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Beyond left and right: Socio-cultural determinants of parenting leave policy in advanced democracies
Osaka Metropolitan UniversityAn Osaka Metropolitan University researcher examined the political determinants of parenting leave policy across 21 OECD countries from 1970 to 2021, revealing that socio-cultural rather than socio-economic positions drive parenting leave expansion.
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- Journal of European Social Policy
New study explores why consumers stick with the familiar or try something new
Illinois Institute of Technology- Journal
- Experimental Economics
Psychology: Study shows limits of multitasking
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergEven with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant impact on how quickly and successfully people complete tasks simultaneously. This is shown by a new study conducted by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the FernUniversität in Hagen and the Medical School Hamburg. It was recently published in the “Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology”.
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- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
New validated scale measures marital happiness in the Omani context
Sultan Qaboos UniversityResearchers have validated a marital happiness scale tailored to the Omani context using Rasch analysis, providing a reliable tool for studying marital wellbeing and supporting cross-cultural research on family stability.
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- Scientific Reports
Paralympics, athletes tell the media: “It should just be about sport”
Università di BolognaWith the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, national and international media attention is once again turning to Paralympic sport. But how is it presented to the public? The study “It should just be about sport!”: exploring Italian athletes' perspectives in paralympic media coverage – conducted by Athanasios Pappous and Pablo Iniesta at the University of Bologna’s Department for Life Quality Studies and published in the international journal Frontiers in Sports and Active Living – collected the direct testimonies of 17 high-level Italian Paralympic athletes to investigate how they perceive their representation in the media.
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- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Virtual therapy strengthens social skills in autism
Graz University of Technology- Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Funder
- Austrian Science Fund
Tinder and visual identity: a UOC study reveals the nine types of user profile photos
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)Choosing a Tinder profile picture seems like a free, personal and creative act. But to what extent is that true? A new study developed by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) reveals that, far from being unique, most users opt for one of a very limited number of visual strategies. The research, conducted by Alejandro García Alamán, a member of the CIRCLE Lab and course instructor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, identifies nine standardized types of profile that are systematically repeated on these kinds of platforms.
The study, based on an analysis of 1,000 real Tinder profiles in the Barcelona area, was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine and combines psychological methods with data analysis and machine-learning techniques.
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- The Journal of Sexual Medicine
Hungarian study offers new insights into the reasons behind smartphone addiction
Semmelweis University- Journal
- Acta Psychologica