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Autonomous mobility is reshaping how travel time is perceived, experienced, and monetised. Most existing studies have examined the value of time (VOT), willingness to pay (WTP), comfort and safety perception, digital services, and user perception as isolated phenomena, with limited efforts to integrate these dimensions into unified analytical frameworks. This study aims to address the fragmented nature of existing research by developing an integrated understanding of user behaviour in autonomous mobility, linking VOT, WTP, psychological constructs, and service-related factors within a unified analytical perspective. A systematic review methodology following PRISMA 2020 guidelines was applied. A total of 81 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2026 were included and analysed, focusing on Private Autonomous Vehicles (PAVs) and Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs). The results reveal three main trends. First, autonomous travel introduces greater flexibility in time use and enables productive or leisure activities during travel. Second, behavioural aspects of VOT and WTP are strongly influenced by psychological constructs such as trust, safety, and risk perception. Third, notable differences emerge between PAV and SAV contexts, particularly in terms of comfort, control, and safety perception. The literature predominantly employs stated preference surveys, discrete choice models, and hybrid models incorporating psychological factors. However, fragmentation persists in modelling behavioural aspects of time perception and shared mobility services. This study provides a structured synthesis of existing evidence and highlights key research gaps by integrating economic, psychological, and service-related dimensions. The findings emphasise the importance of context-specific and psychologically informed modelling approaches to better understand user acceptance and behavioural adaptation in autonomous mobility systems. Full article

The timely detection of psycho-emotional risks has become increasingly important due to the rapid growth of social media platforms. This study examines user-generated text as a potential source of early indicators of psychological vulnerability. The proposed NLP-based framework incorporates behavioral features to improve the interpretation of users’ psycho-emotional states. In addition to text classification, the study considers structured behavioral indicators to support psycho-emotional risk analysis. Particular attention is given to interpretability. SHAP-based techniques are applied to reveal the contribution of individual features and to provide a clearer explanation of model predictions. The evaluation was conducted on publicly available datasets containing textual data and aggregated behavioral/physiological indicators. No raw physiological streams, wearable sensor data, or biometric recordings were used. The two datasets were employed in complementary experimental settings and were not aligned at the individual-sample level; accordingly, the broader analytical perspective explored in this study should not be interpreted as a single end-to-end or fully aligned multimodal learning framework. The proposed BERT-based model with SHAP interpretability achieved an accuracy of 96.3%, an F1-score of 0.96, and a ROC–AUC score of 0.98, showing consistent improvement over baseline models, including Random Forests and Support Vector Machines. Full article

Background: Workplace victimization is a form of repeated and systematic psychological violence that can severely affect both mental and physical health. From a psychological perspective, it impacts mood states, defense mechanisms, and personality functioning. Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated the psychological and behavioural correlates of workplace victimization in a sample of 33 workers from various professional sectors, using a multidimensional assessment including standardized measures of personality traits, mood states, and defense mechanisms. Results: The MMPI-2 profile revealed elevated scores in Hypochondriasis (Hs: 72.00), Depression (D: 70.21), Hysteria (Hy: 67.61), and Paranoia (Pa: 68.76), indicating somatic symptoms, depressive features, and suspiciousness. The POMS showed increased Tension–Anxiety (T: 65.06), Depression–Dejection (D: 68.21), Anger–Hostility (A: 68.15), and Fatigue–Inertia (F: 65.24), alongside reduced Vigor–Activity (V: 43.18). The DMI analysis highlighted a high Reversal score (REV: 65.91), suggesting a predominant use of defense mechanisms such as altruism and idealization to cope with distress. Conclusions: In this selected sample of adults referred for psychological evaluation for suspected or documented workplace victimization, participants showed a clinically relevant psychological burden, including depressive symptoms, somatic concerns, Anger–Hostility, fatigue, reduced vigor, and specific defensive patterns. Given the cross-sectional design, small sample size, and absence of a control group, these findings should be interpreted as preliminary and cannot establish causality or the specificity of this profile to workplace victimization. Full article

