Linking early adversity to trait level cortisol: The role of cultural resilience in latino adolescents.

Although loss of control over alcohol use is an important premorbid risk factor for alcohol use disorder, its prevailing measures remain limited. As just one example, many items capture noncompulsive (e.g., social) reasons for exceeding drinking limits and may also fail to capture uncontrolled drinking for those with no intentions to moderate drinking. In a sample of adult drinkers, we developed and validated a novel survey to assess loss of control over alcohol to address these limitations. Twenty-nine adults diverse in racial and ethnic identities and balanced on sex assigned at birth completed cognitive interviews to refine the item set. A quantitative survey was administered to 246 adults (55.7% White, 44.3% Black, 41.6% assigned male sex, 58.4% assigned female sex). The resultant items (Loss of Control-Alcohol [LOSS-A] scale) were administered alongside the AUDIT, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition-adapted alcohol use disorder symptoms, heavy drinking frequency, alcohol treatment history, and existing impaired control measures. Confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, and a series of validity analyses were performed. The LOSS-A scale was invariant by race and sex. After removing one item that showed differential item functioning by race, a one-factor model fits the data well (comparative fit index/Tucker-Lewis index = 1.00, root-mean-square error of approximation = 0.027, standardized root-mean-square residual = 0.030). The LOSS-A scale showed convergent and criterion validity as well as incremental predictive validity for several alcohol outcomes over existing loss of control and impaired control measures. The eight-item LOSS-A scale is a brief and valid way to measure loss of control across a range of drinkers that addresses limitations of existing measures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

ABSTRACT This study examines how ethnic Somali identity and the geographic realities of the northern Kenya–Somalia border shape local perceptions of the border. Using a poststructuralist framework and qualitative methods, it draws on five focus group discussions, key informant and individual interviews conducted in Garissa County and Mandera County, alongside scholarly sources, triangulated with observations, field notes, and documentaries to enhance validity. Findings show that the notion of “body borders” among ethnic Somalis produces an elastic, spatial understanding of the border, rooted in pastoral-nomadic practices, often misinterpreted by the state as disregard for territorial boundaries. The contrast between community perceptions and the state’s rigid, securitized approach generates friction. The paper argues that the Kenya–Somalia border is a fixed geopolitical line imposed by colonial treaties, continuously reproduced and contested through individuals’ physical markers such as facial features, hair texture, historical memory, discourse and pastoral-nomadic mobility. Integrating cognitive psychology, constructivism and discourse analysis, the study shows how everyday language and behavior encode collective fears and adaptive strategies that shape local norms and influence border governance, concluding that addressing shared historical and contemporary fears is essential to reducing mutual suspicion rather than framing border communities and the state as opposing forces.

Abstract. Amidst growing cultural diversity in Indonesian schools, this study investigates interpersonal conflict among students in multicultural secondary schools and explores how the local value Songu Lara Mombangu informs school-based conflict mediation. Using a qualitative multiple-case study design, data were collected through in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis in three culturally diverse schools in Central Sulawesi. Findings reveal that conflict often arises not from ethnic identity, but from miscommunication, divergent social norms, and peer dynamics. Although students’ awareness of Songu Lara Mombangu is limited, its values are reflected in daily practices of cooperation and relational repair. The study underscores the importance of culturally responsive counseling grounded in local wisdom. It contributes to expanding theories of social identity and intersectionality by offering a contextualized lens for conflict resolution. These insights support the development of inclusive educational policies and training programs that align with students’ cultural realities.

