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Cyber Victimization, Smoking, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Chinese Adolescents: A Three-Wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Study

This three-wave study of Chinese adolescents reveals that while stable between-person vulnerabilities largely explain the co-occurrence of cyber victimization, smoking, and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), there is partial evidence for time-specific, transactional within-person pathways where smoking may mediate the bidirectional relationship between cyber victimization and NSSI.

zhen wang, yuanyuan chen2026-08-15

📄 social_science

The Urban-Rural Well-Being Paradox in Sri Lanka: Differences in Subjective Well-Being Among Adults in Colombo District

This study of adults in Sri Lanka's Colombo District reveals a well-being paradox where urban residents report higher life satisfaction while rural residents experience better affective well-being, with the latter's advantage significantly linked to greater psychological engagement with natural environments.

K.N. Rathnakumari, M.P. Dissanayake2026-08-15

📄 social_science

Professional perspectives on postsecondary education supports for young adults with foster care experience: A concept mapping study

Using a concept mapping study with eight professionals, this research identifies six critical domains of support for young adults with foster care experience in postsecondary education and reveals significant gaps between the perceived importance of these supports—particularly in housing, transportation, and cross-system coordination—and their current availability.

Scott D. Ryan, Hui Huang, Catherine A. LaBrenz, Yao Wang, Eusebius Small, Lacey Jenkins, Damone Wisdom, Rebecca Roten2026-08-15

📄 social_science

Meaning-making amid existential uncertainty: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of parents of children with trisomy 18

This hermeneutic phenomenological study of 25 parents of children with trisomy 18 reveals that while they face profound existential uncertainty and social ambivalence, meaningful interactions with their children enable them to reconstruct their identities and find enduring purpose beyond the child's lifespan.

Kana Minami, Koji Tanaka, Yoshiko Ota, Kyoko Nagata, Miyuki Takeuchi2026-08-15

📄 social_science

When Family Support Fails in Algorithmic Media: Parental Burnout,Algorithmic Personalization, and Adolescent Short-Video Dependence

This four-wave longitudinal study of 1,247 Chinese adolescents reveals that parental burnout indirectly drives short-video dependence by eroding family communication and digital-rule consistency, which heightens loneliness and FoMO, while perceived algorithmic personalization further amplifies the link between FoMO and dependence.

Xiaoyu Liang2026-08-15

📄 social_science

Multiple Levels of Analysis of the Positive Affect System: Relation to Depressive Symptoms in Parents and Children

This study of 8- to 10-year-old children found that while positive affect features showed limited convergence, lower motivation was specifically linked to higher depressive symptoms in children of mothers with a depression history, and less adaptive mood repair was associated with higher depressive symptoms regardless of maternal history.

Sherryl H. Goodman, Judy Garber, Yuk Fai Cheong, Katherine Cullum2026-08-15

📄 social_science

Anthropotheosis, or the deification of humanity and the cultural erasure of animal otherness

This article introduces the concept of "anthropotheosis" to analyze how cultural discourse elevates humanity to a divine status while erasing animal otherness through mechanisms like anthropocentrism and speciesism, ultimately revealing how the construction of animal alterity mirrors and reinforces oppressive ideological structures within human societies.

Dario Martinelli2026-08-15

📄 social_science

Heidegger and the Philosophy of Existence: A Contemporary Reading of the Question of Being and Time

This paper presents a contemporary reinterpretation of Martin Heidegger's fundamental ontology, arguing that his concepts of Dasein, temporality, anxiety, and authenticity transcend traditional existentialist classifications and offer critical insights into the challenges of modern life dominated by technology and accelerated time.

mohammad altawallbeh, maha samhouri2026-08-14

📄 social_science

From Concordance to Confidence: A Sequential Explanatory Evaluation of a Digital Inductive Model for Linguistic Thinking in Pre-Service French Teacher Education

This sequential explanatory mixed-methods study demonstrates that a ten-week digital inductive model utilizing guided concordance work and authentic corpora significantly enhanced linguistic thinking and shifted pedagogical orientations among pre-service French teachers in Egypt, as evidenced by substantial quantitative gains and qualitative reports of increased confidence and inquiry-based teaching conceptions.

Mohamed Mekheimer, Fatma Abdelaal2026-08-14

📄 social_science

An Examination of the Factors Influencing Newlywed Individuals’ Motivations About Having Children

This cross-sectional study of 204 newlywed individuals in Türkiye reveals that positive childbearing motivations are significantly predicted by life satisfaction, while negative motivations are primarily driven by financial well-being, highlighting the multidimensional nature of these psychosocial factors.

Beyza Sezer, Ayfer Aydıner Boylu2026-08-14

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