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Against the backdrop of global agricultural sustainability transition, this study examines the mechanism through which peer effects influence the intention–behaviour paradox in farmers’ adoption of organic fertilisers as a substitute for chemical fertilisers, from the perspective of ecological rationality. Using survey data from 505 rice farmers in Hunan Province, this research integrates peer effects and ecological rationality into a unified analytical framework and employs a Probit model to test the mediating role of ecological rationality in the relationship between peer effects and the intention–behaviour gap in chemical fertiliser reduction for sustainable farmland management. The results show that support from family members and people in one’s immediate social environment can effectively alleviate the intention–behaviour paradox among farmers in the process of substituting chemical fertilisers with organic fertilisers, whereas support from friends is positively correlated with this degree of discrepancy. Ecological rationality serves as a mediating variable that strengthens the positive effect of peer influence on the consistency between farmers’ behavioural intentions and actual practices in sustainable agricultural production. These findings provide a new theoretical perspective for understanding farmers’ pro-environmental behaviour, and offer actionable policy implications for advancing agricultural sustainability by enhancing family and community support and improving farmers’ ecological rationality. Full article

Correcting student misconduct is a central issue in educational psychology and classroom management; teachers often use punishment to correct students’ inappropriate behavior. Numerous empirical studies have shown that punishment influences individuals’ willingness to change their behavior, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. This study employed a scenario simulation method to survey 240 middle school students, aiming to explore the relationship between types of punishment and students‘ self-reported willingness to change their behavior in response to hypothetical scenarios. Furthermore, the study examined the chained mediating effects of perceived punishment motivation and trust, as well as the moderating effect of group relationship. The results showed that perceived punishment motivation and trust exert a chained mediating effect between punishment type and self-reported willingness to change behavior. Punishment first is associated with enhanced perception of the prosocial motivation behind the punishment, which in turn is associated with higher trust in the punishing teacher, and ultimately with greater self-reported willingness of misbehaving students to change their behavior; that is, perception of punishment motivation and trust sequentially transmit the effects of punishment. Furthermore, this transmission process is moderated by group relationship: when the punisher is a teacher (in-group), the influence of punishment type on students’ self-reported willingness through perceived punishment motivation and trust is stronger, whereas this effect is not significant when the punisher is an AI (out-group). These findings reveal the psychological pathway through which punishment influences self-reported willingness to change behavior in a hypothetical scenario via sequential processing of cognitive attribution (perceived punishment motivation) and attitudinal evaluation (trust), and highlight the moderating role of group relationship in this process. Full article

Background/Objectives: Structural inequalities in access to healthcare persist even within systems that have achieved near-universal coverage, reflecting the enduring influence of social determinants of health on service utilization. This study examines horizontal inequity in rehabilitation and specialist care in Türkiye and investigates whether access inequality mediates the well-documented income–depression gradient. Methods: Analyzing the nationally representative 2022 Türkiye Health Survey (adults aged ≥15; N = 22,742), we employed Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) to construct people-centered, multidimensional bodily burden profiles, and assessed need-adjusted access using survey-weighted logistic regression, Erreygers-corrected concentration-index decomposition, Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA), and restricted cubic splines, with measurement-invariance and classification-uncertainty sensitivity analyses. Statistical mediation was examined with natural-effect models and E-value sensitivity analysis. Results: Although the system demonstrated responsiveness to need—78.8% of the highest-burden profile accessed specialist services—only 13.7% of this same group reached dedicated physiotherapy or rehabilitation, revealing a profound structural bottleneck in care coordination for marginalized populations with the greatest functional impairment. A persistent pro-rich gradient was confirmed by an Erreygers-corrected concentration index of 0.058 (95% CI 0.043–0.072), driven additively by income and education. Access did not mediate the income–depression pathway (natural indirect effect OR 1.001, 95% CI 1.0003–1.002). Conclusions: The mental health burden of low income operates through pathways that equitable healthcare access alone cannot address. These findings call for macroeconomic and people-centered health system reforms—including direct physiotherapy access, transportation subsidies, and social protection interventions—to advance health equity in rehabilitation utilization. Full article

