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AI Companions and Loneliness: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Synthetic Mindfulness and Exploring Its Role in Alleviating Loneliness

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rise of AI companions has sparked interest in their potential to alleviate the growing social problem of loneliness, yet evidence of their effectiveness remains unsettled. Drawing on social surrogacy theory with a theories‐in‐use approach, this research introduces synthetic mindfulness, defined as consumers' judgment of an AI companion's ...
Varqa Shamsi Bahar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Marriage Always Good for Children? Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration [PDF]

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One-third of children in the United States are born to unmarried parents. A substantial number of black and Hispanic children live with a never-married mother.
Keith Finlay, David Neumark
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Survey to assess the economic stability and mental health of households with people receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition

open access: yesNutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The landscape of nutrition support faces challenges, including rising costs, product shortages, reimbursement gaps, and infusion providers closing. This nationwide survey aimed to describe the perceptions and attitudes related to costs, therapy access, and mental health among households with at least one family member requiring ...
Gabriela Gardner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marriage formation as a process intermediary between migration and childbearing [PDF]

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In studies of differences in fertility between migrants and non-migrants, marriage interferes because migration can be motivated by an impending marriage or can entail entry into a marriage market with new opportunities.
Jan M. Hoem, Lesia Nedoluzhko
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Exploring the Role of Special Events in Relationship Fundraising

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship fundraising paradigm conceptualizes charitable giving as an outcome of ongoing interpersonal engagement between donors and organizations, often depicted in practice as a cyclical process with multiple phases. This study examines how special events—a widely used but understudied relationship fundraising tool—factor into this ...
Jason L. Jensen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Becker’s Theories of Marriage and the Shrinking Role of Demand and Supply Models [PDF]

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This paper argues that Gary Becker has been a leader in the economics of marriage not only as a pioneer but also as a leader who influenced the work of other economists who entered this field over at least two decades.
Shoshana Grossbard
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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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