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Genese van 'n tipiese toporeeks in die Suid-Vrystaat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D. Haarhoff --- , Republiek van Suid-Afrika P. A.L. le Roux --- Departement van Grondkunde, Republiek van Suid-Afrika M. Hensley --- , Republiek van Suid-AfrikaDie pedogenese van 'n toporeeks in die Rouxville distrik is ondersoek aan die hand van sewe profielgate. Verskeie grond eienskappe is ondersoek. Onder hierdie klimaat is gevind dat moedermateriaal 'n deurslaggewende rol speel by grondvorming. Die moedermateriaal betrokke by hierdie... -
Parental Involvement and Children's Academic Achievement in a South Africa Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of the Western Cape, Mageshni Narain --- University of Kwazulu Natal,The study ascertained the association between parental involvement and academic achievement of high school students. Structured questionnaire was the main instrument employed to gather information from 115 parents (men = 25; women = 90; age range = 28–45 years) and... -
A Parent's Experience of the Couple Relationship After Child Bereavement in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeanette Maritz --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg,The objective of this qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research was to explore and describe a parent's experience of the couple relationship after child bereavement in South Africa. Participants were nine parents as well as the researcher who lost children... -
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... -
Estimating One's Own and Others' Multiple Intelligence: A Cross-Cultural Study from Guinea Bissau and Portugal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Félix Neto --- Universidade do Porto, Portugal Adrian Furnham --- Department of Psychology, UK Maria da Conceição Pinto --- Universidade do Porto, PortugalThis study examined the estimations of multiple intelligences for self, partner and parents. One hundred and fifty two students (males = 81, females = 68, and 3 have not indicated their sex; mean age = 24.02, SD = 3.08) from... -
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—Dilemmas and Solutions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martha Alida Jacoba Olivier --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Ana Maria Gomes --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Aletta Johanna Greyling --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,We investigated the efficacy of the Coping Skills Programme to address dilemmas and solutions for parents of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Participants were purposively sampled parents of children diagnosed with ADHD in the Eastern Cape of... -
Parenting Styles Affecting the Social Behaviour of Five-Year Olds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Natacha Latouf --- Evergreen Pre-primary, Munita Dunn --- University of Stellenbosch,The main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between parenting styles as a correlate of social behaviour among five-year olds. Participants were 30 parents of 25 pre-primary students of a school in Northern Province of South Africa,... -
Prevalence of Dating Violence and Socioeconomic Status
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sophie Moagi-Gulubane --- University of Botswana,The study examined the prevalence of dating violence and its association with family-of-origin socioeconomic status among a sample of 253 undergraduate students (135 women and 118 men). Participants ranged in age from 18 to 25 years old, were unmarried, were... -
Parental Involvement in Career Development among Disadvantaged Adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joseph Seabi --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Daleen Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Orepa Maite --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe study investigated perceived parental involvement in career development amongst disadvantaged adolescents. Participants were 14 Grade 9 learners (8 boys and 6 girls: mean age =14 years) from a disadvantaged community in North-West Province in South Africa. Data were collected... -
Experiences of Father Absence Adolescents from a South African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Toni Sylvester --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe study adopted interpretive/constructivist approach to examine father absence experience in teenage South African boys. Ten adolescent boys (with mean age of 15 years) from an impoverish suburb of Cape Town participated in the study. Mixed method data collection techniques... -
African Female Adolescents' Experience of Parenting and Their Sense of Well-Being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to explore and describe South African, African female adolescents' experience of parent-adolescent relationships and their perceptions of the influence of the parent-adolescent relationship on aspects of their sense of well-being. Sixty-two African female adolescents... -
Self-Efficacy and Physical Self-Concept as Mediators of Parenting Influence on Adolescents' School and Health Wellbeing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Said Aldhafri --- Sultan Qaboos University, OmanThe current study examines the role of parenting styles (permissive, authoritative, and authoritarian) in predicting adolescents' school and health wellbeing through the mediational role of adolescents' academic self-efficacy and physical self-concept. Data were collected from 1599 Omani adolescents (mean age... -
Influences on Fertility Control and Early Parenthood in a Rural District of Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nyengeterai Chemhuru --- Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe Jephias Matunhu --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Almon Shumba --- Central University of Technology, South Africa Winifrida S. Nyamande --- Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe Janet P. Mahlatini --- Zimbabwe Open University, ZimbabweThis study investigated influences on fertility control and early parenthood among teenage learners from a rural district in Zimbabwe. Data on perceived influences on risks for early parenthood were collected from 1320 female secondary school learners (mean age=16 years, SD=1.35)... -
