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Evaluating the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Climate Change: Foundations and Implementation Challenges of Climate Justice in Developing States

This article critically evaluates the 2025 ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change as a pivotal legal milestone that strengthens climate justice for developing states like Jordan by grounding obligations in customary international law and human rights, while acknowledging significant implementation hurdles and proposing a multi-level governance framework to translate these moral and legal principles into effective action.

Mohammad Eyadat2026-08-10

📄 social science

Teacher Burnout and Academic Burnout among Secondary School Students: The Mediating Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Negative Academic Emotions in a Multilevel Model

This multilevel study of secondary school students in China reveals that teacher burnout indirectly increases student academic burnout primarily by diminishing students' academic self-efficacy, rather than through negative academic emotions, thereby extending the prosocial classroom model to highlight the critical role of teachers' well-being in fostering student competence beliefs.

Yan BAI, Bihua YAN2026-08-10

📄 social science

Overcoming Barriers for Gender Diversity in Board Room Representation and its Impact On Organizational Effectiveness

This mixed-method study investigates the persistent underrepresentation of women in leadership due to the glass ceiling, demonstrating that overcoming these barriers through structural and cultural changes not only promotes gender equity but also significantly enhances organizational profitability and innovation.

Sunbul Naeem CHEEMA, Muhammad Naeem Sadiq Cheema, Nazia Parveen Gill2026-08-10

📄 social science

Distinct Cognitive Linguistic Profiles in Struggling Elementary School Learners

This study identifies three distinct cognitive–linguistic profiles among elementary students with persistent reading and writing difficulties, demonstrating that similar academic struggles can stem from different underlying mechanisms involving semantic skills, phonological awareness, and neurocognitive functions, thereby supporting the need for mechanism-oriented assessment and intervention.

Shelly Lagus, Debora Maria Befi-Lopes2026-08-10

📄 social science

Thematic analysis of family happiness perceptions among Vietnamese students

This qualitative study of 84 Vietnamese university students reveals that their perception of a happy family is rooted in Confucian-inspired collective values such as emotional bonding, harmony, and financial stability, rather than individual autonomy, highlighting the tension between modern economic pressures and traditional expectations.

Vu Le2026-08-10

📄 social science

Relational Neurogovernance in Africa: Harambee, Botho, and Zambian Humanism as Foundations for Governing Neural Data and Brain–Computer Interfaces

This article proposes the African Relational Governance Framework (ARGF), which adapts global neurotechnology regulatory mechanisms to African contexts by grounding them in the relational philosophies of Harambee, Botho, and Zambian Humanism to better address collective harms and align with existing continental instruments.

Edward Musole2026-08-10

📄 social science

The relationship between spiritual health and psychological well-being with emotional divorce

This study of 384 divorced individuals in Iran found that higher levels of spiritual health and psychological well-being are significantly associated with lower rates of emotional divorce, suggesting that interventions targeting these factors could help prevent marital breakdown.

Sadegh Yoosefee, Hamid Sadeh, Maryam Ardebili, Heidari2026-08-10

📄 social science

Emotion Dysregulation, Weight Self-Stigma, Body Dissatisfaction, and Self-Compassion in Disordered Eating Attitudes: A Serial Mediation Study Among Bangladeshi University Student

This study of Bangladeshi university students reveals that disordered eating attitudes are primarily driven by body dissatisfaction, which is sequentially influenced by emotion dysregulation and weight self-stigma, while self-compassion serves as a protective factor by mitigating body dissatisfaction.

Md. Faisal Ahmed, Siam Ibna Hasnat, Kawser Taslima Hoque Sweety2026-08-10

📄 social science

Acculturative Stress of Chinese Students in the Multicultural Classroom: A Qualitative Study

This qualitative study of 25 Chinese students in a multicultural classroom at a Chinese university reveals that their acculturative stress stems from the interrelated and intensifying co-occurrence of foreign language, social evaluation, and environmental uncertainty stressors, which are further shaped by individual differences such as English self-efficacy and face concern.

Huan Zhang, Yanjun Wang2026-08-10

📄 social science

Multilevel Determinants of Academic Performance and Subject Interest among Public University Students in Bangladesh

This study of 1,910 final-year science students across 20 public universities in Bangladesh reveals that academic performance is driven by distinct individual and institutional factors depending on whether students have an interest in their subject, with interested students benefiting more from personal habits and demographics while uninterested students rely more heavily on teaching quality and institutional support.

Nupur Paul, U. K. Majumder, Dulal Chandra Roy2026-08-10

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