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Sacred Ground and Suspect Neighbor: The Misaligned Memory of 9/11 in American Civil Religion and American Muslim Thought

This article argues that the American public memory of 9/11 as a sacralized civil religious event and the American Muslim memory of it as the origin of racialized securitization are structurally misaligned, focusing respectively on the sanctified dead and the suspect living, and proposes covenantal pluralism as a framework to reconcile these divergent narratives.

Iqbal Akhtar2026-10-08
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Beyond Social Participation: Social Connection, Contribution, and Well-Being in Adolescence

This study of 835 Portuguese adolescents reveals that while social participation and contribution are distinct dimensions of social experience, the broader relational contexts—particularly connection and teacher relationships—are more critical determinants of well-being and life satisfaction than participation alone.

Gina Tomé, Ana Cerqueira, Fábio Botelho Guedes, Marta Reis, Inês Camacho, Tânia Gaspar, Margarida Gaspar de Matos2026-10-08
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Measuring University Students' Ethical Judgments of Generative AI Use: Development and Initial Validation of Four Instruments for Academic Integrity Research

This study develops and validates four new instruments for measuring university students' ethical judgments regarding generative AI, revealing that perceived institutional integrity is the strongest predictor of these judgments and that students distinguish sharply between unauthorized AI use in assignments versus exams.

Peyman Jahanbin, Imogen R. Herrick, Ian Thacker, Atiyeh Choobkar2026-10-08
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Sustainable Consumption and the Role of Sustainability Education in Higher Education

This article reviews literature from 1994 to 2021 to conclude that while sustainability education in higher education significantly contributes to pro-environmental consumption, its effectiveness is contingent upon broader economic, social, institutional, and policy contexts rather than operating as an automatic or uniform driver of behavioral change.

Stelios Stefanos Drousiotis, Giorgos Nicou2026-10-08
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Reputational Crisis in Indonesia’s Digital Public Sphere of Public Emotion, Perceived Injustice, and Trust, 2024–2026

This qualitative longitudinal study of Indonesia's 2024–2026 digital public sphere reveals how institutional communication often fails to address evolving public emotions and perceptions of injustice, leading to a "procedural–emotional misalignment" that exacerbates reputational crises and erodes trust.

Erman Anom, Faridah Ibrahim, Humaizi H, Syamsul Asmedi2026-10-08
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CONSTRUCTING THEOLOGICAL MODERATION: Religious Consciousness and Educational Transformation in Indonesian Pesantren

This qualitative study of seven Indonesian pesantren proposes the novel framework of "Theological Moderation," arguing that religious moderation is fundamentally constructed through the internalization of Qur'anic ethical values into theological consciousness, which subsequently drives educational transformation and fosters social harmony.

Ahmad Saefulloh, Umiarso Umiarso2026-10-08
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Reconceptualising teacher engagement in health professions education via emotional narratives and professional identity processes: an AI-prompted qualitative study

This qualitative study of 17 health professions education faculty members reveals that teacher engagement is a dynamic process shaped by emotional experiences, narrative sense-making, and professional identity work, which are further influenced by institutional structures and the dual role of AI-prompted reflection as both a resource for deeper insight and a source of strain.

Ramya Rathan, Henk G Schmidt, Salman Yousuf Guraya, Mayssah El-Nayal, Andrea M Woltman2026-10-08
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Definitions and determinants: Use of Participatory System Dynamics to understand de-implementation, consensus, and buy-in

This study demonstrates that Participatory System Dynamics (PSD) is an effective method for engaging community practitioners to develop shared definitions, consensus, and buy-in for the complex process of policy de-implementation, revealing a preference for modifying rather than fully dismantling punitive policies.

Lauren Caton, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Sherri Green, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carmen Gutierrez, Meghan Shanahan, Ch (…)2026-10-07
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The mediating role of self-compassion and self-esteem in the relationship between perfectionism and sexual function of postmenopausal women

This study of 301 postmenopausal women in Zanjan demonstrates that self-compassion and self-esteem significantly mediate the relationship between negative perfectionism and sexual function, suggesting these psychological factors are crucial targets for preventing sexual dysfunction in this population.

Leila Rahmandel, Majid Yousefi Afrashteh2026-10-07
📄 social science

The Scale Paradox, Gender Gap, and Collective Sports Performance: Cross-National and Multi-Tournament Empirical Evidence Based on ‘Religio-Social Evolutionary Theory’ (2003–2024)

This study employs a religio-social evolutionary framework and longitudinal data from 2003 to 2024 to explain the anomalous Chinese sports performance patterns where male athletes' success declines as team size increases while female athletes consistently outperform their male counterparts in collaborative sports, a phenomenon that conventional physiological or institutional theories fail to fully account for.

Shengmin Pang2026-10-07