Chemicals in haircare products have been linked with endocrine disruption, reproductive health harm, and carcinogenicity. As consumers transition to less chemically intensive hairstyles, they may seek out the "clean" hair product landscape. While large retailers such as Target have created "clean" branded sections to potentially improve transparency for consumers in a complex marketplace, there are no regulatory guidelines defining "clean" and the "clean" haircare market has not been systematically assessed for potential health and safety concerns. To assess ingredient hazards within the "clean" textured (curly, wavy, coily) haircare product landscape. We web-scraped ingredient lists and other associated information for 150 products for textured hair from the "clean" category on the website for a specific Target store in South Los Angeles. We screened the ingredients for 18 chemicals of health concern (e.g., fragrance, phthalates) and linked the products to the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Skin Deep® database to determine a product hazard score (1=least hazardous, 10=most hazardous). Seventy percent of products listed fragrance, an ingredient category of concern given limited ingredient transparency. Only 62 (41%) of products were listed in the EWG's Skin Deep® beauty product catalog and over 90% of listed products were classified by EWG as a 'moderate' risk to human health (product hazard scores between 3 and 6). These findings suggest that people who seek to manage natural hairstyles while avoiding exposure to harmful chemicals, navigate a confusing and unregulated marketplace. Inadequate federal regulation ensuring safety of personal care products does not ensure the safety of products in newer markets of "clean" branded products. Our findings suggest that harmonization of a definition of "clean" should be integrated across industry, from manufacturing to retail given existing inconsistencies that can create challenges for consumers who try to avoid harmful ingredients. There is a growing market of "clean" branded beauty products such as Target's "clean" beauty lines, which market products that exclude ingredients of concern, and thus potentially increase transparency for consumers. By analyzing 150 products for textured haircare found online at a Target store in Los Angeles and by linking products to EWG's Skin Deep® database hazard scores, we find limitations of such labeling schemes, including the continued existence of hazardous chemicals, potentially misleading marketing language, some inconsistent labeling, and potential negative impacts linked to racial and ethnic identities. Our findings underscore the need for consistency and transparency in labeling products as "clean" to reduce consumer uncertainty and improve product safety.

General Background: Indonesia’s multicultural reality, characterized by diverse ethnic, religious, linguistic, and cultural identities, represents both a national asset and a challenge for sustaining social cohesion. Specific Background: Increasing intolerance, discrimination, and socio-cultural disparities indicate that diversity has not been fully optimized as a foundation for national development. Knowledge Gap: Existing studies largely examine multiculturalism in fragmented sectors without systematically linking it to the Indonesia Emas 2045 development roadmap or providing an integrative analytical framework. Aims: This study aims to analyze the role of multicultural Islamic education in strengthening national unity and to formulate a strategic framework supporting inclusive and sustainable development toward Indonesia Emas 2045. Results: The findings demonstrate that multiculturalism functions as strategic social capital by reinforcing Pancasila values, promoting tolerance through education, strengthening social cohesion, and supporting inclusive policies, with additional contributions from family roles, digital literacy, and cross-sector collaboration. Novelty: This study offers an integrative framework connecting multicultural dynamics, national identity formation, and long-term development planning within a unified roadmap aligned with Indonesia Emas 2045. Implications: The study provides a conceptual and practical basis for developing multicultural Islamic education curricula, inclusive governance strategies, and diversity-based development policies to maintain national unity and global competitiveness. Highlights• Multicultural values integrated into education address polarization and identity conflicts• Social capital derived from diversity supports inclusive development strategies• Cross-sector collaboration and digital literacy strengthen cohesive society KeywordsMulticultural Islamic Education; National Unity; Indonesia Emas 2045; Social Capital; Inclusive Development

This paper examines how ethnic minority identities were produced in news reports of the Targeted Poverty Alleviation campaign in China between 2015 and 2020 by examining how the Party organ, People's Daily, and the provincial newspaper, Hunan Daily, reported the same issue. Using a corpus of 230 articles (120 national, 110 provincial) available through digital archives (using governance and ethnicity-related search terms), it employs qualitative comparison as the main method of the research, basing it on framing theory, Faircloughian critical discourse approaches, and the theory of representation. The analysis coded texts on evaluative lexis, agency assignment, and voice attribution as well as cultural imagery. Results indicate that people's readings are biased towards macro achievement discourses, Party elite, and passive grammar that present communities as benefactors whose sense of gratitude is a political reward. Hunan Daily, on its part, uses human-centered narration, quotations, and action verbs to predict local decision-making, entrepreneurship, and cultural economy. The comparison shows no institutional scale in representation of the authority of the institution because the central discourse produces symbolic inclusion with a poor voice, whereas provincial discourse can partially represent the self and have more subjectivity. The study explicates how poverty governance communication produces an imagination of agency and provides implications for increased voice-based reporting on rebuilding post-poverty revitalization.

