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Processes and Functions in Higher Education Students Adjusting to a New Learning Environment: Applying The Mmogotm-Method
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa M. Kenneth Maine --- North-West University, South Africa Itumeleng P Khumalo --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article explored the processes and functions amongst a community of students who had to adjust to new social and academic settings. Thirteen university students of a predominantly seTswana ethnic background participated in the study (males = 5, females =... -
The Male Rape Survivor: Possible Meanings in the Context of Feminism and Patriarchy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis article covers a philosophical investigation into the possible meanings of rape for male survivors. The legal definitions of rape are investigated and the impossibility of male rape—from a legal, personal and social angle—described. An analysis of male rape in... -
Delinquent Adolescents' Regrettable Behaviours and Parental Engagement: A Cross-cultural Comparison
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zinziswa C. Nqweni --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Ellen E. Pinderhughes --- Tufts University, Sean Hurley --- University of Vermont,We examined delinquents' involvement in regrettable behaviours, their meaning-making processes and parental engagement in preventing these behaviours. After reviewing court-record data for 109 males and females of African descent (50 South African and 50 American youth) for data on delinquency,... -
Efficacy of a Sense of Meaning Intervention Amongst Managers at South African Institution of Higher Education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Solomon Makola --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThe study evaluated the efficacy of a sense of meaning intervention with a sample of higher education managers. Participants were 14 members of the campus management committee of a university of technology in South Africa (age range = 32 to... -
Meaning in Life Within an African Context: A Mixed Method Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis article reports on a mixed method study that described and explored meaning in life among 179 university students (53.63% female). Data on their sense of meaning in life were collected using the Life Purpose Questionnaire (Hutzell, 1989), supplemented with... -
Understanding visuals in HIV/AIDS education in South Africa: differences between literate and low-literate audiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Adelia Carstens Alfons Maes Lilian Gangla-BirirThis article reports on a research project aimed at determining the scope and nature of differences in picture comprehension between literate and low-literate audiences in the context of HIV and AIDS. Structured interviews were held with 30 low-literate and 24... -
A South African perspective on factors that impact on the adoption and meaningful use of health information technologies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Mostert-Phipps [AN0001] D Pottas --- Institute for ICT Advancement, School of ICT, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, M Korpela --- Institute for ICT Advancement, School of ICT, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland,Objective: Various benefits are associated with the adoption and meaningful use of health information technologies (HITs) in the healthcare sector. Despite the associated advantages with the adoption and use of HITs, the South African healthcare sector has been slow to... -
Sources of life meaning among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner Nell --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaThis study explored the sources of meaning in life among a group of 243 South African university students, using a sequential exploratory mixed methods design. First, data from semi-structured questionnaires (n=40) were subjected to qualitative content analysis; next, from the... -
Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lesego Temane --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in a South African sample. A multi-cultural group of undergraduate students (N = 326) completed the MLQ and other measures. Descriptive statistics, reliability, inter-item... -
Meaning as inter-connectedness: theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Antonella Delle Fave --- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Italy Lawrence Soosai-Nathan --- Anugraha Institute of Social Sciences, IndiaResearchers interested in the study of eudaimonic well-being have devoted increasing efforts in the attempt to define and understand meaning as a core resource fostering human development and successful adaptation to environmental demands. Conceptual models and empirical findings highlighted the... -
Does thinking about the meaning of life make you happy in a religious and globalised world? A 75-nation study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mohsen Joshanloo --- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Dan Weijers --- Chungbuk National University, South KoreaThis paper reports on a multilevel study of 75 nations, which tests two hypotheses that arose from considering Tolstoy's experience of thinking about the meaning and purpose of life. The globalisation-as-exacerbator hypothesis predicts that as globalisation increases, the relationship between... -
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... -
Presence of meaning and search for meaning as mediators between spirituality and psychological well-being in a South African sample
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Lusilda Schutte --- Statistical Consultation Services, South AfricaSpirituality and meaning in life are important pathways to well-being. Research has conceptually and empirically linked spirituality, religiousness and meaning in life. The present study was concerned with investigating presence of meaning (MLQ-P) and search for meaning (MLQ-S) as mediators... -
Felicitas Publica and community well-being: nourishing relational goods through dialogic conversations between deprived and privileged populations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Helena Águeda Marujo --- School of Social and Political Sciences, Portugal Luis Miguel Neto --- School of Social and Political Sciences, PortugalThis article discusses the theoretical justifications, presumed relevance and value of using community interventions designed to be appreciative and strengths based, participatory and conversational, context sensitive and value driven, to promote well-being actions and coordinated meaning between privileged persons and... -