Background/Objectives: This study used structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the sequential mediating roles of school belonging and prosocial behavior in the effects of parent–adolescent and teacher–student relationships on adolescents’ academic achievement. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, the study included 523 adolescents (61.6% female, 38.4% male) aged 13 to 19. Data were collected with the Mother–Adolescent Relationship Quality Scale, the Teacher–Student Relationship Quality Index, the School Belongingness Scale, and the Student Prosocial Behavior Scale, together with subjective (perceived achievement) and objective (school grades) indicators of academic achievement. Results: Both parent–adolescent (β = 0.25) and teacher–student (β = 0.44) relationships significantly predicted school belonging; school belonging significantly predicted prosocial behavior (β = 0.22); and prosocial behavior, in turn, significantly predicted academic achievement (β = 0.22). The direct effect of parent–adolescent relationships on academic achievement was significant (β = 0.26), whereas neither the direct effect of teacher–student relationships (β = 0.13) nor the direct effect of school belonging on academic achievement was significant. The indirect effects of both relational contexts on prosocial behavior via school belonging were significant, and school belonging predicted academic achievement indirectly through prosocial behavior; however, neither the total indirect effect of parent–adolescent relationships on academic achievement, nor its specific serial indirect effect through school belonging and prosocial behavior, reached statistical significance. The corresponding specific serial indirect effect for teacher–student relationships was statistically significant, although small in magnitude and not accompanied by a significant total indirect effect. Conclusions: These findings indicate that school belonging is more closely tied to socio-emotional processes than to academic achievement directly, and that the associations between relational contexts and academic achievement followed a differentiated rather than a uniform pattern: parent–adolescent relationships were linked to achievement primarily through a direct association, and their hypothesized distal indirect pathway to achievement via school belonging and prosocial behavior was not statistically supported. Teacher–student relationships, by contrast, showed no significant direct association with achievement, but the corresponding distal indirect pathway was statistically supported, although the effect was small and imprecisely estimated, underscoring the need for cautious interpretation of these relational mechanisms. Full article

Background/Objectives: Positive psychological constructs such as psychological well-being, resilience, subjective vitality, and mental toughness are fundamental to students’ emotional adjustment and overall development. Physical activity (PA) is a modifiable factor known to enhance these variables; however, the influence of its timing throughout the day remains underexplored. This systematic review aimed to examine the effects of PA on psychological well-being, resilience, subjective vitality, and mental toughness in children and adolescents, considering the timing of implementation—before, during, or after school hours—and the specific characteristics of the activities performed. Methods: Following the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive search was conducted in Scopus, PubMed, ERIC, and Web of Science, identifying 29 studies published between 2014 and 2026, comprising 12 cross-sectional and 17 longitudinal studies. Results: Overall, PA was positively associated with all four psychological variables across different times of the day. PA before school, such as active commuting and active starts, was primarily associated with higher in well-being and vitality. During-school interventions, particularly structured programs such as active breaks and cooperative games, were associated with better resilience, emotional self-regulation, and prosocial behavior. After-school PA, especially organized and voluntary activities, was associated with higher resilience and mental toughness. The effects varied according to the intensity, structure, social context, and student role, with moderate-to-vigorous intensities and cooperative formats producing the most consistent benefits. Conclusions: In conclusion, PA appears to exert a beneficial influence on positive psychological development, with variations depending on the time and mode of practice. Schools, particularly through Physical Education programs, constitute a key context for promoting students’ emotional, motivational, and behavioral health. Full article