This study explores how neoliberal ideology shapes the experience and management of stigma among the fastest-growing demographic in the United States—Latinos/as. We adopt a communicative framework of neoliberal stigma to explore how Latinos/as perceived stigma associated with their identity and stigma management communication theory to outline how Latinos/as manage and cope with neoliberal stigma. Through interviews with 17 Latinos/as, we uncovered compounded layers of stigma that intertwine ethnic identity, immigrant stereotypes, and labels of illegality. In response, Latinos/as balanced resistance and self-preservation within a system that leaves little room for challenge. Notably, this study identifies “blame” as an additional mechanism of neoliberal stigma wherein Latinos/as are scapegoated for systemic social and economic difficulties. Furthermore, we highlight the hegemonic nature of neoliberalism by demonstrating how stigma management strategies can paradoxically sustain dominant socio-political ideologies, even when the intent is to resist them.

In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump captured a substantial share of the Latinx vote, renewing debates about identity, media effects, and political behavior. This study examines how nativist attitudes and hyper-conservative media consumption shape support for Trump, with particular attention to racial and national identity. Using a moderated mediation model, we find that nativism and hyper-conservative media consumption both increase support for Trump. Racial/ethnic identity buffers these media effects among non-Latinx respondents but intensifies them among Latinx individuals with high identity salience. These findings complicate assumptions about the role of ethnic or racialized identities in polarized media environments.

The article is dedicated to a prominent thinker of the Tatar people, an encyclopedic scientist, and a successful leader of humanitarian science in the Tatar ASSR, Yakhya Gabdullovich Abdullin (January 9, 1920 – January 4, 2006), who passed away 20 years ago. He is known primarily for his contribution to the study of Tatar social and philosophical thought. In the mid-1970s, Ya.G. Abdullin founded the Sector of the History of Social Thought at the G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature, and History of the Kazan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences and headed it for 10 years. Within the framework of the sector's activities, under difficult ideological conditions, important work was carried out to return the creative heritage of Tatar theologians to the intellectual space. In 1982–1986, Ya.G. Abdullin headed the G. Ibragimov Institute of Language, Literature, and History of the Kazan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which was at the forefront of the struggle to defend the ethnic identity of the Tatar population of the Bashkir ASSR. The article introduces two documents from the funds of the State Archive of the Republic of Tatarstan, which shed light on the position of Ya.G. Abdullin in the Tatar-Bashkir discourse that clearly began to manifest itself from the early 1960s. These are a draft of his article, the title of which the author apparently did not decide on immediately, as the manuscript contains two titles: “On Some Trends in the Coverage of Cultural Heritage Problems by Bashkir Researchers” and “On Some Strange Trends From the Point of View of Scholarship and Deviations From Historicism in Modern Bashkir Literary Criticism”. The second document is the text of a speech by Ya.G. Abdullin at a workshop at the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature with the participation of literary critics from Tataria and Bashkiria. In these documents, Ya.G. Abdullin appears as a fighter for the spiritual values of his people, a man of duty, and a true scientist, for whom the main methods, tools, and arguments in defending his conceptual position are the ability to operate with scientifically grounded historical facts and to be guided only by them. For citation: Gallyamova A.G., Gabdrafikova L.R. “Do Not Confuse the Question of Bashkir Literature and Literature in Bashkiria”. In Memory of Ya.G. Abdullin. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2026, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 143–158. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2026-16-1.143-158 (In Russian)

