📄 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

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

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
📄 social science

Spatially Embedded Clan Culture and Rural Migrants’ Urban Economic Integration in China: Evidence from Occupational Mobility

Drawing on China Family Panel Studies data, this paper reveals that spatially embedded clan culture hinders rural migrants' urban economic integration by limiting occupational mobility through reliance on native-place networks and increased childcare burdens, particularly affecting women and those with lower human capital, though these adverse effects can be mitigated by digital social capital and domestic service development.

Xi Chen, Guowan Hu, Shanlai Liu, Yangfan Guo2026-08-08
📄 social science

The Relationship Between Dimensions of Psychological Reappraisal of Stressful Situations and Anxiety and Depression in Medical Sciences Students

This cross-sectional study of 400 Iranian medical students reveals that adaptive psychological reappraisal strategies, particularly compassionate reappraisal, are significantly associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression, whereas logical/rational reappraisal does not serve as a significant predictor for these mental health outcomes.

Omid Parvizifard¹, Aliakbar Parvizifard¹, Aliakbar Foroughi¹, Peyman Davoodizadeh2026-08-08
📄 social science

Gurukul 2.0: A Capability-Based Model Integrating Indigenous Mentoring, AI, and Character Formation for Graduate Competence

This study validates the "Gurukul 2.0" model, demonstrating that integrating indigenous Guru–Shishya mentoring, AI-augmented personalized learning, and character formation significantly enhances graduate professional competence through learning capability development, moderated by student learning readiness.

Neerupa Chauhan, K.Vinodha Devi, Aakash Kumar, Sreela Krishnan, Nithin Venugopal, Thanuja K A K A2026-08-08
📄 social science

Curiosity profiles, creative self-beliefs, and well-being in music-related undergraduate training

This study utilized latent profile analysis on 528 Chinese music undergraduates to identify five distinct curiosity profiles, revealing that students with globally high curiosity exhibited the strongest creative self-beliefs and subjective well-being, while those with globally low curiosity reported the weakest outcomes.

Jie Zhang, Katayoun Mehdinezhadnouri, Junjie Liu, Qianhui Zhang, Siming Zhu2026-08-08