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Effect of commercially available rhizobacteria strains on growth and production of lettuce, tomato and pepper
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: K.S. Yobo --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa M.D. Laing --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa C.H. Hunter --- Discipline of Microbiology, Republic of South AfricaSeven microbial products of the genus Bacillus were evaluated under greenhouse and shadehouse conditions for efficacy on lettuce, tomato and pepper as plant growth promoters. Treatments were applied as a drench (106 cfu ml1) directly onto seedlings in composted pine... -
Psychological Distress in Orphan, Vulnerable Children and Non-Vulnerable Children in High Prevalence HIV/AIDS Communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bev Killian --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Kevin Durrheim --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,The degree of psychological distress and access social support is investigated in children (n = 741) living in nine high prevalence HIV/AIDS communities. They comprised (i) vulnerable, maternally-orphaned (n = 319); (ii) vulnerable and not orphaned (n = 276); and... -
Child Abuse: The Experiences of Children of Divorced Parents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of the Western Cape, Orok Akpan --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,The study investigated children's experiences of the divorce of their parents. The study specifically sought children's opinions as to their experiences of, and family circumstances associated with, the divorce of their parents. Data collection was by in-depth one-on-one individual interviews... -
Emotional Intelligence, Work, and Psychological Outcomes in a Public Service Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shelley-Ann Williams --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study examines the role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between work context (conceptualised as job demands and job resources) and psychological outcomes (conceptualised as engagement and psychological well-being) in a sample of public sector employees (N=459). The Job... -
Validating Measures of Psychological Well-being by Contrasting Samples Employed in Hazardous and Less Hazardous Work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Deo J. W. Strümpfer --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Riëtte J. Eiselen --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Deon Meiring --- University of Pretoria, Jack S. Phalatse --- SASOL Mining,The study investigated whether differences between contrasting groups reflect significant differences in psychological well-being scores. Membership of hazardous vs. less hazardous occupations in the same profession served as proxy measures of well-being. Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC), Block & Kremen's... -
Emotional Intelligence and the Identity Negotiation of a Racial Minority Group in a Majority School Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, Maria M. Meijer --- University of Pretoria,This article describes the possible impact of emotional intelligence on identity negotiation of a racial minority group in a majority school context. The study investigated the adjustment and functioning of racial minority groups in majority school contexts, as well as... -
Employability, Emotional Intelligence and Career Preparation Support Satisfaction among Adolescents in the School-to-work Transition Phase
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Christopher J. Beukes --- University of South Africa,This study explored the relationship between the employability and career support satisfaction and emotional intelligence of a convenience sample of predominantly black (N = 590) South African adolescents (mean age 17, males 43%, females 57%). Data were collected using the... -
Coping, Occupational Wellbeing and Job Satisfaction of Nurses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johanna H. Buitendach --- University of KwaZulu Natal, Mohammed Abed Moola --- University of KwaZulu Natal,The study determined the relationship between coping, occupational wellbeing (as measured by burnout and work engagement), and job satisfaction of nurses in two private hospitals in Namibia. A cross-sectional research design was used. One-hundred and ninety-one nurses employed in two... -
The Experience of Psychosocial Stressors Amongst Adolescent Learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ancel George --- University of the Free State, South Africa Henriëtte van den Berg --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study sought to identify and describe the psychosocial factors that adolescents experience as stressful. Data were collected from 556 respondents (Grade 10 to 12; 250 males and 306 females; mean age = 17.3 yrs; SD = 1.66) who completed... -
The Meaning of Emotion in the White Afrikaans Language Group: A Componential Emotion Theory Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cara Jonker --- North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Althea van der Merwe --- North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa Johnny Fontaine --- Gent University, Belgium Deon Meiring --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study determined the meaning of emotion in a sample of white Afrikaans-speaking adults (n=120; males =32, females=88, age range =18–48+ years). Data were collected using the Meaning Grid (Scherer, 2005). The analysis examined the factor loadings of emotion words... -
Behavioural and Emotional Development in Children of Divorce
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lephodisa Stephen Molepo --- Tholene Sodi and Partners, Inc., South Africa Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Levison Maunganidze --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South AfricaThis study reports on teacher perceptions of the impact of parental divorce on behaviour and emotional development in children of divorce. Participants were a purposive sampling of 80 primary school learners with parental divorce experience and a comparison group of... -
Prevalence, Correlates and Perceptions Toward Cigarette Smoking Among Male and Female In-School Adolescents (Aged 11–18 years) in South Africa: Results from the 2008 GYTS Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of current cigarette use among 8470 school-going adolescents (aged 11 to 18 years) in South Africa. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2008 in South Africa... -
Photovoice as Community Engaged Research: The Interplay between Knowledge Creation and Agency in a South African Study on Safety Promotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shahnaaz Suffla --- Medical Research Council, South Africa Debra Kaminer --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Umesh Bawa --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis article aims to describe Photovoice as a method and process of enacting community engaged research. The multi-dimensional nature of Photovoice is illustrated though a case application, focused on safety promotion in two South African low-income communities. Twenty youth, evenly... -
Beyond the Individual: Promoting Mental and Behavioural Health in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Inge Petersen --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Arvin Bhana --- Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis brief report describes a programmatic approach to health promotion that can help address the social determinants of mental-health and associated risky behaviours. Using a South African case example, we illustrate that while micro-system interventions help to strengthen individual resilience... -
Exploring Employees' Personality Attributes in Relation to Their Employability Attributes in the Business Management Field
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid Potgieter --- University of South Africa, Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Andries Masenge --- University of South Africa,This study explored early career employee's personality preferences in a South African work setting. Participants were a non-probability sample business management employees (N = 304; female = 64%, ethnicity = 81% Black, supervisory = 53%, age range = 25 and... -
Enhancing Emotional and Social Competence in a Group of South-African School Beginners: A Preliminary Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elmarí Deacon --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study piloted the efficacy of a short-term intervention program for socio-emotional development in pre-schoolers.in a South African setting. Participants were 48 learners, aged between 5 and 6 years (22 boys, 26 girls). A proportion of the participants (n=26) took... -
Staff Perception of Leader Emotional Competency as a Predictor of Satisfaction with Retention Factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Desiree Pauw --- University of South Africa,This study explored whether staff members' perceptions of leaders' emotional competency (measured by the Emotional Competency Profiler) significantly and positively predict their satisfaction with a set of factors highlighted by the research literature as being important in the retention of... -
Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Postgraduate Students' Psychosocial Employability Attributes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid Potgieter --- University of South Africa, Melinde Coetzee --- University of South Africa,This study determined the influence of individuals' emotional intelligence on their psychosocial employability attributes. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted. A non-probability sample of 304 employed postgraduate students (predominantly early career black = 70 %; females = 64 % with... -
Emotional Intelligence and Wellness Among Employees Working in the Nursing Environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jan Alewyn Nel --- North-West University, South Africa Cara S. Jonker --- North-West University, South Africa Tinda Rabie --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study's sought to establish the relationship of emotional intelligence, job characteristics and wellness within the nursing environment. A cross-sectional survey design was used. A random probability sample (N=511; females =96.70%; white =77.10%) was taken from hospitals in three South... -
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence, Study Orientation in Mathematics and the Mathematics Achievement of the Middle Adolescent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, Lizelle Fletcher --- University of Pretoria, Petro Erasmus --- North West University,This article describes the extent to which emotional intelligence and study orientation predict the mathematics achievement of middle adolescents. Altogether 435 learners in Grades 9 and 11 from three high schools in the Mafikeng region completed the Bar-On EQ-i: YV™... -
Confirming the Factor Structure of the 41-Item Version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marais Bester --- North-West University, South Africa Cara S. Jonker --- North-West University, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- North-West University, South AfricaThe main aim of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the 41-item version of the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale within a South African nursing environment. An availability non-probability sample (N =290) of nurses from hospitals in the... -