In the rich cultural landscape of northeastern India, various indigenous communities, especially the Mising, creatively harness the power of natural herbs to enrich their culinary traditions. This research aims to identify and analyze the nutritional benefits that food offers to these communities, emphasizing the importance of understanding their dietary choices. By recognizing food as a vital source of nourishment, we are encouraged to explore its significance beyond sustenance, including its role in shaping cultural identity and community practices. The experience of food varies widely among individuals, underscoring the necessity of examining its diverse dimensions. Over time, historians have worked to highlight the multifaceted relationship between food and society, laying the groundwork for its inclusion in social sciences. Within the Mising community, there is a strong commitment to maintaining a healthy diet, which is seen as essential for fostering personal development and overall communal health. This study seeks to investigate the factors contributing to healthy eating habits within the Mising community, while also exploring the symbolic meanings attached to their food practices. And also tries to get into the sustainability and enhancement of the unique Mising ethnic identity via the continuation of traditional food preparation and consumption habits. To illustrate a profound relationship with the local environment and agricultural systems, since traditional dietary practices are predominantly influenced by the natural resources present in their riverine and woodland ecosystems. By understanding the intricate connections between food, health, and cultural identity, we can gain valuable insights that may promote the well-being and sustainability of these vibrant communities. This study not only honors their traditions but also informs broader discussions about traditional food practices including nutrition and cultural heritage.

Racism in healthcare facilities across Latin America systematically affects Indigenous, Afrodescendant, and migrant populations. Yet, no comprehensive synthesis has mapped its scope across different populations, healthcare settings, and countries in the region. This scoping review followed PRISMA guidelines and searched PubMed, EBSCOhost, and EMBASE for peer-reviewed studies published between January 2015 and June 2025. We included studies addressing racism in healthcare facilities where clinical encounters between populations and healthcare workers occur. Data were charted using AI-assisted tools and analyzed thematically. We retained 70 studies from 15 countries, predominantly Brazil (n=30) and Mexico (n=14). Racism manifested through three interconnected forms: institutional racism (policies restricting access, absence of data reflecting ethnic identification and racialization processes, resource inequities), personally mediated racism (verbal abuse, physical mistreatment, denial of culturally appropriate care), and internalized racism (self-devaluation, acceptance of mistreatment). These forms of discrimination pervade multiple medical fields, including maternal and reproductive health, mental health services, dental care, chronic disease management, infectious disease treatment, and emergency care. Racialized populations experience delayed diagnoses, inadequate treatment protocols, and systematic exclusion from preventive care. Language barriers, cultural dismissal, and discriminatory triage decisions compound these inequities. Intersectional marginalization based on gender, class, migration status, and sexuality amplifies these effects, producing multiplicative rather than additive health impacts. Achieving health equity requires dismantling institutional racism through meaningful community participation in healthcare governance, mandatory collection of ethno-local data-population descriptors reflecting local ethnic identification and racialization processes-, integration of anti-racist and decolonial frameworks in medical education, legal accountability mechanisms, and recognition of racism as a fundamental determinant of health. Interventions targeting only individual bias will fail without addressing structural transformation.

Primary palliative care is symptom support and care for people with life-limiting illnesses incorporated within standard primary care. Early identification of needs is best practice. There is limited research concerning ethnicity and primary palliative care identification and coding. To explore associations between ethnicity and primary palliative care identification and coding. Retrospective cohort study of deceased patients in England utilising anonymised primary care data. Multilevel logistic regression examined associations between ethnicity and primary palliative care records. Cox regression assessed time from first record to death. Chi-squared tests examined differences between first palliative care codes. 200,876 patients included: 32.3% (n=64,887) had a primary palliative care record. Multilevel logistic regression (n=64,887) showed no statistically significant association between ethnicity and identification after adjustment for age, gender, frailty, deprivation and diagnosis. After adjustment, a mixed-effects Cox proportional hazards model (n=58,681) indicated; compared with patients from White groups, patients from Asian (HR=0.94, 95%CI=0.89-1.00, p=0.040) and Black, African, Caribbean groups (HR=0.93, 95%CI=0.86-0.99, p=0.03) survived significantly longer, and patients from 'Other' groups had significantly shorter survival (HR=1.14, 95%CI=1.05-1.23, p=0.002). Patients from ethnic minorities were significantly (p<0.001) more likely to have a first record of specialist palliative care compared with White groups. This study found no statistically significant association between ethnicity and primary palliative care identification after adjustment. However, differences were observed in survival and first palliative care activity. To ensure and monitor equitable access, ongoing improvements in palliative care identification and audits of data quality are required.

