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Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes Regarding Abortion in South Africa Among a Sample of University Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kelvin Mwaba --- University of the Western Cape, Pamela Naidoo --- University of the Western Cape,A survey study design was used to determine the knowledge of a sample of South African university students regarding the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act and their beliefs and attitudes toward abortion. A total of 146 (110 female,... -
Social-Psychological Factors Associated with Bullying Behaviour among Secondary School Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ojedokun A. Oluyinka --- Olabisi Onabanjo University,This study investigated the association between social-psychological factors (misconduct, impulsivity, school sense of belonging, intention to use non-violent strategies, beliefs supportive of violence) and bullying behaviour. A total of two-hundred and fifteen (n=215) secondary school students randomly selected from five... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding HIV/AIDS among Adolescents in a Rural Secondary School in the Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Montseng Kwili --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Almon Shumba --- University of Fort Hare, South AfricaThis study examined knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding HIV/AIDS among adolescents at a rural secondary school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Participants comprised of 120 Grade 7 to 9 learners (males =46; females =74; age range 12 to 19... -
Breast Cancer Health Beliefs and Perceived Barriers to Self-Examination Amongst Hindu Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Catherine Govender --- University of South Africa, Prashilla Soma --- University of Pretoria, Leeana Persad --- University of Witwatersrand, Julie Moodley --- National Health Laboratory Services, Vinay Rajah --- , South AfricaThis study explored the breast cancer health beliefs and perceived barriers to breast self-examination of South African Hindu women. Participants were 68 Hindu women (mean age = 39.36 years SD=13.42) from two South African cities. They completed the Champion's Health... -
Relationship Between Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Science Teachers and Their Confidence in Content Knowledge
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Motshidisi Anna Lekhu --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThis exploratory survey examined the relationship between the science teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and content knowledge of selected chemistry concepts which form part of the South African National Senior Certificate curriculum. Participants were 190 physical science teachers (females = 44.4%, aged... -
Challenging power and meaning: outlining the popular epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in Rakai, Uganda, c. 1975–1990
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jan Kuhanen --- Department of History, FinlandThis article traces the historical evolution of conditions that favoured the spread of HIV in Rakai district, Uganda, and the process of evolution of the local, popular epidemiology of HIV and AIDS. It argues that the HIV epidemic was made... -
Complex negotiations: ‘spiritual’ therapy and living with HIV in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Benjamin Kobina Kwansa --- Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The NetherlandsMany people living with HIV in Ghana make use of spiritual therapy, however complex. This paper describes the complexities of these therapies in the context of increasing access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and high levels of HIV stigma. The study... -
Islamic perspectives on HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral treatment: the case of Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Amusa Saheed Balogun --- Department of History, NigeriaSome religious reactions to the HIV epidemic in Africa unwittingly contributed to the expansion of the epidemic in its early years. This was because many religious people regarded the emergence of HIV and AIDS as divine punishment for man's sins... -
HIV/AIDS misconceptions may be associated with condom use among black South Africans: an exploratory analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: LauraM Bogart --- , United States Donald Skinner --- , South Africa LanceS Weinhardt --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Laura Glasman --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Cheryl Sitzler --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Yoesrie Toefy --- , South Africa SethC Kalichman --- Department of Psychology, United StatesIn South Africa, approximately 20% of 15–49-year-olds are infected with HIV. Among black South Africans, high levels of HIV/AIDS misconceptions (e.g. HIV is manufactured by whites to reduce the black African population; AIDS is caused by supernatural forces or witchcraft)... -
Myths or theories? Alternative beliefs about HIV and AIDS in South African working class communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Dickinson --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaDespite three decades of public health promotion based on the scientific explanation of HIV/AIDS, alternative explanations of the disease continue to circulate. While these are seen as counter-productive to health education efforts, what is rarely analysed is their plurality and... -
Community approaches to preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission: perspectives from rural Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Megan Towle DanielH LendeThis paper examines the cultural and structural difficulties surrounding effective prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in rural Lesotho. We argue for three strategies to improve PMTCT interventions: community-based research and outreach, addressing cultural and structural dynamics, and working with... -