Sex Differences in the Attribution of Shame And Guilt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mark Brophy --- University of Johannesburg, Gert Kruger --- University of Johannesburg,This study examined how the sex of a participant could moderate the elicitation of shame and guilt. Four hundred ninety students (107 men and 383 women) between the age of 17 and 20 (M=18.66, SD=.80) volunteered to participate. Moderated multiple... -
The Psychometric Properties of an Emotional Intelligence Measure within Non-Professional Counsellors in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeanine Kathleen Pires-Putter --- North-West University, Cara Sophia Jonker --- North-West University,This study examined the psychometric properties of the Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS) (Schutte et al., 1998) in a sample of non-professional counsellors in South Africa. The counsellors (N = 172) were employed within various counselling services, rehabilitation services, and trauma... -
Barriers to counselling support for HIV/AIDS patients in south-western Cameroon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CharlesC Fonchingong TimothyO Mbuagbo JenniferT AbongThe potential synergy between counselling and HIV/AIDS prevention is gaining recognition in Cameroon as counselling sessions are more often organised at health centres. In order to evaluate the actual achievements of these efforts, a qualitative ethnographic survey (based on interviews... -
The Simalelo Peer Education Programme for HIV prevention: a qualitative process evaluation of a project in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alexander Molassiotis Irene Saralis-Avis Wilson Nyirenda Nina AtkinsThe aim of the project was to evaluate a peer education programme in Zambia run by local people in relation to changes in behaviours, the effects of the programme on the community and the dynamics of peer health promotion. A... -
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 impact of the HIV epidemic on the composite wellbeing of educators in South Africa: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: LindaC TheronIn South Africa, support is available for educators who are HIV-positive, and there are numerous initiatives to curb further HIV infections. What is lacking though is an understanding of how the HIV epidemic impacts on educators who are affected personally... -
An assessment of counselling and support services for people living withHIV in Gauteng, South Africa: findings of a baseline study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sadiyya Haffejee --- Emthonjeni Centre, School of Human and Community Development, South Africa Iris Groeneveld --- , United Kingdom Diane Fine --- Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South Africa Rabia Patel --- Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South Africa Brett Bowman --- Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South AfricaAn increasing body of literature shows that HIV/AIDS and mental health issues are closely related. In spite of this, the mental health correlates of HIV and AIDS remain largely unacknowledged and under-researched in sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, despite guidelines by the... -
Understanding HIV-related posttraumatic stress disorder in South Africa: a review and conceptual framework
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Charles Young --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaA number of epidemiological studies have attempted to measure the prevalence of HIV-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review of the literature identified eight relevant studies that put current estimates of the prevalence of HIV-related PTSD... -
Employees' perceptions of the Aid-for-AIDS disease-management programme, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alan Rothberg Karen Van HuyssteenIt is estimated that 18–20% of South Africa's more than 5 million HIV-positive individuals are formally employed. Disease management programmes for these employees vary in scope and sophistication, with services provided by the employer, or third-party specialist disease managers, or... -
Women's health, HIV/AIDS and the workplace in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Courtenay SpragueThis work explores the connections between gender inequality, HIV/AIDS and women's health in the world of work in South Africa. These connections are located within a context of significant reversals in development, specifically declining life expectancy and premature mortality for... -
Wellness programme and health policy development at a large faith-based organisation in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ElizabethD ArendThis paper presents a case study of wellness programme and health policy development based on an HIV/AIDS organisation's Khayelitsha site in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The study examines the different challenges that the organisation faces in relation to... -
Appreciative inquiry into lifeskills-based HIV/AIDS education in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sumeshni Govender Stephen EdwardsWith a steady rise in the prevalence of HIV and AIDS throughout the world it has become vital for programme implementers at all levels to ensure that all HIV intervention programmes are effectively put into practice. The present research used... -
'Not only a teacher, but an ambassador': Facilitating HIV/AIDS educators to take action
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: LesleyA WoodThis article describes how South African educators were facilitated to adopt the role of HIV/AIDS 'ambassadors' within their circles of influence by participating in a two-year course for an Advanced Certificate in Education for HIV/AIDS in Teaching (ACE-HAT) qualification. It... -
Feynman's Electromagnetic Fields Induced by Moving Charges and the Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to the N-Body Problem of Electrodynamics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: VictorM. Bogdan --- Department of Mathematics, USAGiven n charges interacting with each other according to Feynman's law. Let (r j (t), v j (t)) denote the position and velocity of the charge q j . The list y(t) of all such vectors is... -
Diabetes mellitus: preliminary health-promotion activity based on service-learning principles at a South African national science festival
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: SC Srinivas --- Faculty of Pharmacy, WM Wrench --- Faculty of Pharmacy, K Bradshaw --- Department of Computer Science, N Dukhi --- Faculty of Pharmacy,Objectives: To investigate the effects of a service-learning-based health promotion elective in influencing knowledge of diabetes mellitus (DM) and ways to prevent it. -
A critical look at health
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: P Naidoo --- Department of Psychology,When defining health, it is clear that good health is not simply a state in which there is an absence of disease. A progressive definition of health conceptualises health more holistically and views it as a state of complete physical,... -
Students' Opinions on Autopsy and Death
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: FPR De Villiers --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, M Ruhaya --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,Background: Autopsies are commonly seen on television, but are less common in real life. Worldwide, the autopsy rate has declined drastically over the past half century, from approximately 50% to only five to 22% in the 1990s. These percentages are... -
The barriers and challenges to Health Promotion in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RD Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, -
Emotional reactions of medical doctors and students following the loss of their patients at the Dr George Mukhari Hospital emergency unit, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RT Masia --- Department of Psychology, WJ Basson --- Department of Psychology, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC,Background: Studies on death and dying predominantly emphasise the needs of the dying patient and the process of bereavement. Few studies have focused on the reactions of medical doctors and students when the patients they have cared for die. -
Emotional intelligence and locus of control of adult patients with breast cancer receiving treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: O Brown --- Department of Psychology, E Swartz --- Department of Psychology,Background: This article investigates emotional intelligence and locus of control in an adult breast cancer population receiving treatment. Gaining insight into these constructs will contribute to improving breast cancer patients' psychological well-being and to reducing physical vulnerability to disease before... -
Views of patients on a group diabetes education programme using motivational interviewing in South African primary care: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Serfontein --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Objectives: This study was a qualitative assessment of a diabetes group education programme presented in community health centres of the Cape Town Metro District. The programme offered four sessions of group education and was delivered by trained health promoters using... -
Prevalence, Correlates and Perceptions Towards Cigarette Smoking Among Male and Female in School Adolescents (Aged 11–18 Years) in South Africa: Results from the 2008 GYTS Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- HAST, Human Sciences Research Council and Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of current cigarette use among 8,470 school-going adolescents (aged 11 to 18 years) in South Africa. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2008 in South Africa... -
Mmaskitlana Play Therapy: A Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rebecca Salang Modikwe --- University of South Africa, Ansie Lessing --- University of South Africa,This article explores the potential of Mmaskitlana as a form of therapy for children with emotional disorders. A case study is presented describing the use of Mmaskitlana with one learner with emotional problems from sexual abuse. Interview data and interpretative... -
Emotional load and social support as indicators of bullying at work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Leon T. de Beer --- WorkWell Research Unit, South AfricaThis study sought to ascertain whether elevated emotional load and a lack of social support could be indicative of bullying at work. Participants totalled 1442 employees from the manufacturing industry in South Africa. Data on emotional load, social support, and... -
Efficacy of outdoor adventure education in developing emotional intelligence during adolescence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Björn Opper --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jacobus G. Maree --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Lizelle Fletcher --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Jaqui Sommerville --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study was an efficacy evaluation of an outdoor adventure intervention to facilitate emotional intelligence (EI) among adolescents. A pre-post-test design was used. Participants were a convenience sample of 76 Grade 10 learners from a private high school for boys... -