Young people living with Long Covid face challenges accessing health care and social support. Previous qualitative research in the UK has described the 'invalidation' of Long Covid illness experience. It has been said that there is a 'double invisibility' produced by narratives that minimise the effects of Covid-19 among young people, which combine with a generalised lack of awareness of Long Covid itself. In this analysis, we look beyond the well-documented networks of online self-help and advocacy to trace how young people navigate, connect and maintain multi-sited alternative care networks to manage their everyday experiences of Long Covid. We draw on the analysis of qualitative interviews with 54 young people aged 15-25 with long-term health impacts from Covid-19, of whom 30 also participated in follow-up interviews. The sample includes young people with multiple genders, who identify with a range of ethnic identities, and who have experience of neurodiversity or additional disabilities. Interview transcripts were analysed to identify key themes, in collaboration with a group of peer researchers who are co-authors on this study. We find that the informal networks that are navigated and created by young people play a vital role, but that they are also fragile. We present our findings across four themes-how informal networks afford young people validation in different ways; the material differences informal networks bring to young people's lives; the work that young people do to build and maintain these networks; and the fragility of support networks. We show that informal networks are not simply identified and found, but that they are 'made to work' by young people who do the work that brings informal networks together and that holds them in place. We conclude that there is a need to strengthen the vital work of informal care that is done by young people, but that alternative care networks should not be seen simply as a means of 'filling the gaps' of inadequate care. There is a need to build infrastructures that properly integrate formal with informal care in direct response to young people's experiences of Long Covid. This qualitative study was undertaken in close collaboration with community partners and co-produced with young people affected by Long Covid, using participatory methods. Young people affected by Long Covid were involved in a series of consultations, workshops and meetings focused on the analysis of data and their development into project outputs, including as authors of this paper.

Introduction . The study of the problems of self-identity formation of Dagestan youth in a multi-ethnic confessional environment is relevant in modern conditions. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive analysis of the problem of youth self-identification in the Republic of Dagestan through the prism of interaction of key social institutions, identifying the role of the institution of the family, the educational environment, the language situation and digital reality as key factors affecting the process of self-identification of modern youth. Materials and Methods . This study is based on the methodology of systematic analysis and synthesis of relevant scientific publications on this issue. Such general theoretical methods of scientific research as analogy, generalization and systematization were used. Results . Research shows that ethnic identity in Dagestan continues to be the core element of self-perception, but its content and formal markers are significantly transformed. Empirical evidence suggests the complex nature of the interaction between family attitudes and the values of a multinational environment. Along with ethnic, linguistic, cultural components in the formation of identity, religious identification remains one of the basic elements of the formation and development of the personality of a Dagestani. The identification environment in Dagestan is a system where traditions and innovations coexist. Discussion and Conclusion . The analysis suggests that the problem of youth self-identification in Dagestan is not reduced to a binary choice between tradition and modernization. What is meant here is the formation of a complex, multilevel and situationally determined hybrid identity that integrates various, sometimes contradictory, elements. A modern young Dagestani man or woman often combines several identities: local (clan, village), ethnic (Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, etc.), all-Dagestan (as a resident of a multi-ethnic republic), all-Russian civic and, increasingly, global (through digital environments and academic mobility). The contradiction between traditional and global values, being a creative conflict, acts as a catalyst for personal growth and the formation of multicultural competence.

This article examines the distinctive features of national identity formation in the Republic of Kazakhstan through the lens of comprehensive political science analysis. The study analyzes the complex interaction between ethnic diversity, historical legacy, state-building processes, and modernization efforts that shape contemporary Kazakhstani identity in a country uniting more than 130 ethnic groups. Drawing on the theoretical foundations of nation-building, including models of civic and ethnic nationalism, as well as empirical observations of post-Soviet transformation covering three decades of independence, the study identifies key mechanisms through which Kazakhstan implemented national consolidation while maintaining its multinational character. The work argues that Kazakhstan represents a distinctive case of a balanced approach to nation-building, where the state strategically coordinated the promotion of Kazakh ethnic identity through language policy, reconstruction of historical narrative, and demographic changes, while simultaneously supporting the principles of civic equality and institutional mechanisms of minority representation. The analysis demonstrates that this approach, illustrated by the constitutional distinction between Kazakh ethnic and Kazakhstani civic identity, contributed to relative stability and allowed the avoidance of ethnic conflicts that affected other post-Soviet states. The research findings indicate that Kazakhstani national identity represents a synthesis of civic and ethnic dimensions, characterized by strategic state policies within institutional structures that are oriented toward gradual national consolidation with observance of the principles of civic equality.

