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Inferences about student learning from large-scale achievement test scores are fundamental in education. For achievement test scores to provide useful information about student learning progress, differences in the content of instruction (i.e., the implemented curriculum) should affect test-takers' item responses. Existing research has begun to identify patterns in the content of instructionally sensitive multiple-choice achievement test items. To inform future test design decisions, this study identified instructionally (in)sensitive constructed-response achievement items, then characterized features of those items and their corresponding scoring rubrics. First, we used simulation to evaluate an item step difficulty difference index for constructed-response test items, derived from the generalized partial credit model. The statistical performance of the index was adequate, so we then applied it to data from 32 constructed-response eighth-grade science test items. We found that the instructional sensitivity (IS) index values varied appreciably across the category boundaries within an item as well as across items. Content analysis by master science teachers allowed us to identify general features of item score categories that show high, or negligible, IS.

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Examining the Instructional Sensitivity of Constructed-Response Achievement Test Item Scores.

Author(s):
Traynor A; Li CH; Zhou S

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This study looks at how big test scores show what students learn in school. The researchers found some test questions that are good at showing what students learned and others that are not. They used special ways to check this with science test questions for eighth graders.

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pubmed id: 39896146 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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The evolution of healthcare continues to display an incongruence between delivery and outcomes. Current healthcare paradigms for patient empowerment warrants analysis. A lacking operational application for and agree upon assessment of patient empowerment contributes to healthcare's incongruence. Interchangeable psychosocial concepts and specific patient contextual factors associated with health-related behavioral change have escaped an applicable definition of empowerment. The aim of this theoretical perspective review is to support a comprehensive and contextual understanding of patient empowerment that frames a definition for future consensus research.

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Patient empowerment: a critical evaluation and prescription for a foundational definition.

Author(s):
Varela AJ; Gallamore MJ; Hansen NR; Martin DC

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This research paper talks about how healthcare isn't always matching up with what it should do. It looks at how we need to better understand and agree on what helping patients feel in control (empowerment) means. The paper wants to help people make a clear definition of patient empowerment for future studies.

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pubmed id: 39895979 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Knowledge Society 5.0 and Industry 5.0 require workers with adaptable employability skills and who engage in innovative work behavior that help companies to create innovative products and processes that are difficult for competitors to imitate. Extant research examines employability, and innovative work behavior, but there are still few articles that include digital literacy in their study. In fact, digital literacy is closely related to human resources in the new workforce whose daily activities are closely related to digital technology. Through bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review of the interplay among digital literacy, employability, and innovative work behavior we synthesize research trends, measurements, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual models on these topics. In addition, some contextual considerations will be utilized to ensure accurate data interpretation. Findings suggest that there is no generic measure of digital literacy, especially in business contexts, that links this concept to either employability or innovative work behavior. Digital literacy is particularly important to increase employability and stimulate both innovative behavior and performance. Future research should explore these topics using various methodologies and theoretical frameworks, combining them with multiple perceptions across workers and countries, especially considering the pace of technological development.

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A systematic literature review on digital literacy, employability, and innovative work behavior: emphasizing the contextual approaches in HRM research.

Author(s):
Caroline A; Coun MJH; Gunawan A; Stoffers J

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People need to have skills to get and keep good jobs and think of new ideas. Digital skills are important because many jobs use technology. We need more research on how digital skills help people at work.

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pubmed id: 39895978 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study compares hospitals using a pharmacy robotic dispensing system (RPDS) with those using manual dispensing systems regarding burnout and depression among pharmacists in Emirates Health Services (EHS) hospitals. Furthermore, this study aims to bridge the gap in the literature concerning the relationship between burnout and the technology acceptance model (TAM).

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A cross-sectional study to explore the relationship between the technology acceptance model and burnout and depression among pharmacists working with a pharmacy robotic dispensing system.

Author(s):
Alshamsi AI; AlHarthi M; AbdulQader H; Chhabrani P; Ahmed S; Almansoori M

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This study looks at how different ways of giving out medicine in hospitals affect how tired and unhappy pharmacists get. It also tries to understand better how burnout is linked to wanting to use new technology.

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pubmed id: 39895977 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Psychosocial distress and mental health problems are common in patients before and after solid organ transplantation and can negatively affect morbidity, mortality, and adherence. Even though regular screening is recommended to identify patients with high levels of distress, the implementation in routine care has been insufficient so far.

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Pilot implementation of two specific problem lists before and after solid organ transplantation into routine care.

Author(s):
Higgen S; Müller E; Barten MJ; Eickhoff D; Grahammer F; Härter M; Bart S; Sterneck MR; Buchholz A

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People who get organ transplants often have stressful feelings and mental health issues, which can make recovery harder. Doctors suggest regular check-ups for these feelings, but not enough is being done in normal care.

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pubmed id: 39895976 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Can artificial systems act? In the literature we find two camps: sceptics and believers. But the issue of whether artificial systems can act and, if so, how, has not been systematically discussed. This is a foundational question for the philosophy of AI. I sketch a methodological approach to investigating the agency of artificial systems from architectural and behavioural perspectives.

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Interrogating artificial agency.

Author(s):
Wong HY

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The paper talks about whether computers or robots can really do things on their own, like people do. Some people say yes, and some say no, but it hasn’t been talked about in a clear way. The paper tries to explore how we can study and understand this question better.

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pubmed id: 39895975 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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China's birth rate continues to decline, reaching only 6.39% in 2023. In light of this trend, hospitals may need to reassess their allocation of resources, including funding, staffing, and facilities. Nurses may face job insecurity and uncertainty regarding their roles, which could prompt some to consider transitioning to different specialties. This study aimed to investigate the levels of occupational stress among nurses in the context of low fertility in China in 2023 and to identify the factors contributing to this stress. In addition, the study sought to explore the relationship between family dysfunction, low fertility rates, and occupational stress levels.

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Levels and related factors of occupational stress among nurses: hospital-based evidence from China, 2023.

Author(s):
Zhong X; Zeng Y; Peng L; Li X; Jia Y; Pan C; Wang B

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China's birth rate is going down, and this might cause changes in hospitals and affect nurses' jobs. This study looks at how this makes nurses feel stressed and what might be causing the stress.