Traditional healers, HIV/AIDS and company programmes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David DickinsonThis paper explores the organisational structures of traditional healers, outlines their explanations of HIV/AIDS, and discusses how they can be integrated with company programmes. The South African Traditional Health Practitioners Act seeks to register, regulate and promote traditional healers, but... -
Workplace peer educators and stress
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Dickinson Kabelo Duncan KgateaPeer educators form an important component of company responses to HIV and AIDS. Based on interviews with peer educators working in and around a mining company in South Africa's North-West Province, the study examines the relationship between involvement in peer... -
Readiness of youth in rural Ethiopia to seek health services for sexually transmitted infections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mitike Molla --- Centre for International Health, Norway Maria Emmelin --- Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Sweden Yemane Berhane --- , Ethiopia Bernt Lindtjørn --- Centre for International Health, NorwayStudies pertaining to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among rural young adults in Ethiopia are limited. This study provides information on knowledge about common STIs, and the perceptions, preferences and use of health services for STIs, among youths and healthcare providers... -
Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sophie Kotanyi --- , Germany Brigitte Krings-Ney --- , MozambiqueIn Mozambique, initiation rites represent the most appropriate socio-cultural context for dealing with sexuality for a large part of the population. As the group most vulnerable to HIV exposure, HIV-prevention counselling could be ideally introduced to young women during initiation... -
Mobilising indigenous resources for anthropologically designed HIV-prevention and behaviour-change interventions in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: EdwardC Green --- , United States Cedza Dlamini --- , South Africa NicoleC D'Errico --- Graduate School of Humanities, Private Bag, South Africa Allison Ruark --- , United States Zoe Duby --- Departments of Anthropology and Epidemiology, United StatesHIV prevention is often implemented as if African culture were either nonexistent or a series of obstacles to overcome in order to achieve an effective, gender-equitable, human rights-based set of interventions. Similarly, traditional or indigenous leaders, such as chiefs and... -
Knowledge of, beliefs about and attitudes to disability: implications for health professionals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: T Masasa --- Physiotherapist Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Lesotho S Irwin-Carruthers --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Faure --- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences,Background: South Africa is a multicultural, multiracial and multilingual nation with many different values, traditions and cultural practices. Different belief systems may give rise to different attitudes and practices relating to disability, which may impact on rehabilitation. The purpose of... -
The beliefs and practices of Tshivenda-speaking multiparous women on contraception: A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: NN Ndwamato --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC,Background: The aim of the study was to understand the beliefs and practices of multiparous women on the use of contraceptives. -
Knowledge of and misconceptions about the spread and prevention of HIV infection among older urban women attending the Tshwane District Hospital, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: W Rauf --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa S Hitchcock --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa A Rauf --- Department of Orthopaedics, South Africa PJ Becker --- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, South AfricaBackground: Statistics around the world show a rapid increase in HIV infection in the older population. Many older women remain sexually active and are therefore exposed to heterosexual transmission of HIV infection. Older women are most likely considered respected opinion... -
The knowledge and beliefs of hypertensive patients attending Katleho District Hospital in Free State province, South Africa, about their illness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Justin Mpinda --- Katleho District Hospital, South Africa John Tumbo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Indiran Govender --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa Benjamin Mills --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaIntroduction: Hypertension is a common chronic condition. A sound understanding of people’s beliefs is required in this regard. Usually, poor compliance and decisions by patients to stop taking conventional treatment and to use complementary remedies and traditional remedies arise from... -
Self-efficacy, medication beliefs and adherence to antiretroviral therapy by patients attending a health facility in Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Adegoke Adefolalu --- Department of Health Studies, South Africa Zerish Nkosi --- Department of Health Studies, South Africa Steve Olorunju --- Biostatistics Unit, South Africa Palesa Masemola --- , South AfricaBackground: Self-efficacy and medication beliefs are known factors that influence adherence to treatment in chronic medical conditions. We carried out a cross-sectional study on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with the aim of determining the predictive relationship between these two... -
