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📄 social science

Mapping Persuasion and Backer Performance in Non-Profit Sustainability Crowdfunding: A Psycholinguistic Grey-DEMATEL and LIWC Analysis

This study employs a mixed-methods approach combining Grey-DEMATEL and LIWC analysis to demonstrate that emotional tone, cognitive cues, and personalization are the primary psycholinguistic drivers of success in Indian sustainability crowdfunding campaigns, while authenticity and moral language foster trust and excessive self-reference hinders performance.

Darpan Tuli, Nidhi Maheshwari2026-08-31
📄 social science

Human–GenAI Interaction in Higher Education: Trust as a Central Mechanism Shaping Learning Enhancement and Trade-offs

This study validates a framework demonstrating that trust serves as a critical mediating mechanism in human–GenAI interactions within higher education, where high-quality engagement drives learning outcomes more significantly than usage frequency, despite revealing a dual nature where trust simultaneously enhances learning and increases perceived trade-offs.

Albin P. Mathew, Gopi D.2026-08-31
📄 social science

Challenges and Prospects of Migration of People From Neighboring Urban Centers to Yabello Town, Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia

This mixed-methods study of urban–urban migration to Yabello Town, Ethiopia, finds that while migrants significantly contribute to economic growth and cultural enrichment, their influx also presents challenges such as security concerns and pressure on urban services, necessitating balanced policy interventions.

Tsalafo Chaka Chame, Muluken Tenaw Ewnetu, Dagne Tesfaye Dida2026-08-31
📄 social science

The Architecture of Educational Measurement: A Multi-Country Policy Analysis and Mathematical Simulation of a Hybrid Phase- and Outcome-Based Marks Distribution Model

This paper presents and validates a hybrid educational measurement model that dynamically adjusts domain weights across curricular stages to better align with learner development and patient safety, demonstrating through multi-country policy analysis and psychometric simulation that it improves upon traditional credit-hour and fixed-outcome frameworks by enhancing cognitive foundations in preclinical phases while reducing written-examination limitations in clinical specialties.

Siraj DAA Khan2026-08-31
📄 social science

Prevalence and Interpersonal Implications of Narcissistic Traits Among University Students in Bangladesh: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study

This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study conducted at Comilla University, Bangladesh, reveals that narcissistic traits are moderately prevalent among university students and significantly shape interpersonal relationships by fostering instrumental connections, emotional distance, and defensiveness, particularly within the context of the country's collectivist social structures.

Shahnaz Akter, Fazle Sharior, N M Rabiul Awal Chowdhury, Kamran ul Baset2026-08-31
📄 social science

Calibrating participation in museum conservation: A contribution-based participatory conservation framework

This paper proposes a contribution-based participatory conservation framework, validated through a case study of the Shaanxi History Museum, which redefines public engagement in museum conservation as a graded expansion of epistemic access and cognitive contribution rather than shared operational authority, thereby enabling deeper participation while strictly maintaining professional accountability and material integrity.

Xiaotong Huo, Jia Wang, Xiaochao Gao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Meng Liu, Shu Jiang, Zhiyong Lu2026-08-31
📄 social science

Sensory Overload and Sustainable Heritage Tourism: A Neurophenomenological Model of Urban Eco-Preservation

This paper proposes a Sensory–Mindfulness–Stewardship (SMS) model that theorizes how the sensory atmosphere of historic urban centers influences tourists' mindful states and subsequent spontaneous eco-preservation behaviors, thereby addressing the gap in heritage tourism scholarship regarding the cognitive mechanisms underlying sustainable conduct.

Javed Ali, Mohd Amran Mohd Daril, Nohman Khan2026-08-31
📄 social science

China’s Ecological and Environmental Code: Legal integration, land–sea coordination, and policy implications for marine environmental governance

This article analyzes China's newly adopted Ecological and Environmental Code as a transformative legal framework that addresses regulatory fragmentation and enhances land–sea coordination in marine governance, while evaluating its alignment with international obligations and the practical challenges of its implementation.

Xin Su, Yichao Wei2026-08-31