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pubmed id: 39895974 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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The literature on the antecedents and consequences of knowledge hiding remains fragmented, limiting its practical applications. Social exchange theory (SET), one of the most widely adopted sociological frameworks, offers unique insights into the dynamics of knowledge hiding. This study synthesizes the application of SET in analyzing the nomological framework of knowledge hiding through a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. A meta-analysis was conducted based on the random-effects model and the meta-analytic structural equation modeling method, incorporating 66 primary studies with a total of 20,603 participants. Additionally, we examined the mediating role of knowledge hiding by linking key antecedents and consequences. Moreover, an exploratory analysis was conducted to investigate the moderating effects of national culture and research methodology, providing evidence to justify the true heterogeneity in the pairwise relationships between knowledge hiding and its antecedents. The research results generally support most pairwise relationships between knowledge hiding and its correlates, which were theoretically developed based on SET. This study is the first attempt to explore the explanatory power of SET in analyzing the knowledge-hiding phenomenon, and whether the establishment of a knowledge exchange loop contributes to a deeper understanding of this dyadic construct.

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Knowledge hiding and social exchange theory: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Author(s):
Zhang Z; Takahashi Y; Rezwan RB

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This research paper looks at why people keep knowledge to themselves and what happens when they do. It uses a big theory called Social Exchange Theory to better understand this. The study also checks if different cultures or ways of studying change how people hide knowledge.

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pubmed id: 39895973 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This paper aims to re-examine the problem of the emergence of present-day languages from the specific perspective of the self-domestication account of human evolution. According to this view, our species went through an evolutionary process that parallels the changes experienced by domesticated mammals. Relying on evidence of diverse kind (from paleogenetic to clinical), the paper argues that our self-domestication might have potentiated the cognitive and behavioral features of the human phenotype with an impact on language acquisition and use. Specifically, it might have facilitated the creation of the cultural niche that favors the complexification of languages via a cultural mechanism. The paper further proposes a model of language complexification in the past under the effects of human self-domestication, including the complexification of the structural aspects of language (grammar, prosody, and semantics) and the potentiation of its functional properties (pragmatics). The paper concludes with some suggestions for any future research aimed to test and improve this view.

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How (and why) languages became more complex as we evolved more prosocial: the human self-domestication view.

Author(s):
Benítez-Burraco A

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This paper talks about how humans might have changed over time, like how some animals become tame, and how this could have helped us learn and use language better. It suggests that these changes made it easier for people to create and understand more complicated languages. The paper also explains how these ideas could be studied more in the future.

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pubmed id: 39895972 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Neuro-disabilities involve impairments of the nervous system, affecting brain development and functioning. Due to limited scientific data on neuro-disabilities in Tanzania, this study examines maternal characteristics in high-risk areas, such as the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT).

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Mapping neuro-disabilities and their dimensions among under 5 years of age children in the southern agricultural corridor of Tanzania: a preliminary baseline survey.

Author(s):
Chilipweli PM; Basinda N; Sabuni PA; Hyera F; Liana U; Leeyio TR; Nyanza EC; Ngowi AV

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Some problems can happen when the nervous system doesn't work right, affecting how a person thinks and acts. This study looks at how mothers in certain parts of Tanzania, like SAGCOT, might be linked to these problems.

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pubmed id: 39895971 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology has historically been considered a psychic ailment that is part of a mental disorder. However, it has often been proposed that it could play an adaptive role, in that it would prevent individuals from being exposed to content or situations that they would not be prepared to process. Within the literature on emotional regulation (ER), PTSD symptomatology has commonly been linked to the concept of emotional dysregulation (ED). However, some definitions open the possibility that traumatic symptomatology could be considered ER, from which delicate conclusions would follow. To resolve this dilemma, we turn to interdisciplinary dialogue, specifically with the aid of Thomistic anthropology, whose concepts allow us to understand precisely the relationship between voluntary and involuntary processes and the close relationship between the concepts of reason and regulation. Even though part of the PTSD symptomatology involves psychic mechanisms aimed at modifying emotional states, it is concluded that it is necessary to continue conceptualizing it as ED. The theoretical and practical implications of this discussion are reviewed.

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Is PTSD symptomatology a mechanism of emotional regulation? Insights from an interdisciplinary point of view.

Author(s):
Rojas-Saffie JP; Álamos-Vial N; Pinzón-Merchán M

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The research discusses PTSD, a condition that affects people's feelings and reactions after a traumatic event. Some think PTSD may help keep people safe by avoiding things they can't handle, but it’s often linked to emotional issues. The study uses different ideas to understand PTSD better and decides it should still be seen as an emotional problem.

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pubmed id: 39895970 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Given the dynamic and contextual nature of foreign language learning anxiety (FLLA) and its impact on language acquisition, this study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the factors and mechanisms that underlie FLLA. Utilizing Nvivo 12 and grounded theory, the study conducts a coding analysis of interview data from tertiary students from 16 higher institutions in China, and reflection journals from two classes at a vocational college in China. The analysis identifies two core categories of anxiety: external sociocultural factors and internal self-regulation issues. The study constructs a model which indicates that external factors, such as maladaptation to the academic transition, disconnection between high school and university curricula, and intense academic competition, directly contribute to this anxiety. Intense academic competition raises students' self-expectations, exacerbates time management difficulties, and further intensifies their anxiety. Additionally, a vicious cycle develops between students' foreign language learning anxiety and their internal motivation and self-efficacy. To alleviate this anxiety, the study proposes teaching strategies to foster positive emotions, including enhancing self-regulation, instilling a growth mindset, promoting flow experiences, cultivating a positive self-concept, and creating a supportive classroom atmosphere. Future research should adopt a dynamic complexity theory perspective to explore trends in anxiety and its relationships with other affective factors, with the goal of developing more effective interventions.

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Mechanisms of foreign language learning anxiety and enhancement strategies among Chinese tertiary students: a grounded theory approach.

Author(s):
Gao J; Zuo Y

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The study looks at why students feel anxious when learning a new language and finds that outside pressures and personal challenges both play a role. Things like hard schoolwork and not enough time make students more worried. The research suggests ways to help, like building confidence and making classes more supportive.

