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Linguocultural and Cognitive Images of Characters in Mukhtar Auezov’s Early Short Prose: Binary Oppositions Analysis

This study employs a binary opposition framework and a novel digital corpus of 1,412 MOOC participant reflections to analyze how Mukhtar Auezov's early short prose constructs unresolved tragic character dynamics that contemporary readers actively reinterpret through the lens of tradition, identity, and post-Soviet trauma.

Svetlana Urazgaliyeva, Kanseit Abdezuly, Mohamed Nor Azhari Azman, Gulzhaina K. Kassymova, Akzharkyn Abuova, Aliya O. Be (…)2026-09-22
📄 social science

A Latent Profile Analysis of High-Risk Children’s Problematic Sexual Behavior

This study utilized latent profile analysis on 689 high-risk children to identify six distinct subtypes of problematic sexual behavior characterized by varying combinations of interpersonal acts, maltreatment histories, and co-occurring symptoms, thereby highlighting the heterogeneity of these presentations to inform more targeted identification and treatment strategies.

Claudia Campbell, Rachel Wamser2026-09-21
📄 social science

Understanding dynamic learning profiles in AI-supported environments in Vietnam: Evidence from a three-wave latent transition analysis

This longitudinal study of 725 Vietnamese undergraduates reveals that successful adaptation to AI-supported learning is characterized by high self-efficacy and metacognitive regulation with low cognitive offloading, a stable "Optimal" profile that consistently yields higher academic performance than maladaptive patterns of over-reliance on AI.

Manh Tuan Kim, Thi My Loc Nguyen, Trung Tran, Thi Thanh Nghiem, Thi Khuyen Mai2026-09-21
📄 social science

Curiosity, Growth Mindset, and Science Achievement: The Mediating Role of Creative Self-Efficacy in PISA 2022 Data from Kosovo

Using PISA 2022 data from Kosovo, this study reveals that while socioeconomic status is the strongest predictor of science achievement, curiosity and creative self-efficacy serve as key motivational drivers, whereas growth mindset effects appear culturally contingent with a counterintuitive negative indirect pathway through creative self-efficacy.

Fidelis Chinedu Onwunyili, Ifenyinwa Obi, Malik M. Wali Awan2026-09-21
📄 social science

Re-politicising the Interfaith: Diaspora Muslim Youth, Religious Authority, and the Remaking Ofjewish–Muslim Encounter After October 7

This article argues that the events following October 7, 2023, have catalyzed a generational rupture in Western diaspora interfaith relations, where digitally networked Muslim youth are re-politicizing Jewish–Muslim encounters by reframing solidarity with Palestine as a devotional commitment that challenges institutional consensus models and demands a pluralism grounded in contestation rather than the suppression of political disagreement.

Iqbal Akhtar2026-09-21
📄 social science

Ethics Shaped by Contestation: The Trolley Problem and the Formation of Ethical Problems in Autonomous Vehicle Ethics

This paper argues that the trolley problem's true significance in autonomous vehicle ethics lies not in providing definitive crash solutions, but in serving as a dynamic framework of contestation that continuously shapes, reframes, and expands ethical inquiry from extreme scenarios to broader issues of risk governance and institutional responsibility.

Ling Peng, Dan Wan2026-09-21