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Uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between growth mindset and mental wellness: Global evidence

Based on a large-scale analysis of 347,960 students across 54 countries, this study reveals that while a growth mindset generally promotes mental wellness, its positive impact is significantly stronger in low-uncertainty avoidance cultures and may be negligible or even negative in high-uncertainty avoidance contexts.

Michael Shengtao Wu, Yaru Wang, Xin Tang, Xinzhuo Yang, Yanming Ren, Taiyang Zhao, Kaiping Peng2026-06-24
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In Pain and in Politics: Chronic Pain and Political Participation in the United States

Using nationally representative data from 2024, this study finds that chronic pain shapes the specific forms of political participation among U.S. adults rather than uniformly suppressing engagement, with low-impact pain increasing intentions to discuss politics on social media while high-impact pain initially correlates with reduced voting and donating intentions before socioeconomic factors are accounted for.

Merita Limani, Gillian Fennell, Laura Stephenson, Anna Zajacova2026-06-24
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Effects of Human Centered AI Supported Instruction on EFL Listening With Adaptive Feedback Gamified Engagement and Motivational Scaffolding

This mixed-methods study involving 53 Iranian high school students demonstrates that a gamified, AI-driven listening instruction system incorporating adaptive feedback and motivational scaffolding significantly improves EFL learners' listening proficiency, self-efficacy, and engagement compared to a non-gamified conversational AI approach.

Aliakbar Tajik, Atefeh Karkhaneh2026-06-24