Abstract
At the request of the Journal Editor and the Publisher, the following articles have been retracted:
1. Markovizky, M., & Shafran, Y. (2024). Different parenting styles among Christian and Muslim populations living in homogenous Israeli communities – In relation to their possession of the three capital types. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714241297624
2. Markovizky, M., & Shafran, Y. (2025). The perception of Muslim and Christian populations residing in homogenous communities in Israel – About the importance of acquiring higher education. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714251331416
Concerns were raised regarding substantial overlap without appropriate attribution across the above publications, including use of the same participant sample and qualitative methodology, and similarities in theoretical framing.
The authors were contacted for comments and asked to provide the underlying data and ethical approval documentation. The authors clarified that due to their work in this domain there was a possibility of theoretical and methodological overlap. No underlying data or supporting documentation was supplied.
The institution was contacted for clarification and confirmed that the studies used the same participant pool and that ethical approval had not been obtained.
The Journal Editor evaluated the concerns and deemed the articles to contain significant overlap. Concerns regarding ethical compliance and verifiable data were also found to be unresolved.
Due to this assessment, the article has been retracted.
The authors did not respond when notified of the retraction.