Home Characteristics, Nonwork-Work Role Demands Effects on the Well-Being of Dual-Earner Parents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jolene Nel --- North-West University, South Africa Eileen Koekemoer --- North-West University, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study investigated home demands, home resources, nonwork roles interference with-work roles and the welfare of dual-earner parents. A cross-sectional survey design was used in this research, where a convenience sample of dual-earner parents (N=207) were taken from a metropolitan... -
Risk Factors for Educator-Targeted Bullying: A Social-Ecological Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Corene de Wet --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study investigated educator-targeted bullying (ETB) in a South African school setting from a social-ecological perspective. Seven survivors of ETB were interviewed using open ended questions. The data were content analysed for themes. The main findings of the study were:... -
Responsible Teenage Fatherhood in a South African Historically Disadvantaged Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Malose Langa --- Department of Psychology, Nicole Smith --- Department of Psychology,This study explored the meaning of teenage fatherhood in a historically disadvantaged South African community. Open ended interviews on teenage fatherhood were conducted with sixteen teenage fathers aged between 16 and 21 years. The data were analysed using thematic content... -
Mothering Children with Schizophrenia in a Village Setting: A Multiple Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Azwihangwisi Josphinah Negota --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Solomon Mashegoane --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis study reports on the experiences of mothers (n=8) raising children with schizophrenia in a rural South African village. The mothers were individually interviewed at their homes, using in-depth, phenomenological methods. Data were thematically analysed. Mothers of children with schizophrenia... -
Helping Divorced Parents to Benefit Adolescent Children: A Prospective Enrichment Programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wilna J. Basson --- University of Limpopo,This study proposes a prospective integrative theory-based enrichment programme for divorced custodial parents to help their adolescent children. The programme comprises five brief sessions addressing: the needs of parents for information on post-divorce experiences of their children (cognitive component); the... -
Willingness to care for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS: a study of foster and adoptive parents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Loraine Townsend Andy DawesThere is substantial evidence to indicate that South Africa is facing the prospect of a large number of children, now and in the future, who will be orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Following the incapacitation and/or death... -
Perceived control and communication about sex: A study of South African families
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bradley Goodnight --- Georgia State University, Christina Salama --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth C Grim --- Georgia State University, Elizabeth R Anthony --- Georgia State University, Lisa Armistead --- Georgia State University, Sarah L Cook --- Georgia State University, Donald Skinner --- Stellenbosch University, Yoesrie Toefy --- Stellenbosch University,Caregiver–youth communication about sex protects youth against HIV/AIDS, and caregivers who believe that sex knowledge is important are more likely to talk to their youth about sex. However, caregivers who experience barriers to communication about sex may not talk to... -
Discourses of childhood innocence in primary school HIV/AIDS education in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Deevia BhanaThis article draws from interview data to examine the meanings that teachers in two race and class-specific contexts in greater Durban, South Africa, may give to children's right to sexual health information as a part of HIV/AIDS education. The article... -
Facilitating health-enabling social contexts for youth: qualitative evaluation of a family-based HIV-prevention pilot programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zubeda Paruk Inge Petersen Arvin BhanaThis paper reports on a post-intervention qualitative evaluation of the pilot intervention of the AmaQhawe Family Project, in South Africa, which is a cartoon-based, manualised intervention delivered to multiple family groups over 10 sessions, aimed at preventing HIV in adolescents... -
Fostering children affected by AIDS in Richards Bay, South Africa: a qualitative study of grandparents' experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Evalyne Nyasani --- , United Kingdom Erna Sterberg --- , South Africa Helen Smith --- , United KingdomGrandparents are increasingly becoming the primary carers of children orphaned by the HIV epidemic in South Africa. Traditional family roles are being reversed as aging family members take responsibility for the physical and psychosocial needs of children. This study uses... -
The perspectives of in-school youths in Kampala, Uganda, on the role of parents in HIV prevention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Johanna Löfgren --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Sweden Josaphat Byamugisha --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uganda Per Tillgren --- Department of Public Health Sciences, Sweden Birgitta Rubenson --- Department of Public Health Sciences, SwedenThis qualitative study explores how young Ugandans perceive and experience the role of parents in preventing the spread of HIV among youths. Data were gathered from semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 16 in-school youths, ages 18-20, residing in Kampala. A key... -
Mass on arrival of rockhopper penguins at Marion Island correlated with breeding success
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RJM Crawford AB Makhado L Upfold BM DyerFor rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome at Marion Island, there were significant decreases over time in the numbers breeding and breeding success at three monitored colonies from 1985/1986 to 2006/2007, and in mass on arrival for breeding of both males and... -
