Abstract: Interest in language learning motivation has been growing recently, particularly in multilingual contexts where individuals acquire additional languages beyond English. Despite increasing the focus on multilingualism within second language acquisition (SLA) research, less research focuses on the motivational dynamics of multilingual speakers in learning languages other than English (LOTE). Addressing this gap, the present study investigates the complex motivational factors influencing multilingual university students in learning French as an additional language and other languages (LOTE) within the Belgian context. The participants consisted of 121 multilingual university students who were learning French as an additional language and LOTE. Data were collected through questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Findings revealed that multilingual learners' motivation is multifaceted and dynamic, shaped by a combination of intrinsic interests (e.g., cultural appreciation, personal growth), extrinsic goals (e.g., academic and career aspirations), integrative motives, and prior language learning experiences. The study also sheds light on the overlapping and evolving nature of motivational patterns and provides nuanced insights into LOTE learning motivation within multilingual university settings.

Abstract: This paper critically examines the limitations of “homeland economics”—a protectionist response to globalization that prioritizes national industrial policy and economic sovereignty—arguing that it falls short in addressing the complex challenges of climate change, inequality, and sustainable development. Utilizing the Five R Governance Capabilities framework (reflexivity, resilience, responsiveness, revitalization, and rescaling), this study analyses the climate action and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation strategies of six countries: France, Uganda, Nigeria, Uruguay, Nepal, and Indonesia. The findings reveal that countries which empower local institutions and adopt adaptive, multi-level governance are more effective in advancing sustainability goals. In contrast, homeland economics often reinforces top-down, siloed approaches that weaken cross-sectoral integration and international cooperation. The paper underscores the pivotal role of local institutions in fostering context-sensitive, community-based climate solutions—such as Nepal’s Climate-Smart Villages and Indonesia’s ProKlim program—which enhance resilience, participation, and implementation capacity at the ground level. It calls for multidimensional, cross-scale strategies that move beyond business-as-usual approaches to achieve the 2030 Agenda and ensure equitable, climate-resilient development.

Abstract: Background: Adolescence is a critical stage for development of behaviours related to problematic Internet and social media use, as well as for the experience of cybervictimization. The literature highlights the need of examine these types of adolescent behaviours. Method: A field study was designed to analyze the prevalence of problematic Internet and social media use, as well as cybervictimization, sexting, and grooming. A full of 666 Spanish adolescents participated, 55.4% females and 44.6% males, with an age range between 14 and 18 years (M = 15.27, SD = 1.01). Results: The results showed that 15.8% of the participants were diagnosed as at risk for Internet and social media addiction; 27.2% of the participants were diagnosed as cyberbullying victims; 14.7% of the sample engaged in sexting behaviours, and 34.7% engaged in grooming behaviours. Additionally, significant gender differences were found in cybervictimization behaviours, with female scoring higher. Conclusions: The findings are discussed in relation to the need of develop preventive and educational strategies that promote safe and responsible use of the digital context.

Abstract: This article reviews and discusses the behaviours and patterns associated with panic evacuations, as documented in the literature, which must be considered when analysing and modelling such events. Where possible, diverse perspectives from existing research have been contrasted with the author’s own observations and reflections. Structured as an overview, the article introduces subsequent analyses and highlights several non-intuitive questions that arise during the investigation. The study examines the relationship between movement velocity and crowd density, comparing experimental data with simulations conducted to date. It explores the connections between flow rate, crowd density, and ve-locity, and suggests potential directions for further research in this field. Additionally, the article addresses the loss of evacuation coordination under crowding conditions and pre-sents studies that demonstrate optimal evacuation at speeds that differ from the so-called comfortable pace. The positive effects of strategically placed obstacles in reducing conges-tion and improving evacuation times are also analysed. This literature review is conduct-ed from a practical perspective, with the primary aim of deepening our understanding of panic evacuation phenomena. Furthermore, the article categorises the impact of various phenomena associated with stampedes and panic evacuations on the requirements for safe evacuation. A tabular summary of the technical and structural measures for evacua-tion is provided, which may prove useful in designing effective evacuation strategies when dealing with heightened emotional states among evacuees.

