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📄 social_science

Workplace Violence, Burnout, and Turnover Intention in Healthcare: A Three-Wave Moderated Mediation Study

This three-wave study of 652 frontline healthcare workers in Eastern China demonstrates that burnout mediates the relationship between workplace violence and turnover intention, while a perceived anti-violence safety climate significantly weakens this harmful pathway, highlighting safety climate as a crucial organizational resource for mitigating violence-related retention issues.

Mingze Han2026-08-28
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AI-Use Dependency and Career Search Self-Efficacy among University Students: Serial Mediation by Employment Anxiety and Generative AI Acceptance

This cross-sectional study of Chinese university students reveals that AI-use dependency positively influences career search self-efficacy primarily through the serial mediation of reduced future employment anxiety and increased generative AI acceptance, suggesting that technology dependency can serve as a positive resource for career development when accompanied by emotional buffering and informed technology adoption.

Zhenghao Zhao2026-08-28
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Exploring the Factors of AI Chatbot Dependence: An I-PACE Model and AIDUA Framework Perspective

This study utilizes the I-PACE model and AIDUA framework to demonstrate that AI chatbot dependence arises not merely from technology acceptance, but specifically when favorable affective appraisals—driven by factors like hedonic motivation and perceived humanness—transform repeated instrumental use into emotionally reinforced reliance.

Zhongjian Liu, Di Wu, Yuan Tian, Mengjie Liu, Jun Hu2026-08-28
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Effects of site type in physical education courses on changes in grit and exercise addiction among college students: a comparative quasi-experimental study

This quasi-experimental study involving 818 Chinese college students demonstrates that physical education courses held in open natural settings are more effective than those in strictly site-constrained environments at increasing grit and persistence while reducing exercise addiction, with distinct patterns in the relationship between these changes varying by setting and gender.

Yuanbin Sang, Ziqing Li, Xinyu Zhou, Yating Huang, Lun Li2026-08-28
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Coordination failures, resource governance, and ethical risks in large-scale earthquake response: A cross-sectional survey after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes in Türkiye

A cross-sectional survey of 417 personnel deployed after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes reveals that coordination failures, particularly regarding resource allocation, information flow, and volunteer management, significantly contribute to ethical risks in disaster response, with reporting of these challenges varying by professional and demographic characteristics.

Filiz Turk, Mevlut Karadag, Ismet Sahin2026-08-28
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From Resilience to Antifragility: A Frontier Thinking Framework for Regenerative Urban Hospitality Ecosystems

This paper proposes a theoretical framework for transitioning urban hospitality ecosystems from resilience to antifragility by integrating frontier thinking, design thinking, and regenerative development, supported by qualitative research with Ukrainian experts to define Regenerative Urban Hospitality Ecosystems (RUHE) as adaptive systems capable of thriving amid ongoing disruptions.

Liudmyla Bovsh, Alla Rasulova, Iryna Tonkonoh2026-08-28
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Knocking on the Wrong Door: Partisan Canvassing and Asymmetric Belief Updating in Great Britain

Using a decade of British Election Study data, this paper demonstrates that door-to-door canvassing by a voter's own party significantly shifts their perceptions toward that party's stance and widens perceived ideological distance, whereas contact from rival parties has negligible effects, suggesting that partisan canvassing may inadvertently reinforce perceived polarization.

Yen-Chieh Liao, Li Tang2026-08-28
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"You cannot cry": emotional labour and professional composure among palliative care practitioners in Hubei, China — a qualitative study

This qualitative study of palliative care practitioners in Hubei, China, reveals that strict professional display rules demanding composure, exemplified by the injunction "you cannot cry," lead to the interactional management of emotional distress through verbal minimization and embodied strain, suggesting that reliance on direct self-reporting may under-recognize occupational suffering and highlighting the need for embedded institutional support.

Nan Ni, Jingkai Yue, Mingyu Yao, Zihan Zhang, Yue Zhang2026-08-28