Effects of an exercise programme with people living with HIV: research in a disadvantaged setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Clemens Ley --- Universität Wien, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Austria Lloyd Leach --- University of the Western Cape, Department of Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science, South Africa María Rato Barrio --- Palacky University Olomouc, Department of Development Studies, Czech Republic Susan Bassett --- University of the Western Cape, Department of Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science, South AfricaThis study aimed to analyse the physical health effects of a community based 10-week physical activity programme with people living with HIV. It was developed, implemented and evaluated in a disadvantaged community in South Africa. A pre-post research design was... -
Experiences of stereotyping among individuals employed in selected South African organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lizelle Brink --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated the effects of stereotypes among individuals working in selected South African organisations. The participants were 336 employees within the following sectors: banking (n = 40), higher education institutions (n = 72), mining (n = 63), municipalities (n = 24), nursing (n = 4), police services (n = 20), schools... -
Life history of the springhare (Pedetes capensis) from a strongly seasonal environment in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D. Peinke --- Wildlife and Reserve Management Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa R.T.F. Bernard --- Wildlife and Reserve Management Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe life history of the springhare (Pedetes capensis, Forster, 1778) at 33°S, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, was characterized by continuous, aseasonal and asynchronous reproduction. Females were monotocous and consecutive pregnancies were separated by a non pregnant... -
Resourcing single parents in a South African community rural setting: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred Motalenyane Modise --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study investigated the resource needs of single parents as child carers. Participants were a purposive sample of 40 single parents (female = 70%, Black = 95%, rural 80%; age range 30 to 55 years old). Data on resource needs of single parents were... -
Experiences of young adult women with emotionally absent fathers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emené Peyper --- School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences: Psychology, South Africa Werner de Klerk --- School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences: Psychology, South Africa Ruan Spies --- School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences: Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the experiences of young adult women (n = 11) who grew up with emotionally absent fathers. The women (White: Afrikaans) were between the ages of 20 and 31 (5 were married, 1 was engaged, 1 was in... -
The economic importance and impacts of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Sudan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour --- UNU-MERIT, School of Business and Economics, The NetherlandsThis paper explains the importance of IPRs and examines the factors hindering and those contributing toward enhancing IPRs in Sudan. We find that the inadequacy of IPRs protection in Sudan is attributed to low integration in the international institutions, lack... -
Political intolerance: the role of intergroup threat and negative intergroup emotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melina Ojiambo --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Johann Louw --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated whether the perception of intergroup threat, and intergroup emotion, are related to political intolerance. One hundred and twenty three South African undergraduate students (females = 76%; males = 24%; White = 65%; Coloured = 24%; Indian = 8%; Chinese = 2%; mean age = 19.8, SD = 3.03 years) were randomly assigned... -
Dissemination effort, innovation attributes, and variations in innovation dissemination rate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mawuena Aggey --- Process Technology and Innovation Research, Ghana Nana Kwamina Tekyi Ghartey --- Centre for Development Studies, Ghana Charles Kweku Brown --- Centre for Development Studies, GhanaInnovation-decision type, communication channels, social system, and change agents’ promotion effort influence innovation adoption, but 49–87% of variance in adoption rates is explained by perceived innovation attributes (Rogers 1995). Relationships between adoption rates and these variables are much researched but... -
The emotional wellbeing of lay HIV counselling and testing counsellors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Maretha Visser --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Princess Mabota --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe HIV testing, treatment and care programme of the South African public healthcare system depends on HIV counselling and testing (HCT) that is primarily delivered by lay counsellors. Lay counsellors are expected to educate clients about HIV/AIDS, advocate behaviour change,... -
Perceived parental warmth and adjustment among Ethiopian adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Asamenew Demessie Bireda --- College of Graduate Studies, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between adolescents’ perception of parental warmth and their self-esteem, school adjustment and depression symptoms. Data were collected from 809 adolescents (female=47%; mean age=16.8 years; SD=1.58) from four different high schools in Ethiopia. The... -
Surfing in the sandy-beach whelk Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: A.C. Brown --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaA brief, integrated summary is presented of published and unpublished work relevant to surfing (swash riding) in intertidal members of the genus Bullia (Caenogastropoda), together with previously unreported investigations of the specific gravity of B. digitalis and the directional control... -
An ethnographic study of tourist psychological states: Implications for festivities and events
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Prokopis Christou --- Hospitality and Tourism Department, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus Campus, Larnaca, CyprusThis is the first study that explores in such depth the emotional dimensions of visitors at numerous and various events held around the world, for almost ten years. Unexpected findings and new knowledge provide novel directions to the new millennium tourism stakeholders,... -
Burnout among anaesthetists in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Nicolaas van der Walt --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Juan Scribante --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine, South Africa Helen Perrie --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Studies have been done to determine the level of burnout in anaesthesiology internationally, but not in South Africa. -
The salience of socially engaging and disengaging emotions among Black and White South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tselane Rose Kgantsi --- Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Johnny R. J. Fontaine --- Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Michael Temane --- Office of the Registrar, South AfricaThis study investigated the experience of disengaging and engaging emotions among Black and White South African university students. In total 351 Black and White students attending a large North Western province university in South Africa (45% Black students, 69% female... -
Factorial invariance of the Rahim emotional quotient index
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martina Kotzé --- Business School, University of the Free State, South Africa Petrus Nel --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the degree of factorial invariance of the 30-item Rahim Emotional Quotient Index (REQI) (Afzalur Rahim et al., 2002) across gender and language, using multiple group confirmatory factor analysis. Respondents were 341 full-time employed applicants to programmes in... -
Factors influencing work readiness of graduates: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lindiwe Masole --- Industrial Psychology, South Africa Gideon van Dyk --- Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to determine the factors that influenced the work readiness of graduate and post-graduate social sciences students. An ex post facto design study was undertaken with 183 participant students from Makerere University, Uganda (n=73) and the University of... -
Does the cellphone radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation during ringing or talking modes induce locomotor disturbance in Drosophila melanogaster?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mervat A Seada --- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Egypt Samar E Elkholy --- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Egypt Wesam S Meshrif --- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, EgyptDebate regarding the biological effect of electromagnetic radiation has been recently raised. The effects of this radiation on locomotor activity are not well known. Hence, in this study, we used Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to investigate the possible... -
Measurement invariance across gender and ethnicity on the Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Casper J. J. Van Zyl --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the measurement invariance of the Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0 across gender and ethnic groups in South Africa. The sample consisted of 1 144 working adults (female = 49.8%. black = 36.2%, white = 29.8%; other = 34%;... -
Psychometric properties of a measure of psychological factors among francophone adolescent learners in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Moletsane Mokgadi --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Robert Kananga Mukuna --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study reported on the psychometric properties of a prospective measure of psychological wellbeing among immigrant francophone adolescent learners in high schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. The sample size comprised 170 participants (females = 51%; age range 14... -
The Global Coherence Initiative: A global psychological paradigm for health promotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department,This review proposes the value of a global psychology-oriented initiative to promote health and wellbeing. It discusses the concept of collective consciousness, especially heart-based, moral consciousness and related actions as resources for health promotion. The review draws on a collaborative... -
Nutrition interventions in the workplace: Evidence of best practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Np Steyn --- Knowledge Systems, W. Parker --- Knowledge Systems, Ev Lambert --- Sports Science Institute, Department of Human Biology, Z. Mchiza --- Knowledge Systems,Aim: The aim of this desktop study was to review all workplace interventions having a nutrition component, published in peer-reviewed literature between 1995 and 2006 by WHO, and to document activities that were successful, as well as possible barriers to... -