Abstract: Resident support towards tourism is often analyzed through the lens of the "benefits vs. costs" paradigm within social exchange theory. However, empirical observations have shown instances where residents remain supportive despite costs outweighing benefits, challenging the conventional social exchange logic. To address this paradox, this study introduces the Tolerance Zone Theory. A conceptual framework has been constructed wherein the influence of negative tourism factors is contingent upon residents' level of tolerance. This tolerance is, in turn, molded by the presence of positive outcomes derived from tourism. This framework was tested using survey data gathered from 514 residents in ethnic villages in Guizhou province, China. The results validate the moderating effect of tolerance, demonstrating that high tolerance can mitigate the impact of negative tourism outcomes on resident support. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Abstract: Influencer marketing has emerged as a crucial element in digital marketing, significantly shaping consumer behavior and online shopping preferences. This study examines the multidimensional impact of influencer marketing by analyzing engagement metrics, marketing effectiveness, and consumer decision-making processes, based on consumers in the Greek sector. Through a structured methodological framework, the research employs a questionnaire-based survey, statistical modeling, and Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM) scenarios to assess consumer interactions with influencer-driven content. Findings highlight that while influencer marketing enhances brand engagement and sales, its effectiveness varies based on content authenticity, transparency, and user trust. Additionally, consumer purchasing decisions are influenced by social media visibility, personalized marketing strategies, and digital platform usability. The study underscores the need for strategic influencer selection and information-driven marketing optimization to sustain long-term consumer engagement. These insights provide practical implications for businesses aiming to enhance digital marketing strategies and contribute to the ongoing discourse on social commerce and consumer-centric marketing models.

Abstract: Education is an effective tool for influencing pupils’ perceptions and understanding of climate change, which impacts their pro-environmental behaviours in response to the adverse effects of climate change. This research employed a pre- and post-design to ex-amine fifth- and sixth-graders perceptions, knowledge, and motivations of climate change. A survey was used to examine pupils' perceptions, knowledge, and motivations regarding climate change among fifth- and sixth-graders, with a sample of 114 pupils randomly selected from two primary schools. The findings revealed that pupils currently have low perceptions of climate change and limited knowledge of its causes, impacts, mitigation, and adaptation. Pupils were less motivated to act on climate change. How-ever, they found it more important to learn about it. Following the climate change edu-cation, fifth- and sixth-graders reported increased perceptions, knowledge, and motiva-tions about climate change. This study contributes to addressing the gaps in climate change education by enhancing the climate change literacy of young minds, including their concerns, attitudes, and awareness, as well as their understanding of climate change causes, effects, and mitigation and adaptation strategies. The research appeals to all ed-ucational stakeholders to consider initiatives for climate change education among early learners.

Abstract: Climate change (CC) is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. Research suggests that pro-environmental behaviors (PEB) are essential to address this crisis, encompassing sustainable consumption (e.g., recycling or saving energy) and active participation (e.g., protesting or donating). In this regard, young adults play a significant role as change agents. Considering previous literature affirming the importance of CC emotions on PEB, this study aims to analyze the mediating role of eco-worry and eco-anxiety in the relationship between two cognitive antecedents (general willingness to behave pro-environmentally and CC agency) and two types of PEB (sustainable consumption and active participation). To do so, we gathered a sample of 308 young adults aged 18 to 30 years. Results show that eco-worry mediates the relationships between both antecedents (willingness and CC agency) with both sustainable consumption and active participation. In contrast, eco-anxiety in young adults only mediates the relationship between CC agency and active participation. Our findings suggest that eco-worry plays a crucial role in promoting PEB more broadly, while eco-anxiety appears to be only relevant in influencing active participation. These results contrast with others observed in the adult population, so further studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Abstract: The difference-from-control (DFC) test is one of the sensory discrimination methods, which is applicable to sensory evaluation in some areas including process optimization and quality assessment for foods. Thurstonian models are important and needed for any one of the sensory discrimination methods including the DFC, because it provides a useful sensory measure, Thurstonian discriminal distance, δ or d', which is theoretically independent of methods or scales used for its estimation. This paper originally derives the Thurstonian model and the maximum likelihood estimations of the model parameters for the DFC test based on a folded normal distribution. R codes for estimations and tests of δ or d' are developed and used in the paper.