Background: To better understand the complexity of sexual dysfunction, we aim to construct multi-factorial explanatory models of sexual dysfunction using data from participants enrolled in the Danish cross-sectional Study of latE effects for those liviNg through cErvical CAncer (SENECA). Methods: In a nationwide survey, patient-reported outcomes (PRO) were collected from 2002 cervical cancer survivors treated with surgery and/or radio(chemo)therapy between 2005–2020 and a reference cohort consisting of 7853 women without a history of cancer. PROs in the EORTC C30/CX24 questionnaires were analysed. Bayesian Network models were developed for sexual activity and dyspareunia in reference and cancer survivor cohorts, resulting in four explanatory models. The reference cohort served as a structural prior for the cancer models. Sexual activity models included participants with complete data (6706 reference, 1694 cancer), while dyspareunia models included those reporting sexual activity in the past four weeks (4521 reference, 996 cancer). Results: Respondents were stratified by treatment received: (1) reference group (n = 7853), (2) surgery alone (n = 1285), (3) radio(chemo)therapy (RCT) with/without prior surgery (n = 951). Sexual inactivity was reported by 28%, 29% and 49% of reference, surgery and RCT groups respectively, and dyspareunia by 23%, 39% and 54%. Sexual activity was associated with age, treatment modality and social functioning. Social functioning was associated with cognitive and role functioning, global QoL, and financial difficulties, all of which were associated strongly with fatigue. Dyspareunia was associated with vaginal functioning and soreness. The strong associations observed in the cancer survivor cohort between fatigue and functional outcomes/QoL/sexual activity were absent in the reference cohort. Conclusions: Sexual inactivity and dyspareunia were more common in cervical cancer patients, particularly in those treated with RCT compared with the reference cohort. Differences in explanatory factors between cancer and reference cohorts highlight the need for cancer-specific approaches to sexual rehabilitation. Full article

Background/Objectives: Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with a significant impairment in patients’ quality of life (QoL). However, evidence on QoL assessment in HS remains fragmented, with heterogeneous instruments and domains reported. This scoping review aimed to map the assessment of QoL in individuals with HS, identify the instruments used, and describe the domains explored. Methods: This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Arksey and O’Malley framework, as refined by Levac et al. and the Joanna Briggs Institute. A systematic search of six databases was performed between November 2025 and March 2026 to identify studies reporting QoL or patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in individuals with HS. Data were extracted and analyzed using a narrative synthesis approach. Results: A total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. HS was consistently associated with substantial QoL impairment across multiple domains, including physical, psychological, social, sexual, and occupational aspects. Symptom burden was a major determinant of reduced QoL, particularly pain, pruritus, malodor, and discharge. A wide range of instruments was used, with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) being the most frequently applied. However, most tools did not adequately capture the multidimensional impact of HS. The use of HS-specific instruments was limited, and most studies adopted cross-sectional designs. Conclusions: QoL in HS is markedly compromised, but current assessment approaches are inconsistent and incomplete. Further research using comprehensive, disease-specific instruments and longitudinal designs is needed to better capture disease burden and support patient-centered care. Full article

Mortality salience research has played a central role in understanding responses to death awareness and existential threat. At the same time, relatively little research has examined whether long-term contemplative practice may shape affective, cognitive, and implicit responses to mortality-related stimuli. The present study investigated these processes in long-term contemplative practitioners from a Sufi tradition in which reflection on death occupies a central role. Participants completed an implicit measure of self- versus other-oriented attitudes before and after a mortality salience induction, along with self-report measures of anxiety, affect, and death-thought accessibility. Following mortality reminders, non-meditators reported higher anxiety and showed a relative increase in implicit prosocial orientation, consistent with defensive coping responses described in Terror Management Theory research. In contrast, long-term contemplative practitioners exhibited lower anxiety, a greater accessibility of death-related thoughts, and no increase in prosocial orientation following mortality salience. Greater meditation experience was associated with lower anxiety and negative affect. These findings suggest that sustained contemplative engagement may be associated with reduced existential defensiveness and more open engagement with death-related cognition. More broadly, the study highlights the value of investigating long-term contemplative practitioners in mortality salience research and points toward new directions for research on meditation, existential cognition, and adaptive responses to mortality awareness. Full article