Determinants of blood pressure control in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Polly Duncan --- School of Social and Community Medicine, United Kingdom Laura Howe --- School of Social and Community Medicine, United Kingdom Zibonele Manakusa --- Manguzi Hospital, South Africa Sarah Purdy --- School of Social and Community Medicine, United KingdomBackground: Hypertension is a common problem in South Africa and is known to be inadequately treated and poorly controlled. -
A traditional versus a constructivist conception of assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Hans Otting --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis paper reports a study on conceptions of assessment held by students and instructors. The conceptions of assessment are considered to be one of the four interrelated sets of conceptions which together constitute the conception of education.The three other sets... -
Beliefs about medication, medication adherence and seizure control among adult epilepsy patients in Kimberley, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Egenasi --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa WJ Steinberg --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa JE Raubenheimer --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: Patients with epilepsy regularly present to the Kimberley Hospital Complex’s emergency department and are managed and discharged but within a short period present again to casualty with seizures. This study aimed to explore whether beliefs about medication have any... -
Knowledge and awareness of human papillomavirus and intention with regard to human papillomavirus vaccine uptake by female tertiary students in the Eastern Cape province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: A. Chikandiwa --- Researcher Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Research Institute, B.E. van Wyk --- School of Public Health,In 2008, two human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, Cervarix® and Gardasil®, were licensed for use in South Africa. Initial models showed that vaccination could lead to an approximate 70% decline in cervical cancer cases. This paper describes the knowledge, awareness and... -
Do public attitudes affect conservation effort? Using a questionnaire-based survey to assess perceptions, beliefs and superstitions associated with frogs in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Jeanne Tarrant --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Donnavan Kruger --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Louis H du Preez --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaGlobally, amphibians are among the least appreciated vertebrates and are often negatively perceived by the general public. Such attitudes are particularly prevalent in South Africa, where fear, superstitions and myths associated with frogs are pervasive in some cultures. These attitudes... -
Integrating mental health care services in primary health care clinics: a survey of primary health care nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Faith Nana Dube --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Leana R Uys --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Nurses are the main providers of care at primary health care (PHC) clinics; the high incidence of mental health problems at these clinics means that PHC nurses are important providers of mental health care. The PHC nurses’ knowledge regarding... -
Knowledge of hypertensive patients about treatment in the Seboche hospital, 2013
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Tankiso Khothatso --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Tabitha Moshoeshoe --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Zawadi Saroni --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa Andrew Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Hypertension is common, control is often poor and patients’ knowledge of their drug treatment is unknown in Lesotho. The aim of this study was to assess patients’ knowledge regarding drug treatment of hypertension and to identify self-reported reasons for... -
Predictors of superstitious beliefs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patrick Kwaku Ofori --- School of Health and Allied Sciences, David Tod --- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, UK David Lavallee --- School of Sport, UKThis study investigated whether relationships exist among personal control, coping mechanism, primary control, secondary control and superstitious beliefs. The participants were 375 Ghanaian student athletes (females = 44%). They completed measures of self-reported superstitious beliefs, personal control, coping mechanisms, primary... -
A traditional versus a constructivist conception of assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Hans Otting --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis paper reports a study on conceptions of assessment held by students and instructors. The conceptions of assessment are considered to be one of the four interrelated sets of conceptions which together constitute the conception of education. The three other... -
“The other”: Persistent beliefs regarding HIV risk in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lynlee Howard-Payne --- Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South AfricaThis study explored stereotype constructions people may impute on to others in the context of a contagious disease epidemic. Participants were 30 undergraduate students from a large university in Johannesburg, South Africa. They completed the open-ended Build-A-Character Questionnaire, which described... -
Exploring the personal and social context of female youth sex offenders
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology & Security Science, South Africa Gloria da Costa --- Department of Criminology & Security Science, South AfricaThis study explored the personal and social context of young female sex offenders, probing their risk profiles for prospective treatment interventions. A convenience sample of eight young South African female sexual offenders participated in the study (black = 88%, Indian... -
