2920 papers
This study reveals that while total visual attention metrics do not differentiate homeliness levels in elderly care facilities, distinct allocation patterns toward domestic versus functional cues, combined with environmental perception, are crucial for understanding and designing home-like interiors for older adults.
Using data from three waves of a Brazilian victimization survey, this study finds that perceived physical and social neighborhood disorders are significantly stronger predictors of fear of crime than official crime rates, suggesting that urban policies focusing on environmental improvements and public communication are more effective for mitigating fear than merely reporting crime statistics.
This study found that perceived social support significantly moderates the relationship between prenatal attachment and fear of childbirth, such that the negative effect of prenatal attachment on childbirth fear is stronger when social support levels are higher.
This study found that while higher life challenges increase psychological risk and greater resilience decreases it, resilience did not significantly moderate the relationship between life challenges and psychological risk within the Reality Psychology framework.
This qualitative study in Bangladesh reveals that Persons with Disabilities face pervasive, normalized verbal abuse from family and community members, which inflicts severe psychosocial harm including depression, social isolation, and suicidal ideation, necessitating urgent policy interventions, community awareness, and routine mental health screening.
This pioneering quantitative study of the Hasidic community in Borough Park reveals that socio-religious factors function as both protective and risk elements for suicide depending on individual perspectives, while also highlighting a critical gap in culturally responsive mental health resources.
This paper presents a six-domain ELSI readiness matrix designed to guide multidisciplinary stakeholders in evaluating the ethical, legal, and social implications of implementing genomic newborn screening programs through transparent, stage-specific deliberation.
This study utilizes PLS-SEM analysis of 528 students from private Pakistani universities to demonstrate that brand trust significantly enhances student loyalty through the mediating roles of brand image and satisfaction, while psychological safety further strengthens these relationships within the framework of Commitment–Trust Theory.
This study investigates how the use of non-native languages (Urdu and English) as the primary medium of assessment in Pakistan's multilingual early grades compromises construct validity by conflating language proficiency with reasoning ability, thereby obscuring the true cognitive potential of children whose home languages are excluded from formal schooling.
This design-correct replication and extension of a National Crime Victimization Survey analysis reveals that while a protective effect for Hispanic individuals against identity theft remained stable between 2018 and 2021, the previously observed elevated risk for Hispanic noncitizens and the significance of noncitizen status generally diminished during the pandemic, coinciding with a surge in benefits fraud among victims.