Breeding ecology of the Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis in an agroecosystem in the Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Derek Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Lucket Dikgale --- Department of Biodiversity, South AfricaWe studied the breeding ecology of the Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis over three years between 2008 and 2010. The breeding season was bimodal with a main peak in laying in autumn (March–April) and another smaller peak in spring (September–October). Nest... -
Prevalence patterns and predictors of alcohol use and abuse among secondary school students in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: demographic factors and the influence of parents and peers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Ghuman --- Department of Environmental Health, A Meyer-Weitz --- School of Psychology, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, S Knight --- Department of Public Health Medicine,Background: The prevalence and predictors of alcohol use and abuse among school students were investigated with the aim of gaining insight to guide prevention interventions. -
‘Mum never loved me.’ How structural factors influence adolescent sexual and reproductive health through parent–child connectedness: A qualitative study in rural Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joyce Wamoyi --- National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Daniel Wight --- Medical Research Council, UKResearch in high income countries shows parent–child connectedness to be protective against undesirable sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes among young people. Little has been done to understand the nature of parent–child connectedness, the structural factors that impact on connectedness... -
“An African way of doing things”: reproducing gender and generation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nolwazi Mkhwanazi --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaIn this article I draw on ethnographic research conducted in the townships of Nyanga East and Khayelitsha, South Africa, to suggest a link between normative ideals about the relations between children and adults, normative practises around the care of children,... -
Single parenting effects: resource access and coping of children in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: S'lungile K. Thwala --- Educational Foundations Department, Kayi Ntinda --- Educational Foundations Department, Ntombifuthi Mabuza --- Educational Foundations Department,This study investigated single parenting influences on the psychosocial development of children in Swaziland. Participants were a convenience sample of 24 students attending eight urban and rural schools (females = 54%; males =46%; age range 13–21). Data on experiences of single parenthood... -
Test anxiety: contributions of gender, age, parent's occupation and self-esteem among secondary school students in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji --- Department of Psychology, Sampson Kelechi Nwonyi --- Department of Psychology,Most of the previous studies on test anxiety have focused on students in higher institutions with little research on test anxiety in secondary school students. The present study examined the contributions of gender, age, parent's occupation and self-esteem on test... -
First port of call: facing the parents of autism spectrum disorder
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DL Fewster --- Department of Occupational Therapy, South Africa T Gurayah --- Department of Occupational Therapy, South AfricaBackground: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a debilitating condition for the child as well as the parents and family. Research in ASD is on the increase with many studies coming out of developed countries. To add to the knowledge base... -
Breeding ecology of the pink-billed lark, Spizocorys conirostris, in an agricultural landscape in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D. Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa M.H.T. Mathonsi --- Department of Biodiversity, South AfricaWe studied the breeding ecology, parental care and nesting success of the pink-billed lark, Spizocorys conirostris, in an agricultural landscape in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, from October 2008 to October 2010. The results are compared with data in... -
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... -
Parental mediation of adolescent media use and demographic factors as predictors of Kenyan high school students’ exposure to sexual content in television
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kyalo wa Ngula --- Department of Mass Communication, Hellen K. Mberia --- Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, USAResearch in Western nations suggests that parents’ involvement in their children's media use can make a difference in how adolescents select, process and respond to sexual television messages. Little or no published research has investigated this issue in sub-Saharan Africa,... -
“Managing identities” and parental disclosure of HIV sero-status in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nelson Muparamoto --- Sociology Department, Zimbabwe Manase Kudzai Chiweshe --- Centre for Development Studies, ZimbabweDrawing from a small sample of HIV infected respondents, this paper examines parents’ perceptions on the decision to disclose or not to disclose their HIV sero-status to their children. It explores how parents control the information in the interactional ritual... -
Parenting styles and psychological needs influences on adolescent life goals and aspirations in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nicolette V. Roman --- Child and Family Studies, Department of Social Work, South Africa Eugene L. Davids --- Child and Family Studies, Department of Social Work, South Africa Alice Moyo --- Child and Family Studies, Department of Social Work, South Africa Lauren Schilder --- Child and Family Studies, Department of Social Work, South Africa Marlies Lacante --- Department of Psychology, Belgium Willy Lens --- Department of Psychology, BelgiumThe present study examined the role of parenting styles and basic psychological needs in the adoption of goals and aspirations of learners, as well as for their psychological wellbeing (positive versus negative affect) in a South African sample of learners... -
