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Effects of Daily Expense Tracking on Impulse Purchasing Tendencies Among College Students

Impulse purchasing among college students is increasingly relevant in consumer environments characterized by digital payments, promotional exposure, and reduced transactional friction. This study examined short-term change in impulse purchasing tendencies during a five-day daily...

Olfactory Influence on Social Trust: Examining the Role of Scent in Perception

Olfactory cues can influence affective processing and social evaluation, yet their role in judgments of interpersonal trust remains comparatively underexplored, particularly in Filipino samples. This study examined whether ambient scent conditions influence perceived trustworthin...

The Unfinished Ending: Disengagement, Ambiguity, and Self-Worth in Young Adult Romantic and Social Ghosting

Ghosting — the abrupt, unexplained withdrawal of communication in romantic or social relationships — has become a normalized feature of young adult relational life, yet its psychological mechanisms remain underexamined at the level of integrative conceptual synthesis. This paper...

Written Strength: Evaluating Self-Affirmation Notes as an Intervention for Academic Resilience Among Nursing Students

Academic resilience is especially relevant in demanding professional programs where students must manage sustained academic workloads, performance expectations, and emerging clinical responsibilities. This study evaluated written self-affirmation notes as a brief behavioral inter...

Comparing 432 Hz And 440 Hz Music In Relation To Emotional Safety Among Hospitality Management Students

Music listening is frequently used to regulate emotions and manage stress, but limited evidence exists regarding whether music tuning frequency is associated with emotional safety among students. This exploratory study compared changes in emotional safety among Hospitality Manage...

Massed and Distributed Training in a Canine Match-to-Sample Task: A Single-Subject Exploratory Study

The scheduling of practice may influence learning performance, behavioral engagement, and response speed across species. This exploratory study compared massed and distributed training in a visual match-to-sample task involving a three-year-old male mixed-breed domestic dog. A si...

Sip and Strum: Matcha Intake and a Practice-Reduction Reinforcement Contingency in Beginner Ukulele Skill Acquisition

This study examined differences in beginner ukulele skill acquisition under three combinations of matcha intake and a practice-reduction reinforcement contingency. A quasi-experimental three-group design was employed involving 15 students aged 18–25 years with no prior musical-in...

The Impact of Short-Form Digital Content on Social Awareness Among Nursing Students in a Private College

Short-form digital content has become an increasingly prominent mode of communication and information sharing among college students, particularly through platforms such as TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. This study examined whether exposure to short-form digital con...

Reviewer Paper Color and Test Performance Among College Students: A Pretest–Posttest Experimental Study

Visual characteristics of learning materials may influence attention, information processing, and memory, yet the role of paper color in printed review materials remains insufficiently examined in college settings. This study examined test performance among 30 college students wh...

Patient safety in hospital dentistry: A model for dentists without operating room privileges

A lack of compliance with professional privileging and training requirements is the most common cause of dental malpractice. In hospital dentistry, some dental specialties are trained to treat patients in the operating room, whereas others, including restorative dentists, endodon...