BACKGROUND: The intensifying polarization in the U.S. political climate raises concerns about student mental health. While studies have documented psychological distress among young adults during prio…

The proliferation of online misinformation poses severe societal risks, including public health crises and political polarization, with emotional manipulation serving as a key driver of its spread. Ho…

Discrimination by welfare bureaucrats in host countries poses significant administrative burdens for mobile European Union citizens' social rights in practice. However, the relative importance of appl…

This study developed and validated the Critical Right Scale (CRS) to measure emerging critical right attitudes and revised the Critical Social Justice Attitudes Scale (CSJAS-R), replicating its psycho…

Positive Illusion, as an important mechanism of cognitive adaptation in positive psychology, enhances positive information feedback, thereby boosting self-worth. This study involved 803 college studen…

This study used online survey data collected from four Asian cities to reveal how individuals' health beliefs are shaped in a time of trust deficits and changing media environments. We discovered a ne…

For the first time in history, civic discourse commonly occurs in digital environments in which algorithms influence exposure to social information. It is increasingly important to understand whether …

Millions of people around the world query large language models (LLMs) for information. Although several studies have compellingly documented the persuasive potential of these models, there is limited…

From disputes over COVID-19 to contestation over climate science, questions of the value and legitimacy of mainstream scientific knowledge have become matters of high-stakes political struggle. Here, …

Although there is a tendency to think all forms of essentialism-the belief that characteristics are inherent and unchangeable-are similar, some theories suggest different foundations and outcomes. We …