The factor structure of the Social Axioms Survey II (SASII) in the South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adi Barnard --- Department Human Resource Management, Economic Management Science, South Africa Deon Meiring --- Department Human Resource Management, Economic Management Science, South Africa Ian Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to validate the new Social Axioms Survey II (SASII). The study sample comprised university students (n = 793) as well as their family members and friends (n = 645). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) following... -
Self-regulated learning among teacher education students: Motivational beliefs influence on the use of metacognition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charles Magoba Muwonge --- Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Uganda Ulrich Schiefele --- Department of Educational Sciences, Germany Joseph Ssenyonga --- Department of Educational Foundations and Psychology, Uganda Henry Kibedi --- Department of Psychology, UgandaIn the present study, we examined the relationships between motivational beliefs (self-efficacy, task value, and control of learning beliefs) and use of metacognitive learning strategies among teacher education students in Uganda. The sample comprised of 649 students selected from seven... -
Pathways to violence propensity: Results from a two-wave study of young males in urban South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ian Edelstein --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to model pathways to violence propensity and violent behaviour among boys and young men in a high-violence community in South Africa. To that end, 284 young males (11 to 23 years old) from Khayelitsha,... -
Demographic correlates of normative beliefs about aggression among adolescents from low income communities in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anita Padmanabhanunni --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Martin Gerhardt --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe present study investigated the association of age, gender, and family size with normative beliefs about aggression among South African adolescents from low-income areas. Adolescents (n = 229; mean age = 16 years; female = 61%) completed the Normative Beliefs... -
Beliefs and the Spiritual World: Socio-cultural and Material Conditions of Tanzania’s Occult Fiction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Eliah S. Mwaifuge --- Department of Literature,This paper examines how traditional beliefs and spirituality inform and are represented in A. M Hokororo's Salma's Spirit (1997), A. S. Mmasi's Satanic Tortures (1998) and I. Yohana's Tears from a Lonely Heart (2013). The paper proceeds from the assumption... -
Communal farmers of Namibia appreciate vultures and the ecosystem services they provide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christie A Craig --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Robert L Thomson --- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Andrea Santangeli --- Helsinki Lab of Ornithology, Finnish Museum of Natural History, FinlandEcosystem services are cited as one of the many reasons for conserving declining vulture populations in Africa. We aimed to explore how communal farmers in Namibia perceive vultures and the ecosystem services they provide, with special focus on cultural and... -
Challenges experienced by healthcare workers in managing patients with hearing impairment at a primary health care setting: a descriptive case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Orrie --- Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa T Motsohi --- Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South AfricaThere has been little research on the experiences of healthcare workers (HCWs) with deaf/hearing impaired (HI) clients. Anecdotal evidence suggests that HCWs experience challenges, but little is reported on how they manage these challenges. Interactions with and care of deaf/Deaf... -
Religious Beliefs and Entrepreneurial Behaviors in Africa: A Case Study of the Informal Sector in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Rebecca Namatovu --- Makerere University Business School, Uganda Samuel Dawa --- Makerere University Business School, Uganda Adeyinka Adewale --- Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK Fiona Mulira --- Makerere University Business School, UgandaReligion plays a major role in Africa’s polity and its influence on the business landscape of the continent has been acknowledged in literature. This study contributes to the discourse by investigating and explaining how religious beliefs shape entrepreneurial behaviors in... -
Sex differences in normative beliefs about aggression among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emma Wagener --- , South Africa Anita Padmanabhanunni --- , South AfricaThis study investigated gendered normative beliefs about aggression held by South African young adults attending university (N = 255; mean age = 20.24 years, SD = 1.44 years; females = 78%). The students completed a measure of normative beliefs about... -
Work beliefs, work-role fit, and well-being of judges in South Africa: Effects on intention to leave and organisational citizenship behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elsie Adriana Rossouw --- , South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- , South AfricaThis study explored work beliefs, work-role fit, well-being, intention to leave, and organisational citizenship behaviour in a sample of judges in South Africa. We employed an exploratory, multi-method design to survey South African judges (n = 25 for the qualitative... -