A review of school nutrition interventions globally as an evidence base for the development of the HealthKick programme in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Np Steyn --- Knowledge Systems, Ev Lambert --- Sports Science Institute, Department of Human Biology, W. Parker --- Knowledge Systems, Z. Mchiza --- Knowledge Systems, A. De Villiers --- Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit,Aim: The aim of this study was to review all school interventions having a nutrition component, published in peer-reviewed literature between 1995 and 2006, and to document activities that were successful as well as those that were possible barriers in... -
South African private practising clinical dietitians’ perceptions of the relevance of service-specific healthcare marketing principles and communication elements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lm Hanekom --- Department Human Nutrition, Gj Gericke --- Department Human Nutrition, Pj. Becker --- Biostatistics Unit,Background: South African dietitians are confronted with the challenge of effectively marketing themselves as a sound source of information on nutrition to both the public and other health professionals. The marketing initiative should focus on the promotion of both the... -
The social and academic adjustment experiences of first-year students at a historically disadvantaged peri-urban university in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kathryn Nel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Saraswathie Govender --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Reyagalaletsa Tom --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe goal of the research was to explore the social and academic experiences of first-year students at a peri-urban university in South Africa. Eighteen students (females = 50%, mean age = 19.88 years), participated in focus group discussions on their... -
Teachers’ subjectivities and emotionality in HIV/AIDS teaching
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jaqueline Naidoo --- School of Education, South Africa Peter Rule --- School of Education, South AfricaSchools play a significant role in conveying essential knowledge, skills and attitudes about HIV and AIDS to millions of learners, and are therefore at the forefront of addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This has resulted in a shift in HIV/AIDS research... -
The role of employee wellness programme in the hospitality industry: a review of concepts, research, and practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Tingting (Christina) Zhang --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Jay Kandampully --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Hye Yoon Choi --- Department of Human Sciences, USAIn the hospitality industry, employees are critical to firm success, through their intimate interactions with customers to create memorable experiences and relationships. A nascent strategy adopted by many hospitality firms seeks to increase employee engagement and commitment through employee wellness... -
An ethnographic study of tourist psychological states: Implications for festivities and events
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Prokopis Christou --- Hospitality and Tourism Department, CyprusThis is the first study that explores in such depth the emotional dimensions of visitors at numerous and various events held around the world, for almost ten years. Unexpected findings and new knowledge provide novel directions to the new millennium... -
Personality as a moderator between emotional exhaustion and workplace deviance among teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ibeawuchi K. Enwereuzor --- Department of Psychology, Ike E. Onyishi --- Department of Psychology, Ijeoma F. Onyebueke --- Department of Psychology, Lawrence O. Amazue --- Department of Psychology, Mary Basil Nwoke --- Department of Psychology,This study investigated the moderating role of personal factors of agreeableness and conscientiousness in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and workplace deviance. The sample comprised 200 teachers from nine schools in the south-eastern part of Nigeria (females = 85%; married... -
Personal factor effects on authentic leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martina Kotzé --- UFS Business School, South Africa Petrus Nel --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between authentic leadership and personal factors of emotional intelligence (EI), personality, cognitive abilities and gender. The convenience sample of respondents included 341 employees, and prospective students in an advanced leadership education programme at a South... -
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 =... -
Episodic emotions of Tshivenda cultural community mothers towards their adolescent children’s pregnancies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored Tshivenda mothers’ emotional reactions to the learning of unplanned pregnancies of their adolescent daughters. Ten purposively selected mothers with early parent adolescent children were informants (age range = 40 to 55 years). They responded to semi-structured face-to-face... -
Economic and psychological burden of scheduled surgery cancellation in a sub-Saharan country (Burkina Faso)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Martin Lankoandé --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Burkina Faso Papougnézambo Bonkoungou --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Burkina Faso Bertille K Ki --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Burkina Faso Armel Flavien R Kaboré --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Burkina Faso Edgar Ouangré --- General and Digestive Surgery, Burkina Faso Yacouba Savadogo --- General Medicine, Burkina Faso Cheik Thw Bougouma --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Burkina Faso Joachim Sanou --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Burkina Faso Nazinigouba Ouedraogo --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Burkina Faso Phillipe Pendeville --- Department of Anaesthesiology, BelgiumBackground: Cancellation of scheduled surgery creates a financial burden for hospitals, caregivers and patients. Cancellation causes emotional stress, which impacts on outcomes. In poor countries where the adequacy of healthcare is limited, the ethical dilemma created by scheduled surgery cancellation... -
Resilience and suicide ideation: Coping mediator-moderator effects among adolescent learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ancel George --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Reinier Moolman --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe current study aimed to investigate the influence of coping on the relationship between resilience and adolescent suicide ideation among secondary learners in the Free State Province, South Africa (n = 495; female = 61.6%; black = 55%, white =... -
Psychological contract breach and workplace deviance: Does emotional intelligence matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anthony G. Balogun --- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, Nigeria Taye S. Oluyemi --- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, Nigeria Olukayode A. Afolabi --- Department of Pure and Applied Psychology, NigeriaThis study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence on the relationship between psychological contract breach and workplace deviance with feelings of violation. The participants were 232 employees of a Nigerian public sector organisation (125 males and 107 females). The employees... -
Food, memory and transnational gastronomic culture amongst Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Henrietta M. Nyamnjoh --- African Centre for Cities, and Environmental and Geographical Science, South AfricaIn the context of accelerated mobility and migration, food forms part of peoples’ historical identity and emotional repertoire. Drawing on ethnographic research amongst Anglophone Cameroonian migrants living in Cape Town, South Africa, this paper explores how Cameroonian migrants maintain their... -
Emotional intelligence and aggression among South African adolescents: Preliminary evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wandile F. Tsabedze --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Mokoena P. Maepa --- Department of Clinical Psychology, South Africa Refilwe Gloria Pila–Nemutandani --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaWe investigated gender differences in emotional intelligence and aggression among South African adolescents. Four hundred and forty-four adolescents (female =51.4 %; mean age =15.5 years, SD= 1.42 years; rural residence = 35.5%, urban residence = 65.5%) completed an emotional intelligence... -
Social support-oriented coping and resilience for self-harm protection among adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wilmie van der Wal --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Ancel A. George --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe study aimed to investigate the extent to which social support-focused coping and resilience can predict lower risk for self-harm by at-risk adolescents. Participants were 962 high school learners from nine high schools in the Free State Province, South Africa... -
Soul searching on the wings of my wheels: Motorcyclists’ happiness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stefan Kruger --- WorkWell Research Unit, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate how personal characteristics of motorcyclists influenced their affect and sense of happiness with their motorcycles. Data on personal characteristics, motorcycle characteristics, feelings about owning a motorcycle, discreet emotions, and overall happiness were collected from 367... -
Understanding how millennial hospitality employees deal with emotional labour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Hester Visser --- Stenden Hospitality Management School, The NetherlandsQualified employees are the most valuable assets in today’s environment and this requires that employers understand and engage their employees. One process that might influence their happiness at work is emotional labour. Emotional labour entails that an employee tries to... -
Prevalence and factors associated with abdominal obesity among primary health care professional nurses in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Sizeka Monakali --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Daniel Ter Goon --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Eunice Seekoe --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Eyitayo Omolara Owolabi --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaBackground: Nurses are key stakeholders in health promotion and obesity management, yet a high-risk group for obesity development. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of abdominal obesity among primary health care professional nurses (PHCPNs) in Eastern Cape, South Africa. -
