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Older Persons' Experiences of Loneliness: A South African Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, Hester Klopper --- North-West University,The aim of this study was to understand and describe older persons' experiences of loneliness and their perceptions of the factors contributing to loneliness and ways of managing loneliness. The study comprised 31 research participants (males = 3, females =... -
Lifestyle and mental health among school-going adolescents in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, ThailandThis study examined the association between lifestyle behaviours and psychological distress indicators among school-going adolescents. The analysis included 4 531 school children, 11–18 years of age, who completed the Namibia Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in 2013. Multivariable logistic... -
Loneliness: Its correlates and associations with health risk behaviours among university students in 25 countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST), South Africa Supa Pengpid --- Department of Research & Innovation, South AfricaThe aim of this cross-national study was to assess factors associated with loneliness and to determine the degree to which loneliness affects health status and risk behaviours among university students. Data were collected from 17 886 university students in 25... -
“This phone saved my life”: Older persons’ experiences and appraisals of an mHealth intervention aimed at addressing loneliness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mary Ann Jarvis --- School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Science, South Africa Jennifer Chipps --- School of Nursing, Faculty of Community and Health, South Africa Anita Padmanabhanunni --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis qualitative study aimed to explore older persons’ experiences and appraisals of the utility of an mHealth intervention for reducing their sense of loneliness. Participants (n = 13; 86.42% females; age range 65 to 87 years) received training in the... -
Grieving widows’ lived experiences in a rural South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Molefi Motsoeneng --- , South Africa Motalenyane Alfred Modise --- , South AfricaThe study explored widows’ social isolation and the stigma experienced in a rural South Africa setting. Participants were a purposive sample of 10 widows (black = 95%; age range 30 to 60 years old). The widows completed semi-structured individual interviews... -
The influence of self-identity on social support, loneliness, and internet addiction among Chinese college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ming Hong --- , Belarus Dmitry G. Dyakov --- , Belarus Jianhong Zheng --- , ChinaWe examined the mediating role of social support and loneliness in self-identity and internet addiction among college students. Participants were 364 Chinese college students (female = 66.50%; mean age = 20.21 years, SD = 1.51 years). The students completed the... -
Prevalence and associated factors of loneliness among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- , Thailand Karl Peltzer --- , South AfricaThe goal of the study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of loneliness among adolescents in Morocco. Data were analysed from 6 745 school adolescents (median age = 15 years) that participated in the 2016 Morocco cross-sectional Global School-Based... -
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... -
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... -
Loneliness and mobile phone addiction in Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bin Zhang --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Hanyu Liang --- Guizhou Medical University, China Yanhong Luo --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Yu Peng --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Zhiyan Qiu --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Huili Mao --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Mengqi Yuan --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China Sicheng Xiong --- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaThis study aimed to investigate (i) the relationship between loneliness and mobile phone addiction; (ii) the mediating role of negative affect in the association between loneliness and mobile phone addiction; and (iii) the moderating effect of perceived stress in the... -
College students’ loneliness and problematic mobile phone use: Mediation by fear of missing out
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Qishan Zheng --- Lingnan University, China Sisi Liu --- Lingnan University, China Jianhong Zheng --- , China Maojin Gu --- Lingnan University, China Wuming He --- , ChinaThis study examined the relationship between loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among university students, as well as the mediating role of fear of missing out in that relationship. College undergraduates (n = 233; female = 51.1%; first-year students =... -
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanmei Tang --- Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, China Hong Zhou --- Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, China Shuangzhou Chen --- The University of Hong Kong, ChinaThis study explored the mediating role of resilience and the moderating role of social class on the relationship between loneliness and migrant children’s city identity. The participants were 479 Chinese migrant children (females = 52%, mean age = 10.07 years,... -
Social support and self-concept clarity as mediators between college students’ passive social network site use and loneliness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Shaoxing University, China --- Shaoxing University, China --- Shaoxing University, ChinaThe current study tested the mediating roles of social support and self-concept clarity in the relationship between passive social network site use and loneliness. A total of 709 undergraduate students (females = 44.15%, mean age = 19.10, SD = 0.95)... -
Prevalence and associated factors of loneliness among in-school adolescents in three South Asian countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Md Khalid Hasan --- Texas Tech University, United States Helal Uddin --- East West University, Bangladesh Tahmina Bintay Younos --- Texas Tech University, United States Nur A Habiba Mukta --- East West University, BangladeshObjective: We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with loneliness among adolescent students in three South Asian countries. -
Exploring the relationship between peer loneliness, problematic videogame use, and cyberbullying victimisation in adolescence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Alberto Amadori --- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Giulia Prestera --- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Francesca Sangiuliano Intra --- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Livia Taverna --- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Caterina Primi --- University of Florence, Italy Antonella Brighi --- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, ItalyBackground: Adolescence, acknowledged as a transformative developmental phase marked by socio-emotional challenges, introduces an elevated susceptibility to loneliness. As adolescents are exposed to loneliness, they concurrently navigate the dynamic landscape of problematic videogame use, characterised by deleterious gaming patterns with... -
Prevalence of and factors associated with loneliness, anxiety-induced sleep disturbance, and suicidal ideation among school-going adolescents in Panama
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Ishrar Tahmin Anika --- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Habiba Islam --- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Khalid Hasan --- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, BangladeshBackground: In recent years, mental health issues among adolescents have gained significant attention. Like many other nations, Panama is experiencing a growing prevalence of these challenges within its youth. It is crucial to investigate the prevalence of, and the underlying...