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Boy Bi! The Association Between HIV Knowledge, PrEP Stigma, Bisexual Contact, and Binegativity in a Sample of Undergraduate Students

This study of 633 undergraduate students reveals that higher HIV knowledge and positive contact with bisexual individuals are associated with reduced binegativity, whereas PrEP stigma correlates with increased negative attitudes toward bisexual men, suggesting that inclusive sexual health education could help mitigate such prejudice.

Vincent Dang, Nathan Grant Smith2026-09-28
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Consumer Perceptions and Purchase Intentions towards Handicraft Products as an Instrument of Sustainable Tourism

This study utilizes PLS-SEM to demonstrate that sustainable tourism practices, by enhancing consumer perceptions of authenticity, quality, and cultural significance, positively influence attitudes and motivations, thereby driving purchase intentions for Indian handicrafts and offering a strategic pathway to revitalize the domestic market and preserve cultural heritage.

Akanksha Choudhary2026-09-28
📄 social science

Leader–Employee Trust (In)Congruence and Illegitimate Tasks: The Mediating Role of Leader–Member Exchange

Based on multi-source data from Chinese organizations, this study reveals that the congruence between leader and employee trust influences perceptions of illegitimate tasks through the mediating role of Leader–Member Exchange (LMX), with LMX quality being highest when both parties trust each other highly or when employees trust their leaders more than the leaders trust them.

Guangya Ma, Chunying Cui, Junhan Ji, Lei Lu2026-09-28
📄 social science

Value as semiotic representation or abstract wealth? Revisiting Turner’s Marxist theory

This article critiques Terence Turner's Marxist theory for misinterpreting value as a transcultural framework of valuation rather than a historically specific form of abstract wealth, arguing instead that ritual labor among the Mebêngôkre produces a sociocultural equivalent of abstract wealth, thereby revealing beauty as a bourgeois category rather than a universal form of value.

Ignacio S. Marmolejo2026-09-28
📄 social science

Emotional and Sensory Drivers of Food Choices in Albania and Kosovo

This study utilizes the MindSense framework and structural equation modeling on survey data from over 590 respondents in Albania and Kosovo to reveal how emotions, mindful consumption, and sensory sensitivity interact to influence food choices, demonstrating that negative moods and heightened sensory cues drive unhealthy, ultra-processed selections while positive moods can be moderated by mindful consumption, thereby offering targeted policy strategies to promote sustainable diets in the Western Balkans.

Elena Kokthi, Arbenita Hasani, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Matilda Belalla, Aleksia Meshini2026-09-28
📄 social science

Resolution Relativity: Sign Language and the Grain of Languaging

This paper reframes linguistic relativity as a matter of "resolution relativity"—the varying conventional grains at which languaging communities segment articulatory flow—by demonstrating through sign language evidence that linguistic diversity arises from distinct resolutions of analysis rather than fixed categorical inventories, thereby challenging universalist assumptions and shifting the focus from representational content to the historical processes of embodied languaging.

Luis Escobar L.-Dellamary2026-09-28
📄 social science

Discrimination and mental health in Germany– Evidence from a comparative cross-sectional study

This 2025 cross-sectional study of 2,500 participants in Germany demonstrates that racialized individuals face significantly higher levels of everyday and healthcare-related discrimination, which are strongly associated with poorer mental health outcomes, thereby highlighting racism as a critical social determinant of mental health that requires urgent structural and clinical interventions.

Miriam Nicolai, Fatima Nöske, Helena Dieterle, Sebastian Fischer, Sören Kliem, Mita Banerjee, Elmar Brähler, Manfred Beu (…)2026-09-28