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Sacred Place, Community Identity, and Heritage Transformation under Airport Expansion: A Human Ecology Study of Zhuwai Fuhai Temple, Taiwan

This human ecology study of the Zhuwai Fuhai Temple in Taiwan argues that sacred heritage should be understood as a place-based human–environment relationship rather than a transferable object, revealing how airport expansion governance prioritizes technical constraints over community identity and collective memory despite recognizing cultural value.

Yi-Chang Chiang2026-08-06

📄 social_science

AIGC empowers the interactive narrative logic and immersive aesthetic paradigms of chinese opera films and television

This study explores how AIGC technologies, specifically virtual production and interactive imaging, transform Chinese opera films from static stage documentation into immersive cinematic re-creations by leveraging the classic Sichuan Opera *The Story of the Colored Tower* to balance narrative innovation with the preservation of traditional aesthetic principles.

Peng Lu, Jinxuan Zhang2026-08-06

📄 social_science

Regenerative destination brand gestalt: Toward an integrated socio-ecological branding framework

This study proposes the Regenerative Destination Brand Gestalt (RDBG) framework, developed through grounded theory and multisite netnography, to reconceptualize destination branding as a dynamic socio-ecological system where long-term value and resilience emerge through the reciprocal relationships of People, Place, and Purpose.

Danny I. Rantung, Deske W. Mandagi, Andrew C. Aseng2026-08-06

📄 social_science

The Rasa-Śarīra Scale: development and validation of a culturally grounded instrument for measuring embodied aesthetic learning in architectural heritage games

This paper presents the development and validation of the Rasa-Śarīra Scale, a culturally grounded 25-item instrument based on classical Indian aesthetics and embodied cognition theory, which successfully measures embodied aesthetic learning in architectural heritage games and demonstrates superior effectiveness over passive walkthroughs in an experimental study.

Sneha Maji, Akhil Das2026-08-06

📄 social_science

Factors Shaping the Perceptions Toward Economic Inequality among Bangladeshi Adolescents: A nationwide cross-sectional study

A nationwide cross-sectional study of 3,917 Bangladeshi adolescents conducted in early 2024 reveals that high perceptions of economic inequality are significantly driven by urban residence, science-stream education, and institutional distrust, with media and judicial trust fully mediating the relationship between gender and these perceptions.

Ayub Ali, Mohammad Ahsan Habib, Abu Bakkar Siddik, Tafajjal Islam, Nurul Islam, Sohel Rana, Zobayer Ahmed, Md. Tawhidul (…)2026-08-06

📄 social_science

When Early Wounds Meet Romantic Loss: Narcissistic Vulnerability, Self-Concept Instability, and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Emerging Adults

This three-wave longitudinal study of Chinese emerging adults reveals that childhood adversity predicts later depressive symptoms through a sequential pathway of increased vulnerable narcissism and reduced self-concept clarity, a process that is significantly intensified by relationship insecurity.

Mingze Han2026-08-06

📄 social_science

Case-Based Health Law Teaching for Undergraduate Rehabilitation Therapy Students: A Single-Group Pre-Post Educational Intervention Study

This single-group pre-post study demonstrates that an 18-hour case-based health law teaching intervention significantly improved legal knowledge, clinical risk identification, learning attitudes, and course satisfaction among 102 undergraduate rehabilitation therapy students at Guizhou Medical University.

Qian Zhang, Shuang Wu, Lijun Xiao, Guoyu Chen, Jue Long2026-08-06

📄 social_science

Replying to newcomers enhances engagement with existing users: evidence from the reply network of a social virtual reality (VR) community

This study demonstrates that in a Japanese-speaking VRChat community, existing users who replied to newcomers during a 2024 surge subsequently increased their overall posting and reply activity without reducing their engagement with pre-existing interaction partners.

Kotaro Hayashi, Takuma Tanaka2026-08-06

📄 social_science

Empowering Inclusive Education: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Systemic Family-Counseling Model for Students with Disabilities

This mixed-methods study in Jordan demonstrates that a systemic family-counseling model significantly improves inclusive education outcomes for students with disabilities by enhancing family functioning and resilience, though its efficacy is moderated by structural socio-economic barriers, thereby advocating for the formal integration of family counseling into inclusive education frameworks.

shooroq maberah, Mohammed Abu Al-Rub2026-08-06

📄 social_science

Physical Education Teachers' Evaluation of a Diagnostic Procedure for Swimming Skill Analysis in 6- to 12-Year-Old Children

Through a mixed-methods study involving 58 German physical education teachers, this paper demonstrates that a newly developed diagnostic procedure for analyzing swimming skills in 6- to 12-year-olds is positively evaluated as a valuable and feasible tool for supporting systematic skill assessment and improving lesson design.

Inga Fokken, Ilka Staub, Tobias Vogt2026-08-06

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