Emotional intelligence and personal growth initiative effects on subjective happiness among university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nuworza Kugbey --- Department of Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, Ghana Ethel Akpene Atefoe --- Department of Psychological Medicine and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Ghana Nkansah Anakwah --- Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, The Netherlands Kingsley Nyarko --- Department of Teacher Education, Ghana Samuel Atindanbila --- Department of Psychology, GhanaThis study examined emotional intelligence and personal growth initiative influences on the level of subjective happiness among university students in Ghana. Two hundred and sixty undergraduate students were participants (female = 69.8%; mean age = 21.72 years, SD = 3.61... -
Emotional intelligence influences on the work performance of early career academics: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mathew Marembo --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South Africa Themba Mjoli --- Department of Industrial Psychology, South AfricaWe aimed to investigate emotional intelligence (EI) influences on the work performance of early career academic (ECA) staff. Participants were 220 early career academic staff at a rural South African university (female = 56.8%, 77.7% aged between 20 and 40... -
Emotional intelligence and mental health: An exploratory study with South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Abiodun Musbau Lawal --- Population & Health Research Entity, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- Population & Health Research Entity, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South Africa Tema Senyatsi --- Population & Health Research Entity, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South AfricaWe investigated emotional intelligence (EI) influences on mental health indicators among first-year university students. Three hundred first-year students (females = 50%; age range = 16 to 40 years, mean age = 20.10, SD = 2.28) participated in the study. The... -
Personal factors in talent retention in the South African banking industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ingrid L. Potgieter --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Annette M. Snyman --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the influence of personal factors on job retention in a banking services sector setting. South African banking sector employees (n = 262) participated in the study (age range = 18–45 years; female = 62%, white = 57%)... -
Psychosocial resources, support, and career satisfaction among professional women: A South African study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study examined the role psychosocial resources play in enhancing perceptions of support and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants were a purposive sample of 606 professional women from South Africa (white = 61.8%, black = 19.9%, Indian =... -
Gratitude, well-being and psychological distress among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Directorate of Student Development and Support, South AfricaThis study investigated the associations between gratitude, measures of well-being, and indicators of psychological distress (depression and negative emotion) among South African university students. Data were collected from 198 first-year university students (female = 69.70%; mean age = 20.55 years,... -
What fires up my cooking? The choice for a sustainable cuisine: passion and self-transcendence in the restaurant business
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Margo PM Enthoven --- Centre for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Campus Fryslân, The Netherlands Aleid E Brouwer --- Academy of International Business Administration, The NetherlandsThe restaurant business is highly unsustainable and the sector contributes to a large extent to environmental pollution. However, some restaurateurs have chosen a more sustainable cuisine. As food sustainability is a contested issue, we have considered several descriptions of food... -
Early childhood socio-emotional development indicators: Pre-school teachers’ perceptions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tessa Goldschmidt --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored pre-school teachers’ classroom experiences of socio-emotional development in early childhood. Participants were twelve coloured/mixed race pre-school teachers from low-income communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The teachers completed semi-structured interviews focusing on their classroom experiences of socio-emotional... -
Job security and workaholism among non-permanent workers: The moderating influences of corporate culture
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Soo-yun Yang --- Department of Cultural Contents, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South KoreaThe present study examined aspects of job security, leadership risk (corporate-centric management style, short-term performance-orientedness, and subordinate authoritarianism), emotional exhaustion, and workaholism among 1 009 casual foreign workers from multicultural families living in South Korea. The nationalities of the casual... -
Emotional intelligence dimensions in facets of aggressive behaviour among school adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wandile F. Tsabedze --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Abiodun M. Lawal --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Mokoena P. Maepa --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Refilwe G. Pila-Nemutandani --- Department of Clinical Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated whether emotional intelligence (EI) dimensions influenced aggression self-perceptions in school adolescents. South African adolescents (N = 440; 49% males; mean age = 16.77 years, SD = 1.42 years) completed measures of EI (perception of emotion, managing own... -
HeartMath approach to self-regulation and psychosocial well-being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jorina Elbers --- HeartMath Research Center, USA Rollin McCraty --- HeartMath Research Center, USAThe ability to alter one’s emotional responses is central to overall well-being and effectively meeting the demands of life. In this article, we discuss the perspective that one’s ability to self-regulate the quality of feeling and emotion of one’s moment-to-moment... -
Argumentum ad hominem and coercive company culture influences on workaholism: Results and implications of a cross-cultural South Korea study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- The Cultural Policy Network, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Jong-pil Yu --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Jeong-hee Lim --- Research Institute Multicultural Community, South Korea Hyuck-jin Lee --- Department of Economics & Trade, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South KoreaThe present study investigated the association between supervisors’ use of argumentum ad hominem or confrontational dialogue and companies’ coercive company culture on employees’ emotional exhaustion and workaholism. The survey was conducted with (non-permanent), multicultural foreign workers living in Seoul, Gyeonggi... -
South African pre-school teacher perceptions of socio-emotional development for school readiness: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tessa Goldschmidt --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaWe aimed to explore pre-school teachers’ understanding of socio-emotional development in early childhood and the role it plays in school readiness. Informants were 12 pre-school teachers from Cape Town, South Africa (coloured/mixed race = 12). The teachers completed semi-structured interviews... -
Behavioural response as a reliable measure of acute nanomaterial toxicity in zebrafish larvae exposed to a carbon-based versus a metal-based nanomaterial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Sarel J Brand --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Tarryn L Botha --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Victor Wepener --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaProduction, use and disposal of products containing nanomaterials can lead to an increased presence of these particles in the environment and exposure to the organisms found there. It is therefore becoming increasingly necessary to develop methods for screening these materials... -
HIV-prevention measures on a university campus in South Africa – perceptions, practices and needs of undergraduate medical students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Willem Kruger --- , South Africa Neo Lebesa --- , South Africa Katlego Lephalo --- , South Africa Dumenzile Mahlangu --- , South Africa Mpumelelo Mkhosana --- , South Africa Motlhoboga Molise --- , South Africa Pretty Segopa --- , South Africa Gina Joubert --- , South AfricaBackground: Young adults such as university students are considered to be a key population for HIV-prevention efforts. This study aimed to determine the perceptions, practices and needs of undergraduate medical students regarding HIV-prevention measures available on campus. -
Abusive supervision and work engagement in the Nigerian public service sector: Do strengths use, and promotion focus matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adeline N. Idike --- , Nigeria Okechukwu Ibiam Egwu --- , Nigeria Fabian O. Ugwu --- , Nigeria Cornelius O. Okorie --- , Nigeria Francis A. Akwara --- , NigeriaThis study examined experiences of abuse and work engagement behaviours of general employees in the Nigerian public service sector. Cross-lagged survey data were collected from 219 workers (female = 57.3%; age range = 24 – 59 years, mean age =... -
Experiential branded app engagement and brand loyalty: An empirical study in the context of a festival
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xi Li --- , China Xinwei Su --- , China YingChuan Wang --- , ChinaThis study investigated the mediating role of emotional responses and app engagement on the relationship between the perception of app features and brand loyalty. Participants were 417 Macao light festivalgoers (female = 53.2%; age range = 31–40 years old). Using... -
Children’s stress, negative emotions, emotional eating, and eating disorders: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yao-Teng Wu --- , Taiwan Der-Hsiang Huang --- , Taiwan Tai-Hao Hsu --- , Taiwan Fu-Yuan Hong --- , TaiwanThis study examined how comorbid anxiety and depression to eating disorders in children affect the relationship between stress in children and their emotional eating behaviours. We sampled 1 120 children from 60 public primary schools across Taiwan (female = 42.5%; age range = 11... -
Emotional intelligence and psychological skills application among female field-hockey players
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nicola Tinkler --- , South Africa Julius Jooste --- , United Kingdom Ankebé Kruger --- , South AfricaEmotional intelligence is often associated with higher psychological functioning, leading to an increase in the awareness of psychological skills application in sports. We examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological skills application among a sample of senior-level South African... -
The influence of branding on the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision: a case study of “Ndife Otsogola” in Lilongwe, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Patrick Makono --- , Malawi Peter Mhagama --- , Malawi Chimwemwe Tsitsi --- , MalawiBackground: “Ndife Otsogola” [We are forward thinkers] is the voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) campaign in Malawi that is part of the HIV and AIDS health promotion strategy. In 2012, the government of Malawi and its VMMC stakeholders developed communication... -