The increasing emphasis on sustainability in the energy sector has highlighted the importance of understanding the factors that promote employees’ pro-environmental behavior (PEB). Although green training (GT) is widely regarded as an effective organizational practice for encouraging PEB, the psychological mechanisms underlying this relationship remain insufficiently understood. Drawing on Social Learning Theory, this study proposes a dual-pathway framework through which GT is associated with employees’ PEB via perceived corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and environmental self-identity (ESI). Using purposively sampled, cross-sectional survey data from 1028 employees of a large Chinese energy company, the proposed framework was tested through structural equation modeling and bootstrap mediation analysis. The results indicate that perceived CER alone does not independently mediate the relationship between GT and PEB. However, perceived CER plays an important role by serving as a bridge through which employees internalize organizational environmental values into their ESI. Furthermore, ESI emerged as an independent and robust mediator, highlighting the central role of the identity-based pathway. This study contributes context-specific evidence from a large Chinese energy company, providing a deeper understanding of the psychological mechanisms linking GT and PEB and offering practical implications for organizations seeking to foster sustainability-oriented behaviors among employees. Full article

Background/Objectives: Nurses are frequently exposed to emotionally demanding situations, placing them at risk of adverse psychological outcomes such as secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout. Personality traits, particularly perfectionism, may influence these outcomes. Submissive compassion, characterized by caring behavior motivated by a desire for approval or avoidance of rejection, may play an explanatory role in these relationships. Methods: This study examined whether submissive compassion was statistically associated with the relationship between perfectionism and professional quality of life (ProQOL) among hospital nurses, while accounting for potential confounding and moderating factors. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among ward nurses working in hospitals in Japan. Participants completed measures of perfectionism, submissive compassion, and ProQOL. Data from 218 nurses were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results: Socially prescribed perfectionism was positively associated with submissive compassion and STS. Submissive compassion was significantly associated with the indirect relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and STS. Age moderated the association between submissive compassion and STS, with stronger indirect effects observed among older nurses. Additionally, self-oriented perfectionism showed a relationship with stress-related outcomes, whereas socially prescribed perfectionism was associated with burnout. Conclusions: The findings suggest that submissive compassion may contribute to the association between perfectionism and adverse psychological outcomes among nurses. These results underscore the potential importance of maladaptive compassion motives in understanding how perfectionism relates to STS in this population and may help inform interventions aimed at supporting nurses’ psychological well-being. Full article

Background: Objective and subjective socioeconomic status capture distinct aspects of adolescents’ socioeconomic experience, but their joint associations with prosocial moral reasoning and self-acceptance remain unclear. This study examined objective–subjective socioeconomic status configurations in relation to prosocial moral reasoning and self-acceptance, and assessed statistical indirect associations through self-acceptance. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1888 Chinese adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. Participants completed measures of objective socioeconomic status, subjective socioeconomic status, self-acceptance, and prosocial moral reasoning. Polynomial regression and response surface analysis were used, with indirect associations tested using 5000 bootstrap resamples. Results: The full polynomial regression model predicting prosocial moral reasoning was significant, but explained variance was small, and response surface parameters did not indicate significant direct congruence or incongruence effects. Socioeconomic status configurations were more clearly associated with self-acceptance. Self-acceptance was higher when objective and subjective socioeconomic status were both relatively high and when subjective socioeconomic status exceeded objective socioeconomic status. Self-acceptance was positively associated with prosocial moral reasoning, and bootstrap analyses showed significant but very small indirect associations through self-acceptance. Conclusions: Objective–subjective socioeconomic status configurations showed limited direct associations with overall prosocial moral reasoning but clearer associations with self-acceptance. Given the cross-sectional design and small effect sizes, the findings should be interpreted as modest statistical associations rather than evidence of causal mediation. Full article

