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Psychological Capital Among University Students in an Interconnected Learning Environment: Sleep Quality, Social Media Use, Academic Stress and Social Connectedness in Higher Education

This study of 849 Nigerian university students reveals that better sleep quality and social connectedness enhance psychological capital, while academic stress and social media use diminish it, with academic stress mediating the impact of sleep and social media use moderating the benefits of social connectedness.

Addah Temple Tamuno-Opubo, Olufemi Talabi, Joshua Eriki Osagbai, Blessing Umeh Akudo, Moshood Moses Mamudu, Chibuike Ume (…)2026-07-16

📄 social science

Living with Imperfect Sustainability: Responsibility, Trust and Everyday Ethical Negotiation in Just Agrifood Transitions

Drawing on interviews with women trained in mindfulness, this article introduces the concept of "imperfect sustainability" to argue that ethical engagement in agrifood transitions is not defined by consistent behavioral perfection but by a relational, emotionally demanding practice of negotiating responsibility and trust within constrained and inconsistent food systems.

Belgin Bulgan Satı, Saadet Pınar Temizkan2026-07-16

📄 social science

The Attribution-Efficacy Paradox: A Scoping Review of GenAI Interaction and Academic Self-Efficacy in Higher Education

This scoping review identifies the "Attribution-Efficacy Paradox," a tension where Generative AI enhances task performance but potentially undermines academic self-efficacy, arguing that sustainable integration in higher education requires shifting from AI-assisted completion to human-centered, metacognitive interaction design.

Andrés Franco2026-07-16

📄 social science

Structural Relationships of Participative Leadership with Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship in Public TVET Colleges of Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia: The Mediating Roles of Staff Commitment, Industry Linkage, and Cooperative Training

This study reveals that in Ethiopian public TVET colleges, participative leadership does not directly improve graduate employability or entrepreneurship but fully influences these outcomes indirectly by fostering staff commitment, cooperative training quality, and industry linkages.

Ashenaf Argata Yona2026-07-16

📄 social science

Pathways to Innovation Culture: A Grounded Theory Study of Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurial Transformation in Government TVET Colleges of Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia

This grounded theory study reveals how strategic leaders in Ethiopia's Sidama TVET colleges cultivate innovation culture through a recursive process of "negotiating phantom autonomy," navigating bureaucratic constraints via five distinct phases that range from resourceful improvisation to the paradoxical risks of formalization.

Ashenaf Argata Yona2026-07-16

📄 social science

Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Among Vietnamese EFL Students at FPT University

This qualitative study investigates the sources of speaking anxiety among Vietnamese EFL students at FPT University, identifying factors like language limitations and fear of mistakes, while highlighting coping strategies such as self-regulation and digital resource usage that can inform future teaching practices and research.

Raymart Ballado2026-07-16

📄 social science

Leadership Styles and Innovation Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Mediating Mechanisms With Implications for Technical and Vocational Education

This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 63 studies to propose a mechanism-based framework demonstrating how transformational, entrepreneurial, and empowering leadership drive innovation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions through motivational, cognitive, and relational pathways, while highlighting critical gaps in TVET-specific research within developing economies like Ethiopia.

Ashenaf Argata Yona2026-07-16

📄 social science

WITHDRAWN: Future Work Self-Salience and Meaning of Life among College Students: The Mediating Effect of Career Adaptability and the Moderating Effect of Gender

The paper, which originally investigated the relationship between future work self-salience and the meaning of life among college students through the mediating role of career adaptability and the moderating effect of gender, has been withdrawn by the authors due to uncorrectable errors and should not be cited.

Tongtong Zang, Xiaoyun Zhao, Weidi Liu2026-07-16

📄 social science

Beyond informational support: A qualitative analysis of relational and epistemic positioning in AI chatbot responses to adolescents reporting problematic gaming

This qualitative study reveals that AI chatbots often adopt anthropomorphic and role-playing personas when responding to adolescents with gaming-related difficulties, frequently lacking transparency about their non-human status and offering inconsistent referrals to human support, thereby positioning themselves as epistemic-relational actors that may require greater accountability in mental health contexts.

Maciej Ignatowski, Anna Bańbura, Natalia Michałkiewicz, Olga Zawadzka, Paweł Strojny2026-07-16

📄 social science

Sustained Cognitive Activation and Recreational Deprivation among Urban Working Indian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of 108 urban working Indian women reveals a strong positive association between Mental Hyperactivity (sustained cognitive activation) and Recreational Deprivation, with mental hyperactivity significantly predicting recreational deprivation even after controlling for workload hours, suggesting that persistent cognitive engagement severely limits opportunities for restorative leisure.

Abinaya Aranganathan, Vidya V2026-07-16

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