“Out there it’s YOLO”: Youth perspectives on a mass media HIV- and gender-based violence campaign in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin Robert Walker --- , ChinaGender-based violence continues to be a leading determinant of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. As such, gender socialisation and de-normalisation of gender inequality and violence remain principal objectives for public health organisations. This article discusses youth reception of a mass media... -
Gendered actual controlling shareholders and family business emotional attachment influences on business operational violations: A propensity score matching analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaoyu Liao --- , China Bei Lyu --- , China Jiayu Fan --- , ChinaThis study aimed to ascertain how gendered family emotional attachment of actual controlling shareholders influenced business violation and its boundary functions. Our study participants were 1 707 actual controlling shareholders of Chinese listed family companies. For the data analysis, we... -
Public perception of risk and coping response to COVID-19 in China: The moderating role of negative emotion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yongtao Gan --- , China Jing Zhang --- , China Zhiyue Quan --- , ChinaThis study investigated the moderating role of negative emotion on risk perception and risk response during the COVID-19 pandemic. We administered a survey to 1 452 participants from six provinces in China (female = 72. 4%; mean age = 33... -
Emotional labour influences on psychological health: The moderating role of religiosity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Collins Badu Agyemang --- , GhanaThe present study examined the direct association between emotional labour and psychological health, and the moderating role of religiosity among media practitioners in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, 336 media practitioners (female = 31%) completed a survey on emotional labour... -
Emotion regulation mediates the relationship between college students’ perceived social support and social anxiety
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Huifang Yang --- , China Junqing Li --- , China Xiaoqing Qiu --- , China Yuling Zheng --- , China Xin Song --- , ChinaWe investigated the role of emotional regulation in the relationship between perceived social support and social anxiety. Participants were 547 college students (female = 69%; freshmen = 33%; mean age = 21.13 years, SD = 1.12 years). For the measures,... -
Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Promoting child and youth resilience and related mental health outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Linda Liebenberg --- , South Africa Vanessa Scherman --- , South AfricaThe core intent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to provide a framework to promote a more sustainable future for all, accounting for challenges faced globally. Consequently, these goals echo resilience and other research focused on child and youth... -
“Just smile and wave”: Workplace requirements and emotional labour of academic staff at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Susanna Maria O’Neil --- , South Africa Jeshika Gopal --- , South AfricaEmotional labour is a part of all work situations, and how people manage it influences their quality of work-life. We aimed to study lived emotional labour and sustainable work participation of a sample of 15 South African university lecturers (females=... -
Unsettling transdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability issues: A critical discourse (metadata) cross-case analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maximus Monaheng Sefotho --- , South AfricaThis study is a critical discourse (metadata) cross-case analysis of six manuscripts on psychology of sustainable development that comprise a special section on transdisciplinary approaches to sustainable development. These six manuscripts span a broad range of topics: the psychology of... -
Emotional intelligence and academic success among South African engineering students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Barend J. van Wyk --- , South Africa Henry D. Mason --- , South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic success among a sample of 1 346 South African engineering students. Data were collected from the students using the Emotional Skills Assessment Process (ESAP). Academic success was calculated using the... -
Co-producing knowledge and care in team-based fieldwork in the Covid-19 era
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Comfort Asante --- , Zambia Sarah Burack --- , United States Mutale Chileshe --- , Zambia Jean Hunleth --- , United StatesIn this article, we examine how the pandemic has led us to a dispersed and technologically mediated form of team-based fieldwork framed by an ethics of care. Covid-19 has changed the proximity of research teams and, thus, affected how teams... -
Handwashing knowledge and practices among caregivers of pre-school children in underprivileged areas of Nelson Mandela Bay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: L Steenkamp --- , South Africa M Williams --- , South Africa J Ronaasen --- , A Feeley --- , I Truter --- , South Africa P Melariri --- , South AfricaObjectives: To explore and describe caregivers’ handwashing knowledge and practices in the context of underprivileged urban communities. -
Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liping Feng --- , China Yanjun Liu --- , China Shiyong Xu --- , China Mengyi Li --- , ChinaWe investigated how and when paradoxical leader behaviour (PLB) positively influenced employee taking charge, a typical exemplar of proactive behaviours. Participants were 644 employees of a large Chinese high-tech manufacturing company (male = 50.8%; mean age = 29.63 years, SD... -
Recruitment managers’ emotional intelligence and employment discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS: The mediating role of stigma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael A. Ofili --- , South Africa Erhabor S. Idemudia --- , South Africa Babatola D. Olawa --- , South AfricaThis study examined the mediating role of stigma on relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and employment discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Participants included 1 112 recruitment managers (female = 49%, senior managers = 68%) drawn from both private... -
Bed and Breakfast (B&B) social servicescape and customer satisfaction: Positive emotion mediation and sex moderation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Juan Liu --- , China Xi Li --- , China Hong Chen --- , China Xinwei Su --- , China Runzhe Yu --- , ChinaWe investigated the influence of bed and breakfast (B&B) social servicescape on customer satisfaction, as well as the mediating effect of customer positive emotion and the moderating role of sex. Participants were a convenience sample of 305 B&B customers from... -
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nisha Harry --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the socio-demographic predictors of psychosocial resources in call centre agents. A non-probability sample of 409 call centre agents from Nigeria (n = 145, female = 63%, male = 37%) and South Africa (n = 264, female =... -
Creating sustainable competitive advantage in the hospitality industry through commercial friendships: connecting the host and guest on a social and emotional level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sake Jan Velthuis --- , The NetherlandsA large part of quality and competitive advantage in hospitality comes from friendly service. A lot of research in the hospitality industry is done from the viewpoint of management and aimed at how businesses should be designed to be friendly,... -
Psychosocial well-being of child orphans: The influence of current living place
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Beneyam Lake Yimer --- , EthiopiaWhen children lose one or both their parents/care givers, they may present with profound and lifelong psychosocial well-being problems. This study aimed to examine the association between current living place and the psychosocial well-being of child orphans. A proportional stratified... -
Fighting COVID-19 and HIV through community mobilisation: lessons from an integrated approach to the Africa CDC Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) initiative in seven countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Adriana Jimenez Cuen --- , Switzerland Agnes Kante --- , Ethiopia Sihaka Tsemo --- , Ethiopia Benjamin Djoudalbaye --- , EthiopiaRecent literature has shown how the HIV architecture, including community systems, has been critical for fighting COVID-19 in many countries, while sustaining the HIV response. Innovative initiatives suggest that fostering the integration of health services would help address the colliding... -
The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- , South Africa Kobus Fourie --- , South AfricaThis study explored the relationship between career wellness, emotional wellness, life satisfaction, and learning and study strategy (LSS) orientation among a sample of 15 458 South African first-year university students. Data were obtained from an institutional repository, including assessments on... -
Exploring the impacts of and reactions to HIV diagnosis in older adults: narratives from Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mathew Nyashanu --- , United Kingdom Eucebious Lekalakala-Mokgele --- , South AfricaThere is an increase in prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among older adults. This new emerging social group is being overlooked, owing to the focus on groups that have traditionally been regarded as “high risk”. This article set... -
Wood extraction performance with a farm tractor in a mountainous region of Brazil: cycle time, productivity and costs of two different work crews
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Rafael Oliveira Brown --- , Brazil Kauê Augusto Oliveira-Nascimento --- , Brazil Renato César Gonçalves Robert --- , Brazil Daniel DeArmond --- , BrazilHarvesting is a complex and expensive step within forestry operations. In mountainous terrain timber harvesting is complex due to the risks and limitations that the terrain imposes on traditional forms of wood extraction. The objective of this study was to... -
Employee psychological well-being, transformational leadership and the future of hospitality jobs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Laurens Alexander Walbeek --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Georges El Hajal --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsEmployee psychological well-being is a central concern for hospitality establishments as it impacts talent retention. This empirical research explores the relationship between transformational leadership and employee psychological well-being. This relationship is tested through a mediation model where transformational leadership is... -
Exploring the relationship between core self-evaluation and employee innovative behaviour: The role of emotional factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: He Ding --- North China Electric Power University, China Enhai Yu --- North China Electric Power University, China Yanbin Li --- North China Electric Power University, ChinaThis study sought to examine the roles of emotional factors of trait emotional intelligence and emotional exhaustion in the relationship between employee core self-evaluations and employee innovative behaviour. Data were from a sample of 299 employees of three manufacturing companies... -