Intraspecific associations of individual brown-headed parrots (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Stuart Taylor --- School of Botany and Zoology, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Michael R. Perrin --- School of Botany and Zoology, University of KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaBrown headed parrots (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) are often seen in large feeding flocks during summer and in pairs during winter. This has led to the belief that pair bonds within the species are ephemeral, lasting as long as the breeding season... -
Understanding the challenges and opportunities encountered by the elderly in urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Kasiram --- School of Social Work and Community Development, South Africa D Hölscher --- School of Social Work and Community Development, South AfricaBackground: This article is based on research conducted by students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal as part of the coursework requirements in the research module in social work in students’ final year of study. -
Identity status and perceived parenting style in adolescents living in central South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lucie Christina Grové --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between black South African adolescents’ identity statuses and their perceived parenting styles. Participants (n = 188; 66% = females) were from central South Africa. They completed the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status and the... -
The value of six key soil variables for incorporation into a South African forest site classification system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Josua H Louw --- School of Natural Resource Management, South AfricaThe intensive nature of management practices in the exotic monoculture plantations of South Africa requires reliable decision support systems. Recent socio-economic developments, the need for optimal forest productivity, as well as increasing awareness of broader ecosystem values and environmental risks,... -
Intestinal failure in childhood
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: O. Goulet --- Integrated program of Intestinal Failure, Home Parenteral Nutrition and Liver-Intestinal Transplantation, FranceIntestinal failure (IF) requires the use of parenteral nutrition (PN) for as long as it persists and in case of irreversible IF may be an indication for intestinal transplantation (ITx). Biological evaluation of IF is becoming possible with the use... -
Lipid emulsions in parenteral nutrition: does one size fits all?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Laviano --- Department of Clinical Medicine, F. Rossi Fanelli --- Department of Clinical Medicine,Dietary lipids significantly contribute to preserve the efficiency of human metabolism and restore it during disease. Therefore, in the absence of absolute contraindications, it would not appear reasonable to exclude lipid emulsions when prescribing parenteral nutrition (PN). The metabolic role... -
Immunonutrition: a South African perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A. Prins --- Little Company of Mary Medical Centre, J. Visser --- Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Clinical nutrition has evolved from providing nutrients to meet the patient’s needs to nutrition therapy that additionally aims to provide specific nutrients, or combinations thereof, which can reduce infection and improve outcomes in critically ill patients. The value of immunonutrition... -
Nutritional management of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis with intradialytic parenteral nutrition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: J. Kriel --- Tygerberg Academic Hospita, N. Esau --- Tygerberg Academic Hospita, -
Resources for resilient caregiving by parents of children with schizophrenia in Swaziland: A multiple case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kayi Ntinda --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, Swaziland Siphesihle Nkwanyana --- Department of Educational Foundations and Management, SwazilandThis study reports on the care-provisioning experiences of parents (n = 6; females = 5) raising children with schizophrenia in a rural Swazi setting. The parents were individually interviewed at their homes on caregiving aspects such as burden, coping, quality... -
Perceived parental involvement and well-being among Ethiopian adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Asamenew Demessie Bireda --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair: Education and Care in Childhood, Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study examined the relationship between perceived parent academic socialisation of their children and the children’s well-being in four domains: depression, self-esteem, school adjustment, and substance use. The participants consisted of 809 Ethiopian high school students, mostly male (52.9%) (mean... -
Seasonal and sub-seasonal oxygen and nutrient fluctuations in an embayment of an eastern boundary upwelling system: St Helena Bay
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: GC Pitcher --- Fisheries Management Branch, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa TA Probyn --- Fisheries Management Branch, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South AfricaSeasonal, sub-seasonal and spatial fluctuations in bottom dissolved oxygen (DO) were examined in St Helena Bay, South Africa’s largest and most productive embayment, between November 2013 and November 2014. Alongshore bay characteristics were assessed through comparison of variables along the... -
Challenges experienced by parents living with a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Meisie Mofokeng --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Anna E van der Wath --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaObjective: The aim of this South African study was to explore parents’ experiences of living with a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). -