Abstract: Background: Understanding the structure of the game during developmental stages makes it possible to design training sessions adapted to the variable characteristics of play. Methods: In this study, we selected 24 matches played by right-handed players in the semifinals and finals of U-12 (Open Super 12–Auray) and U-14 (Les Petits As) competitions. The temporal structure was analyzed by examining total match duration, average duration per set and per game, point duration, and percentage of active time. The formal structure was assessed through the number of sets per match, games per set, points per game, shots per point, and hitting frequency. The research followed a structured, external, and non-participatory observational methodology. Results: The findings revealed no gender-based differences. When grouped by category, however, significant differences emerged: U-12 players exhibited longer point duration (p < 0.001) and a higher number of shots per point (p < 0.001), whereas U-14 players showed higher hitting frequency (p < 0.008). Conclusions: We conclude that the observed changes in game intensity align with prior tactical studies and the expected maturation processes of puberty.

Abstract: People act in ways that align with the values and roles that constitute their identity. However, the consistency of idenity’s influence across different behaviours, and whether identity influences behaviours directly or indirectly via intention, self-determined motivation, or habit, remains uncertain. Participants (N=98; Mage=30.4years, SD=11.7years) completed up to 12 weekly surveys, self-reporting engagement in physical activity, student, and support seeking behaviours, and behaviour-associated identity, intention strength, self-determined motivation, and habit. Stepwise multilevel models tested the between- and within-person associations of identity with behaviour, and whether the relationships remained after accounting for intention, self-determined motivation, and habit. Results suggested identity as stable, with most variability at the between-person level. Identity was associated with behaviour at both within- and between-person levels, with exception that support seeking and identity were only associated between-person. For student behaviour and physical activity, the identity-behaviour relationship at the within-person level waned and became non-significant after accounting for intention, but not self-determined motivation or habit. These findings highlight that identity may be difficult to change. However, as identity was associated with a range of behaviours, a person’s identification with a behaviour may be valuable for tailoring behaviour change interventions, specifically through or in the same way as behavioural intentions.

Abstract: In the current digital era, fact - checking labels, as crucial tools for platform content governance, have gained wide recognition and demonstrated great potential. However, due to the differences in fact - checking processes between China and foreign countries, the presentation forms of corresponding fact - checking labels also vary. Against this backdrop, it remains unclear whether these labels possess the same governance effectiveness, and research on fact - checking labels in China is still in its infancy.Therefore, this study focuses on the performance of fact - checking labels on Chinese platforms and employs experimental methods to conduct an in - depth exploration of their governance effects. The study reveals that warning labels reduce the credibility of information, suppress the willingness to forward information, and stimulate in - depth thinking in the brain. On the other hand, certification labels increase the credibility of information and enhance the willingness to like information.This research not only provides empirical support for the view that labels can act as a boost in platform content governance but also has practical guiding significance for label - based governance measures in China. It is expected to contribute to the further improvement and development of the platform content governance system in China.