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pubmed id: 39895969 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Among autistic individuals, a subphenotype of disproportionate megalencephaly (ASD-DM) seen at three years of age is associated with co-occurring intellectual disability and poorer prognoses later in life. However, many of the genes contributing to ASD-DM have yet to be delineated. In this study, we identified additional ASD-DM candidate genes with the aim to better define the genetic etiology of this subphenotype of autism. We expanded the previously studied sample size of ASD-DM individuals ten fold by including probands from the Autism Phenome Project and Simons Simplex Collection, totaling 766 autistic individuals meeting the criteria for megalencephaly or macrocephaly and revealing 154 candidate ASD-DM genes harboring de novo protein-impacting variants. Our findings include 14 high confidence autism genes and seven genes previously associated with DM. Five impacted genes have previously been associated with both autism and DM, including CHD8 and PTEN. By performing functional network analysis, we expanded to additional candidate genes, including one previously implicated in ASD-DM (PIK3CA) as well as 184 additional genes connected with ASD or DM alone. Using zebrafish, we modeled a de novo tandem duplication impacting YTHDF2, encoding an N6-methyladenosine (mA)-mRNA reader, in an ASD-DM proband. Testing zebrafish CRISPR knockdown led to reduced head/brain size, while overexpressing YTHDF2 resulted in increased head/brain size matching that of the proband. Single-cell transcriptomes of YTHDF2 gain-of-function larvae point to reduced expression of Fragile-X-syndrome-associated FMRP-target genes globally and in the developing brain, providing insight into the mechanism underlying autistic phenotypes. We additionally discovered a variant impacting a different gene encoding an mA reader, YTHDC1, in our ASD-DM cohort. Though we highlight only two cases to date, our study provides support for the mA-RNA modification pathway as potentially contributing to this severe form of autism.

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mA-mRNA Reader YTHDF2 Identified as a Potential Risk Gene in Autism With Disproportionate Megalencephaly.

Author(s):
Nishizaki SS; Haghani NK; La GN; Mariano NAF; Uribe-Salazar JM; Kaya G; Regester M; Andrews DS; Nordahl CW; Amaral DG; Dennis MY

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Researchers are studying a special form of autism where kids have larger brains and challenges with learning. They found new genes that might help explain why this happens. Using zebrafish, they discovered how changes in one of these genes can affect brain size and possibly autism symptoms.

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pubmed id: 39887636 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Of the 1 in 36 individuals in the United States who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, nearly 40% also have intellectual disability (ID). The cortex has been widely implicated in neural processes underlying autistic behaviors as well as intellectual ability. Thus, neuroimaging features such as cortical thickness are of particular interest as a possible biomarkers of the condition. However, neuroimaging studies often fail to include autistic individuals with ID. As a result, there are few studies of cortical thickness in autistic individuals across the entire range of intellectual abilities. This study used MRI to evaluate cortical thickness in young autistic children (n = 88, mean age 5.37 years) with a large range of intellectual ability (IQ 19-133) as well as nonautistic, nondevelopmentally delayed (referred to here as typically developing [TD]) peers (n = 53, mean age 5.29 years). We first investigated associations between full scale IQ and cortical thickness in both autistic and TD children. Autistic children had significant negative associations (i.e., thinner cortex, higher IQ) in bilateral entorhinal cortex, right fusiform gyrus, superior, middle and inferior temporal gyri, and right temporal pole that were not present in TD children. Significantly thicker cortex was also observed in these regions for autistic children with ID (i.e., IQ ≤ 70) compared with those without. Last, given the reported correspondence between the severity of autism symptoms and intellectual ability, we compared cortical thickness associations with both IQ and ADOS Calibrated Severity Scores and found these patterns overlapped to a significant degree across the cortex.

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Cortical Thickness Differences in Autistic Children With and Without Intellectual Disability.

Author(s):
Andrews DS; Dakopolos AJ; Lee JK; Heath B; Cordero D; Solomon M; Amaral DG; Nordahl CW

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This study looked at the thickness of the brain's cortex in young kids with autism and different levels of thinking ability. They found that for autistic kids, having a thinner cortex was linked to higher IQ, while those with lower IQs had a thicker cortex. The study also saw that these patterns matched up in some ways with how severe their autism symptoms were.

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pubmed id: 39887572 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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The MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) sponsored MDMA-assisted therapy protocol has had greater success in treating trauma in preliminary clinical trials than any prior psychotherapeutic, pharmacologic, or combined approach. It is predicated on a synergy between drug action and the participant's inner healing intelligence. The latter is described mainly by analogy with the body's capacity to heal itself, and the treatment is characterized as a means of activating or accessing this capacity. How is this rather mysterious-sounding process so effective? I suggest that the therapist's full commitment to, and trust in this treatment framework, along with the medication's subjective enhancement of trust, encourages individuals who have suffered trauma and have difficulty trusting others to engage the therapist as a kind of witness. I discuss parallels between the therapeutic attitude implied in the inner healing intelligence model and the way a therapist can act as witness in the resolution of dissociative enactment in relational psychoanalysis. Trusting the healing capacity of one's inner healing intelligence is dynamically equivalent to trusting the relational process. This makes trusting one's inner healing intelligence a process of feeling witnessed. In both settings, the therapist's willingness to acknowledge her technical limitations or failings, coupled with a conviction that the participant/patient's primary need in processing trauma is to feel witnessed, facilitates the integration of dissociated experience.

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My Bad, You Got This: witnessing, therapist attitude and the synergy between psychedelics and inner healing intelligence in the treatment of trauma.

Author(s):
Fischman L

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The study talks about a new way to help people who have been through tough times using something called MDMA-assisted therapy. The medicine helps people trust more, which makes it easier for them to talk to a therapist about their feelings. This method helps people feel like their problems are being understood and makes them feel better.

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pubmed id: 39886548 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study aimed to explore the mechanism and gender effect of socioeconomic status on the relationship between marital quality and depression among the older adults, with the intention of providing a practical foundation for enhancing the quality of life of the older adults.

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A cross-lagged analysis of the relationship between marital quality and depression among the older adults: gender effects of socioeconomic status.

