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This study examines how Chinese citizens' leadership qualities relate to their intention to engage in pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) and how socio-cultural factors, mianzi (face), may affect this relationship. By conducting a national survey (N = 995) among Chinese social media users, this study finds that those with higher opinion leadership report higher intention to engage in both public-sphere and private-sphere PEBs. Self-perceived opinion leaders are also more willing to express themselves on social media, which consequently promotes their public-sphere PEB intention but not private-sphere PEB intention. In this process, perceived interpersonal trust strengthens opinion leaders' expressive behaviours on social media. Meanwhile, Mianzi is more effective in boosting non-opinion leaders' intention to engage in private-sphere PEBs, catching up with self-perceived opinion leaders. These findings shed light on the differences between public- and private-sphere PEBs and provide both theoretical and practical implications for promoting PEB intentions in the Chinese context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The incidence of postpartum depression (PPD) among Chinese women surpasses the global average, and this disparity is closely associated with the level of social support they receive. Using Sensitive Interaction Systems Theory and Family Communication Patterns Theory as guiding frameworks, we conducted a content analysis of 705 posts gathered from the hashtag #PPD (chanhou yiyu) on Zhihu, a popular Chinese social media platform. Our findings reveal that postpartum women primarily seek social support from their husbands and mothers-in-law through indirect nonverbal and direct verbal communication strategies. They tend to receive more problem-focused support than emotion-focused solace. Moreover, the use of direct verbal communication strategies promotes potential support providers' problem-solving behaviors, while the use of indirect nonverbal strategies elicits their avoidance behaviors. In addition, the conversation-oriented family communication pattern strengthens the positive association between direct verbal communication and support-providing behaviors, whereas the conformity-oriented family communication pattern weakens this relationship. This study contributes to the applicability of the abovementioned theories in the Chinese context and provides insights for future interventions aimed at addressing PPD among women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) exceeds 20% in China. In this article, we unpack the coping strategies and involuntary responses to PPD among Chinese women and how such patterns are shaped by family communication dynamics and reflect distinct social, structural, and cultural contexts. Drawing upon the communication accommodation theory and the generic stress and coping model, we analyzed 661 posts collected under the hashtag #PPD (chanhou yiyuzheng) on Zhihu using the phronetic iterative approach. The analysis reveals that women self-identifying as having PPD often find themselves situated within a family environment marked by non-adaptive communication, culminating in insufficient support from their social circles. Furthermore, a significant number of these women lack effective coping mechanisms to manage PPD. Instead, they tend to stifle their expressions and needs through automatic responses, dedicating themselves to constant self-monitoring without practicing self-care. Our findings contribute to informed policymaking for postpartum support, addressing nuanced challenges encountered by new mothers in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With emerging learning techniques and large datasets, the advantages of applying deep learning models in the field of tourism demand forecasting have been increasingly recognized. However, the lack of sufficient interpretability has led to questioning the credibility of most existing deep learning models. This study attempts to meet these challenges by proposing an interpretable deep learning framework, which combines the long short-term memory model with Shapley Additive interpretation. Results of two case studies conducted in China confirm that our model can perfectly reconcile interpretability and forecasting accuracy. The study has greatly promoted the development of tourism demand forecasting models and provides important practical implications for improving the ability of management decision making and resource optimization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the importance of tourist mobility for urban tourism, mechanisms as to how these tourist activities shift throughout the day remain scarcely explored. This study fills this gap by providing a three‐step analysis framework. First, aggregated trajectory data were transformed into a directed weighted network. Then, a new community detection method was proposed to capture the spatial interactions, and two approaches were employed to quantify the evolution patterns of tourist mobility. Finally, the capability of the framework and its potential applications were explored and implemented through a case study in Xiamen, China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]