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📄 social science

UGC-Informed Perception Cues and Environmentally Responsible Behavioral Intention: Differentiated Cognitive–Affective Pathways at Huangshan

This study utilizes UGC-derived perception cues and survey data from Huangshan to demonstrate that tourists' environmentally responsible behavioral intentions are driven by distinct cognitive–affective pathways, where destination image influences intention indirectly through awe and affinity, while environmental understanding and awe exert both direct and indirect effects.

Bao-Hui Huang, Ming-Han Chiang, Cheng-Ru Wu, Su-Man Wang, Wen-yu Chen, Wan-Erh Chiang, Qing-Rong Wu2026-09-23
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Validation of the Attentional Control Scale in the Spanish-Speaking Population and Creation and Adaptation of Its State Version

This paper validates the trait version and adapts a state version of the Attentional Control Scale for Spanish-speaking populations, demonstrating through two studies that both instruments possess robust psychometric properties, including strong factor structures, internal consistency, and validity.

Óliver Jiménez, Natalia Ramos, Jol Chirinos2026-09-23
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Emergency E-Learning as a Gateway to Psychosocial Recovery Among Al-Aqsa University Students in Gaza During the War: An Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study

This explanatory mixed-methods study demonstrates that emergency e-learning at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza serves as a critical psychosocial lifeline fostering resilience and "Everyday Sumud" among students, leading to the proposal of a Trauma-Informed Displacement Digital Pedagogy (TIDP) model to address the unique challenges of war-induced displacement.

Hasan Mahdi2026-09-23
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From Fragmentation to Integration: A Delphi-Validated AI Literacy Competency Framework for Higher Education Teachers in China

This study addresses the fragmentation in China's higher education AI literacy policies by developing and validating, through a mixed-methods approach and Delphi consensus, an integrated three-layer competency framework comprising 27 indicators to guide teacher professional development and institutional implementation.

Muhammad Arif, Miracle Uzochukwu Okafor, Mirajur Rhaman Shaoan, Wang Yong, Bushra Jamil2026-09-23
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Beyond Event Impacts: Relational and Configurational Pathways to a Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation among Youth Athletes

This study reveals that among youth athletes in Xinjiang, perceived economic and sociocultural impacts of sport events foster a sense of community for the Chinese nation primarily through perceived social support and perceived continuity, with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis identifying distinct relational and configurational pathways to this outcome.

Pei Yao, Shupeng Xia, Xiaoyu Zhang, Bing He2026-09-23
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Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes Towards the Case-Based Method and Student Participation and Engagement in Lower Secondary Biology Education in Rwanda

This study demonstrates that implementing the Case-Based Method in Rwandan lower secondary biology classrooms significantly enhances student participation and engagement while fostering positive attitudes among teachers and students, despite challenges related to time, class size, and resources.

Claude Nemeye, Théophile Nsengimana, Jean Paul NIYONSHUTI2026-09-23
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Has the Competency-based Education and Training Displaced the Traditional Classroom?: An Analysis of the Preservice Language Teacher Preparation atMakerere University, Uganda

This case study of preservice Luganda teacher preparation at Makerere University reveals that while the introduction of Competency-based Education and Training (CBET) has shifted power dynamics toward learner-centered facilitation and collaborative methods, its effectiveness is currently constrained by educators' reliance on traditional content-based approaches and inadequate physical learning environments, necessitating further training and resource support.

Mathias Bwanika Mulumba2026-09-23
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Conditional Weighted Proportional Representation (CWPR): A Framework for Reconciling Local Accountability and Partisan Fairness

This paper proposes "Conditional Weighted Proportional Representation" (CWPR), a novel electoral framework that reconciles local accountability with partisan fairness by separating representatives' local voting power from a conditional national surplus block, thereby resolving structural distortions and strategic voting issues inherent in existing majoritarian and mixed-member systems.

Arash Mandanizadeh2026-09-23
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Uncertainty mindset intervention promotes uncertainty-as-enabling beliefs and modulates directed exploration

A brief, scalable intervention promoting the belief that uncertainty offers opportunities successfully enhanced uncertainty-as-enabling mindsets and strengthened the link between these beliefs and directed exploration in a large randomized controlled study.

Laura Elaine Strittmatter, Haoxue Fan, Federico Magni, Basak Ocak, Elizabeth Phelps, Samuel Gershman, Gudela Grote2026-09-23
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Rethinking Innovation Evaluation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Digital Sovereignty as a Dimension of Public Innovation 

This article argues that traditional innovation evaluation metrics are inadequate for the AI era and proposes a new multidimensional framework that integrates digital sovereignty as an intrinsic indicator of public innovation, drawing on a comparative analysis of national AI strategies to redefine innovation as a strategic state capability rather than merely an economic or technological outcome.

Himani Kaushik2026-09-23