You, me, and meaning: an integrative review of connections between relationships and meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maeve B. O’Donnell --- Colorado State University, United States of America Christof N. Bentele --- Colorado State University, United States of America Hannah B. Grossman --- Colorado State University, United States of America Yunying Le --- Colorado State University, United States of America Hoon Jang --- Seoul University, Korea Michael F. Steger --- Colorado State University, United States of AmericaSocial relationships are seen to be vital to human functioning, both in terms of psychological functioning and physical health. Relationships are a cornerstone of well-being. For instance, having positive relationships has been linked to greater happiness, life satisfaction and physical... -
Self-realisation and meaning making in the face of adversity: a eudaimonic approach to human resilience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carol D. Ryff --- Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United StatesThis article considers a eudaimonic approach to psychological well-being built on the integration of developmental, existential and humanistic formulations as well as distant writings of Aristotle. Eudaimonia emphasizes meaning-making, self-realisation and growth, quality connections to others, self-knowledge, managing life and... -
Meaning-making and resilience: case studies of a multifaceted process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Linda C. Theron --- Optentia Research Program, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Adam M. C. Theron --- Optentia Research Program, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaExplanations of meaning-making generally prioritise intrapersonal processes. Although making meaning is an intrapersonal process, it is also strongly influenced by person-context interactions and cultural positioning. Nevertheless, the meaning-making literature has paid scant attention to how such interactivity and positioning shape... -
Meaning and relational well-being: a reflection on the state of the art and a way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing [cor1]This paper provides a brief overview of facets of meaning and relational well-being highlighting the foci of current research on meaning, relationships as sources of meaning, contextual relevance and meta-theoretical assumptions. Lacunae in knowledge are indicated and a model proposed... -
Meaning as perceived and experienced by an African student group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing --- Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Shingairai C. Chigeza --- Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored what a Batswana group of African students (N = 73) find most meaningful in their life and why those sources of meaning are important to them. Findings showed that, in line with previous Western studies, the most important... -
Exploring the relationship between religious fundamentalism, life satisfaction, and meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner Nell --- Optentia Research Programme, School of Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between life satisfaction, meaning in life, and religious fundamentalism among 420 participants (28.8% male, 88.4% African, 8.4% White) residing in the Gauteng province of South Africa. A cross-sectional quantitative survey design was followed. Data were... -
Job characteristics: their relationship to job satisfaction, stress and depression
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Renier Steyn --- Graduate School of Business Leadership, South Africa Naseema Vawda --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study investigated the influences of job characteristics on job satisfaction, stress and depression among South African white collar workers. Participants were managers in full-time employment with large organisations. They completed the Job Diagnostic Survey, the Perceived Stress Scale and... -
First-time mothers’ experiences of meaningfulness during their third trimester of pregnancy: A focus on spirituality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Amoné Redelinghuys --- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Heleen Coetzee --- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Vera Roos --- African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis study sought to gain in-depth understanding of the lived experiences of first-time mothers during their third trimester of pregnancy. The non-probability, purposive sample were Afrikaans speaking first-time mothers aged between 22 and 40 years. Data on their experiences of... -
Sense of meaning and study perseverance and completion: a brief report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Solomon Makola --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThe study examines sense of meaning influences on study perseverance and course completion among students within a faculty of management sciences at a South African university (n = 40). Participants were selected for high scores on the Purpose in life... -
Positive work experiences and life satisfaction: the moderating role of gender
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jillian C. Williamson --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Madelyn Geldenhuys --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis study investigated the effects of work engagement and psychological meaningfulness on life satisfaction taking into account the moderating effect of gender. A cross-sectional research design was used to capture data on satisfaction with life, work engagement and psychological meaningfulness... -
The psychological conditions that predict work engagement among tertiary education employees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gamuchirai L. Chikoko --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Johanna H. Buitendach --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Herbert Kanengoni --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent to which the psychological conditions and job characteristics predicted work engagement amongst higher education employees (n = 149, females = 60%) from a South African University. The participants completed a variety of instruments on psychological conditions of work, job... -
Meaning, happiness and psychological distress: correlates and qualitative reflections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support (HEDS), South AfricaThe study investigated the concepts of meaning and happiness within an African context. Two hundred and forty-one participants (Mean age = 20.52 years, SD = 1.73, female = 57.67%) completed surveys on meaning, happiness and psychological distress. A subgroup of... -
The evaluation of career-oriented dialogues in a social constructivist learning environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Hanneke Assen --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsThis study explored career-oriented dialogues between study career coaches (SCCs) and first-year students in a social constructivist learning environment. Four types of orientation in career-oriented dialogues were identified: action, evaluation, analysis and design. Additionally, the type of dialogue, the topics... -
