📄 social science

Distributed Matchday Legitimacy and Perceived Triggers of Football Hooliganism in Ghana's Division One League: A Stakeholder Study

This study of Ghana's Division One League identifies perceived biased officiating and refusal to accept referee decisions as the primary triggers of football hooliganism, proposing a "distributed matchday legitimacy" framework that integrates refereeing, security, media, and governance to manage stakeholder perceptions and mitigate violence.

DANIEL AMOAH-OPPONG, Richmond Antwi2026-07-28
📄 social science

Development and Validation of the Organizational Cybersecurity Perception Scale: A Protection Motivation Theory Instrument Contextualized by NIST CSF 2.0

This study develops and psychometrically validates the Organizational Cybersecurity Perception Scale (PMT-OCPS), a 27-item, six-factor instrument grounded in Protection Motivation Theory and contextualized by NIST CSF 2.0, which effectively measures employees' cognitive appraisals of organizational cybersecurity threats and capacities through robust statistical and known-groups analyses.

Soner Çankaya, Fatih Samet Atasoy, Muhammet Kusan, Mustafa Tolga Bayraktar, Hakan Can Altunay, Erkan Faruk Şirin2026-07-28
📄 social science

Artificial Intelligence for Inclusive Early Childhood Education: A Systematic Literature Review of Learning, Assessment, and Intervention Technologies

This systematic literature review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2020 to 2026 on AI technologies in inclusive early childhood education, identifying key applications in adaptive learning, assessment, and intervention while highlighting persistent ethical challenges and proposing a "Human–AI Collaboration Ecosystem" framework for sustainable implementation.

MA Muazar Habibi, Jundu Muhammad Mufakkirul Islami2026-07-28
📄 social science

Emotion, Community, and the Resilience of Ritual Performance: A Multimodal Study of Epic of Darkness in Contemporary China

Through a mixed-methods study of the Epic of Darkness in northwestern Hubei, this paper argues that the ritual's resilience is sustained not merely by formal apprenticeship but by a self-reinforcing cycle of local cultural enthusiasm and broad participation that maintains high emotional energy even amidst economic transformation.

Jinglei Gao, Jianghua Zhang, Haikun Zhang2026-07-28
📄 other

Assessing the Social Validity of Canvas LMS-Based Cybersecurity Online Modules in High School STEM Classes

This study evaluates the social validity of Canvas LMS-based cybersecurity modules for high school STEM students, finding that higher technology self-efficacy significantly increases positive ratings while word network analysis of open-ended responses reveals mixed sentiments, with terms like "metaverse" appearing in both positive and negative contexts.

Gahangir Hossain, Mikyung Shin, Brigette Whaley, Mehnaz Afrose, Enamul Hassan2026-07-27
📄 other

An Integrated Analysis of Informal Caregiving and Psychosocial Work Stressors on Mental Health Trajectories in Later Life

Using longitudinal data from 17 European countries, this study reveals that while both informal caregiving and adverse psychosocial work conditions independently predict declining mental health in older adults, their combined effect significantly amplifies negative outcomes specifically for women, highlighting the need for integrated policy interventions.

Kaori Enatsu-Møll, Marja Aartsen, Tale Hellevik, Ira Malmberg-Heimonen2026-07-27
📄 other

Public discourse on the first US congestion pricing program in New York City across social media platforms

This paper analyzes public discourse on New York City's 2025 congestion pricing implementation across YouTube, Reddit, and TikTok using a multi-stage NLP pipeline, revealing that while nearly half of the comments express negative sentiment or opposition, attitudes vary significantly by platform and topic, offering critical insights for future policy-making and public communication strategies.

JIahe Mao, Nilaa Raghunathan, Xuan Di2026-07-27
📄 other

Unpacking the Pathway from Coparenting to Adolescent Behavior Problems: Parenting Stress as a Mediator and Evidence from The Longitudinal and Dyadic Approaches

This longitudinal and dyadic study demonstrates that higher-quality coparenting reduces adolescent behavior problems over time by lowering parenting stress, with significant actor and partner effects indicating that one parent's coparenting influences both their own and their partner's stress levels and perceptions of their child's behavior.

Lan Wang, Lina Lv, Minghui Li, Shanshan Jiang, Peng Lu, Dandan Tong, Jiayue Li2026-07-27