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Learning from Narratives: Understanding the Impact of Childhood Abuse on Interpersonal Functioning Later in Life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gwen Vogel --- , USA Sharon Gschaider-Kassahun --- , USAThis study used a survey and narrative approach to understand the link between childhood abuse experiences and interpersonal functioning later in life. Participants for the children's survey were 88 children (males = 43; females = 45; age range 5 to... -
A Rogerian Perspective on Empathic Patterns in Southern African Healing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand,The aim of this article is to describe and provide evidence for the effectiveness of patterns of empathy in Southern African forms of healing. This is done through an evaluative literature review of the Rogerian perspective on empathy in relation... -
Community Engagement as Liberal Performance, as Critical Intellectualism and as Praxis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mohamed Seedat --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article aims to illustrate that engagement is a dynamic and evolutionary process, moulded by contesting ideological, social actor and contextual forces. For purposes of illustration, I draw on a university-affiliated, participatory enactment of community engagement as a case example... -
African Migrants' Experiences of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa: A Relational Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shingairai Chigeza --- North-West University, Alda De Wet --- University of Limpopo, Vera Roos --- North-West University, Charl Vorster --- North-West University,This study explores the experiences of African migrants in relation to South African citizens in the course of xenophobic violence in South Africa. In a secondary data analysis of a larger research project, 44 migrants (both men and women with... -
A Psycho-Diagnostic Tool for Psychotherapy: Interactional Pattern Analysis (IPA)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charl Vorster --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Mari Beukes --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article proposes a description of a psycho-diagnostic tool for psychotherapists, the Interactional Pattern Analysis (IPA). Sixteen interpersonal variables are proposed to describe the observable behaviour that constitutes a client's interpersonal style within the context of a particular relationship, such... -
Reconceptualising vulnerable children by acknowledging their assets
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Irma Eloff Liesel Ebersöhn Jeandré ViljoenWe report on a study that sought to find alternative pathways to conceptualising vulnerable children. We have extracted a section from a longitudinal study that focuses on the ways in which vulnerable children in a rural community in South Africa... -
The new female condom (FC2) in Uganda: perceptions and experiences of users and their sexual partners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: RhodaK Wanyenze --- , Uganda Lynn Atuyambe --- , Uganda Vista Kibirige --- , Uganda Sarah Mbabazi --- , Uganda NazariusM Tumwesigye --- , Uganda Kara Djurhuus --- , Uganda Alice Namale --- , UgandaThe new version of the female condom (FC2) was introduced in Uganda in October 2009, following an unsuccessful female condom programme begun in 1998. The failure of the earlier programme was partly attributed to low acceptance of the first type... -
Interpersonal conflict and meaning making in early adulthood: a self-regulation perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karel F.H. Botha --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore meaning making in response to interpersonal conflict in a group of young adults. A self-regulatory perspective was taken to explore and elaborate on current approaches to meaning making. Participants were 127 young... -
The interstices of hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Luiz Octávio de Lima Camargo --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paulo, BrazilThis paper is a review of previous works, and it shows the notion of hospitality situated at the confluence of the concepts of interpersonal relationships, virtue, rites and commercial/non-commercial exchange. In doing so it discusses the most significant authors who... -
Tomatis® Method comparative efficacy in promoting self-regulation in tertiary students: A systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize Bonthuys --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University:, South Africa Karel Botha --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University:, South AfricaThis systematic review sought to determine the evidence on how the Tomatis® Method, a sound stimulation intervention for improving listening, compares to other self-regulation interventions with tertiary students. We searched studies from the following data bases ‘Academic FileOne, CINAHL, Cochrane... -
Non-fatal injuries of interpersonal violence at the Leratong Provincial Hospital, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Saimen Amashnee --- Department of Forensic Medicine, South Africa Gordon Guinevere --- Forensic Medicine, South Africa Govender Indiran --- Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Interpersonal violence is a global health issue. More than 1.6 million people die annually as a result of violence. Injured survivors suffer from a range of physical, sexual, reproductive and mental health problems. The aim of this study is... -