Exploring the personal and social context of female youth sex offenders
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology & Security Science, South Africa Gloria da Costa --- Department of Criminology & Security Science, South AfricaThis study explored the personal and social context of young female sex offenders, probing their risk profiles for prospective treatment interventions. A convenience sample of eight young South African female sexual offenders participated in the study (black = 88%, Indian... -
Female-only care of Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii chicks frees males for territorial maintenance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, South AfricaUniparental care often means that males do not contribute to the wellbeing of their offspring. For this reason, little attention has been given to avian species where the absent male contributes indirectly to the wellbeing of his chicks. This paper... -
Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus breeding behaviour and reproductive success in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Erin P Wreford --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Lorinda A Hart --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Mark Brown --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaBlack Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus breeding behaviour and nest success was determined using camera traps and field observations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Nest preparation was done predominantly by the male with incubation and brooding largely performed by the female. Brooding duration... -
Opinions of South African dietitians on fistuloclysis as a treatment option for intestinal failure patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: A Du Toit --- Division of Human Nutrition, South Africa ABT Boutall --- Department of Surgery, R Blaauw --- Division of Human Nutrition, South AfricaIntroduction: Intestinal failure is the consequence of diverse aetiologies and pathophysiological causes. Fistuloclysis is an effective means of nutritional support to selected intestinal failure patients. This study aimed to investigate the management of adult intestinal failure patients in hospitals in... -
Literacy programs efficacy for developing children’s early reading skills in familiar language in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis K. Sampa --- Read To Succeed, Zambia Emma Ojanen --- Department of Psychology, Finland Jari Westerholm --- Research, Niilo Mäki Institute, Finland Ritva Ketonen --- Faculty of Educational Sciences, Finland Heikki Lyytinen --- Department of Psychology, FinlandThis study investigated the comparative efficacy of a phonics-based reading program and a language experience approach based literacy program to develop reading skills among Zambian early childhood school learners. The learners (n = 1 986; Grade 2 level; females =... -
Parents of children with Down Syndrome: Do resilience and social support matter to their experience of carer stress?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maria Chidi C. Onyedibe --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Leonard I. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Philip, C. Mefoh --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Christiana Onuiri --- Department of Psychology, NigeriaThe study investigated personal resilience influences on the relationship between social support and parenting-stress among parents of children with Down syndrome (DS) in a Nigerian sample. One hundred and ninety three parent-carers of children with DS participated in the study... -
Parental involvement and health risk behaviours among school-going adolescents in six African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- Department of Research Development and Innovation, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to assess the association between parental involvement (support and monitoring) and health risk behaviours among adolescents in six African countries. Data were from the cross-sectional Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) which sampled a... -
Parental involvement and mental health among school-going adolescents in five Caribbean countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- Department of Research Development and Innovation, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to assess the association between parental involvement and mental health among adolescents in five Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica and Trinidad, and Tobago. Data were from the cross-sectional... -
Antecedents of risk-taking behaviour among South African adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marizé de Jager --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate contextual predisposition to risk-taking behaviour among South African adolescents. Participants included 194 black adolescents from central South Africa (female = 50.5% between the ages of 16 and 19 years). The adolescents completed a youth risk... -
“I think the parent should be there because no one was born alone”: Kenyan adolescents’ perspectives on parental involvement in HIV research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison K Groves --- Department of Community Health and Prevention, USA Denise D Hallfors --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Bonita J Iritani --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA Stuart Rennie --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Fredrick S Odongo --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Daniel Kwaro --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Nyaguara Amek --- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya Winnie K Luseno --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USADespite a pressing need for adolescent HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa, ethical guidance for conducting research among minor adolescents is lacking. One ethical issue is the degree to which parents should be involved in the research process. The existing discourse... -