Large-scale cultural complexes serve significant numbers of child users, yet existing spatial assessment approaches are predominantly developed from adult perspectives and rarely consider child-height environmental exposure conditions at children’s own eye level. To address this gap, this study introdus a novel dual-height proxy assessment framework that integrates semantic segmentation with explainable machine learning, enabling scalable proxy-based spatial diagnosis without requiring direct child participation. This study proposes a proxy-based assessment framework combining dual-height street-view imagery (adult: 1.6 m; child: 1.2 m), semantic segmentation (DeepLabV3+ and PSPNet), GIS analysis, literature-informed proxy perceptual indices, and explainable machine learning (XGBoost with SHAP) applied across 480 sampling locations at the Longgang Cultural Centre, Shenzhen. The results reveal substantial differences in environmental exposure characteristics between adult-height and child-height viewpoints, with child-height imagery exhibiting 34% lower signage visibility and 30% higher spatial enclosure. Exploratory associations between environmental features and proxy perceptual indices yielded R²values ranging from 0.14 to 0.39, with walking distance, openness, and visual complexity emerging as the most influential variables within the proxy models. SHAP analysis identified non-linear relationships between environmental characteristics and proxy perception-related outcomes, and spatial mismatch mapping identified 120 locations warranting design attention. The study proposes a scalable and data-driven spatial proxy assessment framework to support child-friendly environmental screening and spatial diagnosis. The proposed proxy indices are grounded in developmental psychology literature and are not intended to substitute for children’s direct perceptual responses; rather, they are intended to characterise comparative child-height environmental exposure patterns within large-scale cultural environments. Validation using child-reported perception data, behavioural observation, participatory methods, and experimental wayfinding studies remains an important direction for future research. Full article

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated widespread concerns regarding its long-term effects on children’s mental health. While numerous studies documented increased psychological distress among children during the pandemic, less is known about how children’s emotional and behavioral functioning have evolved in the post-pandemic period. Objective: This study examines patterns of children’s mental health using survey data collected in 2023 and 2025. Guided by the dual-factor model of mental health, the analysis considers both psychological difficulties and positive social functioning in order to provide a multidimensional understanding of children’s well-being. Method: Data were collected using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-25), a widely used behavioral screening instrument assessing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. These domains were analyzed across two time points to explore patterns of change in internalizing difficulties, externalizing difficulties, and social strengths among school-age children in the post-pandemic context (N = 1262 students in 2023 and N = 575 students in 2025). Results: The findings suggest that children’s mental health after the pandemic reflects both persistent vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Emotional symptoms and behavioral challenges remain present among a proportion of children, indicating that the psychological effects of pandemic-related disruptions may extend beyond the immediate crisis period. At the same time, many children demonstrate relatively stable levels of prosocial behavior, highlighting the continued importance of positive social functioning as a protective factor for psychological adjustment. Contributions: These results underscore the importance of adopting a comprehensive perspective on children’s mental health that recognizes both difficulties and strengths. The study highlights the role of schools and families in supporting children’s post-pandemic recovery through early mental health screening, social–emotional learning initiatives, and programs that promote empathy and peer support. Such approaches may contribute to strengthening children’s resilience and long-term well-being in the aftermath of large-scale social disruptions. Full article