The interstices of hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Luiz Octávio de Lima Camargo --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, BrazilThis paper is a review of previous works, and it shows the notion of hospitality situated at the confluence of the concepts of interpersonal relationships, virtue, rites and commercial/non-commercial exchange. In doing so it discusses the most significant authors who... -
Measuring dimensions of social climate among South African higher education students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Hastings-Tolsma --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaWe investigated the structure of social climate among university students to characterise the relative importance of personal and interpersonal factors. Participants were 266 students from a school of education of a large South African university (females = 66.5%; black =... -
Change as a travel benefit: Exploring the impact of travel experiences on Italian youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Simona Staffieri --- Italian National Institute of Statistics, Italy Elena Cavagnaro --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, The Netherlands Bill Rowson --- Academy of International Hospitality Research, The NetherlandsThis paper aims, firstly, at identifying the main dimensions of perceived change induced in young people by a travel experience and, secondly, at understanding which dimensions of the tourism experience have the greatest influence on this change. A survey was... -
Validation of the trust relationship audit (TRA): An item parcelling approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hartmut von der Ohe --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Nico Martins --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study sought to apply an item parcelling approach to confirm the factor structure of trust in the direct supervisor as measured by the trust relationship audit (TRA). The researchers analysed an existing data set on the TRA from 9... -
Prediction of overt aggression experienced by college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South Africa Cornelius Fourie --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South AfricaWe sought to predict overt aggression among college students from their intra- and interpersonal relationships self-perceptions. Respondents were 311 students (females = 69.8%; black = 65.9%, white = 16.7%; mean age = 26.38 years, SD = 9.57 years) from a... -
Organisational culture moderation of interpersonal trust and affective commitment in health care non-governmental organisations in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ramous Agyare --- Business School, China Ge Yuhui --- Business School, China Eugene Abrokwah --- Business School, China James Agyei --- Business School, ChinaThis study examined the moderating effect of organisational culture (OC) moderation on the relationship between interpersonal trust (IT; trust in management and trust in peers) and employees’ affective commitment (AC). Participants were 295 employees of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Ghana... -
Structural validity of the leadership circumplex in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Crystal Hoole --- , South Africa Brandon Morgan --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the structural validity of the short form of the Circumplex Leadership Scan in South Africa. Using a cross-sectional survey design, we analysed an existing data set on self-rated leadership behaviours by 137 South African supervisors (women =... -
Customer behavioural analysis: The impact of internet addiction, interpersonal competencies and service orientation on customers’ online complaint behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Seonjeong Ally --- , USA Aryn C. Karpinski --- , USA Aviad A. Israeli --- , USACustomers share their service experiences on social media. However, prior research has not investigated the role of customers’ traits on their complaining behaviour. This study focuses on a hospitality setting to explore relationships among customers’ interpersonal competencies, internet addiction, service... -
Interpersonal sensitivity and social avoidance and distress in female college students: Mediating role of self-inconsistency and moderating role of self-consciousness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanhong Luo --- , China Zhenrong Shi --- , China Bin Zhang --- , China Yu Peng --- , China Anqi Zhang --- , China Yixin Zeng --- , ChinaThis study aimed to explore the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and college students’ social avoidance and distress. Our sample consisted of 544 Chinese female undergraduate college students selected through cluster sampling (mean age = 19.3 years, SD = 1.43 years)... -
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour: Influences of psychological safety
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emenike N. Anyaegbunam --- , Nigeria Izuchukwu L. G. Ndukaihe --- , Nigeria Onyinye A. Nwankwo --- , Nigeria Fabian O. Ugwu --- , NigeriaThis study examined the association between interpersonal relationships and organisation learning behaviour among new employees; as well as the influence of psychological safety on that relationship. Participants were 1 500 newly recruited university employees (females = 41.66%; mean age =... -
Self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students: Influences of self-control and self-concept
