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{"title":"Who decides on time? Mad Time as a disruptor of normative research politics and practices.","authors":"Aimee Sinclair","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1559616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1559616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is an increasing recognition of the epistemic injustice perpetrated against individuals deemed mad, leading to a push for the inclusion of their voices in research and academia. Nevertheless, despite being predominantly enacted as progressive, the inclusion of individuals deemed mad within research practices and spaces often fails to disrupt the ways in which methodology is conceptualized and practiced, contributing to the ongoing psychiatrization and exclusion of Mad practices and, more broadly, failing to produce alternatives to carceral responses to madness. In this article, I consider both the potential for methodology to produce temporal violence as well as the potential of Mad Time to disrupt normative and often sanist research practices. To achieve this, I weave together theorizing on Mad Time, post-qualitative inquiry, the experiences of peer support workers, and my own temporal conflicts in attempting to madden research within academia. I propose three ways in which Mad Time may provoke alternative methodological practices that move us closer to epistemic justice: rethinking the concept of data, embracing stumbling, circling, scrambling (becoming), and valuing variations in pace. I conclude by reflecting on the possible implications that thinking with Mad Time might hold for both research and activism, both within and outside of academia.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1559616"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12044529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bridging the gap between objective and subjective well-being among first generation immigrants: exploring the role of religion and spirituality.","authors":"Samadara Batuwanthudawa, Samitha Udayanga","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1539686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1539686","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The role of religion and spirituality in fostering resilience among immigrants has been widely acknowledged. However, existing studies often emphasize religious affiliations established within the host country, overlooking the significance of religious practices originating from immigrants' home countries and their unique influence on the life experiences of immigrants. The present study thus addresses this research gap by investigating how religious affiliations rooted in immigrants' home country based traditions influence their subjective well-being in a new social context. Using a qualitative approach, we examined the experiences of Sri Lankan immigrants settled in Italy. The thematic analysis identified two key themes. The first theme highlights that, although religious practices may initially appear less significant upon immigration, their importance resurfaces during periods of uncertainty. By providing psychological stability, these practices enhance both objective and subjective dimensions of well-being. The elevated levels of happiness observed among immigrants often reflect strong affiliations with home country based religious institutions and spirituality aligned closely with home country cultural values. The second theme demonstrates that religion functions as a cultural bridge, enabling immigrants to transfer familiar traditions and practices into their new environment. Overall, the process of reconnecting with home country based religious practices and spirituality allows immigrants to navigate the host country effectively, balancing the establishment of objective well-being with the preservation of valued cultural identities, and ultimately enhancing their subjective well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1539686"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12041083/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144019918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Access to justice for Ethiopian migrant domestic workers: unveiling legal, structural, and gendered violence in Lebanon.","authors":"Banchi Yimer, Tsigereda Birhanu, Francisca Ankrah, Debora Asfaw, Omar Taleb, Jasmin Lilian Diab","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2024.1486769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1486769","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the barriers to legal access faced by Ethiopian migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Lebanon, highlighting the legal violations they endure. The research encompasses all phases of criminal cases, from initial investigations to trial and verdict issuance. Utilizing a diverse methodology, the study draws on a sample of judgments from Egna Legna Besidet's Legal Program, qualitative interviews with 66 Ethiopian MDWs, and insights from 10 key informants and five legal experts. Ethical considerations, including a trauma-informed approach and thorough anonymization, were paramount. Findings reveal that MDWs encounter systemic injustices and insurmountable barriers within the Lebanese legal system, exacerbated by societal prejudices, exorbitant recruitment fees, language barriers, and limited legal awareness. The Kafala sponsorship system and restrictive immigration policies further hinder their legal navigation. Discriminatory attitudes, lack of legal safeguards, and inadequate support from embassies and consulates perpetuate a cycle of exploitation and abuse. The initial investigation stage is fraught with coercion and procedural violations, while trials and verdicts often lack fairness and adequate evidence. The study calls for comprehensive legal reforms, better enforcement of existing laws, accessible information, legal aid, and multi-stakeholder collaboration to dismantle these barriers and ensure justice for MDWs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"9 ","pages":"1486769"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12021835/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"When fiction meets reality: ethnofiction as a way of constructing youth narratives about delinquent paths.","authors":"Haydée Caruso","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2024.1456601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1456601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores an ethnographic experience built with Portuguese young people in juvenile detention centers, using ethnofiction as a methodological strategy for approaching the public under investigation. The study examines the narratives that these young people constructed through a fictional character called João, whose experiences reflect the participants' life stories and the paths that led them to commit crimes. The ethnofictional experimentation was developed during fieldwork in six Juvenile Detention Centers in Portugal in 2022 as part of the research project X-MEN-Masculinities, Empathy, and Non-violence, coordinated by the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. This article explores dimensions of young people's identities and belonging, offering an in-depth view of their experiences and perspectives.