Escapism motive for sport consumption as a predictor of meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to examine whether spectator escapism motive for sport consumption could predict meaning in life, and to explore the role of psychological ownership in this relationship. A sample of 806 football spectators (African = 85%,... -
The meaning of work for South African women: A phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kerrin Person --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Michelle S. May --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Claude-Hélène Mayer --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, GermanyThis study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning that women attribute to their work in the South African context. The six women informants were 27–32 years old, all with tertiary education, in senior positions, without children. Data... -
Engagement of secondary school teachers in Namibia: Relational context effects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Manfred Janik --- University of Namibia, Windhoek, Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate relational antecedents of work engagement for secondary school teachers and to determine whether specific psychological conditions mediate the effects of relational factors on work engagement. A cross-sectional survey was used. The participants... -
Mindfulness and psychological well-being among black South African university students and their relatives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner Nell --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being in a convenience sample of black South African students (n = 203) and their parents and other relatives (n = 204) (66.1% = female; age range 18–73). The students self-reported... -
The evaluation of career-oriented dialogues in a social constructivist learning environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Hanneke Assen --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis study explored career-oriented dialogues between study career coaches (SCCs) and first-year students in a social constructivist learning environment. Four types of orientation in career-oriented dialogues were identified: action, evaluation, analysis and design. Additionally, the type of dialogue, the topics... -
Meaning as a coping resource: Experiences of nursing students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support, South AfricaThis exploratory study examined conceptions of meaning as a coping resource among nursing students. A qualitative approach was used to explore the lived experiences of 13 nursing students (female = 85%; age range = 18–22 years). Four conceptions of meaning... -
Sense of meaning and academic performance: A brief report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support, South AfricaThis study examined sense of meaning and academic performance among a sample of South African university students (n = 210, mean age = 19.49, SD = 1.99, female = 54.29%). Data on meaning were collected using the Purpose in Life... -
Cultural competence: a framework for promoting voluntary medical male circumcision among VaRemba communities in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kemist Shumba --- Department of Science and Technology (DST)\-National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence, Human Development, South Africa Musara Lubombo --- Centre for Communication, Media & Society, South AfricaAlmost a decade after the formal introduction of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an important technology for HIV prevention, its implementation is still fraught with acceptability challenges. This is especially true among ethnic groups where male circumcision is conducted... -
Personal factors and career adaptability in a call centre work environment: The mediating effects of professional efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nisha Harry --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThe study sought to assess the extent to which professional efficacy mediates the relationship between personal factors and career adaptability in a call centre work setting. The sample consisted of 409 early-career South African call centre workers (black females =... -
The relationship between purpose and sources of meaning: A mixed methods study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Higher Education Development and Support, South AfricaThis study examined the relationship between meaning and sources of meaning among a sample of South African university students (N = 139; female = 44 0.6%; mean age = 19.76, SD = 1.82). The students completed the Purpose in Life... -
Acquired physical disability: Personal meanings in a rural South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marubini Christinah Sadiki --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Marty Prudence Zikhali --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaThis study explored personal meanings attached to acquired physical disabilities in a rural South African community. Informants were seven adults with disability (females = 4; age range = 18 to 55 years). They responded to semi-structured face-to-face interviews on the meanings they attached to... -
Mediating role of meaningful work and vocational identity on the relationship between perceived family supportive supervisor behaviour and career satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Niya Chen --- , China Leigang Zhang --- , ChinaThis study examined meaningful work and vocational identity influences on the relationship between perceived family supportive supervisor behaviour (FSSB) and career satisfaction among educators. Participants were a convenience sample of 492 public school teachers from eight secondary schools in China... -
Job demands, job resources, and work engagement among South African nurses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mercia Gerida Patience --- , South Africa Roslyn De Braine --- , South Africa Nelesh Dhanpat --- , South AfricaThe study investigated whether job demands and job resources predict work engagement of public and private sector nurses. The sample comprised of 420 South African nurses (females = 88.8%; employed in the private sector = 61.8%; mean age = 38 years, SD = 9.50 years). They completed surveys... -
Re-imagining and transforming events: Insights from the Australian events industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Effie Steriopoulos --- , Australia Jeff Wrathall --- , AustraliaOver the past year, COVID-19 has hit the events industry with unprecedented force, resulting in event cancellations, reduced employment and salary cuts, with most event organisations moving either partially or fully to virtual events. Most challenging is the uncertainty in... -
Psychological well-being program efficacy on meaning-in-life in a sample of University of Jeddah students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ferial M. Alhaj-Mahmoud --- , Saudi Arabia Somia A. Ahmad --- , Saudi ArabiaThis study investigated the efficacy of a theory-based psychological well-being program on meaning-in-life of Arabic students. Using a pre-post-test design, we assigned 68 of 136 students to the intervention and another 68 students to the control condition. The intervention ran... -