Author(s):
Fang BJ; Leong KS; Tan HX

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This study looked at how money and gender affect how marriage quality and feeling sad relate in older adults. The goal is to help older adults have a better life.

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pubmed id: 39886547 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Social and behavioral science researchers who use survey data are vigilant about data quality, with an increasing emphasis on avoiding common method variance (CMV) and insufficient effort responding (IER). Each of these errors can inflate and deflate substantive relationships, and there are both a priori and post hoc means to address them. Yet, little research has investigated how both IER and CMV are affected with the use of these different procedural or statistical techniques used to address them. More specifically, if interventions to reduce IER are used, does this affect CMV in data? In an experiment conducted both in and out of the laboratory, we investigate the impact of attentiveness interventions, such as a Factual Manipulation Check (FMC) on both IER and CMV in same-source survey data. In addition to typical IER measures, we also track whether respondents play the instructional video and their mouse movement. The results show that while interventions have some impact on the level of participant attentiveness, these interventions do not appear to lead to differing levels of CMV.

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The Impact of Attentiveness Interventions on Survey Data.

Author(s):
Fuller CM; Simmering MJ; Waterwall B; Ragland E; Twitchell DP; Wall A

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Researchers studied how methods to improve survey response quality, like making sure people pay attention, affect survey errors. They used special checks and tracked mouse movements to see if these methods helped. They found that these methods did improve attention but didn't change another type of error in surveys.

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pubmed id: 39886384 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Emotional stimuli are preferentially processed in the visual system, in particular, fearful faces. Evidence comes from unimodal studies with emotional faces, although real-life emotional encounters typically involve input from multiple sensory channels, such as a face paired with a voice. Therefore, in this study, we investigated how emotional voices influence preferential processing of co-occurring emotional faces. To investigate early visual processing, we used the breaking continuous flash suppression paradigm (b-CFS): We presented fearful, happy, or neutral faces to one eye, which were initially inaccessible to conscious awareness due to the predominant perception of a dynamic mask presented to the other eye. Faces were presented either unimodally or paired with non-linguistic vocalizations (fearful, happy, neutral). Thirty-six healthy participants were asked to respond as soon as the faces reached conscious awareness. We replicated earlier findings that fearful faces broke suppression faster overall, supporting a threat bias. Moreover, all faces broke suppression faster when paired with voices. Interestingly, faces paired with neutral and happy voices broke suppression the fastest, followed by faces with fearful voices. Thus, in addition to supporting a threat bias in unimodally presented fearful faces, we found evidence for crossmodal facilitation.

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Setting the tone: crossmodal emotional face-voice combinations in continuous flash suppression.

Author(s):
Müller UWD; Gerdes ABM; Alpers GW

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This study looked at how people see emotional faces, like happy or scared faces, when there's also a matching voice. They found that people notice faces faster if there's a voice, especially happy or neutral voices, even more than with just a scared face.

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pubmed id: 39886372 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Information about the self and others is organized in cognitive-affective structures that influence and guide interpersonal behavior. These structures are referred to as relational schemas and are thought to be influenced by early interpersonal experiences with significant others leading to secure or insecure attachment patterns as adults. When insecure, these patterns appear to contribute to paranoid interpretations about the intentions of others by indirect pathways such as negative self-esteem and a bias toward untrustworthiness. Experimental studies employing classical conditioning (CC) interventions have been successful in manipulating these schemas, finding significant effects on various psychological outcomes such as attachment styles, implicit self-esteem, and paranoid beliefs. However, no study to date has explored these effects on trustworthiness judgments.

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Manipulating self and other schemas to explore psychological processes associated with paranoid beliefs: an online experimental study.

Author(s):
Martinez AP; Milne E; Rowse G; Bentall RP

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The research talks about how our early experiences with others shape how we act and think about people. If these experiences make us feel unsure, they might make us believe others are untrustworthy. Some experiments have tried to change these thoughts and found success, but no one has studied how it affects our judgment about trusting others.

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pubmed id: 39886371 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Perceived pain intensity is an important determinant of health-related quality of life. A lack of studies has investigated the co-influences of physical and psychosocial risk factors on perceived pain intensity and the shifts in effects after pandemic. As a post-COVID symptom, it is important to re-assess the risk factors for post-COVID heath care.

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A lesson for post-COVID healthcare: assessment of physical and psychosocial risk factors on perceived pain intensity among urban individuals.

Author(s):
Ho HC; Bai W; Wong SS; Cheung CW

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Researchers are studying how both physical and mental factors affect how much pain people feel, especially after COVID-19. They want to understand how these factors might have changed because of the pandemic and how they impact health now.

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pubmed id: 39886370 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study aimed to clarify the subgroups of career calling among Chinese nurses, explore the factors correlated with the subgroups, and investigate the relationship between nurse safety behavior and different profiles of career calling.

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Career calling and safety behavior among nurses: a cross-sectional study based on latent profile analysis.

Author(s):
Xie L; Xie S; Yu Y; Jing J; Shi M; Dai L

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The study looked at different groups of Chinese nurses to see how they feel about their jobs. It tried to find out what things are connected to these feelings and how these feelings might affect their safety at work.

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pubmed id: 39886369 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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A coach's managerial and pedagogical tasks in the sports training process constitute the substantive core of their work, while decision-making serves as the fundamental method underpinning these tasks. Some decisions made by coaches result from deliberate, analytical thinking, which involves extensive information gathering, analysis, and discussion. Others, however, are made quickly and spontaneously, triggered by unforeseen situations during training or competition that demand immediate action. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework for understanding coaches' decision-making behavior in conventional sports. This framework aims to establish appropriate relationships between the various decisions coaches make during the training process and theoretical concepts related to decision-making, both in general and within the coaching context.

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Conceptual framework of coaches' decision-making in conventional sports.

Author(s):
Kolar E; Biloslavo R; Pišot R; Veličković S; Tušak M

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Coaches make different kinds of decisions during sports practice and games. Some decisions are planned out carefully, while others are made quickly when something unexpected happens. This study tries to explain how coaches decide what to do in these different situations.

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pubmed id: 39886368 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Existential Fulfillment Scale (EFS) in a Chinese university student sample, emphasizing the cultural fit of the scale.

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Validation of existential fulfillment scale in Chinese university students.

