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Explaining and Sustaining AI Assimilation in Higher Education: The Dual Roles of Engagement and Skeptical Engagement

This study employs a sequential multi-method design to demonstrate that both motivational engagement and critical "skeptical engagement" independently drive the assimilation of AI in higher education writing, suggesting that risk awareness fosters reflective integration rather than hindering adoption.

Mohammad Islam Biswas, Md. Shamim Talukder, Muhammad Imran Tanveer Opel2026-10-13
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Multidimensional housing inequality across eight European countries: a cross-national cluster and risk analysis based on an online survey

Based on survey data from eight European countries, this study identifies four distinct household vulnerability profiles and reveals that while dwelling vulnerability is consistently associated with green-space inequality, its link to transport inequality varies significantly across national contexts.

Anna Conzatti, Peter Conradie, Sofie Naeyaert, Anne Kantel, Iska Brunzmeka, Hanna Janßen, Sabine Preuß, Gesche Huebner2026-10-13
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The most housing-insecure generation? Age, period, and cohort inequalities among renters in South Korea

Using an age-period-cohort framework on South Korean rental data from 2006 to 2020, this study reveals that while young renters' housing insecurity is largely explained by socioeconomic factors, specific birth cohorts from the 1990s face persistent, disproportionate disadvantages driven by historical market conditions rather than just life-stage or generational labels.

Seungbeom Kang, Hyunho Ahn, Seungbee Choi2026-10-13
📄 social science

Remote learning experiences shaping digital pedagogical identity among pre-service accounting teachers

This qualitative study of South African pre-service accounting teachers reveals that while remote learning presented challenges to spontaneous interaction, it ultimately fostered a hybrid professional identity by enabling future educators to critically reflect on technology-pedagogy mismatches and intentionally design effective digital learning strategies.

Ajuma Walusa, Olushola Adebayo Olatunji, Makeresemese Qhosola-Mahlomaholo2026-10-13
📄 social science

The Effects of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Creative Arts on Youth Wellbeing in Bogotá, Colombia: Learnings Towards the Development of Psychosocial Peacebuilding

This study demonstrates that Participatory Action Research (PAR) combined with creative arts in Bogotá, Colombia, effectively integrates Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) with peacebuilding by fostering safe community spaces, enhancing emotional intelligence, and utilizing mechanisms like *sentipensamiento* and memory work to improve youth wellbeing.

Eric Frasco, Lorraine Sherr, Norha Vera San Juan, María Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti, Camila Delgadillo, Catalina Lema Casa (…)2026-10-13
📄 social science

Urbanization and the Transformation of Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study of Bahir Dar Zuria Woreda

This study examines how urban expansion in Bahir Dar Zuria Woreda reduces farmland and drives smallholder farmers toward non-farm livelihood diversification, revealing that while compensation exists, it lacks long-term restoration support and is significantly influenced by factors like education, age, and asset ownership.

Zewudineh Gosa Ketema, Tsalafo Chaka Chame2026-10-13
📄 social science

From Rejection to Self-Harm: Longitudinal effects of real-world school-based interpersonal rejection on developmental trajectories of non-suicidal self-injury among early adolescents

This three-wave longitudinal study of 1,379 early adolescents reveals that real-world school-based interpersonal rejection, particularly experiences of being ignored and relationally victimized, significantly predicts both higher initial levels and worsening trajectories of non-suicidal self-injury, with the majority of students showing remission while a small high-risk subgroup experiences deterioration.

Aolun Wang, Tiancheng Zhang, Jianhua Zhang2026-10-13