📄 social science

Predicting Practitioners' Perceived Competency with Youths at Suicide Risk: Acute versus Chronic

This study of 237 practitioners reveals that while self-efficacy mediates the relationship between workplace support and perceived competence in both acute and chronic youth suicide contexts, the influence of professional experience on competence varies by context, suggesting that training and support strategies should be tailored to the specific nature of the suicide risk.

Elizabeth Yee Min Chia, Nicole Ann Liaw, Erin Goh, Gwen Min Choo Ho2026-10-06
📄 social science

What Are Older Internet Users Like? Investigating the Personas of Older Chinese Internet Users Using Two-Step Cluster Analysis

Using 2023 data from the China Longitudinal Study of Aging Society, this study employs two-step cluster analysis to identify five distinct personas of older Chinese Internet users—ranging from "Peripheral Users" to "Integrated Vanguards"—based on their digital proficiency and usage patterns, offering evidence for developing stratified digital inclusion policies.

Xu Zhou, Runting Zhong2026-10-05
📄 social science

Critical Analysis of the National Curriculum for English Language and Its Enactment of Listening and Speaking Objectives

This qualitative study critically analyzes Pakistan's National Curriculum for English Language (2006) and finds that it significantly neglects listening skills and lacks systematic speaking assessments, thereby hindering the development of holistic communicative competence and necessitating urgent revision.

Muhammad Ashraf Bhutto, Sarfaraz Ali, Abdul Basit Soomro, Shahid Hussain Mughal2026-10-05
📄 social science

Associations among Physical Fitness, Self-Regulatory Fatigue, Social Support, and Self-Acceptance in College Students

This study of 932 college students reveals that self-acceptance is significantly predicted by social support and self-regulatory fatigue, with endurance-related physical fitness playing a minor role, suggesting that interventions should integrate social support enhancement, fatigue regulation, and physical fitness promotion.

HONGHAN XU, LIUXUAN WANG, SHISHI XU, ZIKAI HU, CONG LIU, LIJIA HOU2026-10-05
📄 social science

Algorithmic hustle: a critical political economy of AI slop production and consumption in South Korea

This paper argues that South Korea's emergence as the global epicenter of "AI slop" is not a technological failure but the rational outcome of "algorithmic hustle," a labor mode where platform incentives, combined with the country's compressed modernity, precarious multi-job economy, and conformist cultural pressures, systematically strip content of semiotic value to maximize engagement metrics.

Nari Yang, Haerin Shin2026-10-05
📄 social science

Speaking like a human, correcting like a machine: tone technologies and the moralisation of language in large language models

This paper argues that the human-like tone and moral behavior of large language models are not inherent technical features but are pre-constructed through a hierarchized labor process where training guidelines instruct annotators to define and enforce a sanitized, disembodied ideal of communication based on principles of helpfulness, honesty, and harmlessness.

Liz Dayanna Zarate Luengas, William Andrés Gómez Sánchez2026-10-05
📄 social science

Fear and Ecological Erosion Shape Gendered Power amid Slow Onset Climate Displacement in India

This paper argues that in India's slow-onset climate displacement contexts, fear and ecological erosion interact to reinforce pre-existing gendered and caste-based hierarchies rather than creating uniform vulnerability, revealing a structural governance failure that necessitates integrating psychosocial support and secure land tenure into resettlement planning.

Abinash Mohapatra2026-10-05
📄 social science

The Screen Era: Visualizing the Impact of Digital Transformation on Physical Activity and Mental Well-Being among University Students

This study of 614 Egyptian university students reveals that while recreational and pre-sleep mobile screen use significantly predicts psychological distress, physical activity serves as an independent protective factor against mental health issues rather than a statistical moderator, suggesting a need for campus strategies that reduce high-risk screen behaviors and promote structured exercise.

AHMED KHALIFA2026-10-05
📄 social science

Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Design Courses for Learning Enhancement and Development Students’ Digital Creativity

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that integrating AI tools like ChatGPT and Adobe Firefly into graphic design courses significantly enhances student learning efficiency and digital creativity by reducing project completion time and increasing concept variety, provided that such integration is supported by robust instructional design and critical evaluation skills.

Anna Altukhova, Maksym Yablonskyi, Yuliia Kamenetska, Serhii Ohurtsov, Odarka Sopko2026-10-05