Author(s):
Chen J; Chen X; Miao C

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Researchers looked at how well a tool called the Existential Fulfillment Scale works for Chinese university students. They wanted to see if the tool fits well with the students' culture.

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pubmed id: 39886367 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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While there is a large body of research on social support in traditional work settings, less is known about how the unique context of long-term isolation and confinement affects perceived social support. The purpose of our research was to examine how perceptions of social support change over time, how they differ by source (i.e., public, organization, family/friends/colleagues, and other crewmembers), and the relationship between social support and stress. We collected data from 64 crewmembers in five spaceflight analog campaigns with restricted communication with outside sources. Results suggested that perceived social support declined over time for all sources, with declines more pronounced for external sources (public, organization, family/friends/colleagues) than for perceived support from other crewmembers. While perceived overall social support was unrelated to stress over time, social support from crewmembers was related to the stress levels reported by crewmembers in the evening. Our results are important as they: (a) empirically document the decline in perceived social support over time in extended isolation; (b) provide evidence for the critical importance of the role of fellow crewmembers in being able to provide social support in conditions of extended isolation and communication delay; and (c) underscore the need to more fully understand the dynamics between the crew and external sources of social support (public, organization, family/friends/colleagues) as well as how those relationships may be best supported for individuals who live and work in long-term isolation and confinement.

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Social support from different sources and its relationship with stress in spaceflight analog environments.

Author(s):
Bell ST; Anderson SR; Roma PG; Landon LB; Dev SI

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The study looked at how people feel supported by others when they are isolated for a long time, like in space. It found that over time, people felt less support from family, friends, and other sources, but they still felt support from their crewmates, which helped them feel less stressed. Understanding how support from others can be improved is important for people living in isolation.

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pubmed id: 39886366 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study uses Hebrew data to examine the practices accomplished by index-finger pointing toward the addressee, with a focus on interactional purposes beyond merely indexing the reference. The data were taken from the , which consists of video recordings of naturally occurring casual conversations collected between 2016 and 2023. By employing the methodologies of interactional linguistics and multimodal conversation analysis, the study elaborates on the social actions that are accomplished via this gesture, showing that pointing at the addressee in Hebrew talk-in-interaction can be explained from different perspectives. The study suggests that non-referential pointing primarily serves as an attention-drawing device. However, similar to other gestural or verbal attention-drawing devices, in some contexts, the gesture can also be considered to be a cue whereby conveying a negative stance or displaying epistemic authority is recognized. Additionally, it can be employed as an abrupt way of interrupting or as an attempt to elicit a response from the addressee.

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Interactional practices accomplished by index-finger pointing directed at the addressee in Hebrew face-to-face interaction.

Author(s):
Inbar A

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The study looks at how people use pointing with their index finger during conversations in Hebrew. It found that pointing is not just for showing something, but also for getting attention, interrupting, or suggesting you know more. Pointing can even show if someone feels negative about something.

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pubmed id: 39881710 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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In the pursuit of a brighter future for their children, many female migrant workers leave their home countries to seek employment abroad, often as caregivers for families in wealthier nations. This decision necessitates prolonged separation from their own children, depriving them of the opportunity to witness and participate in crucial stages of their children's development. The absence of these mothers, combined with inconsistent caregiving in their stead, significantly increases the vulnerability of left-behind children to mental health challenges, such as depression, anxiety, and difficulties in forming emotional bonds with others. Moreover, even after the migrant mother's eventual return, the disruptions in attachment often result in long-term consequences, including strained and distant relationships with their children. This article explores the complex impact of maternal migration on the mental well-being of left-behind children across various cultural contexts. It highlights key findings, such as the role of communal caregiving practices in mitigating adverse effects in some societies, while noting that these practices are not a complete solution. The study underscores the need for culturally sensitive mental health interventions and policy measures to support the well-being of children affected by maternal migration globally.

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Psychological impacts of maternal migration on left-behind children: a cross-cultural review.

Author(s):
Al-Azzeh D; Diab JL

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Some moms leave their countries to work in other places and help their kids have better lives. But because they are away for a long time, their kids might feel sad or have trouble making friends. Even when the moms come back, things might still be hard between them and their kids.

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pubmed id: 39881709 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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During adolescence, personal competencies serve as protective factors against social exclusion and are crucial for promoting psychological well-being and creating opportunities for growth. Family and educational systems play a pivotal role in supporting these competencies. This study aims to analyze the relationships between humanization competencies, academic burnout, and family functionality, to examine sex differences in these variables, and to explore the mediating effect of family functionality.

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Family functionality as a mediator in the relationship between humanization and academic burnout in adolescents.

Author(s):
Molina Moreno P; Fernández Gea S; Pérez-Fuentes MDC; Molero Jurado MDM; Gázquez Linares JJ

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This study looks at how skills like being kind and helpful protect young people from feeling left out and help them grow. It also checks how families and schools support these skills and whether how families work together can change things.

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pubmed id: 39881708 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Recent research in the field of "Arts and Health" has demonstrated the beneficial impact of arts-based interventions on health and well-being across diverse populations. Recognizing their potential, especially in cases where conventional healthcare cannot address the multifaceted impact of conditions such as in Parkinson's disease (PD), our study advocates for an integrative approach in medical practice and neuroscience. We recommend incorporating learning environments from the design phase through long-term care. The arts offer a unique opportunity to create such environments. In this study, we specifically focus on individuals with PD, co-designing an intervention as a creative engagement learning environment and a PD-specific creative arts therapy. In this study, the narratives of those affected contribute as scientific knowledge, shaping care and increasing the intervention's relevance to participants' lives.

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Co-creating a person-centered creative engagement intervention for Parkinson's care.

Author(s):
Spee BTM; Stap TB; Plijnaer M; Pasman G; Zeggio S; Duits A; Crone JS; Haeyen S; Pelowski M; Bloem BR; Koksma JJ

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The study talks about using art to help people feel better and healthier, especially those with Parkinson's disease. It suggests combining art with regular medical care to create learning and healing environments. The ideas and stories from people with Parkinson's help make the art therapy more useful and meaningful for them.

