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Discourse Analysis of the Perceptions of Bereavement and Bereavement rituals of Tshivenda Speaking Women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Makondelele S. Makatu --- University of Pretoria, Claire Wagner --- University of Pretoria, Ilse Ruane --- University of Pretoria, Gertina J. van Schalkwyk --- University of Macau,This article examined the discourses of bereavement and bereavement rituals that inform Tshivenda speaking women's positions within their social structure. The Tshivenda speaking community that participated in this study is located in the Vhembe District of the Limpopo province in... -
A Parent's Experience of the Couple Relationship After Child Bereavement in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeanette Maritz --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg,The objective of this qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research was to explore and describe a parent's experience of the couple relationship after child bereavement in South Africa. Participants were nine parents as well as the researcher who lost children... -
Narratives on Death and Bereavement From Three South African Cultures: An Exploratory Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Denise Appel --- University of South Africa, Maria Papaikonomou --- University of South Africa,The study aimed to explore how three culturally diverse South African women (n=3) constructed death and bereavement. Data were qualitatively gathered and thematically analyzed. Findings revealed grand narratives (other than western dominance) on death perceptions and bereavement within the Tswana... -
Confronting AIDS-related loss and grief: an exploratory study of professional caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Craig DemmerAs a result of the high mortality rate associated with AIDS, professional caregivers witness ongoing loss among clients. Besides finding ways to assist the dying and the bereaved, caregivers must cope with their own feelings surrounding loss. The purpose of... -
The prevalence of multiple losses experienced by children from birth to 18 years in the National District Hospital in Bloemfontein
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Brits --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa L Branders --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa M Claassen --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa D Saaiman --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa R Strauss --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa A van Staden --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa G Joubert --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: Multiple losses experienced by children is a topic on which little research has previously been completed. Therefore, a specific definition of multiple losses is unavailable. Multiple losses are traumatic for children and result in the need for intervention and... -
“Bearing my fruit into the grave”: experiences of anticipatory grieving and bereavement among Zimbabwean HIV positive women with loss of their only child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julia Mutambara --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe Memory Chitambira --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe James January --- Department of Community Medicine, Mpikelelo Maseko --- Department of Psychology, ZimbabweThis study aimed to explore the bereavement experiences of HIV positive women who had lost their only child. Participants were 10 women living with HIV (age range = 24–35 years) and with loss of their only child. Data on experiences of anticipatory... -
Cultural conceptions of a bereavement-related illness in a South African indigenous community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mpsanyana W. Makgahlela --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored cultural conceptions of a bereavement-related illness among elderly (aged 34–85yrs) Northern Sotho-speaking people in Limpopo province. The participants (n = 14, females = 50%, mean age = 59 years, SD: 13.7 years) were purposively selected and interviewed... -
Bereavement care support in a traditionalist South African community setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mpsanyana Makgahlela --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe present study investigated the bereavement care support as experienced by 14 Northern Sotho (n = 14, males = 50%; mean age = 59 years, SD = 13.7 years) community members. The study adopted the descriptive phenomenological approach. Data on...