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Governance Design and Achievement Stability: Fiscal Autonomy, Punitive Oversight, and Performance Balance Across U.S. States

This study investigates how state governance designs, specifically fiscal autonomy and punitive oversight, influence the stability and balance of student achievement across subjects and grades in the U.S., finding limited evidence that fiscal autonomy independently reduces achievement dispersion while suggesting a modest role for punitive oversight in mitigating internal performance imbalances.

Bongyoung Kim, Yong Hak Lee2026-07-06

📄 social science

Unpacking the Differential Effects of Growth Mindset on Mathematics Academic Achievement Between Competitive and Regular Students

This study utilizes multi-group structural equation modeling to reveal that while teacher support fosters growth mindset in both competitive and regular students, the impact of growth mindset on mathematics achievement differs significantly: for regular students, it operates entirely through indirect psychological pathways, whereas for competitive students, it also exerts a direct positive effect on academic scores.

Qiwei Qian, Zheng Wu, Wenkang Du2026-07-06

📄 social science

Understanding and Addressing Digital Interface Barriers for Seniors: A User-centred Design of a Swedish Digital Postbox

This study employs a user-centred design approach to identify and address specific usability barriers—such as physical interaction, navigation, trust, and comprehension—faced by Swedish seniors using digital postboxes, ultimately demonstrating that actively involving this demographic throughout the design process significantly enhances interface accessibility and user experience.

Emma Rongione, Frida Wilhelmsson, Arzu Guneysu2026-07-06

📄 social science

Cross-cultural variation in emotional coherence during music listening

This study investigates cross-cultural differences in emotional coherence between subjective experience and physiological responses during music listening, finding that Western participants generally exhibit higher coherence than Eastern participants, particularly in response to negative music.

Cen Cong2026-07-06

📄 social science

The Man Box in India: Three dimensions of contemporary masculinity among Indian youth

This quantitative study of 1,105 Indian college students reveals that while men endorse the "Man Box" more than women, contemporary Indian masculinity is characterized by a hybrid integration of traditional and transformative values rather than polarization, offering a significant opportunity to promote healthy masculinities by leveraging the strong endorsement of positive traits like caring and emotional expression.

Francis kulandai Raj F, Vijayalakshmi V2026-07-06

📄 social science

Two Discourses of the “Special Relationship”

This article employs a corpus-assisted discourse analysis of four speeches delivered during King Charles III's 2026 state visit to the United States to demonstrate how the constitutional monarch and populist President Trump utilized distinct discursive cultures—legal-constitutional versus ancestral-civilisational—to frame their "Special Relationship," while also identifying Charles's use of "veiled directives" as a strategic evolution in royal rhetoric under populist pressure.

Sultan Ayed Alanazi2026-07-06

📄 social science

Mental Distress, Academic Challenges and Related Stressors among Undergraduate Students at Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

A cross-sectional study of 408 undergraduate students at Bayero University Kano reveals that academic overload, financial difficulties, and performance concerns are primary stressors contributing to moderate nervousness, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and sleep disturbances, highlighting an urgent need for targeted mental health interventions.

Sumayya Kabir Dandago, Hassan Hassan Murtala, Zainab M. Sardauna, E. E. Anyebe, I. R. Toluwase2026-07-06

📄 social science

Institutional Drivers of Green Skills Development in Ghanaian Higher Education

Drawing on data from 353 students at a Ghanaian public university, this study demonstrates that green skills development is driven by interconnected institutional initiatives, curriculum integration, and campus culture, which collectively enhance students' environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behaviors.

Alex Boadi Dankyi, Kwame Ofori, Akua Tiwaa Buabeng-Boateng, Isaac Dabel2026-07-06

📄 social science

Towards a Refined Framework for K–12 Teachers’ AI Literacy: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Challenges in Its Development

Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design involving 835 surveys and 10 interviews, this study identifies demographic and conceptual barriers to K–12 teachers' AI literacy and proposes a refined six-theme framework to address these development challenges.

Hui Du, Jinxia Hu, Xiaowei Kang2026-07-06

📄 social science

Leadership Recovery Following Failure: Scale Development and Its Impact on Work Engagement

This study develops and validates a multidimensional scale for leadership recovery, demonstrating that effective leader recovery from failure significantly enhances employee work engagement, particularly within diverse and developing organizational contexts.

Myung-Seong Yim2026-07-06

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