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When Empathy Becomes a Risk: The Moderating Role of Children’s Empathy on the Association Between Parental Burnout and Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems During War

This study of Israeli mother-child dyads during wartime reveals that while parental burnout generally predicts child maladjustment, higher levels of a child's affective empathy specifically exacerbate the link between parental burnout and internalizing symptoms, whereas cognitive empathy is associated with increased war-related acting out behaviors.

Tamar Kadosh-Laor, Liat Israeli-Ran, Liat Zelikovich-Moyal, Florina Uzefovsky2026-08-07
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Determinants of Higher Education Choice The Mediating Role of Institutional Image in East Kalimantan Indonesia

This quantitative study in East Kalimantan reveals that while service marketing mix and social influence significantly shape institutional image, it is this image that fully mediates and ultimately drives students' higher education selection decisions, rather than marketing efforts having a direct impact.

Widyatmike Gede Mulawarman, Nurlaili Nurlaili, Siti Halimah, Agus Saputra, Swadia Gandhi Mahardika2026-08-07
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Barriers and Enablers of Youth Technopreneurship in South Africa: An Empirical Analysis

This empirical study of 533 survey respondents and 90 interviewees in South Africa identifies that while digital skills, finance, mentorship, and ecosystems significantly enable youth technopreneurship, systemic barriers like the digital divide and corruption hinder it, underscoring the need for integrated policies to reduce youth unemployment.

Cyril Baloyi, Lawrence Obokoh, Richard Wamalwa Wanzala2026-08-07
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Microaggressions and Learning Environment Satisfaction in Medical Education: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey

This cross-sectional survey of 596 medical students across 36 schools reveals that microaggressions are prevalent and socially patterned by ethnicity, gender, and nativity, with specific forms like microinvalidations showing a consistent negative association with learning environment satisfaction.

Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Nimish Maskara, Nile Ismail, Adedeji Adeniyi, Jia Liu, Cecilia Brassett, Dana A Stearns, Geoffroy No (…)2026-08-07
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The Human Cost of Productivity: An Explanatory Sequential Analysis of Job Demands and Wellness Dimensions in the Philippine Retail Sector

This explanatory sequential study in the Philippine retail sector reveals that while job demands significantly impact employee wellness, their effects are moderated by resources and employment conditions, functioning as either challenges or hindrances depending on the presence of supportive factors like incentives, clear guidance, and secure tenure.

LOVELY ECHALAR2026-08-07
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Navigating uncertainty during prolonged COVID-19 disruptions: a longitudinal qualitative study of families of children receiving mental health care

This longitudinal qualitative study reveals that over the first year of the pandemic, families of children receiving mental health care experienced deteriorating child functioning and a shift toward reliance on external supports, driven by inconsistent institutional policies that eroded trust and highlighted the critical need for stable, coordinated, and transparent systems to sustain family well-being during prolonged crises.

Alexander R. Maisonneuve, Elizabeth Carreiro, Madison Erbach, Lori Watanabe, Diana Cuffari, André Samson, Philippe Robae (…)2026-08-07