Category: Applied psychology

Guideline recommendations relied on limited evidence and expert judgment
Critical analysis of NICE self-harm guidelines’ methodological limitations, examining evidence gaps in risk assessment tool recommendations and the role of committee judgment versus empirical data.

Legal awareness intervention reduced anxiety in vocational students
Digital legal awareness intervention reduces anxiety among Chinese vocational students through enhanced positive coping strategies. Theory-based interactive multimedia program shows moderate to.

VR and smart home technologies support family intimacy differently
Mixed-methods study examining VR and smart home technologies as complementary resources enhancing family emotional intimacy through parenting self-efficacy and burden reduction pathways.

AI companions may support emotion regulation in socially anxious students
Phenomenological study examining AI companions’ role in emotion regulation support for university students with social anxiety, identifying benefits and technological dependence risks.

Primary school robotics project showed varied student engagement
Study examining situational engagement of fourth-grade students in robotics and coding project-based learning, identifying four distinct engagement profiles and optimal learning moments.

AI tool use linked to higher academic stress in college students
Survey of 624 undergraduates found AI tool usage experience predicted academic stress; loneliness partially mediated this link and academic self-efficacy moderated the pathway to loneliness.