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pubmed id: 39881707 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Both multilingualism and developmental language disorder (DLD) may be associated with inferior performance in the majority language, albeit for different reasons. At the same time, there is a growing body of evidence that multilingualism may have a positive effect on foreign language performance. This study tests the hypothesis that the positive effects of multilingualism on foreign language learning may be smaller in children with DLD compared to their multilingual peers with typical language development.

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The effects of heritage multilingualism on foreign language learning: a comparison of children with typical language development and developmental language disorder.

Author(s):
Tribushinina E; Boz B

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This study looks at how knowing many languages can be good for learning new ones, but maybe not as much for kids who have trouble with language development.

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pubmed id: 39881706 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Diagnostic classification models (DCMs) have received increasing attention in cross-sectional studies. However, L2 learning studies, tracking skill development over time, require models suited for longitudinal analyses. Growth DCMs offer a promising framework for such analyses.

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A didactic illustration of writing skill growth through a longitudinal diagnostic classification model.

Author(s):
Ravand H; Effatpanah F; Kunina-Habenicht O; Madison MJ

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Some studies need special models to understand how skills grow over time. Growth DCMs are good models for studying skill development in these situations.

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pubmed id: 39881705 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Self-protection, also called protective anger or assertive anger, is a key factor in mental health. Thus, far, researchers have focused mainly on the qualitative analysis of self-protection.

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Characteristics of vocal cues, facial action units, and emotions that distinguish high from low self-protection participants engaged in self-protective response to self-criticizing.

Author(s):
Vráblová V; Halamová J

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Self-protection, which is like angry feelings that help you stand up for yourself, is important for your mind to be healthy. Researchers have mostly looked at how self-protection works by studying people's experiences and stories.

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pubmed id: 39881704 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Physical exercise has been shown to positively impact psychological and behavioral outcomes, yet its influence on professional ethics in educators remains underexplored. Understanding the mechanisms underlying this relationship is essential for developing interventions to promote ethical behavior in educational contexts.

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The impact of physical exercise on primary school teachers' professional ethics: the mediating role of self-control.

Author(s):
Kequn C; Xiuqing Y; Tinghui Z

Summary:
Exercise is good for the body and mind, but we don't know much about how it helps teachers do the right thing at work. Learning more about this could help make plans to encourage good behavior in schools.

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pubmed id: 39881703 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Previous research has suggested that individual characteristics, such as personality traits, are crucial for pro-environmental behaviors. However, the joint role of more specific environment-related individual dispositions on various pro-environmental behaviors has not yet been investigated and is the aim of this study. A total of 649 adults (18-59 years old) assessed their pro-environmental behaviors, personality traits, the connectedness to nature, attitudes toward exploration, and spatial anxiety. Personality traits (openness and conscientiousness) were related to some of the pro-environment behaviors (transportations and purchasing). Connectedness to nature was the factor most associated with the pro-environment behaviors (conservation, citizenship, purchasing). Moreover, newly we showed that attitudes toward exploration were associated with citizenship and purchasing behaviors. Overall, the results newly highlighted the importance of environment-related characteristics alongside general personality traits. Fostering environmental-related personality factors, such as connection to nature and attitudes towards exploration, may drive positive environmental action, suggesting novel approaches to build a more sustainable society.

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Are explorers greener? Investigating the role of personality traits, connectedness to nature and attitudes toward exploring in various pro-environmental behaviors.

Author(s):
Muffato V; Miola L; Pazzaglia F; Meneghetti C

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The study looked at how people's personalities and feelings about nature affect their actions to help the environment. It found that feeling connected to nature and liking to explore help people do more for the environment. These findings suggest new ways to encourage people to take care of the planet.

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pubmed id: 39881702 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) describes individual differences in sensitivity to environments, but there is little research on potential positive correlates of SPS. Hereby we investigate whether SPS and its Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES) component are associated with different facets of creativity and empathy.

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Relationships of sensory processing sensitivity with creativity and empathy in an adult sample.

Author(s):
Laros-van Gorkom BAP; Damatac CG; Stevelmans I; Greven CU

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This research paper looks at how people who are very sensitive to their surroundings, called Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), might also be creative and empathetic. The study specifically checks if Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES), a part of SPS, is linked to creativity and understanding other people's feelings.

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pubmed id: 39881701 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Several studies showed that task interruptions at high mental workload moments are more harmful than task interruptions at low mental workload moments. In the present study, we used a theory-driven approach to define the mental workload during primary-task execution and to examine the effects of the interruption timing on primary-task performance.

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Opportune moments for task interruptions: examining the cognitive mechanisms underlying interruption-timing effects.

Author(s):
Hirsch P; Moretti L; Leichtmann B; Koch I; Nitsch V

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The study looked at how taking a break from tasks when people are really busy is worse than taking a break when they're not so busy. It used a smart method to see how breaks affect how well people do their main job.

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pubmed id: 39881699 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Environmental education is crucial for achieving ecological sustainability goals and transforming human behavior to promote responsible consumption. Higher education institutions play a fundamental role in transforming societies aimed at a more sustainable future through the dissemination of environmental education to millions of young people worldwide. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the role of environmental education in transforming students' green behavior (SGB), along with other higher education institutional factors such as green campus initiatives (GCI), institutional ecosystem (IEC), institutional sustainability system (ISS), and institutional support system (ISP) through students' green intentions (SGI). The study data were collected from 480 Chinese students enrolled in the four cities with highest number of higher education institutions through face-to-face cross-sectional survey. The collected data were analyzed through partial least squares structural equation modeling. The findings indicate a significant and positive impact of GCI, IEC, ISS, and ISP on SGI, which further positively affects the SGB. This implies that green initiatives at campus, green ecosystems, sustainable and environmentally oriented policies, and support systems of educational institutions greatly contribute to the development of students' green intentions (SGI), which further turn into green habits fostering their green behavior. Moreover, environmental education also played a significant moderating role between SGI and SGB. The provision of support systems, organizing hands-on workshops and seminars, providing sustainable food items at cafeterias, and short campus visits focusing on campus green practices may inspire students to adopt green practices in their daily routines.

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Transforming students' green behavior through environmental education: the impact of institutional practices and policies.

