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Academic Performance and Its Association with Self-Efficacy and Academic Resilience among High School Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study Running title: Academic Performance and Associated Factors among High School Adolescents

This cross-sectional study of 356 Iranian high school students reveals that academic self-efficacy and academic resilience are significant independent predictors of academic performance, collectively explaining 45.4% of the variance in GPA among adolescents facing intense pressure from the national university entrance exam.

Zahra Jalili, Farnaz Rahmani, Saeed Musavi, Maryam Vahidi2026-08-10

📄 social science

Consciousness as a moderator of the relationship between school principals’ knowledge and practices of the sixteen quality principles of competency-based education

This study of 239 school principals in Ethiopia's Gedeo Zone reveals that while knowledge of competency-based education principles is necessary, it is insufficient on its own, as principals' consciousness skills are a critical moderator that significantly strengthens the translation of this knowledge into effective practice.

Habtamu Disasa Muleta2026-08-10

📄 social science

Anti-Immigrant Policy and Children’s Health: A State-Level Analysis of Exposure to Risk

Using 2023 National Survey of Children's Health data, this study demonstrates that exclusionary state immigration policies significantly increase mental, social, and relational risks for children of immigrants, whereas inclusionary policies serve as a protective factor that mitigates these disparities.

Jennifer Vaughn2026-08-10

📄 social science

When disengagement protects the self: A qualitative study of low-achieving undergraduates’ experiences of compulsory EFL learning

This qualitative study reveals that disengagement among low-achieving Chinese engineering undergraduates in compulsory EFL courses functions not merely as a motivational deficit but as a contextually shaped self-protection strategy against anticipated failure and negative self-evaluation, suggesting that instructional approaches should prioritize enhancing perceived competence and relevance to foster safer participation.

Ying Wang2026-08-10

📄 social science

Multiple Intelligences as a Pedagogical Heuristic for EFL Argumentative Writing in Ethiopian Higher Education (Original Article)

This mixed-methods study demonstrates that reconceptualizing Multiple Intelligences Theory as an instructional heuristic significantly enhances argumentative writing skills, engagement, and self-efficacy among EFL undergraduates in Ethiopian higher education compared to traditional instruction.

Tilahun Gebretsadik, Getachew Seyoum, Adege Alemu2026-08-10

📄 social science

Predicting Criminal Charges in Adolescents Using Multi-Informant Assessments at Child Welfare Intake

This study demonstrates that multi-informant assessments of rule-breaking behavior and callous-unemotional traits collected at Child Welfare Services intake can effectively predict future criminal charges in adolescents, while also highlighting the potential of Functional Family Therapy to reduce offending among high-risk, school-attending youths.

Gunnar Bjørnebekk, Asgeir Røyrhus Olseth, Andreas Høstmælingen2026-08-10

📄 social science

Compressed Son Preference: A New Perspective on Fertility Behaviour under the Two-Child Norm

Despite the consolidation of the two-child norm in urban India, this study reveals that son preference persists as a "compressed" force driving higher-order fertility decisions, where women without sons remain significantly more likely to have a third child, a behavior consistent with their stated preferences and only partially mitigated by education.

Sumit Kumar, Bhaswati Das2026-08-10

📄 social science

Delegated Transgression: Orders of Responsiveness Between Consensual Somnophilia and Sexual Violence

This qualitative netnography of online communities examines how consensual somnophilia operates through "delegated transgression," arguing that as the capacity for contemporaneous response diminishes, the acting partner's responsibility to interpret ambiguity conservatively and exercise self-restraint must proportionally increase to distinguish authorized intimacy from sexual violence.

Daniela Dr. Klimke2026-08-10

📄 social science

Social Media Usage and Employee Well-Being: A Systematic Literature Review Using Bibliometric Analysis and the TCCM Framework

This study employs a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of 122 Scopus-indexed articles (2015–2025) within the TCCM framework to demonstrate how enterprise social media enhances employee well-being through social capital and knowledge sharing, while proposing a new conceptual model and future research agenda.

Ayash Manzoor2026-08-10

📄 social science

Who Composed This Piece? Emotions, Creativity and Perceptions in Human and AI-Generated Music

This study investigates how authorship attribution (human vs. AI) and listener expectations influence the perception of emotional resonance, creativity, and aesthetic value in instrumental music, comparing listener evaluations of AI-generated and human-composed pieces under varying priming conditions while also considering the emotional states of human composers.

Eleonora Diletta Sarcinella, Anna Forzato, Andrea Schiavio, Alice Chirico2026-08-10

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