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The Structure of Parental Bonding in South African Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Solomon Mashegoane --- University of Limpopo, Legesse Kassa Debusho --- University of Pretoria, Sewela Monicca Ramaboea --- University of Limpopo, Mpumelelo Marcel Mhlongo --- University of Limpopo,The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI: Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) offers a practical way of conceptualizing parental experiences. In the present study, PBI scores of 522 students from a South African university were factor analyzed, yielding a three-factor structure for... -
Living off the Stony Farm: Address and Diasporic Consciousness in “Shamba la Mawe” by Awilo Mike
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: T. Michael Mboya --- Department of Literature, Theatre and Film Studies, KenyaThis article reads diasporic consciousness in the song “Shamba la Mawe” by the Kenyan artiste, Awilo Mike. It takes as its entry point for the reading the fact that Peter, the speaker in the song's lyrics, a Kenyan migrant in... -
Relationships of alcohol intake with biological health outcomes in an African population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Re Gopane --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Hh Vorster --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa A Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Bm Margetts --- Institute of Human Nutrition, UKObjective: Because present recommendations on alcohol intake are based mainly on evidence of beneficial effects in populations of developed countries, this study examines biological effects of alcohol consumption in an African population in transition to assess whether these recommendations are... -
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease risk in an African population in transition: the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa A Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Hh Vorster --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Bm Margetts --- Institute of Human Nutrition, United Kingdom T Loots Du --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South AfricaObjective: There is evidence showing a cardioprotective effect of light to moderate alcohol consumption in many populations. Whether alcohol consumption reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in an African population remains unclear. This study therefore assessed the associations between alcohol consumption... -
Measuring micronutrient intakes at different levels of sugar consumption in a population in transition: the Transition and Health during Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Ue MacIntyre --- Department of Human Nutrition, Cs Venter --- North-West University, A. Kruger --- North-West University, M. Serfontein --- North-West University,Objective: The objective was to investigate the absolute micronutrient intake and the possibility of micronutrient dilution of added sugar in the diets of an African population in nutritional transition. -
Serum AGEs in black South African patients with type 2 diabetes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: Catherine Martha Mhlanga --- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pathology & Pre-Clinical Sciences, South Africa Motetelo Alfred Mogale --- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pathology & Pre-Clinical Sciences, South Africa Agustine Adu --- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, South Africa Leshweni Jeremiah Shai --- Faculty of Science, Department of Biomedical Sciences, South AfricaObjective: The objective of this study was to determine serum advanced glycation end products (AGEs) levels in black South African patients with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D) and to compare the results with those reported for other ethnic/race groups. -
Support for research in climate change and nuclear energy, but less so for fracking: Born-free South Africans’ attitudes towards scientific controversies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Lars Guenther --- South African Research Chair in Science Communication, Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), South Africa Marina Joubert --- South African Research Chair in Science Communication, Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), South AfricaResearch into public perceptions of science and technology has often focused on scientific controversies (such as biotechnology or fracking), in order to inform policy decisions or to develop better communication strategies. Recent trends in this field of research acknowledge that... -
Vitamin D [25(OH)D] and 1,25(OH)2D serum concentrations in patients tested at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Botha --- , South Africa MR Maphayi --- , South Africa N Cassim --- , South Africa JA George --- , South Africa -
Loneliness and psychological well-being among the elderly in Buffalo City, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anathi Ntozini --- , South Africa Ali Arazeem Abdullahi --- , NigeriaThis study examined the correlation between loneliness and four dimensions of psychological well-being (PWB) of old people in South Africa as they vary by their socio-demographic characteristics. Respondents were a non-probability/random sample of 301 elderly in Buffalo City, South Africa...