A case study of school support and the psychological, emotional and behavioural consequences of HIV and AIDS on adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Olubusayo Aduke Asikhia --- , , South Africa Kesh Mohangi --- , , South AfricaVarious studies have reported a huge increase in the numbers of orphaned adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa and its effects on their psychological, emotional and behavioural development. Yet, their needs are seldom recognised or adequately addressed in policy and programmes.This article... -
Social support seeking and self-efficacy-building strategies in enhancing the emotional well-being of informal HIV/AIDS caregivers in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Bernedette Okwuchukwu Okeke --- , NigeriaThis study examined the relative efficacy of social support seeking (SSS) and self-efficacy building (SEB) in the management of emotional well-being of caregivers of people suffering from HIV/AIDS. It was based at the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS... -
Risky sexual behaviours among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: how can parents use the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion for change?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Elvis Tarkang --- , , Ghana Lilian Pencille --- , Cameroon Hubert Amu --- , , Ghana Joyce Komesour --- , , Ghana Prosper Lutala --- , , MalawiDespite progress made in the treatment of HIV and AIDS by making available the antiretroviral treatment in Africa, youth are still struggling with inadequate knowledge, a negative attitude towards AIDS and high-risk sexual behaviour. All of these are compounded by... -
Trait anger and aggression among male violent offenders: The mediating effect of sadistic impulse and the moderating effect of emotion regulation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Qinhong Xie --- Zunyi Medical University, China Bingtao Zhou --- China University of Political Science and Law, China Taiyong Bi --- Zunyi Medical University, China Bo Yang --- China University of Political Science and Law, China Hui Kou --- Zunyi Medical University, ChinaWe investigated the mediating role of sadistic impulse and the moderating role of emotion regulation strategy in the relationship between trait anger and aggressive behaviour in violent offenders. A total of 492 male violent offenders (mean age = 34.06 years,... -
Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between hope (agency and pathways thinking), grit, and subjective well-being (life satisfaction and positive and negative emotions) among South African first-year university students (n = 210; mean age = 20.35 years, SD = 1.49 years;... -
Examining leaders’ emotional intelligence as a distal antecedent of employee engagement: The role of employee voice and trust in direct leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah --- Pan-Atlantic University,The study investigated leaders’ emotional intelligence (EI) as a distal antecedent of employee engagement, using employee voice and trust in direct leadership as mediating variables. Based on the Affective Event Theory, the study recognized the emotional intelligence of leaders as... -
Father–child relationship and children’s peer competence: Mediated by children’s emotional regulation and environmental adaptation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, China Xia Wu --- Shaoxing University, ChinaThis study aimed to explore father–child relationships and young children’s peer competence, as mediated by child emotional regulation and environmental adaptation. The children’s fathers and teachers completed peer competence, child emotional regulation and environmental adaptation measures on 216 Chinese children... -
Intergroup emotions and intergroup attitudes in post-apartheid South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elirea Bornman --- University of South Africa, South Africa Johan C. Mynhardt --- University of South Africa, South Africa Dion van Zyl --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis article investigates the relationships among intergroup emotions and intergroup attitudes among three South African ethno-linguistic groups. The sample included 1 658 respondents (350 Afrikaans-speaking white South Africans; 526 English-speaking white South Africans; and 782 black South African respondents). They... -
Completeness of the road-to-health card and factors affecting knowledge and practices of growth monitoring and promotion in caregivers of young children in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Mabesa --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa S Knight --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa N Nkwanyana --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -
Spatiotemporal expectations of apparent motion and the effect of attentional control
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Junjie Qiu --- Lingnan Normal University, China Jibo Li --- Lingnan Normal University, ChinaAn experimental investigation was conducted on whether and how temporal expectation influences visual processing in moving objects, while also considering the role of attention control. Data on reaction times were collected as outcome measures from two behavioural experiments. In experiment... -
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nan Wang --- Renmin University of China, China Yuxiang Luan --- Renmin University of China, China Rui Ma --- North Minzu University, ChinaThe current study examined the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ work strain, as well as the mediating role of strengths use in that relationship. Participants were 179 Chinese employees (female = 49%; mean age = 27 years; mean tenure... -
Primary caregivers’ perspectives of the disruptive behaviour of their children attending Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Lanél Maré --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Werdie van Staden --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Junaid Hassim --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaWhile practitioners might engage caregivers on their understandings of the disruptive behavioural disorders of their children, their perspectives are yet to be examined in a qualitative study. This study explored perspectives of primary caregivers on the disruptive behaviour of children... -
Servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement: The mediating role of emotional support and frustration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, China --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, China --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, China --- School of Nursing, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaThe present study aimed to investigate the influence of emotional support and frustration on the relationship between servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement. The survey sample consists of 1 127 clinical nurses from six hospitals in China (female =... -
Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China --- Peking University, China --- Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ChinaThis study investigated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among youths, and the roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism in that relationship. The study sample comprised 504 Chinese youths (female = 51.2%) who completed the Childhood Emotional Abuse Scale,... -
Motor development and emotion recognition among young rural children: The mediating role of working memory
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ping Ge --- Henan University, China Xin Wang --- Qingdao University, China Lingyuan Li --- Henan University, China Ge Song --- , China Qiaoling Li --- Henan University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between motor development and emotion recognition among young rural children and the mediating role of working memory. A total of 187 children (girls= 41.71%) aged 3-6 years from rural kindergartens in the Henan Province in... -
Creative arts interventions to enhance adolescent well-being in low-income communities: an integrative literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Dilshaad Begham Bux --- North-West University, South Africa Izanette van Schalkwyk --- North-West University, South AfricaBackground: Globally many young people, especially from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, face significant barriers to achieving optimal life chances. Creative arts interventions are a way of reaching out to adolescents in low-income communities, to encourage positive functioning and enhanced well-being. We... -
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... -
Does sugar taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages alter purchasing behaviour of South African consumers? Perspectives of dietitians and key industry role-players
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Yolande Smit --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Zarina Ebrahim --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Maritha Marais --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Daan Nel --- Centre for Statistical Consultation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Nelene Koen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Mapping the contextual mental health interventions for perinatal adolescent mothers with self-reported common mental symptoms (anxiety and depression) in sub-Saharan African countries: a scoping review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Chimwemwe Pindani Tembo --- Saint John of God College of Health Sciences, Malawi Linda Portsmouth --- Curtin University, Australia Sharyn K Burns --- Curtin University, AustraliaIntroduction: Early preventive interventions may support adolescent mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period. However, adolescent maternal mental health interventions have received little empirical research attention. This scoping review maps the evidence on interventions appropriate for adolescent mothers during the... -
Experimental evaluation of a neurophysiological intervention designed to increase student resilience: a pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Alex Kresovich --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Kai MacLean --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Caroline M. Lancaster --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Elizabeth D. Torres --- University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Jeff R. Temple --- University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Elizabeth A. Mumford --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USASocial and emotional learning (SEL) interventions have shown promise for building resilience and protecting youth from adverse outcomes. This study reports on an experimental pilot evaluation of the Smart Brain Wise Heart SEL intervention during the 2021–2022 school year. Smart... -
