1632 papers
This report argues that sustainable waste management in Mogadishu requires addressing political instability and strengthening institutional governance, rather than relying solely on technical solutions, to achieve effective urban service delivery and state-building.
This paper argues that political source cues most effectively shape public opinion on issues that have not yet been incorporated into group identities, as pre-existing alignment with or against a source's position significantly limits further attitudinal change.
This paper argues that while AI tools like ChatGPT can democratize access to historical knowledge, they risk distorting collective memory through algorithmic biases and factual inconsistencies, necessitating ethically grounded human oversight to ensure historical narratives remain products of critical reflection rather than automated representation.
This paper proposes a Beauvoirian ethics of couple repair that argues authentic love, defined as reciprocal recognition, is structurally prone to conflict and infidelity, and suggests that while only consensual non-monogamy preserves authenticity, repair toward an I–Thou relationship is only possible through disclosed non-consensual infidelity when the offending party engages in repair, provided that cognitive-existential foundations for mutual recognition are re-established before communication skills training.
This quantitative study of Indonesian junior high schools utilizes a Risk Control Matrix to reveal a high prevalence of physical and verbal bullying, identifying gender and prior violence exposure as significant risk factors while highlighting that most students experience both victimization and perpetration.
Using a survey experiment, this paper demonstrates that exposing white Americans to structural explanations of racial inequality, which challenge colorblind ideology, triggers anger that drives political mobilization against race-conscious education, with the nature of this anger varying between Democrats who lament persistent inequality and Republicans who reject structural causes entirely.
This study of 1,649 Iranian teachers reveals that while they possess strong recognition of major mental disorders, item-level analysis uncovers critical gaps in understanding specific conditions and pervasive stigmatizing attitudes toward social integration, highlighting the need to move beyond aggregate scores to target specific intervention priorities.
This paper argues that contemporary Virtual Learning Environments must be reconfigured from sterile, behaviorist tools into living ecosystems of social subjectivity by integrating Complexity Theory and the Theory of Subjectivity to prioritize emotional memory and dialogical meaning over standardized metrics and algorithmic control.
This study utilizes fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling to demonstrate that positive postpartum body appreciation is significantly shaped by relational factors, particularly secure attachment, partner responsiveness, and effective dyadic coping, which can buffer against interpersonal vulnerabilities.
A 2025 quantitative pre-experimental study in Peru's northern highlands demonstrates that an environmental education program utilizing fieldwork significantly improves ecological behaviors and attitudes among public secondary school students.