Traditional belief systems and trade in vulture parts are leading to the eradication of vultures in Nigeria: an ethno-ornithological study of north-central Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michael M Williams --- , Nigeria Ulf Ottosson --- , Nigeria Talatu Tende --- , Nigeria Justus P Deikumah --- , GhanaThe population of various species of vultures are declining rapidly across Africa, with noticeable declines in most areas including protected areas. This sudden decline of vultures in African countries, especially Nigeria, is quite alarming. One of the most common species... -
Understanding ICT adoption amongst SMEs in Uganda: Towards a participatory design model to enhance technology diffusion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Stephen Kyakulumbye --- , South Africa Shaun Pather --- , South AfricaPolicy statements by the United Nations, the African Union and most African countries boldly pronounce on the anticipated benefits of the internetworked world and associated ICT to society in general and to the world of business specifically. In terms of... -
How peer conversations about HIV/AIDS media messages affect comprehension and beliefs of young South African women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: E. Lubinga --- , , South Africa A.A. Maes --- , , The Netherlands C.J.M. Jansen --- , , South AfricaMost existent research on the effects of interpersonal discussions about health campaign messages is based on surveys. In this study, we analysed actual conversations about an HIV/AIDS poster to find out possible effects. Young South African women in 59 dyads... -
Attitudes and beliefs of immigrants regarding HIV and AIDS in Mopani district, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Lunic B. Khoza --- University of Venda, South Africa Hilda N. Shilubane --- University of Venda, South Africa Mygirl P. Lowane --- Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University, South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa faces and is severely affected by many conflicts. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) threaten both the physical and financial well-being of individuals in these struggling countries. This research aims to investigate the immigrants’ attitudes... -
Liberate or obliterate: Women’s leadership in academia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariette Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Maryam Moosa --- University of South Africa,Women form a critical component of the workforce of South Africa, yet the retention of women in leadership positions is problematic. This study examined the relationship between leadership opportunities and the retention of women at an open-distance education institution. A... -
Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices: a comparison of urban and rural adults in the Free State province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wasiuddin Najam --- Texas Tech University, United States of America Corinna Walsh --- University of the Free State, South Africa Wilna Oldewage-Theron --- Texas Tech University, United States of America -
Examining the mediating role of support resources in the self-efficacy and career satisfaction relationship among professional women in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study explored the mediating role of perceived organisational support and social support in the relationship between self-efficacy and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants comprised a non-probability sample of 606 professional women (white = 62%; black women of... -
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mingfei Ma --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Shaoying Liu --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Qingning Xu --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Yujuan Jiang --- , ChinaWe investigated the relationship between mothers’ perceptions of their children’s emotional behaviour problems and their parenting sense of competence, as well as the mediating effect of maternal meta-emotion philosophy in this connection. Participants were 349 mothers of 4- to 17-year-old... -
Trends and psychosocial factors associated with health-risk behaviours among university students in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marizanne Lu-Visser --- Asia University, Taiwan Laurencia Sylvano --- Asia University, Taiwan Earl Francis Infante Mallari --- Asia University, Taiwan Karl Peltzer --- Asia University, TaiwanSignificant urbanisation and increased tertiary enrolment shifted lifestyle and health behaviours among young adults in South Africa. Therefore, we investigated the trends and psychosocial determinants associated with health-risk behaviours among university students in South Africa. Cross-sectional survey data collected during... -
A mixed-methods study on human-frog interactions in Nature's Valley, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Tiaan P Botha --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Jeanne Tarrant --- Anura Africa, South Africa Hendri Coetzee --- Nature’s Valley Trust, South AfricaDespite their ecological significance, frogs receive far less public support and funding for research and conservation than that afforded to more charismatic animals. An emerging perspective suggests that conservation success is dependent on understanding the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural aspects... -
The mediating effect of individual beliefs between self-testing knowledge and HIV self-testing use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gerald Mukisa Nsereko --- Makerere University, Uganda Khamisi Musanje --- Makerere University, Uganda Loyce Kiiza Kobusingye --- Makerere University, Uganda Martin Mabunda Baluku --- Makerere University, UgandaBackground: HIV self-testing has been introduced as a secondary mode of testing in most countries as a way of counteracting the barriers associated with the traditional clinic-based method of testing. As the entry point into the HIV care cascade, testing...