Circle of Security parenting program efficacy for improving parental self-efficacy in a South African setting: Preliminary evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jenny Rose --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Nicolette Roman --- Department of Child and Family Studies, South Africa Kelvin Mwaba --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis pilot study examined the cross-cultural transportability of a western Circle of Security (COS) parenting program to improve on levels of parental self-efficacy in a South African setting. Participants (n = 9) were sampled from a fishing community on the... -
Evaluating parents for cane yield in sugarcane breeding using best linear unbiased prediction analysis of progeny data derived from family plots
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Ntombokulunga W Mbuma --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Marvellous Zhou --- South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa Rouxlene van der Merwe --- Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaThe success of sugarcane breeding is determined by the choice of parents, crosses made and progeny testing. The objectives of this study were to use best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) to evaluate parents using progeny data obtained from family plots... -
Parent sex education beliefs in a rural South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Motalenyane Alfred Modise --- School of Education, South AfricaThis study explored beliefs held by African community parents which are important in their children’s sexual health education. The informant parents (n = 30) were predominantly rural dwelling (female = 70%; black = 95%; rural = 80%; age range =... -
Tax governance compliance: An exploratory study of the 50 largest Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Cara Thiart --- School of Accountancy, South AfricaIn line with current international sentiment which promotes greater transparency, the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa updated its corporate governance framework through the issue of the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, which replaced... -
Assessing multiple mating and reproductive skew in three species of clinid fishes (Blenniiformes: Clinidae: Clinini), in reference to multiple mating in viviparous teleosts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MJ Scheepers --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa G Gouws --- National Research Foundation–South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF–SAIAB), South AfricaThis study investigated multiple mating in three species of intertidal klipfishes (family Clinidae): super klipfish Clinus superciliosus, bluntnose klipfish Clinus cottoides, and nosestripe klipfish Muraenoclinus dorsalis. These species display the rare reproductive mode of female vivipary with superfetation, a phenomenon... -
The psychosocial needs of parents of adolescents who attempt suicide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vangi E. Ngwane --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Anna E. van der Wath --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored and described the psychosocial needs of parents of adolescents who had recently attempted suicide. Ten purposively selected parents (females = 10; age range 29 to 59) participated in semi-structured individual interviews on their lived experiences after... -
Obligations of motherhood in shaping sex work, condom use, and HIV care among Swazi female sex workers living with HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lauren Parmley --- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA Rebecca Fielding-Miller --- Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Global Public Health, USA Zandile Mnisi --- Health Research Department, Strategic Information Division, Ministry of Health eSwatini, eSwatini Caitlin E Kennedy --- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USAParental obligations influence sexual behaviour among female sex workers (FSW) and may serve as a risk or protective factor for HIV acquisition. How these obligations affect behaviours beyond HIV prevention, including HIV care, is understudied. We analysed 25 interviews conducted... -
Parental care in a sexually monomorphic, ground-nesting passerine, the Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris (Alaudidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: G Derek Engelbrecht --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South Africa Sean M Marr --- Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, South AfricaWithin the family Alaudidae, most monomorphic species exhibit some degree of biparental care, but direct paternal care in most species is confined to food provisioning to offspring during the nestling period. Uniquely, the genus Spizocorys is the only sexually monomorphic... -
Breeding ecology of the Cream-coloured Courser in Cape Verde
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Romy Rice --- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Hungary José O Valdebenito --- Milner Centre for Evolution, United Kingdom Meinolf Ottensmann --- Department of Animal Behaviour, Germany Noémie Engel --- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Hungary Andreia Adrião --- Maio Biodiversity Foundation, Republic of Cape Verde Tamás Székely --- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, HungaryThe Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor exsul is a data-deficient shorebird distributed across Eurasia and Africa. The subspecies exsul is endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago. In contrast with their mainland breeding sites, where coursers appear to be nomadic and rare... -
Maternal HIV status disclosure to young uninfected children: psychological variables of the mother
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Maretha Visser --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Amukelani Jennifer Hlungwani --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaMothers living with HIV are faced with the dilemma of when and how to disclose their HIV-positive status to their young uninfected children. In this study, a South African sample of mothers living with HIV, with young uninfected children (6–10... -
The relationship between perceived parenting dimensions, attachment, and pre-adolescent bullying