Profiling the mental health fortitude of institutionalised children: A quantitative analysis of psychological resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adane K. Melese --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Athena Pedro --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Nceba Z. Somhlaba --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaNumerous studies on institutionalised children demonstrate the undesirable influence of care centres on the levels of positive mental health. Against the established body of literature, this study evaluates the positive psychological qualities of children living in care centres and sex... -
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... -
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 =... -
School engagement mediation of the implicit self-entity theories and mental health problems among Chinese high school students: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ping Li --- Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China Yiqi Lin --- Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China Xiaoyu Jia --- Southwest University, ChinaUsing a 2-wave longitudinal design, this study examined the role of school engagement in the association between students’ implicit self-theories and internalising and externalising behaviours. A sample of 1 070 Chinese high school students completed surveys on implicit theory of... -
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mingfei Ma --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Shaoying Liu --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Qingning Xu --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Yujuan Jiang --- , ChinaWe investigated the relationship between mothers’ perceptions of their children’s emotional behaviour problems and their parenting sense of competence, as well as the mediating effect of maternal meta-emotion philosophy in this connection. Participants were 349 mothers of 4- to 17-year-old... -
Moving beyond technical competence in 3D printing industry in South Africa: The effect of emotional intelligence and organizational emotional climate in driving job performance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sampson Afrifa Jnr --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Thywill Cephas Dzogbewu --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Dennis Yao Dzansi --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Deon Johan de Beer --- Central University of Technology, South AfricaThe purpose of this study is to contribute to managerial research in the 3D printing industry in South Africa. Specifically, the study sought to examine the direct and moderating relationships between leader emotional intelligence, leader emotional behaviour, organizational emotional climate,... -
Family cohesion and adaptability effects on social anxiety among adolescents: The mediating role of experiential avoidance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yakun Ni --- Institute of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Finance, China Shiya Zeng --- Institute of Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Finance, China Yanzhen Xu --- Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, China Tengfei Guo --- Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, ChinaWe investigated the effect of family cohesion and adaptability on adolescent social anxiety and explored the mediating effect of experiential avoidance between them. A total of 610 adolescents completed the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales II, the Acceptance and... -
The moderating role of emotional intelligence on the association between adverse childhood experiences and conduct problems of adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joy I. Ugwu --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Peace N. Ibeagha --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Cecilia O. Apex-Apeh --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Charity N. Onyishi --- State University of Medical and Applied Sciences Igbo Eno, Nigeria Amuche B. Onyishi --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Ike E. Onyishi --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaWe explored the moderating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and conduct problems of adolescents. The participants were 588 in-school Nigerian adolescents (male = 59.9%; mean age = 14.64 years, SD = 1.31 years). They... -
How do consumers react to big data-based personalised pricing? A cognition–affect–behaviour perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Huili Yan --- College of International Tourism and Public Administration, Hainan University, China Yuzhi Wei --- College of International Tourism and Public Administration, Hainan University, China Hao Xiong --- International Business School, Hainan University, China Luqing Wang --- College of International Tourism and Public Administration, Hainan University, ChinaWe explored how customers’ thoughts and feelings about big data-based personalised pricing (BDPP) impacts their reactions. We developed a conceptual model based on the cognition-affect-behaviour paradigm and tested it using data from 284 consumers in the tourism and hospitality industry... -
How psychological contract breach relates to façades of conformity: The mediating role of emotional labour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Feng-Hua Yang --- Da-Yeh University, Taiwan Huai-Liang Liang --- Da-Yeh University, TaiwanWe investigated the relationship between psychological contract breach (PCB) and façades of conformity and mediation by surface acting and deep acting. Employees (n = 255) from a large bank in Taiwan were surveyed (female = 58.80%; mean age = 36.30... -
A meta-analysis of the relationship between burnout and psychological protective variables among Korean preschool teachers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiuhong Xu --- School of Teacher Education, Lishui University, China Lei Chen --- Academic Affairs Section, School of Chinese Celadon, Lishui University, China Yuxin Jiang --- School of Education (Teachers College), Guangzhou University, ChinaWe conducted a meta-analysis to determine the relationship between psychological protective variables, burnout, and aspects of burnout in the work experiences of kindergarten teachers. The R language program was used to analyse the 103 included studies. From these analyses, the... -
Recreating valour: Exploring the life domains and quality of life impact among military re-enactors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dewald Venter --- Vaal University of Technology, South AfricaThis study explored the effect on military re-enactors’ life domains and quality of life (QoL). Eight military re-enactors (female = 1, male = 7; age range 42–75 years) were interviewed before and after participating in a military re-enactment regarding the... -
Insight into the complexities of human nutrition and holistic health: the value of qualitative descriptive research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cornelia Potterie --- North-West University, South Africa Herculina S Kruger --- North-West University, South Africa Mieke Faber --- North-West University, South Africa Hannah Ricci --- North-West University, South AfricaSouth Africa’s nutrition transition, driven by a complex interplay of socio-ecological factors, has led to rapidly rising rates of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases. While quantitative methods offer important insights, they cannot fully capture these multifaceted issues. Qualitative descriptive research,... -
Protective and risk factors for social and emotional well-being of Indigenous children and adolescents: A rapid review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Nelsensius Klau Fauk --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Elsa Dent --- Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia Paul Aylward --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Paul Russell Ward --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Jessica Tyndall --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Lesli Kirwan --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Lillian Mwanri --- Torrens University Australia, AustraliaBackground: Indigenous children and adolescents experience life circumstances that significantly affect their social and emotional well-being (SEWB) and limit their capacity to fulfil their potential. This contributes to inequities in health, education, employment, and justice system involvement. -
How does investor sentiment affect the Korean premium in the Bitcoin market?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Joon Chae --- Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Kyounghun Bae --- Hanyang University, Republic of Korea Hyoung-Goo Kang --- Hanyang University, Republic of Korea Bonha Koo --- Chungnam National University, Republic of KoreaWe examine how investor emotions and Bitcoin price influence each other using intraday data and textual analysis. We extract emotions from a popular online chatting window at one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea. To control for global factors,... -
Factors driving pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among students at six Gauteng province universities: An application of Pender’s Health Promotion Model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Paul Potsane --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Charlene Downing --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Patrick Ndayizigamiye --- College of Business & Economics, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaBackground: South Africa has the world’s highest HIV prevalence rate (12.7%), with university students disproportionately affected. While HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective preventive measure for high-risk individuals, its uptake among university students remains low, which hinders progress toward... -
Walk a mile in the customers’ shoes: The prospective role of wisdom and emotional intelligence in shaping customer-focused perspective-taking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Amani --- University of Dodoma, TanzaniaThis study investigates the interplay of wisdom and emotional intelligence as antecedents of customer-focused perspective-taking in the hospitality industry. Grounded in the balance theory of wisdom, the study develops a research model hypothesising that wisdom, comprising cognitive, reflective and affective... -
Treat others just as you want to be treated: Capitalising on employees’ religiosity and emotional intelligence to nurture customer-focused perspective-taking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Amani --- University of Dodoma, TanzaniaAlthough the contribution of customer-focused perspective-taking in enhancing service performance has been extensively acknowledged in the literature, there is limited evidence on its antecedents. This study, therefore, tested a hypothesised model examining the interplay between employees’ religiosity and emotional intelligence... -
Exploring the effects of historical legacies and patronage politics on human resource management in Ghana’s local government
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mohammed Ibrahim --- Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, UK Farhad Hossain --- Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, UKThis paper examines human resource management (HRM) practices in Ghana's local government and advances a twofold argument. First, it shows that decentralization reforms introduced in the 1980s and 1990s locked the system into a path-dependent governance trajectory. This has narrowed...
