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Longitudinal Predictive Validity of a Learning Potential Test
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié de Beer --- University of South Africa,The aim of this article is to provide empirical psychometric evidence of the (longitudinal) predictive validity of a learning potential measure—the Learning Potential Computerised Adaptive Test (LPCAT)—in comparison with standard static tests with school aggregate results as the criterion measure... -
Spirituality and Religion in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Kwazulu-natal, South Africa: A Longitudinal Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria and University of Limpopo,This study assesses the effects of spirituality and religion in health outcomes of patients on ART in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Participants were 735 patients who attended three HIV clinics for ART over a period of 20 months as follows: 519... -
Strategies to bring about change: a longitudinal study on challenges and coping strategies of orphans and vulnerable children and adolescents in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mienke Van der Brug --- , The NetherlandsLongitudinal research provides insight about the life trajectories of children, the challenges that children experience in different phases of their lives, and the way children cope with these challenges. The article examines the perspectives of 14 orphaned or vulnerable children,... -
Media ownership and news framing: an analysis of HIV/AIDS coverage by Ugandan press
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: James Kiwanuka-Tondo --- Department of Communication, United States KellyF Albada --- Department of Communication, United States Fay Cobb Payton --- Department of Communication, United StatesApplying framing theory, the present research analyzes trends in Ugandan news coverage and the prominent issue frames for HIV/AIDS-related stories. In order to determine the influence of other factors, such as media ownership and journalist origin, nearly 800 articles, from... -
Turnover patterns in fish versus macroinvertebrates — implications for conservation planning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: NA Rivers-Moore --- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaSpatial patterns in taxonomic richness and turnover for fish and aquatic macroinvertebrates are compared to assess the relative usefulness of each taxonomic group in mapping biodiversity patterns. Fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate species data for sites down the longitudinal axes of... -
Lack of association of glycated haemoglobin with blood pressure and subclinical atherosclerosis in black South Africans: a five-year prospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: ASE Koegelenberg --- Hypertension in Africa Research Team; North-West University, A Kruger --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, GW Towers --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, AE Schutte --- Hypertension in Africa Research Team; North-West University,Objectives: Hypertension and diabetes are common in rapidly urbanising sub-Saharan African communities. However, lack of longitudinal data in these regions prevents adequate analysis of the link between measures of glycaemia and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we examined the relationships of fasting... -
Lack of association of glycated haemoglobin with blood pressure and subclinical atherosclerosis in black South Africans: a five-year prospective study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: ASE Koegelenberg --- Hypertension in Africa Research Team; North-West University, A Kruger --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, GW Towers --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, AE Schutte --- Hypertension in Africa Research Team; North-West University,Objectives: Hypertension and diabetes are common in rapidly urbanising sub-Saharan African communities. However, lack of longitudinal data in these regions prevents adequate analysis of the link between measures of glycaemia and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we examined the relationships of fasting... -
The career development of Christiaan Neethling Barnard: A psychobiography
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Roelf van Niekerk --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Henry Vos --- Private practice, South Africa Paul Fouché --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study employs a psychobiographical case study to describe and interpret the career development of Christiaan Neethling Barnard, who performed the first human heart transplant. It interprets Barnard's life history according to the career development model of Greenhaus, Callanan and... -
Anti-epileptic prescribing patterns in the South African private health sector (2008–2013)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Karen Jacobs --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Marlene Julyan --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Martie S Lubbe --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Johanita R Burger --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Marike Cockeran --- Medicine Usage in South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Little is known about longitudinal prescribing practices for anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in South Africa. The prescribing patterns and associated direct medicine costs of AEDs in the private health sector were investigated, using claims data from January 1, 2008 to... -
Correlates of tobacco use among tuberculosis patients in South Africa: A brief report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, ThailandThis study examined tobacco use by tuberculosis (TB) patients through socio-health variables. The sample comprised 724 TB patients (mean age 37.1 years, SD = 11.3; males = 71.4%) receiving care from 40 primary health facilities across South Africa. They completed... -
Social grants for people living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer [d231e18]The aim of this study was to assess the predictors of the receipt of a disability grant (DG) status and the impact of the DG on health outcomes of HIV patients and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a longitudinal study... -
HIV-related symptoms and management in HIV and antiretroviral therapy patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , South AfricaAim: The study aimed to determine the prevalence, predictors, and self-reported management of HIV- or ARV-related symptoms among HIV patients prior to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and over three time points while receiving ART in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Method: A total... -
Longitudinal analysis of HIV risk behaviour patterns and their predictors among public primary care patients with tuberculosis in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , , South AfricaThe goal of this study was to identify various HIV risk behaviours among tuberculosis (TB) patients in a longitudinal study design in South Africa. In 42 public primary healthcare facilities in three districts in three provinces, adult new TB and... -
Mental health, lifestyle factors and subsequent falls among ageing adults in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe purpose of this study was to evaluate longitudinal associations between mental health and lifestyle factors with falls among rural South Africans in the Agincourt sub-district in Mpumalanga province. We analysed longitudinal data from two consecutive waves of the Health... -
Self-esteem mediation of perceived social support and depression in university first-year students: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pei Jiang --- Hunan Normal University, China Zhihui Zhang --- Hunan Institute of Engineering, ChinaThis study aimed to explore the development of and change in perceived social support, self-esteem, and depression in college first-year students, as well as the relationships among them. A total of 509 Chinese college first-year students (females = 65.6%, mean... -
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- University of the Free State, South AfricaPoor sleep quality (PSQ) is common among ageing adults, while the correlates of poor sleep quality among older adult populations are less well understood. The study utilised data from the South African 4-year longitudinal study on Health and Ageing in... -
Does self-compassion protect adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury from developing borderline features? A two-wave longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Diogo Carreiras --- University Coimbra, Portugal Paula Castilho --- University Coimbra, Portugal Marina Cunha --- University Coimbra, PortugalBackground: Adolescence is a vulnerable developmental stage for the onset of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and borderline features, which are related psychological phenomena. Self-compassion reflects a sensitivity to own suffering and a motivation to relieve it, consisting of a more positive...