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"9 ","pages":"1456601"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12018401/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The movement of class: on occupation and everyday mobility patterns in the United States.","authors":"Karl Vachuska","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1492785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1492785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For much of the last century, class analysis has been a major area of sociology and has provided a critical lens through which scholars analyze social stratification. The attributes of certain class positions are of particular sociological interest given their impact on stratification and the possibility of greater inter- and intra-generational mobility. In this work, I explore one perspective of class analysis that has been neglected in the literature: everyday mobility patterns. As a result of the rising availability of rich cell phone data, everyday mobility patterns have become a popular data source for social science research. However, despite the clear theoretical relationship between everyday mobility patterns and class, little sociological research has connected these two concepts. The analysis, set in the United States, indicates that class-specifically, occupational class-is an extremely strong predictor of mobility patterns and that not all occupations are associated with the mobility patterns one might expect. The findings also indicate that certain occupations are disproportionally exposed to impoverished neighborhoods, and I thus theorize about the occupational attributes that matter most for everyday mobility patterns. I conclude by arguing that novel data sources have the potential to renew interest in class analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1492785"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12018338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144040224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does living arrangement matter? Analyzing relations from Chinese women's perspective with cultural change.","authors":"Lu Ma, Jia Xu","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1516890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1516890","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Due to the decrease in family size and lower fertility rate in China, traditional patrilineal-centered living arrangements have become ineffective, prompting families to change them to meet their immediate and long-term care needs for families. This study examines the extent to which Chinese rural women's living arrangements improve their family relationships after marriage.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study utilizes institutional regulatory documents at the national level and observational data from 109 semi-structured interviews with married women (aged 22-89 years), which were conducted in 2019 and 2023. Using data from interviews with married women, we examine the family structure, family expectations, and family care contribution to analyze women's different living arrangements in rural areas of southern China.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It demonstrates that women's different living arrangements have varying effect on family relationships. First, the family structure, suggesting that married women's relationship with their natal family after marriage has great impact on women's living arrangement after marriage. Second, the possibility of children inheriting the family name enhances family relations, consistent with family expectations, as the family name identifies the family members. Third, family relationships may be strengthened through providing frequent and long-term care to their natal family for married women.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>We find that the women's post-marriage living arrangements help strengthen their family relationships in a balanced manner and address unmet family care needs under the strong influence of Confucian cultural ideals. Our findings suggest that changes in living arrangements explain family relations and gender equality within the Chinese context of an aging society.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1516890"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12014602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The meaning of \"total pain\" in the context of living and dying with dementia.","authors":"Sarah Elizabeth Field-Richards, Louise Bramley, Jemima Collins, Alison Cowley, Rowan Harwood","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2024.1412749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1412749","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Globally, there are 55 million people living with dementia (PLWD). PLWD have an uncertain prognosis. Most are approaching the end of life but are not overtly or immediately dying. Contemporary approaches to dementia care therefore promote the need to live and die well with dementia. Pain is highly prevalent but difficult to manage in PLWD. Originating in palliative care, \"total pain\" conceives of pain holistically, incorporating biological, psychological, social and spiritual elements. Pain management in dementia care tends to be pharmacologically focused. Total pain therefore offers an alternative approach-one consistent with person-centred philosophy underpinning contemporary dementia care. Due to important differences, concepts cannot simply be extrapolated from cancer-related to dementia-related palliative care however. Dementia-specific approaches are needed and require exploration.