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The Role of Schools in Building the Resilience of Youth Faced with Adversity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bridget Johnson --- University of Western Cape, South Africa Sandy Lazarus --- University of Western Cape, South AfricaThis study explored factors related to risk, resilience and health amongst South African teenagers. Grade nine students (N = 472; males = 210, females = 262, age range = 12 to 18 years) at seven schools in the Western Cape... -
Youths navigating social networks and social support systems in settings of chronic crisis: the case of youth-headed households in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Laura May Lee --- Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Program, Green College, CanadaYouth-headed households in Rwanda live in a context of chronic crisis, where poverty, disease and uncertainty are not exceptional but characterise people's daily lived reality. Struggling under the pressures of economic deprivation, social isolation, abuse and exploitation, these youths experience... -
Self-realisation and meaning making in the face of adversity: a eudaimonic approach to human resilience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carol D. Ryff --- Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United StatesThis article considers a eudaimonic approach to psychological well-being built on the integration of developmental, existential and humanistic formulations as well as distant writings of Aristotle. Eudaimonia emphasizes meaning-making, self-realisation and growth, quality connections to others, self-knowledge, managing life and... -
Women living with HIV in Nigeria: Predictive influence of hardiness on perceived stress
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Aliyu Adamu --- , South Africa Gugu Mchunu --- , South Africa Joanne Rachel Naidoo --- , South AfricaBackground: Women living with HIV experience severe HIV-related stress in sub-Saharan Africa. But evidence shows that individuals with high levels of the psychological hardiness characteristic who accept stressful situations as meaningful experience may withstand psychological stress. However, the literature on... -
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alberta SJ van der Watt --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Annerine Roos --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Elmien Lesch --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Soraya Seedat --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaRomantic relationship dissolutions (RRDs) frequently occur among emerging adult students and can lead to significant distress. Little information is available regarding the factors associated with increased breakup distress among emerging adult students in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to... -
Changing midlife tropes: A transcendence into epiphany
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Louisa Niehaus --- University of South Africa, South Africa Maria Papaikonomou --- University of South Africa, South AfricaMidlife is often stereotyped as a time of turbulence, angst and chaos, marked by inappropriate behaviours, broken marriages, infidelity and destructive changes. However, this article aims to challenge these stereotypes and present a different perspective. It argues that midlife is...