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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
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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
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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
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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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A Deep Investigation Using Factorial Analysis and Rasch Model: An Optimized Short-Version of the Computational Thinking Scale (COTS)

This study develops and validates an optimized short-version of the Computational Thinking Scale (COTS) for Indonesian university students by employing Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the Rasch model to confirm its robust factor structure, reliability, and effectiveness in assessing individuals with moderate computational thinking skills.

Syahrul Alim, Sirirat Petsangsri, Dedi Nasruddin, A. Nur Aulia Saudi, Susi Susanti2026-07-01
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Emotional Response to a Static Visual Stimulus of Nature Across Lower and Higher Anxiety-Depression Symptom Groups

This study found that adults with higher anxiety-depression symptoms reported significantly greater negative affect and image-evoked anxiety/worry in response to a single forest photograph compared to those with lower symptoms, though the findings are considered preliminary due to the study's reliance on a single image and exploratory methodology.

Aistė Diržytė, Aleksandras Patapas, Aiste Kanapickaite2026-07-01
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Twitter climate discourse as a signal of pro-environmental behaviors

This study integrates geolocated Twitter data with Eurobarometer survey results to demonstrate that while the overall volume of online climate discourse positively correlates with regional pro-environmental behaviors, specific discourse types like activism and social support are negatively associated with offline actions, highlighting the potential and nuances of using digital traces to monitor collective environmental behavior.

Edoardo Maggioni, Diego Garlaschelli, Rossana Mastrandrea, Luca Maria Aiello2026-07-01
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Social Emotional Learning: Self-Regulation and Altruistic Behavior in a Love- Based Learning Context

This quantitative study demonstrates that Social Emotional Learning significantly enhances both self-regulation and altruistic behavior among students in Indonesian Islamic primary schools, with a notably stronger impact on self-regulation, thereby validating the effectiveness of integrating SEL within culturally grounded, love-based educational frameworks.

Siti Masyithoh, Nafia Wafiqni, Asep Ediana Latip, Ahmed Ali Loukam, Reeha Zahria, Revalina Zelda2026-07-01