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Adolescent Boys' Talk about Absent Fathers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Malose Langa --- University of Witwatersrand,The objective of this study was to explore how adolescent boys talk about absent fathers in Alexandra Township, a historically working-class and black community in Gauteng, South Africa. Individual and group interviews were conducted with 30 adolescent boys between the... -
Young Rural Males in South Africa Speak on Teenage Pregnancy: “It's Really Her Problem”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Reshma Sathiparsad --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of school-going rural males in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on teenage pregnancy. Two methods of data collection were used, namely, a quantitative survey with a sample of 294... -
Responsible Teenage Fatherhood in a South African Historically Disadvantaged Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Malose Langa --- Department of Psychology, Nicole Smith --- Department of Psychology,This study explored the meaning of teenage fatherhood in a historically disadvantaged South African community. Open ended interviews on teenage fatherhood were conducted with sixteen teenage fathers aged between 16 and 21 years. The data were analysed using thematic content... -
Absent fathers: Psychological and socio-economic implications for black children and directions for future research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Simnikiwe Magqamfana --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Sandiso Bazana --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated fathers’ absence influences on the self-perceptions of South African young adults. Informants were five black university students (two females, three males; age range 20 to 28 years). They responded to semi-structured face-to-face interviews on self-perceptions from having... -
Exploring Basotho teenage fathers’ experiences of early fatherhood at South African rural high schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Robert Kananga Mukuna --- , South AfricaThis study explored the early fatherhood experiences of school-going teenage fathers. Informants were four South African Sesotho speaking teenage fathers, aged 17 to 20 years. They responded to semi-structured interviews on their experiences during schooling. Following thematic analysis, results revealed... -
Are fathers involved in diabetes management? A rapid review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Simphiwe Hope Mathole --- North-West University, South Africa Elmari Deacon --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaThis rapid review aimed to synthesise the evidence on father involvement in managing their child's type 1 diabetes. We identified eight articles from EBSCO, Science Direct, Academic Search Premier, Psyclnfo, PsycArticles, and Google Scholar. Studies were included if they provided... -
Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeming Jin --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Yanyan Liu --- Shaoxing University, China Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, ChinaWe examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years,...