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An Analysis of Active Citizen Characteristics Among Secondary School Students in Bangkok Metropolis

This quantitative study of 92 secondary schools in Bangkok reveals that while students exhibit high levels of responsible citizenship, they score lowest in participatory citizenship and show significant perception gaps with teachers regarding social responsibility and societal participation, highlighting an urgent need for educational interventions to foster self-reliant and globally competitive young citizens.

Jariya Buasumrerng, Penvara Xupravati, Pruet Siribanpitak2026-08-04

📄 social science

Sports participation and subjective well-being among older migrants in China: The mediating roles of social integration and social support

Based on a study of 413 migrant older adults in China, sports participation significantly enhances subjective well-being primarily through a sequential mediation pathway where physical activity fosters social integration and emotional support, with longer residence duration further amplifying these positive effects.

Zhe Kong, Miao He, Mingming Zhang, Gonghang Shen, Jiu Chen, Jun Xie2026-08-04

📄 social science

‘Sincere Condolences’: The Paradox of Online Mourning

This study examines how the online mourning of Rajni Jain, a mother who lost her son, reveals a paradox where digital platforms simultaneously facilitate maternal identity preservation and solidarity while subjecting grieving women to gendered moral policing and social regulation that enforce normative modes of grief.

Trishna Chaudhuri, Aditi Chakraverty, Eva Sharma2026-08-04

📄 social science

Beyond the cosmopolitan assumption: National and global identity as complementary, not antagonistic, drivers of climate engagement

Challenging the assumption that national and global identities are antagonistic, this study of South Korean adults reveals that both identities function as complementary, independent drivers of climate engagement, with national identity proving to be a particularly strong motivator for enacted behavior.

Dagyum Jung, Seoyong Kim2026-08-03

📄 social science

The Sound of Conflict: Acoustic Gentrification and the Spatial Politics of Pickleball in Urban Public Spaces

Drawing on a corpus of 2,622 texts, this study introduces the concept of "acoustic gentrification" to analyze how the high-decibel nature of pickleball creates spatial conflicts in urban areas, revealing a stark narrative polarization between industry optimism and community resistance that threatens the sport's long-term sustainability.

Lin Lin2026-08-03

📄 social science

School level mechanisms support implementation of the SMK Pusat Keunggulan programme in two Indonesian vocational high schools

This qualitative multiple-case study examines how two Indonesian vocational high schools successfully implemented the SMK Pusat Keunggulan programme through specific school-level mechanisms—including communication, resources, leadership commitment, and organizational structures—demonstrating that sustainable reform depends on translating national policy into localized organizational practice rather than merely providing facilities.

Abdul Muis Mappalotteng, Andi Muhammad Irfan, Nur Alamksyah Arif2026-08-03

📄 social science

Alternative “Antidepressants”: A Study on the Mental Health Dividends of Art Participation

Using large-scale micro-data from the Chinese General Social Survey, this study empirically demonstrates that art participation significantly improves individual mental health by strengthening social connectedness, enhancing subjective well-being, and improving physical health, with these benefits being particularly pronounced among less educated individuals.

Chuanjun Liu, Jing Wu2026-08-03

📄 social science

Measuring Timeliness and Speed of Policy Implementation: Evidence from the Hainan Digital Therapeutics Policy Package

This study evaluates the timeliness and speed of Hainan's digital therapeutics policy implementation using a deadline-anchored rubric and mixed theoretical frameworks, revealing that while most measures were enacted on time, their trajectory followed an inverse S-curve driven by a mix of persistent and phase-specific accelerating and decelerating factors.

Ziming Wang, Yulin Kuang, Weijia Lu, Enola Proctor, Xinxin Xia, Jin Xu2026-08-03

📄 social science

From positive landscape experiences to subjective well-being: A serial mediation model via physical activity and extraversion

This study demonstrates that positive landscape experiences in rural Mid-North Vietnam enhance subjective well-being through a serial mediation pathway where restorative environments encourage physical activity, which in turn fosters extraversion.

Nam Nguyen-Dinh, Heng Zhang, Phuong-Thao Hoang-Thi2026-08-03

📄 social science

The Price of Acceleration: Developmental Misalignment in an Accelerated BSN–PhD Programme and Its Implications for Learner Wellbeing

This qualitative study reveals that accelerated BSN–PhD programmes in China create a developmental misalignment between institutional expectations and student readiness, generating significant psychological stressors and necessitating a shift from institutional support to self-regulation to sustain learner wellbeing.

Ya Shi¹, Tianyue Liu¹, Zimeng Zhou¹, Jia Chen¹, Honghong Wang¹, Junxiang Chen¹, Can Gu¹2026-08-03

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