mediated Instruction Enhances Writing Performance and Learner Engagement in Advanced EFL Learners: A Mixed-Methods Experimental Study

This mixed-methods experimental study demonstrates that QR code-mediated instruction significantly enhances the writing performance and learner engagement of advanced Iranian EFL students compared to traditional methods, while fostering positive attitudes toward autonomous, multimodal learning.

Hamidreza Aminoroaya, Alireza Najafi2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Is social support always protective? Gender and social support differences in the nonlinear association between negative coping and state anxiety

This study of 1,080 Chinese college students reveals that the relationship between negative coping and state anxiety follows a complex, nonlinear pattern that varies by gender and is not uniformly buffered by perceived social support, challenging the assumption that social support is always protective.

Ji Yang, Tianmu Liu, Minglu Zheng, Xuejun Xie2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Dental Students’ Perceptions of Clinical Instructors as Role Models and Their Influence on Career Choice in Sudan: A cross-sectional study

This cross-sectional study of dental students in Sudan reveals that clinical instructors are widely perceived as role models, with their teaching effectiveness and clinical competence significantly influencing students' career choices, particularly among those in earlier stages of clinical training.

Amira Farah, Hala Ali2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Integrating Machine Learning into K–12 Classrooms: Enhancing Critical Thinking Through Interactive AI Tasks

This study demonstrates that integrating machine learning activities into K–12 classrooms enhances middle school students' critical thinking by fostering goal-oriented reasoning and evaluation, while highlighting the need for targeted scaffolding to support learners struggling with concept selection and task completion.

Merve AYDIN, Neriman TOKEL2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Marital Control Behaviours and Spousal violence: Evidence of a Dose-Response Relationship from Malawi National Survey Data

Analysis of nationally representative data from Malawi reveals a strong dose-response relationship where increasing levels of marital control behaviors significantly elevate the risk of emotional, physical, and sexual spousal violence among women, highlighting the need for prevention strategies that address controlling behaviors alongside direct abuse.

Redson Mwandama, Margubur Rahaman, Sylvia David Kachola2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Growing up under continuous trauma: a scoping review about mental health and resilience among Palestinian mothers and children

This scoping review synthesizes empirical literature from 1991 to 2024 to reveal that while Palestinian mothers and children living under chronic political violence face pervasive trauma and high rates of mental health issues, resilience emerges through culturally grounded relational and community supports, yet the field is critically limited by a near-total absence of research on maternal mental health and mother–child dyads.

Karina Manríquez-Reyes, Martina Fischersworring, Romina Mera, Angélica Canales, Nadia Garib, M. Carolina Velasco-Hodgson (…)2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Threatened but Not Passive: How AI Job Displacement Anxiety Promotes Teachers’ Proactive Adaptation Through Professional Identity Threat and Prevention Focus

This study challenges the conventional view of AI-related anxiety as purely detrimental by demonstrating that, among high school teachers, fear of job displacement paradoxically drives proactive adaptation through a serial mediation process where anxiety heightens professional identity threat, which subsequently activates a prevention focus that motivates engagement with AI.

Pingxia Shen, Mudan Fan2026-07-02

📄 social_science

Beyond food provision: a qualitative study of older adults’ participation and sustained engagement in community meal assistance services based on Andersen’s Behavioural Model

Guided by Andersen's Behavioural Model, this qualitative study of 16 older adults in Guangxi, China, reveals that community meal assistance services extend beyond nutritional support to foster social participation and well-being, with continued engagement driven by a complex interplay of lifestyle changes, environmental resources, and evolving multidimensional needs.

Xiaoqiong Qin, Xizhe Cui, Zhixin Li, Haichen Wu, Pengxin Dong, Pinyue Tao, Xiaoying Cao, Yuzhen Luo, Jingyun Zeng, Haowe (…)2026-07-01

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