566 papers
This study on preschool children's perceptions of the Rio da Costa in Odivelas, Portugal, reveals their dual desire for both managed social spaces and wild, sensory-rich natural environments, thereby challenging traditional urban planning paradigms and advocating for more nuanced, child-centered approaches to river recovery.
This study of over 25,000 Chinese older adults reveals that while aggregate quality of life appears equal across macro-regions, significant underlying inequities exist in its functional, economic, and social foundations, with kin and friend support showing regionally varying, and sometimes negative, associations with well-being that suggest a need for context-specific ageing policies.
This experimental study challenges gender stereotypes in workplace multitasking and stress coping by demonstrating that while men and women exhibit different performance patterns and coping strategies under stress, individual variability in coping profiles is more significant than gender-based differences, suggesting organizations should prioritize tailored stress management over gendered assumptions.
This study employs structural equation modeling on data from Ghanaian TVET stakeholders to demonstrate that STEM curriculum responsiveness significantly enhances graduate employability through industry alignment, a relationship that is further strengthened by robust institutional capacity, thereby offering evidence-based policy levers for achieving SDG 4 and 8.
This cross-sectional study of 817 junior high school students in China reveals that social anxiety is significantly and independently associated with lower levels of physical exercise and regulatory emotional self-efficacy, as well as higher levels of social avoidance, collectively explaining 26% of the variance in anxiety symptoms.
This pre–post survey study of Chilean dental students demonstrates that participating in service-learning activities significantly enhances empathy, strengthens social norms, and reduces perceived barriers to community service, thereby supporting the early integration of such experiences into dental curricula to foster socially responsible professionals.
This cross-sectional study of 225 medical sciences students in Iran found that while 83.6% reported high academic motivation, only female gender, emotional intelligence, and psychological well-being were independently significant predictors of this motivation, whereas self-efficacy, resilience, and demographic factors were not.
This study of 15 German secondary classrooms reveals that teacher, student, and observer perspectives on four types of classroom humour show systematic perceptual divergences, with teacher and student reports generally aligning more closely with each other than with observer ratings, thereby demonstrating that humour is a perspective-dependent phenomenon where different reporting methods provide complementary rather than equivalent insights.
This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that while audiovisual instruction significantly outperforms textbook-based learning in immediate recall and student engagement, the effectiveness of both modalities for long-term retention depends on content complexity, offering evidence-based guidance for selecting instructional methods to optimize specific learning outcomes.
This scoping review addresses the academic gap regarding kinship-based organised crime in Northern Europe by identifying eight core structural and behavioural characteristics that distinguish these family-based networks from other forms of organised crime, ultimately calling for more empirical research to inform effective prevention strategies.