This study explores how Machiavellian leadership behaviors may become embedded in ethical mentorship relationships and how these dynamics influence trust formation, dependency, emotional ambivalence, and trust erosion within higher education institutions (HEIs). Drawing on destructive leadership and impression management perspectives, this study examines how ethical rhetoric and developmental language may function as mechanisms through which manipulation, reciprocity expectations, and dependency become normalized within organizational mentorship relationships. A qualitative research design was adopted, using semi-structured interviews with sixteen participants employed within multicultural HEIs in the United Arab Emirates. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis to identify recurring patterns related to mentorship experiences, ethical self-presentation, emotional tension, and evolving trust dynamics. The findings revealed five interrelated themes: “The Wolf in a Scholar’s Robe,” where mentors project ethical identities while pursuing self-interest; “Debts That Never End,” reflecting the use of gratitude and reciprocity to create ongoing obligation; “Trust Fractures,” characterized by the erosion of interpersonal and institutional trust following perceived manipulation; “Ambivalence of Gratitude,” capturing the emotional conflict between appreciation and resentment; and “Signals of Dual Image,” highlighting the contrast between public ethical performance and private exploitative behavior. Together, these findings demonstrate how ethical mentorship may simultaneously function as a source of professional support and a mechanism of subtle control. This study contributes to the literature by conceptualizing performative ethical mentorship as a potential mechanism through which manipulative leadership behaviors may become legitimized within academic institutions. It further extends current scholarship by integrating Machiavellian leadership, ethical mentorship, emotional ambivalence, and trust dynamics within an analysis of multicultural HEI environments in the UAE, highlighting how performative ethical leadership may gradually erode psychological safety, relational trust, and organizational confidence. Full article

Background: Long-term survivors (LTS) after gynecological cancer may be cured but still face physical and psychological challenges. This multicenter study aimed to assess the long-term side effects, the received follow-up care, and the personal perspectives of survivors. Methods: Between 2019 and 2025, LTS from four European countries within the ENGOT (European Network of Gynecological Oncological Trial Groups) and GCIG (Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup) networks were recruited. Long-term survival was defined as surviving at least five years after the first diagnosis. LTS completed a questionnaire with 81 questions (patient’s characteristics, oncological history, current health status, lifestyle factors). Analyses were mainly descriptive. Results: A total of 677 LTS were enrolled, with a median age of 64.0 years (range: 26–92) and a median survival time of 7 years (range: 5–38). A total of 46.6% were diagnosed with cervical cancer, 32.9% with endometrial cancer, 4.4% with ovarian cancer, and 16.1% with other types of gynecological cancer. Moreover, 36.9% still suffer from physical and psychological symptoms, most frequently being lymphedema (36.2%), hot flashes (22.4%), difficulties with concentration (21.1%), fatigue (20.9%), vaginal dryness (20.1%), and urinary incontinence (18.9%). Median overall health status was ranked (scale 1–5; 1 = very good, 5 = very poor) as 2, while 13.5% rated their health as poor/very poor. Current symptoms were associated with poorer health status (p < 0.001) and a history of recurrent disease (p = 0.001). In addition, 13.6% reported not receiving follow-up care. CA-125 was determined in 80.8% of ovarian LTS, as well as in 30.7% of cervical and 28.9% of endometrial LTS. Pap smear follow-up was reported by 50.5% of endometrial LTS. A total of 33.7% did not exercise at all or exercised less than an hour per week, 13.4% smoke tobacco, and 51.2% drink alcohol more often than once a month. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need for patient-centered follow-up care, addressing both long-term side effects and education on lifestyle and prevention. Follow-up procedures that do not follow guidelines should be avoided. Full article

Understanding how socioemotional concerns evolve during emerging adulthood is central to research on young people’s psychological adaptation. This study examines temporal shifts in university students’ communication-related concerns across twelve consecutive cohorts (2014–2025) at a European university. Using a repeated cross-sectional mixed-method design, the study analyses nearly 800 student-generated questions from 543 first- and second-year students collected at the beginning of a communication psychology course. Inductive thematic coding, combined with χ² tests and trend analyses, identified temporal patterns in thematic frequencies. Results show a significant increase in concerns related to emotion regulation, stress management, and conflict resolution, alongside a decline in abstract self-development and understanding others. These findings suggest a shift from exploratory, cognitively oriented priorities toward more pragmatic, emotionally grounded coping concerns among emerging adults. From a developmental perspective, early university adaptation increasingly centers on self-regulation and interpersonal boundary management. The study demonstrates how reflective data can serve as indicators of changing socioemotional needs, contributing to research on young people’s adaptation, wellbeing, and developmental processes during the transition to adulthood. Full article