Author(s):
Chen C; Shahbaz P; Haq SU

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Environmental education helps people learn to take care of the planet better. Colleges and universities teach many young people about the environment, which can make students want to act in more eco-friendly ways. This study found that efforts like green initiatives and support systems at schools can help students change their behaviors to be more environmentally friendly.

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pubmed id: 39881698 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Musical melodies and rhythms are typically perceived in a relative manner: two melodies are considered "the same" even if one is shifted up or down in frequency, as long as the relationships among the notes are preserved. Similar principles apply to rhythms, which can be slowed down or sped up proportionally in time and still be considered the same pattern. We investigated whether humans perceiving rhythms and melodies may rely upon the same or similar mechanisms to achieve this relative perception. We looked at the effects of changing relative information on both rhythm and melody perception using a same-different paradigm. Our manipulations changed stimulus contour and/or added a referent in the form of either a metrical pulse (bass-drum beat) for rhythm stimuli, or a melodic drone for melody stimuli. We found that these manipulations had similar effects on performance across rhythmic and melodic stimuli. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing that the addition of a drone note has significant effects on melody perception, warranting further investigation. Overall, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that relative perception of rhythm and melody rely upon shared relative perception mechanisms, alongside domain specific mechanisms. Further work is needed to explore the specific nature of this relationship and to pinpoint the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved.

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Evidence for a shared cognitive mechanism underlying relative rhythmic and melodic perception.

Author(s):
van der Aa J; Fitch WT

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The study looked at how people tell rhythms and melodies apart when they change in certain ways. They found that adding a steady beat or a constant note changed how people heard them. This shows that rhythms and melodies might be recognized using similar ways in the brain.

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pubmed id: 39881697 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of combining basketball training with a traditional sensory integration therapy (SIT) vs. a SIT alone in enhancing sensory integration capability among Chinese children diagnosed with mild challenges in sensory integration and sensory processing (CSISP).

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Improving sensory integration in Chinese children with moderate sensory integration challenges through engaging basketball training.

Author(s):
Ge S; Guo X; Jiang BY; Cordova A; Guan J; Zhang JQ; Yao WX

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The study looked at whether doing basketball training along with sensory therapy helps children more than just doing sensory therapy alone. It focused on kids in China who have some trouble with sensory processing.

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pubmed id: 39881696 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) is a self-report instrument recently developed to evaluate negative emotional states in children and adolescents. However, the Persian version's factor structure and psychometric properties have yet to be investigated in Iranian youth. The study aimed to assess the factor structure and reliability of the Persian DASS-Y in a sample of Iranian children and adolescents.

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Exploring the psychometric properties of the Persian Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y): factor structure and reliability in Iranian children and adolescents.

Author(s):
Shabani MJ; Gharraee B; Zahedi Tajrishi K

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The study checked if a special survey called DASS-Y works well for Iranian kids and teens. They wanted to see if this survey can measure negative feelings like sadness and stress accurately.

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pubmed id: 39881695 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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The full-scale Russian war has caused Ukrainian female refugees to experience many stressful events which may have an adverse impact on their mental health. Understanding the prevalence and determinants associated with anxiety is essential for psychosocial support. The study aimed: to evaluate the psychometric validity of the Ukrainian version of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) among Ukrainian female refugees in the Czech Republic, to determine the prevalence of anxiety, and to identify key determinants for anxiety in this population.

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Psychometric assessment of the Beck anxiety inventory and key anxiety determinants among Ukrainian female refugees in the Czech Republic.

Author(s):
Mazhak I; Sudyn D

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The research looks at how the war affects the mental health of Ukrainian women who had to leave home. It checks if a test for anxiety works well in their language and finds out what makes them anxious.

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pubmed id: 39881694 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This research examines the factor structure and psychometric properties of two well-known Dark Triad personality trait questionnaires: the Short Dark Triad (SD3) and the Dirty Dozen (DD). By analyzing data from 11 (SD3) and 5 (DD) carefully selected studies in the United States and Canada, this meta-analysis uncovers unexpected correlations among questionnaire items, challenging existing assumptions. The study employs a two-stage structural equation modeling approach to evaluate various measurement models. Conventional models, such as the correlated factor and orthogonal bifactor models, fail to explain the irregular correlations. For Dirty Dozen items, a bifactor-(S·I-1) model is more suitable than the orthogonal bifactor model, significantly affecting interpretation. On the other hand, the complex structure of the SD3 necessitates item revision to enhance reliability, discriminant validity, and predictive validity. These findings emphasize the need for refining and clarifying concepts in item revision. Furthermore, the research highlights the overlap between Machiavellianism and psychopathy, particularly in relation to revenge-related items, suggesting the need for differentiation between these traits or the identification of distinct core characteristics.

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Measuring the dark triad: a meta-analytical SEM study of two prominent short scales.

Author(s):
Knitter LA; Hoffmann J; Eid M; Koch T

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This study looks at two personality tests, the Short Dark Triad and the Dirty Dozen, which measure traits like narcissism and psychopathy. Researchers found unexpected results, showing that the Dirty Dozen test works best with a new model, while the Short Dark Triad test needs changes to improve. The study also found that some traits might overlap, suggesting more differences should be noted.

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pubmed id: 39881693 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Malaysia as an ethnically diverse country has a history of interethnic inequality and poverty which led to the development of different views about the existence of poverty. Among these ethnic groups, some sympathize with the poor and help them through different charity organizations. However, these charity organizations are mostly unaware of the target donors that can aid their charity funds. Therefore, this study explores the attitudinal differences regarding poverty among Malays, Chinese, and Indians and the demographic groups that can be targeted for donation and social policy development purposes.

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Attribution theory of poverty and beliefs about charity in Malaysia: an inter-ethnic comparison.

Author(s):
Khan A; Shafiai MHM; Abbas G; Zaidi SB; Hassan MU

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Malaysia has different ethnic groups who think differently about poverty. Some people help the poor through charities, but these charities often don't know who will donate to them. This study looks at how Malays, Chinese, and Indians feel about poverty and finds out which groups might donate to help.

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pubmed id: 39881692 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Executive functions is a crucial ability in the early development of preschool children. While numerous studies have found that music training has a favorable effect on children's executive functions, there is a lack of a consistent perspective on this topic, particularly with regard to the dose-response relationship.