This study aims to describe the forms and functions of the linguistic signs in the linguistic landscape of Semarang's Chinatown, an area that represents the linguistic and cultural diversity of the Chinese community in Indonesia. The research focuses on identifying the forms of linguistic signs found in public spaces as cultural artifacts and analyzing their functions within the local social, economic, and cultural context. The data consists of linguistic signs on shop signs, banners, religious plaques, and directional signs, collected through field observation and photo documentation from August to October 2025. The analysis was conducted using a descriptive qualitative approach through observation, visualization, and interviews with temple administrators and local residents. The results indicate that the variation in the forms of linguistic signs includes monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual signs combining Indonesian, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Javanese. The functions of the linguistic signs are not only informational and commercial but also reflect strong cultural identity, symbolic, and religious functions, especially around the temple. These findings confirm that the linguistic landscape serves as a medium for representing Chinese ethnic identity as well as a space for socio-economic interaction in this heritage area. Validation was carried out through technique triangulation with expert interviews to ensure the accuracy of the analyzed forms and functions of the linguistic signs in the Semarang Chinatown area.

Disentangling race and ethnicity in predicting symptoms of depression among young adults: A machine learning approach.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning, plus (LGBTQ+) youth experience significant health challenges relative to their peers, including higher rates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and mental health symptoms, partly due to minority stressors. Digital health interventions hold promise for addressing these issues, but their effectiveness hinges on human-centered co-design that ensures relevance and engagement. This study aimed to examine the use of Discord as a platform for conducting human-centered design (HCD) activities to adapt a digital text-based intervention designed to improve HIV testing rates among LGBTQ+ youth. We recruited 21 LGBTQ+ youth (aged 13-18 years) in the United States via social media and participant registries, oversampling minoritized gender, racial, and ethnic identities to ensure diverse representation. Over 9 months, participants engaged in structured HCD activities on a private Discord server, including polls, open-ended discussions, and interactive feedback tasks. Design insights were collected iteratively and used to refine the intervention in real time. We also surveyed participants to examine the acceptability of Discord as a tool for hosting the HCD process. We identified best practices for integrating HCD methods within Discord, including cocreating the server environment with participants and enabling real-time iteration of intervention components based on youth input. The privacy of the Discord server supported psychological safety; facilitated open and effective communication between participants and the research team; and fostered an informal, familiar atmosphere. Discord provides an effective and acceptable environment for conducting HCD processes in the design of digital health interventions. Its structural features, including anonymity, accessibility, and community-driven interaction, facilitated meaningful youth engagement in co-design activities. These insights offer a model for leveraging social media platforms to support participatory intervention development for LGBTQ+ populations.

How the human brain flexibly adapts social perception by recategorizing out-group (them) to in-group (us) remains unclear. Using functional MRI in Singapore's multicultural population, we investigated how priming subordinate (ethnic) versus superordinate (national) identities reshapes neural processing of ethnic in-group and out-group faces. We demonstrate that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, a hub for self-referential processing, preferentially activates for ethnic in-group faces under ethnic identity priming, while showing increased engagement for ethnic out-group faces under national identity priming. Representational similarity analyses reveal that national priming reduces the neural representational distance between in-group and out-group faces, though ethnic distinctions persisted. These findings provide neural evidence for the Common Ingroup Identity Model, revealing a partial recategorization process in which superordinate identity priming increases self-referential processing of former out-group members while maintaining underlying ethnic category distinctions. These results elucidate the neural mechanisms supporting identity flexibility with implications for improving intergroup relations in diverse societies.