Environmental degradation is no longer a distant threat; it now permeates social media feeds, casual conversations, and daily digital content. However, whether incidental exposure to environmental news leads to meaningful behavioral change remains poorly understood. This study examines how incidental environmental news exposure (IENE) relates to pro-environmental behavior (PEB) among Chinese social media users, with particular attention to the sequential chain-mediating roles of environmental belief (EB) and perceived environmental risk (PER). A theoretical model was developed and tested using survey data from 468 respondents collected in November and December 2024, and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicate that IENE is significantly and positively associated with EB, PER, and PEB. Notably, EB was not directly associated with PEB; its association operated almost entirely through PER, which accounted for 87.6% of the total EB–PEB association. PER emerged as the principal psychological pathway linking passive news exposure to behavioral engagement, and the structural model explained 42.1% of the variance in PEB. Because the design is cross-sectional, the results establish covariance patterns consistent with the proposed sequence rather than temporal or causal order. These findings indicate that cognitive risk appraisal, rather than environmental belief alone, constitutes the proximal mediating mechanism within the modelled pathway to pro-environmental action. Policymakers and media practitioners should accordingly design communication strategies that extend beyond general awareness-raising to link environmental threats explicitly to perceived personal and societal risk. Full article

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in historically high levels of psychological distress. Significant age differences in distress were consistently observed, and they present an opportunity to identify the mechanisms driving the prosocial decision-making underlying pandemic mitigation behaviors. As predicted by the cascade model of individual and age differences in prosocial motivation, re-analyses of the data from two previous surveys revealed the positive role of prosocial motivation in pandemic decisions as well as the negative roles played by neuroticism, anxiety, and depression. Social distancing was altruistically motivated, as evidenced by its positive associations with both altruism and sympathy measures. Moreover, the increases in distancing with age and concern for close others suggests that distancing was not primarily driven by concerns regarding the personal consequences of infection. Multiple age-related positivity effects were observed in which concerns and risk assessments decreased with age. Concern for others decreased with age less than concerns for oneself, suggesting a possible basis for age-related increases in altruism. Taken together, these findings suggest theoretical linkages between the cascade model and socioemotional selectivity theory, linkages that may have implications for prosocial public health messaging. Full article

This article examines the role of psychosocial learning in the formation of prosocial behaviour within Christian religious education and broader religiously informed educational settings. While prosocial behaviour is frequently analysed from psychological, pedagogical, or sociological perspectives, less attention has been paid to the ways in which religious education contributes to the internalisation of prosocial dispositions through moral formation, role modelling, community life, and reflective experiential learning. The aim of this conceptual study is to analyse how selected principles of social learning theory, particularly observational learning, modelling, self-regulation, and reflective experience, can be interpreted within the context of Christian educational practice. The study draws on the pedagogical, psychological, and religious-educational literature and focuses on three formative environments: the family, peer groups, and structured social-psychological or pastoral training. The analysis suggests that religious education can provide a significant framework for cultivating empathy, solidarity, cooperation, responsibility, and altruistic concern for others. The article argues that psychosocial learning, when embedded in religious and moral education, represents an important pathway for the development of prosocial competencies and for the formation of socially responsible persons in contemporary pluralistic societies. Full article

The transition toward sustainable energy systems is not only a technological and economic challenge but also a social one, with public acceptance playing a decisive role in the success of sustainability transitions. While traditional technology acceptance models primarily emphasize cognitive and utilitarian determinants, increasing attention has been directed toward underlying motivational processes. Self-Determination Theory (SDT) provides a valuable framework for understanding how autonomous and controlled motivation shape attitudes and behaviours toward sustainable energy technologies. This systematic review synthesizes empirical and theoretical research on the application of SDT in the context of social acceptance within this domain. Following PRISMA guidelines, studies published between January 2000 and April 2026 were identified through searches of Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar, with 34 eligible studies included in the thematic analysis. The findings from many of the reviewed studies suggest that autonomous motivation, supported by the satisfaction of autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs, is associated with greater technology acceptance, trust, engagement, and long-term behavioural support. In contrast, controlled motivation is more often associated with resistance, weak internalisation, or short-term compliance. The review further highlights the important moderating role of contextual factors, including policy design, communication strategies, trust, and socio-cultural environments. By integrating SDT into sustainable technology acceptance research, this review advances motivation-based perspectives on sustainability transitions and provides practical implications for policymakers, technology developers, and communication practitioners seeking to foster enduring public engagement with sustainable innovations. Full article