Internet rumor refutation represents a critical issue in the current governance of the Internet information environment. Different from the mainstream research that focuses on refutation subjects, methods, and information presentation formats, this study adopts a psychological perspective at the individual level to examine how a typical environmental factor—social crowding (the subjective psychological experience arising when spatial demand exceeds supply due to high population density per unit area) affects individuals’ willingness to refute rumors, as well as the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of this effect. The findings provide implications for motivating individual participation in Internet rumor refutation. Considering rumor refutation as a prosocial behavior, this study integrates the moral judgment framework and focuses on the positive side of greater self-other overlap induced by social crowding. Through one questionnaire survey and two experimental studies, most of the hypotheses are supported. The results indicate that social crowding positively influences willingness to refute rumors, with impression management and social connectedness serving as parallel mediators in this relationship. Additionally, interdependent self-construal positively moderates the relationship between social crowding and social connectedness, whereas the moderating role of independent self-construal was not supported. This study expands online rumor-refutation research from the perspective of environmental antecedents, proposes an altruistic-egoistic dual-pathway model, and provides practical implications for governments and social media platforms in rumor governance. Full article

Population aging poses growing social and economic challenges, yet effective psychological interventions targeting ageism remain limited. The present research examined whether future-aged-self perspective taking increases self–other overlap with older adults and promotes prosocial behavioral responses toward them, and whether these effects depend on decision-making context. In Study 1 (N = 160), participants completed a perspective-taking task followed by a Dictator Game. Individuals who imagined their future aged self reported greater self–other overlap with older adults and allocated more resources to older, compared with younger, targets. Study 2 (N = 143) extended this investigation using a Welfare Trade-Off Task that manipulated gain versus loss framing. Participants in the future-aged-self condition again reported higher self–other overlap and stronger intentions to communicate with older adults. They also showed higher welfare trade-off ratios favoring older adults under gain-framed conditions, whereas no significant group difference emerged under loss framing. These findings suggest that future-aged-self perspective taking can enhance young adults’ prosocial responses toward older adults, but that its effectiveness is contingent on situational framing. Temporal-self interventions may be most effective when prosocial action is framed as allocating potential gains rather than accepting explicit personal losses. Full article

Food allergy is a chronic immune-mediated condition that must be understood not only as a biological disorder but also as a biopsychosocial condition with significant psychological and neurodevelopmental consequences. Beyond the management of acute allergic reactions, individuals living with food allergy experience ongoing threat appraisal, dietary restriction, and social constraints, shaping emotional regulation, cognition, and wellbeing. This review adopts a psychology-led biopsychosocial and neuropsychological framework to examine the mechanisms through which immune activation and food avoidance influence psychological functioning. Drawing on medical psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, and gut–brain research, we explore how threat perception, interoceptive awareness, learning processes, stress physiology, and family context interact to shape emotional and behavioural responses to food allergy. Particular attention is given to the role of risk perception, vigilance, and learned avoidance in driving anxiety and reduced quality of life. By integrating evidence across psychological and biological domains, this review argues for a more comprehensive model of food allergy that recognises the cumulative emotional and neuropsychological burden associated with living with chronic dietary risk. Greater integration of psychological perspectives within allergy care may help support adaptive coping, reduce unnecessary restriction, and improve quality-of-life outcomes for individuals and families affected by food allergy. Full article