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariska Carter --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Ronél van der Watt --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Karel Esterhuyse --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the mediating and/or moderating role of pre-adolescent learners’ perception of their parent-child attachment on the relationships between perceived parenting dimensions (acceptance, firm control, and psychological control) and types of bullying experience (physical, verbal, social-relational, and cyber-bullying). We... -
Mom’s taxi – Maternal care in shovel-nosed frogs Hemisus marmoratus and Hemisus guttatus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: K Kyle --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa LH du Preez --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaThis communication details the maternal care of Hemisus marmoratus and Hemisus guttatus. A Hemisus mother stays with the eggs, protecting them during their time in the nest chamber, and ensures their ultimate arrival in a body of water, at varying... -
Project-based learning to encourage parental involvement in promoting indigenous technology in schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Khazamula J. Maluleka --- , South AfricaThe Department of Basic Education requests teachers to use the design process as teaching methodology in Technology Education. Learners’ completion of projects poses a challenge for teachers, who are supposed to ensure that their learners undertake a project as part... -
Parent-carers of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting: Their cultural and social resourcing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marubini Christinah Sadiki --- , South Africa Israel Kibirige --- , South AfricaThis study explored lived parent-carer experiences of children with physical disabilities in a rural South African setting. Participants were eight parent-carers (female = 8; age range = 40 to 50 years). The parent-carers completed semi-structured face-to-face interviews on the lived... -
Exploring Basotho teenage fathers’ experiences of early fatherhood at South African rural high schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Robert Kananga Mukuna --- , South AfricaThis study explored the early fatherhood experiences of school-going teenage fathers. Informants were four South African Sesotho speaking teenage fathers, aged 17 to 20 years. They responded to semi-structured interviews on their experiences during schooling. Following thematic analysis, results revealed... -
Prolonged nursing in Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) at Cape Cross colony, Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anna N Osiecka --- , South Africa Jack Fearey --- , South Africa Simon Elwen --- , South Africa Tess Gridley --- , South AfricaExtended nursing periods have been observed in some pinniped species. Here, we document multiple cases of such prolonged nursing in Cape fur seals in Namibia. Over three separate visits to the Cape Cross breeding colony, we observed five unusual nursing... -
Physical properties of Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae) juvenile wood thermally modified in a closed system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Natália A Cunha --- , Brazil Tiago A Gales --- , Brazil Amanda M Nunes --- , Brazil Glaucileide Ferreira --- , Brazil Thaís M Brito --- , Brazil Adriano Ribeiro de Mendonça --- , Brazil Djeison C Batista --- , BrazilThis paper reports the first results of the effect of an industrial closed-system thermal modification process on the physical properties of fast-growth teak wood (Tectona grandis L.f.). The wood (juvenile) came from thinning a 15–18-year-old plantation located in Mato Grosso... -
Child learners of parents in employment sojourn: Their lived experiences in separation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ricanos Jaure --- , South Africa Alfred H. Makura --- , South AfricaThis study explored the lived experiences of adolescent learners of work sojourn parents. We interviewed six left-behind Zimbabwean learners (three boys and three girls; age range = 15 to 18 years) about their lived experiences with parental absence due to... -
Virtuality and subjective realities: A freedom-based ergon for the modern African parent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Thando Nkohla-Ramunenyiwa --- , South AfricaSchmidt introduces the Aristotelian term “koinonia” as denoting a political community which aims to achieve a common good for society as a whole. A good that promotes the flourishing of every party involved. In addition, Schmidt adopts further insight about... -
Parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: El-Marie Ludick --- , South Africa Vicki Koen --- , South AfricaThis article explores and describes parent-adolescent dyads’ experiences of gratitude activities in a South African context. Our sample of six parent-adolescent dyads (n = 12) completed structured gratitude activities to participate in over a period of three weeks, followed by... -
Exploring the antecedents of entrepreneurship success in information technology firms in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Akinyele Okeremi --- , Nigeria Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah --- , USA Livingstone Divine Caesar --- , SwitzerlandWe examine four antecedents of IT entrepreneurship success in Nigeria. Particularly, two of the investigated antecedents are general human capital factors (i.e., having experience with entrepreneurial parents and business training) and the other two (IT education and spirituality) are specific... -
Parenting style effects on the mental health of college students: Their mediation by proactive personality and self-identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ming Hong --- , Belarus Dmitry Grigoryevich Dyakov --- , BelarusWe examined the mediating role of proactive personality and self-identity on the relationship between mental health and parenting style among college students. Participants were 406 Chinese college students (female = 61.80%, mean age = 19.56 years, SD = 1.38 years)... -