Abstract: This study aims to explore the impact of abusive supervision on employees' turnover intentions and the underlying mechanisms, comparing the differences between Chinese and French cultural contexts. By constructing multiple regression models, the study examines the mediating effects of work engagement and job insecurity, as well as the moderating role of emotional regulation ability. In the Chinese cultural context, abusive supervision significantly reduces employees' turnover intentions, with work engagement playing a mediating role. Emotional regulation ability weakens the indirect effect of abusive supervision on turnover intentions via job insecurity. The competitive nature of Chinese workplaces and the acceptance of strict management make abusive supervision tolerable under certain conditions. In the French cultural context, abusive supervision is positively correlated with turnover intentions, though the effect is weaker. Job insecurity acts as a mediator, while emotional regulation ability mitigates its negative impact. France's comprehensive labor protection system and employees' emotional regulation ability reduce the negative effects of abusive supervision. In conclusion, this study not only validates the mechanisms through which abusive supervision influences turnover intentions across different cultural contexts but also highlights the crucial roles of work engagement, job insecurity, and emotional regulation ability in this process. The findings provide practical recommendations for managers and policymakers, emphasizing the need to optimize leadership styles based on cultural contexts, enhance employees' emotional regulation abilities, and alleviate job insecurity to reduce turnover intentions.

Abstract: Hearing difficulty in noise can occur to 10-15% of listeners with typical hearing in the general population of the United States. Using one’s smartphone as a remote microphone (RM) system with AirPods Pro (AP) may be considered as an assistive device given its wide availability and possible lower price. To evaluate this possibility, the accuracy of voice-to-text transcription for sentences presented in noise was compared when KEMAR wore an AP receiver connected to an iPhone set to function as an RM system to the accuracy obtained when he wore a sophisticated Phonak Roger RM system. A ten-sentence list was presented for six technology arrangements at three signal-to-noise ratios (SNR; +5, 0, and -5 dB) in two types of noise (speech-shaped and babble noise). Each sentence was transcribed by Otter AI to obtain an overall percent accuracy for each condition. At the most challenging SNR (-5 dB SNR) across both noise types, the Roger system and smartphone/AP set to noise cancellation mode showed significantly higher accuracy relative to the condition when smartphone/AP was in transparency mode. However, the major limitation of Bluetooth signal delay when using the AP/smartphone system would require further investigation in real-world settings with human users.

Abstract: There is no empirical support for and instead profound evidence against the core tenets of Critical Social Justice Theory identity politics. Review of a number of very recent comprehensive studies of negative attitudes shows race is barely salient as its basis, and whereas by contrast sex (gender) is highly salient it is in entirely the opposite direction to that presumed: anti-male and pro-female, not pro-male or anti-female. This is congruent with earlier research and the closely related investigations of homophily, and attested by majority male victimhood across hate crime domains. There is deep biological theoretical foundation to these findings in reproductive imperatives, with anti-male bias mediated by male hierarchy, leaving now hegemonic ideology absent theoretical cogency as well as counter-evidenced.

Abstract: Air temperatures are rising rapidly, and January 2025 was recorded as the warmest January ever, underscoring the urgent need to address increasing CO₂ levels. Carbon emissions, driven by energy-intensive household consumption, are a primary contributor to the climate crisis, making strategies for reducing emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy critical. Households account for a significant share of global emissions, and in Türkiye, rapid population growth and evolving consumption patterns have intensified energy demand. This study investigates two key research questions: (1) the relationship between household income distribution and the carbon footprint, and (2) how variations in consumption patterns influence the carbon footprint. Employing the PRICES microsimulation model (O’Donoghue et al., 2023), we integrate detailed expenditure data from Türkiye’s 2019 Household Budget Survey with a 2016 Input-Output table from the World Input-Output Database to simulate both direct and indirect CO₂ emissions. This study focuses on, understanding household distributional drivers of carbon emission.

