https://www.scienceimpactpub.com/journals/index.php/jssa <p>Journal of Social Sciences Advancement (JSSA) welcomes all research articles relevant to Social Sciences and other relevant subjects. The Journal of Social Sciences Advancement aims to provide an opportunity and a forum to communicate relevant and current issues in the areas of Social Sciences and allied subjects. The objective of this journal is to publish prolific novel scientific work while making them available to the scholarly world. Journal of Social Sciences Advancement is an Open Access Journal. Abstracts and full texts of all articles published in the Journal of Social Sciences Advancement can be read online without any form of restriction.</p> Science Impact Publishers en-US Journal of Social Sciences Advancement 2788-6174 <p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="license"><img src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></a></p> <p>This work is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p> https://www.scienceimpactpub.com/journals/index.php/jssa/article/view/1164 <p>CO2 emissions may affect economic growth and development. It has been observed that emissions are the result of increased energy use, industrialization, and urbanization in Asian countries. Emissions are rising faster than natural rates.&nbsp;Considering the effects of financial inclusion on CO2 emissions, we have examined how industrialization, urbanization, and income inequality affect the emissions in South Asian economies by using data from 2005 to 2020. Fixed effect results show that financial development is the key driver of CO2 emissions. Findings also point out that industrialization and urban population also enhance the CO2 emissions. Finally, income inequality also seems to be affecting the emissions in developing countries. The study suggests that there should be more provision of a clean environment. Energy policies should focus on the supply of better-quality energy by using other sources. Rapid industrialization must contribute to environmental degradation. And finally, there is a dire need to control the urban population for low environmental degradation.</p> Sana Rashid Sulsabeel Akhtar Nazar Mahmood Usama Bin Taj Abdul Wahab Azam Iqbal Javed Shahbaz Ahmad Copyright (c) 2026 Sana Rashid, Sulsabeel Akhtar, Nazar Mahmood, Usama Bin Taj, Abdul Wahab Azam, Iqbal Javed, Shahbaz Ahmad https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2026-02-20 2026-02-20 7 1 1 5 10.52223/JSSA26-070101 https://www.scienceimpactpub.com/journals/index.php/jssa/article/view/1167 <p>Every year Pakistan generates around 390 thousand metric tonnes of e-waste. This e-waste growth is estimated to increase by 5 percent yearly. A huge challenge is to manage the e-waste in a sustainable and environment friendly way. In this context, e-waste recycling is considered as a win-win strategy for environment protection in developing countries. In order to promote and facilitate recycling, it is very essential to understand the socio-psychological factors affecting consumers’ intention towards e-waste recycling. For this purpose, extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) framework used to analyze socio-physiological factors impact on the young adult’s intentions on adopting e-waste recycling. The cross-sectional data collected from 407 young adults from Faisalabad and employed a structural equation modeling to explore study objectives. The study findings show that subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, sense of duty, awareness of consequence, recycling habits positively influenced the young consumers' e-waste recycling behavior. Moreover, structural model results revealed that subjective norms had highest impact on the young consumers' e-waste recycling intentions. Therefore, these findings can be used by policy makers to devise some incentive policies and programs to motivate young adults to participate in e-waste recycling. Effective approaches should be developed to foster young adults’ positive recycling habits, environmental benefits awareness and social norms realization, in order to increase their enthusiasm for participating in e-waste recycling activities. This study presented evidence about the effectiveness of extended Theory of Planned Behavior when appraising the young consumers' recycling intentions towards e-waste. From a practice point of view, this study conclusion surfaced a vital scientific basis for developing countries to encourage young adults to recycle e-waste for environmental protection.</p> Tahira Sadaf Ayesha Rouf Muhammad Amjed Iqbal Nazia Tabasam Neelam Rana Copyright (c) 2026 Tahira Sadaf, Ayesha Rouf, Muhammad Amjed Iqbal, Nazia Tabasam, Neelam Rana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2026-02-23 2026-02-23 7 1 6 19 10.52223/JSSA26-070102