The use of paintings and sketches as scientific knowledge
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Knut Ove Æsøy --- , Norway Trine Sofie Dybvikstrand --- , NorwayThis article is written in the field of the philosophy of science. The aim is to express how painting and drawing can be used as part of a phenomenological research method. The painter or drawer is a visual researcher in... -
Talent management practices and work-related outcomes for South African academic staff
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Musawenkosi Donia Saurombe --- , South Africa Emmerentia Nicolene Barkhuizen --- , South AfricaThis study explored the perception of relationships between talent management practices and work meaningfulness, happiness, and turnover intention among South African academic staff. The participants (n = 160) were from a large South African higher education institution (HEI). For a... -
Absurdity and Meaninglessness of Life in the Poems of Eshetu Chole
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Addisu Hailu Abebe --- , EthiopiaBeing an interdisciplinary field of study in the humanities, literature serves as a vehicle to varieties of philosophical thought. The purpose of this paper is to examine the theme of absurdity and the meaninglessness of life that manifests in the... -
Who does better on life satisfaction and meaning in life? A Mixed-methods exploration of demographic characteristics and well-being in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Angelina Wilson Fadiji --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Shingairai Chigeza --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Bontle Kgopa --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe present study examined the relationship between the demographic characteristics of age, sex, religious practice, and standard of living with life satisfaction and meaning in life in a Ghanaian setting. Participants were 394 Ghanaian urban adults (female = 43.90; mean... -
It’s a journey … Emerging adult women’s experiences of spiritual identity development during postgraduate psychology studies in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State, South Africa Lara Fick --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe spiritual identity development of six South African, emerging adult, female, postgraduate psychology students (21 to 22 years old) was explored using reflective writing exercises and individual interviews. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed that spiritual identity exploration occurs continuously across the... -
Achieving career marketability through helping others: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Qin Chen --- Harbin Institute of Technology, China Li Zhang --- Harbin Institute of Technology, China Zhenduo Zhang --- Dalian University of Technology, ChinaWe explored the relationship between helping behaviour and career marketability, explicating the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions in that relationship. A total of 203 full-time Chinese workers (female = 51.2%; mean age = 32.27 years, SD = 6.34 years; managers... -
Mindfulness and meaning in life: The mediating effect of self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaohao Mai --- South China Normal University, China Fang Li --- Sichuan Normal University, China Biyun Wu --- Jiangxi Normal University, China Junfang Wu --- , ChinaThe current study aimed to investigate self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy as mechanisms for mindfulness and meaning in life in a community pandemic experience. Participants were 538 Chinese college students (female = 70.40%, mean age = 20.01 years, SD =... -
Volunteering dynamics in leisure, tourism and hospitality: developing sustainable practices for well-being and social impact
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Bertine Bargeman --- Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Licia Calvi --- Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Rodney Westerlaken --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Geesje Duursma --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis article explores the multifaceted landscape of volunteering in leisure, tourism and hospitality (LTH) organisations, acknowledging its fundamental role in civil society, and serves as the inception point for an in-depth research project. Volunteerism is explored in diverse forms, ranging... -
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Caiping Zhou --- Hunan University of Finance and Economics, China Liu Ning --- Hunan Normal University, China Haibin Li --- Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaThis study explored the role of cognitive reappraisal and perceived social support in the relationship between purposeful rumination and post-traumatic growth among college students who experienced childhood trauma. A total of 811 college students with childhood trauma exposure (female =... -
Psychological empowerment and job burnout in Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of occupational stress
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ruiqian Li --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China Jie Hou --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China Xiongying Liu --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China Tong Shen --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China Jiaying Xu --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China Ziyu Wu --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, ChinaWe explored the role of occupational stress in the relationship between psychological empowerment and job burnout in kindergarten teachers. Chinese female kindergarten teachers (n = 243) were participants (mean age = 28.2 years, SD = 5.08 years; specialist and below... -
Role of distress tolerance, meaning in life and social support in the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among Nigerian cancer patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chinenye Joseph Aliche --- North-West University, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- North-West University, South AfricaWe examined the moderating roles of distress tolerance, meaning in life, and social support in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among cancer patients. Participants included 301 cancer outpatients randomly selected from the oncology unit... -
Exploring polysemy and its role in lexical sense relations in African languages: Insights from African Wordnet
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Stanley Madonsela --- University of South Africa, South AfricaPolysemy has been considered in terms of sense relations where each sense of a polysemous expression is represented individually in the lexicon. Siswati and other African languages accounted for in African Wordnet do not differ in the characterisation of this...