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Artificial Intelligence and Religious Authority in Ghanaian Christianity: A Mediated- Authority Framework for Ethical and Theological Governance

This qualitative study of Ghanaian Christian stakeholders proposes a mediated-authority framework for governing generative AI, finding that while AI is accepted for administrative and educational tasks under human oversight, its use in spiritual discernment and pastoral care is contested, necessitating a risk-proportionate, church-owned governance model centered on accountability, verification, and contextual review.

Prince Osei Yeboah2026-08-21
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Developing 5E-based CT-STEM Pedagogical Framework for Secondary Students’ Domain-general Computational Thinking (CT): A Fuzzy Delphi Method

This study develops and validates a 5E-based pedagogical framework for integrating domain-general computational thinking into secondary STEM education using the Fuzzy Delphi Method and teacher feedback, confirming its feasibility while highlighting implementation challenges and the need for contextual adaptation.

Zuokun Li, Pey Tee Oon, Leying Jiang2026-08-21
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Psychological Capital, School Belongingness, and Depressive Symptoms Among Vocational High School Students: A Three-Wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Study

This three-wave longitudinal study of Chinese vocational high school students reveals that higher-than-usual psychological capital predicts subsequent increases in school belongingness, which in turn leads to reduced depressive symptoms, while elevated depressive symptoms subsequently undermine psychological capital, highlighting a dynamic resource-gain and resource-loss cycle between personal and relational assets.

Yunyi Xiao, Zhengyi Liu2026-08-21
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Graphical Networks of Freely Generated Affective Labels in Individuals with High and Low Emotional Granularity

This study utilizes network analysis of self-generated affective labels from individuals with chronic pain to reveal that high emotional granularity is characterized by a sparser, more semantically coherent emotional network, whereas low granularity corresponds to a denser, more heterogeneous structure centered on uncertainty and needs.

Ilaria Telazzi, Soren Wainio-Theberge, Vera Vine, Stefania Balzarotti2026-08-21
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Selecting Greek Myth Across Wall Painting Pottery Coinage and Sculpture Using MANTO

By analyzing 1,416 artifacts across wall paintings, pottery, coinage, and sculpture in the MANTO v.1 database, this study demonstrates how different media selectively reshape Greek myths through distinct visual strategies while cautioning that observed frequencies reflect a complex interplay of ancient choices, survival biases, and modern cataloguing rather than simple popularity.

Suhu Xu2026-08-21
📄 social_science

Network Analysis of Personal Growth Initiative and Learning Burnout: Dimensional-Level Comparisons by Gender and City-Rural Differences

This study utilizes network analysis to examine the dimensional relationships between personal growth initiative and learning burnout among 833 medical students, revealing distinct negative connections between specific dimensions and significant city-rural differences in network structure, while finding no gender-based variations.

Yinchuan Jin, Liming Wang, Yusi Zhang, Li Guo, Yuting Feng, Lei Song, Lin Wu, Weiye Meng, Yilong Zhang, Zhenchao Ge, Zho (…)2026-08-20