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Luo Yanhong --- , China Shi Zhenrong --- , China Zhong Yiping --- , ChinaThis study examined the relationship between self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students and the role of self-concept in that relationship. A secondary goal of the study was to examine the self-control effect on this relationship, via self-concept. College students... -
Artistic gymnastics mirror teaching approach efficacy for improving interpersonal skills of college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zan Zhou --- Shaoxing University, China Haibo Tian --- Shaoxing University, China Siwei Luo --- Shaoxing University, China Yao Wang --- Shaoxing University, China Dan Shi --- Zhejiang Yuexiu University, ChinaThis study aimed at improving the interpersonal skills of college students through an intervention of artistic gymnastics mirror teaching approach. Following a longitudinal study quasi-experimental design, 30 students were randomly assigned to the artistic gymnastics' intervention, and 30 students were... -
Mediating roles of social anxiety and interpersonal distress in the relationship between mobile phone addiction and loneliness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Taiyong Bi --- Zunyi Medical University, China Hui Kou --- Zunyi Medical University, China Qinhong Xie --- Zunyi Medical University, China Jie Dong --- Zunyi Medical University, ChinaThe present study aimed to explore the relationship between mobile phone addiction and loneliness among college students and the possible mediating roles of social anxiety and interpersonal distress may play in that relationship. A total of 477 Chinese college students... -
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... -
Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Zhongyuan University of Technology, China --- Xuchang University, ChinaThis study explored interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships as mechanisms in the parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction. Participants were 914 Chinese middle school students (females = 53.39%; mean age = 13.95, SD = 1.89 years). They completed... -
Interpersonal sensitivity, smartphone addiction, connectedness to nature and life satisfaction among college students: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Beijing Forestry University, China --- Hebei Normal University, China --- Beijing Forestry University, China --- Beijing Forestry University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and life satisfaction among college students, the mediating effect of smartphone addiction, and the moderating effect of connectedness to nature. A total of 702 college students (453 females, Meanage = 19.60 years,... -
Internet addiction and suicidal ideation in Chinese college students: The role of meaning in life and social support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liling Wang --- Soochow University, China Junjun Fu --- Northwest Normal University, China Tao Wang --- Northwest Normal University, China I-Jun Chen --- Soochow University, ChinaWorldwide, internet addiction and suicidal ideation have become serious issues in public health. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms in the relationship between internet addiction and suicidal ideation. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between internet addiction... -
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yunlong Wu --- Inner Mongolia Normal University, China Yuzhu Zhang --- Hulunbuir University, ChinaObesity is stigmatised and associated with adverse health, psychological, and social consequences. This study examined contact influences on the relationship between perspective taking and obesity stereotypes in young adults. The sample comprised 411 Chinese university students (female = 73.97%; mean... -
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Agyei --- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Ama de-Graft Aikins --- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom Annabella Osei-Tutu --- University of Ghana, Ghana Francis Annor --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaWe utilised a multiple mediation model to investigate the pathways linking dimensions of community social capital to collective participation in mental health promotion in two urban communities in Ghana. Participants (n = 384) were from Jamestown (n = 144) and... -
How can work improve family life quality? The influence of thriving at work on family role performance and work–family balance satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shaoqing Su --- Northwest Normal University, People’s Republic of China Baoyan Yang --- Northwest Normal University, People’s Republic of China Zhaobiao Zong --- East China Normal University, People’s Republic of China Zhao Zhang --- Lanzhou Modern Vocational College, People’s Republic of ChinaThis study examined how career success related to employees’ family life quality, with interpersonal capitalisation between employees’ work and family life, controlling for employees’ proactive personality. We sampled married employees from Northwest China (n = 154, females = 53.2%, mean... -
Risk and protective factors of suicide ideation and attempts among justice-involved black girls: A latent profile analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Lin Liu --- University of Florida, United States of AmericaBackground: Justice-involved female youth from minority racial groups are a hard-to-reach youth population that are removed from schools, families, and communities. They are under-represented in school survey data. The present study aimed to utilise the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide to...
