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Fragmentation and manufactured ambivalence: Necessary unlearnings for intersectional critical action with queer and trans youth 分裂和制造的矛盾心理：酷儿和跨性别青年的交叉批判行动的必要遗忘

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-10-15 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70085

Sukhmani Singh, Gio Iacono, Megan S. Paceley, V. Paul Poteat, Hirokazu Yoshikawa

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Enacting Multiple Childhoods: Micro-Politics of Individualization and Collectivity in Norwegian Classrooms 制定多重童年：挪威课堂中个体化与集体性的微观政治

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-10-13 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70086

Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen, Pål Aarsand

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Depression self-reporting among Chinese older adults: A vignette study 中国老年人抑郁自我报告：一项小研究

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-10-08 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70084

Van Tran, Na Yin

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Widening Health Disparities: Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence from 2001 to 2022 Among Six Asian American Subgroups and Other Racial and Ethnic Groups in California 不断扩大的健康差距：2001年至2022年加州六个亚裔美国人亚群和其他种族和族裔群体的糖尿病和前驱糖尿病患病率

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-10-08 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70082

Xiang Qi, Bei Wu

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Correction to “Confrontation to prejudice can function as identity safety cues on social media for Asian Americans” 更正“对抗偏见可以作为亚裔美国人在社交媒体上的身份安全提示”

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-08-17 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70081

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Enhancing scientific and practical insights into identity safety cues: How and why context matters 加强对身份安全线索的科学和实践见解：环境如何以及为什么重要

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-08-04 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70080

Kim E. Chaney, Flora Blanchette, Jes L. Matsick

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Childhood foundations of Black and Latinx adolescents’ critical consciousness: The roles of prosocial behavior and cognitive self-regulation 黑人和拉丁裔青少年批判意识的童年基础：亲社会行为和认知自我调节的作用

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-07-27 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70078

Zahra Naqi-Hasnain, Christine Pajunar Li-Grining, Amanda L. Roy, Lidia Monjaras-Gaytan, Maria Radulescu, Brian Boleaga

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Cultivating Critical Action in Children and Youth: Best Practices, New Directions, and Contextual Possibilities 培养儿童和青少年的批判性行动：最佳实践、新方向和情境可能性

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-07-27 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70079

Matthew A. Diemer, Aixa D. Marchand, Josefina Bañales

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How broadening diversity impacts White Americans’ organizational perceptions 扩大多样性如何影响美国白人的组织观念

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70074

Yanzhe Zeng, he/him, Teri A. Kirby, she/her

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Peacebuilding, politicization, and youth work: Pathways to youth critical action for sustainable peace in Northern Ireland 建设和平、政治化和青年工作：促进北爱尔兰可持续和平的青年关键行动途径

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Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2026-07-13 DOI: 10.1111/josi.70073

Brandon Hamber, Eliz McArdle

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