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IntroductionFamily intimacy—a core facet of family functioning—has been posited to protect college students from negative emotions, yet the mechanisms remain insufficiently specified. This study tested whether social...

IntroductionAs AI-generated characters become increasingly present in everyday emotional and romantic contexts, questions arise about whether they may begin to occupy relational space traditionally reserved for human par...

This study explores how the Instagram page @libano_brasil, one of the most-followed Lebanese diasporic pages in Brazil, constructs ‘digital diasporic intimacy’ through commodifying nostalgia, and how such intimacy is...

BackgroundAI anchors are increasingly deployed in live-streaming commerce, raising the question of whether they can substitute for human anchors. Prior studies have documented differences in consumer responses to these a...

IntroductionWhile shared activities foster connection between people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners, emotional distress and daily caregiving responsibilities often make them difficult to initiate. Th...

This study explores how contemporary literature writes with trees, rather than merely about them, attending to the entangled lives of humans and nonhumans. Drawing on material ecocriticism perspectives, it examines how s...

This study examines the structural relationships among sportscasters’ speech components, online relationships, and viewing behavior in the context of sports media. Drawing on theories of parasocial interaction, source ...

Abstract One in two cardiac patients fear having another heart event or their cardiac condition worsening. Assessment of fear of recurrence and progression (FoRP) is critical to effective clinical care and chronic diseas...