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Exploring Pre-Service Teachers' Readiness to Integrate Information and Communication Technologies into Teaching and Learning During Unexpected Disruptions

This study utilizes a convergent mixed-methods design to reveal that while South African pre-service teachers possess high individual motivation and adaptability, their readiness to integrate ICTs during disruptions is significantly hindered by infrastructural deficits, limited pedagogical competence, and systemic vulnerabilities, creating a critical "ICT willingness gap" that necessitates embedding digital pedagogies within marginalized teacher education contexts.

Joyce Robertson Kanyerere2026-07-09
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The Illusion of the Mind :A Systematic Review of Cognitive Distortions, Existential Anxiety, and Self-Purification Within a Fine-Tuned Psychological Framework

This systematic review argues that despite the human mind's sophisticated design, it frequently generates destructive cognitive distortions and existential anxieties that can be effectively dismantled through rigorous self-purification and the integration of spiritual alignment with empirical psychological knowledge.

Md. Momin2026-07-09
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The Paradox of Acceptance: Cognitive Distortions in Perception of Loss, Failure, and Their Link to Criminal Behaviors and Suicidal Ideation

This review paper argues that cognitive distortions regarding loss and failure, rather than the events themselves, drive severe emotional distress and maladaptive behaviors like crime and suicide, suggesting that widespread psychological literacy and cognitive restructuring are essential for fostering resilience and preventing such outcomes.

Md. Momin2026-07-09
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Local NGO Autonomy, Direct Funding Access, and the Problem of Pseudo-Local Actors in Post-Crisis Response: Evidence from a Five-Country Comparative Analysis

This five-country comparative analysis challenges the adequacy of current localization metrics by arguing that genuine local NGO autonomy requires ontological independence rather than mere administrative presence, revealing that direct first-level funding to strictly defined local actors remains negligible (approximately 0.56%) despite Grand Bargain commitments.

Jesse Garana2026-07-09
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An Empirical Assessment of Project Management and Leadership Challenges in Development Non-Governmental Organizations: A Case Study of Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission (ECMY-DASSC)

This study reveals that while the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission excels in relational stakeholder engagement, it faces a critical "Leadership-Management Gap" characterized by weak operational disciplines and external instability, necessitating the adoption of strategic program management and adaptive leadership to bridge the divide between mission and execution.

Dagim Dagne Kitesa2026-07-09
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School-Based Relaxation Interventions and Cognitive Emotion Regulation: A Comparative Study on Mindfulness, Music, and Plant-Based Sound Stimulation

This pragmatic cluster trial in Southern Italian schools found that a brief, curriculum-integrated relaxation protocol significantly improved cognitive emotion regulation, particularly for students with high initial maladaptive strategies, while its effects on dispositional mindfulness were heterogeneous and moderated by baseline levels rather than showing uniform gains across groups.

Domenico Cafaro2026-07-09
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When Forgiveness Does Not Feel Safe: Divine Forgiveness as a Psychological Pathway from Early Life Unpredictability to Scrupulosity

This study of 208 Indonesian Christian undergraduates reveals that early life unpredictability increases scrupulosity not directly, but indirectly by diminishing individuals' perceived divine forgiveness, which serves as a critical psychological mechanism linking adverse childhood environments to religious anxiety.

Yonathan Aditya, Chrysan Gomargana2026-07-09
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Instructional Quality and PISA Mathematics Trajectories, 2012–2022: Frequentist and Bayesian Conditional Latent Growth Curve Analysis

This study utilizes longitudinal Bayesian and frequentist growth modeling across 52 countries to reveal that while knowledge economy pillars like R&D expenditure and employment co-move with PISA mathematics scores in cross-sectional snapshots, their long-term growth trajectories are independent, and national trends in instructional quality do not predict decadal shifts in student mathematics performance.

Fatih Aygören, Ergün Kara2026-07-09
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Exploring the effect of career planning on learning engagement: evidence from vocational and applied undergraduates in China

Based on a study of 2,100 Chinese vocational and applied undergraduates, this paper demonstrates that career planning significantly enhances learning engagement through the partial mediation of professional identity and academic self-efficacy, with career planning execution being the most influential factor and the effect remaining consistent across different undergraduate types.

Yanxing Xue, Shuqing Xiao2026-07-09