With the proliferation of digital platforms, virtual brand communities have become important contexts for examining how individual perceptions shape discretionary behaviors in online environments. However, the mechanisms through which user experience translates into value co-creation behaviors remain underexplored. Drawing on relationship marketing theory and a behavioral perspective, this study develops and tests a theoretical model linking user experience to value co-creation citizenship behaviors through distinct dimensions of quality of relationship-satisfaction, trust, and commitment. Using a two-wave survey with 549 matched responses, we employ multiple regressions and bootstrapping analyses to assess mediation and moderation effects. The findings indicate that different dimensions of user experience have differential impacts on satisfaction, trust, and commitment, which in turn promote value co-creation citizenship behaviors, supporting their roles as central psychological mechanisms. Specifically, affective and behavioral experiences exert significant positive impacts on value co-creation citizenship behaviors, mediated by all three dimensions (satisfaction, trust, and commitment), whereas the influences of sensory and intellectual experiences are only mediated by two dimensions (satisfaction and trust) of the quality of relationship. In addition, perceived community support strengthens the relationship between satisfaction and value co-creation citizenship behaviors, while it exerts no significant moderating effects on the impact of trust or commitment on value co-creation citizenship behaviors. By situating value co-creation within a behavioral framework, this study contributes to the literature by exploring the mechanism through which user experience influences voluntary, citizenship-like behaviors in digital communities from a relational perspective, and by identifying boundary conditions under which these effects are amplified. Full article

This narrative conceptual review aims to examine how veterinary science intertwines with the different ontologies of resilience. As resilience has increasingly become an influential yet conceptually diverse framework, its different ontologies shape and are shaped by veterinary science thinking. This paper will begin with a brief overview of the origins of the resilience concept and its three major ontologies: engineering, psychological, and ecological resilience. Following these different ontologies, the paper then explores animal-level resilience, where engineering framings emphasise disease response and production stability, while welfare-oriented perspectives frame resilience in terms of the affective experience and the lived realities of animals. It then considers veterinary professional resilience, highlighting how emotional labour, workload pressures and structural constraints shape wellbeing across the profession. Finally, it analyses how veterinary science contributes to socio-ecological resilience through One Health approaches in public health, food systems and climate adaptation. Across these domains, resilience is often framed as a desirable attribute, yet it remains a value-laden concept that can obscure inequities or normalise preventable harms. This paper calls for critical, justice-oriented engagement with resilience to ensure it supports ethically grounded veterinary practice and promotes healthier, happier animals, more equitable systems, and sustainable professional environments. Full article

This study examines the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on tax auditing through a PRISMA-compliant systematic literature review and textometric analysis. By analyzing literature published between 2015 and 2025 using IRAMUTEQ, we uncover a nuanced perspective on AI’s evolving role. The results reveal a scholarly discourse highlighting significant advances in tax fraud prediction and financial risk assessment via deep learning and neural networks. This technological shift extends beyond operational efficiency to broader macroeconomic governance, simultaneously raising challenges regarding taxpayer equity and trust. Our findings underscore a transition in academic focus from purely technical applications to the ethical and psychological dimensions of AI. Finally, we propose the AI-Driven Tax Audit Model (ATAM), a framework designed to guide tax authorities in integrating these technologies by balancing algorithmic efficiency and financial risk mitigation with vertical equity and explainability. Full article

Residential buildings are a major source of urban carbon emissions, yet the uptake of smart home retrofitting remains far below the level required to meet decarbonization and sustainability targets. While technical solutions for energy-efficient renovation are well established, less is known about how behavioral, psychological, and institutional factors jointly shape household retrofit decisions and their broader sustainability implications. This study develops an integrated analytical framework that combines UTAUT2 with perceived risk, trust, innovativeness, and regulatory pressure, interpreted through a socio-technical systems perspective, to examine smart home retrofitting in Thailand and its contribution to Sustainable Community Development Goals (SCDG). Survey data were collected from 448 households in Bangkok and Chonburi and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results show that traditional UTAUT2 predictors such as performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence do not significantly influence adoption intention in this high-cost retrofit context. Instead, innovativeness, trust, price value, perceived risk, and regulatory pressure emerge as key behavioral and institutional drivers, while facilitating conditions and habits shape actual use behavior. Actual retrofit behavior is found to generate significant economic, environmental, socio-cultural, technological, and public-policy sustainability outcomes aligned with SCDG. These findings demonstrate the limitations of conventional technology acceptance models in infrastructure-based contexts and provide a mechanism-based explanation of how retrofit adoption is driven in high-cost sustainability contexts. Full article