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Effects of music training on executive functions in preschool children aged 3-6 years: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Author(s):
Lu Y; Shi L; Musib AF

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Learning music can help preschool kids improve important skills called executive functions. Many studies say music is helpful, but they don't all agree on how much music kids need to see these benefits.

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pubmed id: 39881691 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Threats to our survival are often posed by the environment in which humans have evolved or live today. Animal and human ancestors developed complex physiological and behavioral response systems to cope with two types of threats: immediate physical harm from predators or conspecifics, triggering fear, and the risk of infections from parasites and pathogens leading to the evolution of the behavioral immune system (BIS) with disgust as the key emotion. Here we ask whether the BIS has adapted to protect us from pandemic risks or poisoning by modern toxic substances.

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Imprint of ancestral and modern threats in human mind - experience of fear, disgust, and anger.

Author(s):
Landová E; Polák J; Janovcová M; Štolhoferová I; Peterková Š; Chomik A; Frynta D

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Animals and humans have ways to handle dangers like predators or infections. These ways can make us feel scared or disgusted. This study looks at if these systems help us today with new problems like pandemics or harmful substances.

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pubmed id: 39881690 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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In recent, the topic of student engagement has received a great deal of academic attention. However, there are numerous definitions of student engagement. Will this lead to inaccuracies and ambiguities in future definitions of student engagement? Therefore, it is important to have a common understanding of student engagement. In this paper, I present three definitions of student engagement that have the potential to be widely accepted. Additionally, in order to study student engagement in more depth, it is crucial to focus factors that influence student engagement. In this paper, 30 articles from three databases, Google Scholar, Taylor & Francis Online, and SAGE, were screened for data analysis based on the inclusion criteria. Three influences were extracted from the included articles, namely student self-control, teacher empathy, and learning environment, which were analyzed as possible indirect influences. An interesting finding is that the learning environment may act as a direct influence. Meanwhile, in order to improve student engagement, this paper draws on Schneider and Ingram's categorization of policy tools, e.g., authority, incentive, and capacity tools, then formulates a causal model of the influences on student engagement, as well as provides a number of interventions, and finally offers some insights.

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Re-discover student engagement from the perspective of definition and influencing factors.

Author(s):
Wang Q

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This paper talks about how important it is to understand what student engagement means. It looked at 30 articles to find out what affects student engagement, like self-control, teacher empathy, and learning environment. The study suggests ways to improve engagement using different tools and offers some new ideas.

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pubmed id: 39881689 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is a new behavioral addiction. A large number of empirical studies have shown that Internet Gaming Disorder has a high level of comorbidity with other diseases, including depression, anxiety, obesity, internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, however, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. The current study adopted a three-time longitudinal study investing the mediating effect of relative deprivation on the association between peer rejection and IGD, and whether this mediating effect was moderated by the grit.

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Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit.

Author(s):
Li J; Wei C; Lu J

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Internet Gaming Disorder is a new problem where people play too many video games. It is often found with other issues like being sad, worried, or having other behavior problems. The study looked at how feeling left out by friends can lead to this disorder and how being gritty (determined) might change that.

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pubmed id: 39881688 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Enhancing motor skills is crucial for the functional development of children with cerebral palsy. Virtual reality has emerged as a promising technology for rehabilitating these children.

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Effects of virtual reality motor games on motor skills in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Author(s):
Xue Z; Zhang W; Zhou N; Ma P; Yuan K; Zheng P; Li J; Chang J

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Helping children with cerebral palsy improve their movement skills is very important. Using virtual reality is proving to be a helpful way to support their rehabilitation.

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pubmed id: 39881687 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This study examined the relationship between moral sensitivity and prosocial behavior, as well as the mediating role of moral disengagement and reciprocity norms.

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The relationship between moral sensitivity and prosocial behavior in college students: the mediating roles of moral disengagement and reciprocity norms.

Author(s):
Li Z; Wang D; Liao J; Jin Z

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This study looked at how being aware of right and wrong is connected to doing good things for others. It also checked if not feeling guilty and the idea of giving back play a part in this relationship.

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pubmed id: 39881686 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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This paper explores the impacts of integrating AI into the teaching of Chinese Opera using a mixed-methods approach, examining performance, engagement, and psychological factors in students. A quasi-experimental design involving 199 participants over a one-year period was conducted, involving teaching with and without AI enhancement. Quantitative data, derived from standardized tests and analytics provided by AI platforms, were supported by qualitative data from interviews and observational studies. These results suggest that there were significant increases in the AI-enhanced cohort in opera performance competencies (Δ = 13.6,  < 0.001); retention of cultural knowledge (Δ = 15.5,  < 0.001), and overall engagement levels (r = 0.73,  < 0.001). Time series analysis revealed nonlinear learning trajectories, with participants showing greatest gains during the intervention's midpoint. The psychological data showed a strengthening relationship between self-efficacy and in-performance outcomes, demonstrating an increase from r_initial = 0.38 to r_final = 0.67,  < 0.001. This study indicates both the potential of AI in the preservation and development of traditional artistic work and highlights some challenges in initial implementation. The findings facilitate the ongoing discussion of integrating technologies into arts education and provide valuable insights to support curriculum development, in addition to conserving cultural heritage in the modern-day digital world.

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The integration and innovative practice of intelligent AI and local opera in college teaching.

Author(s):
Li C

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Using AI to teach Chinese Opera helped students get better at performing and staying engaged. They also learned more about Chinese culture. This study shows how AI can be useful in teaching the arts but also has some early challenges.

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pubmed id: 39877231 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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As the academic pressure, employment competition and mental health problems faced by college students are becoming more and more prominent, paying attention to and improving the quality of life and well-being of college students has become an important issue of widespread concern in all walks of life. This study focuses on the correlation between physical activity and college students' life satisfaction.

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Relationship between physical activity and college students' life satisfaction: the chain mediating effect of psychological resilience and negative emotions.

Author(s):
Huang C; Wang J; Chang Z; Tang J

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This study looks at how exercise affects college students' happiness. With all the stress and competition, it's important to help students feel better and enjoy life more.

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pubmed id: 39877230 Indexed on February 9th, 2025