</p><p><strong>Description and objective of the analysis: </strong>The objective of this paper is to explore the meaning of total pain in the context of living and dying with dementia, and its utility and implications for person-centred dementia care. Using a palliative care framework and existing literature, we critically consider the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual impact of dementia, to explore how total pain might manifest and be experienced in this context.</p><p><strong>Findings and interpretation: </strong>We highlight the complexity, nuance and socially contingent nature of the impact of living and dying with dementia. We challenge binary understandings of \"continuity or loss\" (e.g., of identity, relationships), and totalising \"loss\" discourses, demonstrating that more subtle, varied and hopeful outcomes are possible. The way that the impact of dementia is articulated and understood has implications for the experience and management of total pain. The deficit-orientation of \"total <i>pain</i>\" paradoxically risks its perpetuation. A balanced understanding of dementia's impact (acknowledging <i>both</i> continuity and loss, alternatives and socially constructed aspects) better reflects the realities of dementia and creates new possibilities for supportive care practices to improve pain management and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and implications for practice: </strong>Applied to dementia care, \"total pain\" should be located within a critical context, emphasising complexity, contingency and nuance. The holistic focus of \"<i>total</i> pain\" should be extended to incorporate balanced consideration of \"painful\" and \"functional\" experience. We introduce a balanced model of total pain incorporating a dual focus on \"pain\" and \"personhood\" within a critical context, to facilitate translation to practice. There is a need to develop evidence-based supportive interventions in each domain of total pain, to support a balanced approach to total pain management in dementia care.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"9 ","pages":"1412749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12016222/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sexist advertising of women car washers in the Andean mountains.","authors":"Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez, Sonia Beatriz Munaris-Parco, Ketty Marilú Moscoso-Paucarchuco, Juan Quispe-Rodríguez, Jaime Carmelo Aspur-Barrientos","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1442815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1442815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The struggle for gender equity is progressing positively; however, the Peruvian highlands, characterized by its predominantly macho characteristics, lags behind in achieving this equity. The study on sexist advertising in car wash centers in the Peruvian highlands was conducted based on participant observation and interviews with the main actors who display sexist advertising posters on public roads. The objective of this study is to analyze the sexist implications of advertising posters with images of young women in skimpy clothing, exposing their body parts in full color while sensuously bathing in water, soap, and shampoo foam. This serves as an advertising hook to attract male customers seeking car washing services. However, it is concluded that this form of illegal advertising and labor practice is deemed sexist, as it lacks prior control by local authorities and violates principles of individual privacy and ethics. Sexism in car washes in the Peruvian highlands reaffirms the macho behavior of both private and public car drivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1442815"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12011720/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Work engagement and individual work performance in the UAE: the mediating role of work-life balance.","authors":"Mohamed A Alnagbi, Hazem Aldabbas, Liza Gernal, Abdallah M Elamin, Ahmed Z E Ahmed","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research focuses on how employees balance their engagement with their work and private life, and how this balance affects their performance in the workplace. The study conducted a survey completed by 98 employees from government, private, and non-profit organizations regarding their experiences with engagement, work-life balance, and performance. The findings indicate that workers in UAE-based workplaces are highly engaged in their jobs and perform significantly well. The key results show that work engagement is positively related to work-life balance, which, in turn, positively impacts individual work performance. Additionally, the study demonstrates that work-life balance mediates the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance, helping to explain and facilitate this relationship. This study provides a deeper understanding of work engagement and work-life balance in the UAE and offers insights into how organizations can implement best practices to enhance performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1567207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12011814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Generalized trust as a foundation for online trust: findings from Austria, Greece, Poland, the Philippines, and South Africa.","authors":"Markus Hadler, Boštjan Vrečar, Rebecca Schaffer","doi":"10.3389/fsoc.2025.1504812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1504812","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper, we examine the relationship between generalized trust and online trust to assess whether the latter is a distinct phenomenon or an extension of the former. For this purpose, we provide an overview of different approaches developed to explain trust and discuss their applicability to online trust. Our analysis is based on a nationally representative sample of Austrians aged 16 or older, collected as part of the latest International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) survey on \"Digital Societies,\" as well as pretest data for this survey from Austria, Greece, Poland, the Philippines, and South Africa. Regression models considering indicators associated with a wide range of different approaches show that generalized trust is the strongest predictor of online trust. Hence, our findings suggest that online trust is not an independent concept but an extension of generalized trust, supporting the initial notion of generalized trust as a concept that goes beyond personal relationships, now also into the digital world.</p>","PeriodicalId":36297,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Sociology","volume":"10 ","pages":"1504812"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12009900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}