Abstract: This study empirically tests explanatory factors for cyberstalking on social network service (SNS), especially focusing on gender differences in the effects of risk, control, and opportunity factors. In this study, we used lack of attachment and denial of victim as risk factors, morality and self-control as control factors, and anonymity as an opportunity factor. It predicted that the main risk effect on cyberstalking and the interaction effect between risk and control factors and be-tween risk and opportunity factors can be differentiated by gender. The effects of lack of attach-ment and denial of victims as risk factors for cyberstalking differed by gender. Furthermore, in the context of risk factors, we predicted that the moderating effect of the control factor would be greater for women, and that of the opportunity factor such as anonymity would be greater for men. The results of the analysis of 270 SNS using college students in Seoul, South Korea, generally supported the hypotheses. As a risk factor, the influence of lack of attachment was greater in men, while denial of the victim was greater in women. The moderating actions of the control factors were greater for women in such a way that the interaction between denial of victim and morality and that between denial of victim and self-control were significant for women, while the moder-ating effect of the opportunity factor was greater for men in such a way that the interaction be-tween lack of attachment and anonymity was more significant for men. This study finds that the causal processes of cyberstalking and the respective moderating actions of control and oppor-tunity factors can be differentiated according to gender.

Abstract: Nutrition literacy, defined as “the skills to comprehend and implement nutrition information into everyday practice”, is a new area of study. Preschool teachers affect children’s perception of nu-trition and health and contribute to their nutrition literacy skills. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the level of nutrition literacy (NLS-Gr) of preschool teachers. The research included two stages of cluster sampling in a sample of kindergarten teachers in Greece (Rhodes Island). Nutrition literacy was assessed with NLS-Gr, the Greek version of NLS, and adherence to Mediterranean diet with MEDDIET score. The mean NLS-Gr score was 25.87 (SD±2.2) and is considered adequate. The correct answers range from 65.1% to 100%. Meddiet score was calculated at 33.94 (SD±3.8), and no correlation was found between Meddiet score and NLS-Gr. The NLS-Gr score of kindergarten teachers was adequate, higher than that of previous research on different populations. Yet their adherence to the Mediterranean diet requires improvement and food waste reduction. Educators should be empowered through targeted educational interventions to enhance students' health and nutritional behaviors. Further research could contribute to formulating nutrition strategies and policies in kindergarten.

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Dental hygienists play a crucial role in patient communication, making communication competency an essential skill. This study aimed to develop and validate the Patient-Centered Communication Competency Scale (PCCS) for dental hygienists. Initial items were generated through a literature review, expert content validity assessment, and preliminary survey. An online survey was conducted with 400 dental hygienists working in dental clinics and hospitals. Construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and reliability was assessed with Cronbach’s alpha. The preliminary 38-item scale was refined through five rounds of EFA, resulting in an 11-item scale with three subscales: Assertiveness, Empathy, and Respect. The CFA results indicated a good model fit (χ²/df = 1.749, RMR = 0.027, RMSEA = 0.061, GFI = 0.941, NFI = 0.911, IFI = 0.960, CFI = 0.959, TLI = 0.949), with strong convergent and discriminant validity. The PCCS demonstrated strong internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.862) and criterion validity, confirmed by its positive correlation with self-efficacy and job satisfaction. The proposed PCCS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing and improving dental hygienists’ communication skills, with potential applications in training programs and communication competency research in dental settings.

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Sustainable consumer behavior refers to any behavior that benefits environmental protection and social justice. Previous research has shown that sustainable consumer behavior is positively associated with consumer wellbeing. Recycling behavior is a type of sustainable behavior that has been studied extensively. However, research on behavior change in recycling is limited. The purpose of this study is to identify behavior change stages in recycling among American consumers. With national data collected in the U.S. and under the guidance of the transtheoretical model of behavior change (TTM), results showed that most Americans are engaging in recycling behavior, but a minority of them are not. Among them, 13% have never considered doing it in the near future. We also identified behavior change stage differences in terms of several psychological and cognitive factors. The findings have implications for policy makers, business professionals, and consumer educators to develop strategies to encourage consumer recycling behavior.