Parenting style, social interaction anxiety, and problematic internet use among students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Blessing Nneka Onyekachi --- , Nigeria Francisca Oluchukwu Egboluche --- , Nigeria JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji --- , NigeriaOur study examined the roles of parenting styles and social interaction anxiety in problematic internet use (PIU) in a sample of Nigerian undergraduate students (n = 300; female = 63.3%; mean age = 19.66 years, SD = 2.64 years). The... -
Sibling relationship qualities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief report of protective effect
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ting T. Zhang --- , China Xiao J. Cao --- , China Ya H. Liu --- , ChinaWe explored child sibling relationship qualities during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Chinese setting. Using a web-based survey, 154 parents reported on their kindergarten children’s (age range = 3 to 6 years) sibling relationships. The descriptive data and correlations analysis... -
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jingli Wu --- Xinxiang Vocational and Technical College, ChinaWe investigated the role of trait anger in the relationship between harsh parenting and online aggressive behaviour. Participants were 459 college students (female= 60.13%; mean age= 19.18 years, SD = 0.92 years). For the measures, the students completed the Harsh... -
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elizabeth Cornelia van Damme --- University of the Free State, South Africa Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study investigated the extent and the nature of the behavioural and psychological control experienced by adolescents within four contexts (parental, peer, school, and community) of their everyday lives. The adolescents (n = 463; female = 52.5%, black African =... -
Predictors of parent–child communication among a nationally representative sample in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Katrina Berg [d113e18] Christina J. Sun Stella BabalolaThis study explores what constructs are associated with parent–adolescent communication about AIDS/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual relationships in Nigeria. The analyses use data from the 2007 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey on 2593 men and women who had... -
Adolescent experiences of HIV and sexual health communication with parents and caregivers in Soweto, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Christine N. Soon --- , , Canada Angela Kaida --- , , Canada Busi Nkala --- , , South Africa Janan Dietrich --- , , South Africa Angela Cescon --- , Canada Glenda Gray --- , , South Africa Cari L. Miller --- , , CanadaCommunication about sexual health between parents and adolescents has been shown to have a protective influence on behaviours that reduce the risk of HIV transmission. This study explored experiences of HIV and sexual health (HSH) communication between parents and/or caregivers... -
Parental HIV disclosure in Burkina Faso: Experiences and challenges in the era of HAART
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Georges Tiendrebeogo [d318e18] Fabienne Hejoaka Edwige Mireille Belem Pascal Louis Germain Compaoré Liezel Wolmarans André Soubeiga Nathalie OuangraouaIncreasingly parents living with HIV will have to confront the dilemmas of concealing their lifelong treatment or disclosing to their children exposed to their daily treatment practices. However, limited data are available regarding parental HIV disclosure to children in Burkina... -
Parenting experiences of couples living with human immunodeficiency virus: A qualitative study from rural Southern Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Belinda Chimphamba Gombachika --- , , Norway Johanne Sundby --- , , Norway Ellen Chirwa --- , , Malawi Address Malata --- , , MalawiThe advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has allowed couples living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to live longer and healthier lives. The reduction in the mother-to-child transmission of HIV has encouraged some people living with HIV (PLWH) to have children... -
‘I can't go to her when I have a problem’: sexuality communication between South African adolescent girls and young women and their mothers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Zoe Duby --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Wilmé Verwoerd --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Katja Isaksen --- University of Bergen, Norway Kim Jonas --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Kealeboga Maruping --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Janan Dietrich --- South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Ashleigh Lovette --- Brown University School of Public Health, USA Caroline Kuo --- Brown University School of Public Health, USA Catherine Mathews --- South African Medical Research Council, South AfricaParent–adolescent sexuality communication, the process in which parents and their adolescent children discuss sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, is a key component for adolescents’ protective behaviours. Open communication with parents, particularly mothers, enables informed sexual and reproductive health (SRH)... -
Parent and peer attachment in bullying experiences among pre-adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mariska Carter --- University of the Free State, South Africa Ronél van der Watt --- University of the Free State, South Africa Karel Esterhuyse --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe study aimed to determine the mediating and/or moderating associations of perceived parent attachment and peer attachment dimensions (trust, communication, alienation) with bullying experiences (perpetration and/or victimisation). Data were collected from 465 Sesotho-speaking learners (10 – 12 years; female =... -
Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeming Jin --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Yanyan Liu --- Shaoxing University, China Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, ChinaWe examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years,... -
Tropical wood species: alternative model to determine the characteristic compressive strength perpendicular to grain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Arthur Filipe Freire Gomes --- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil Fernando Júnior Resende Macarenhas --- Rua Luís Reis Santos - Pólo II, University of Coimbra, Portugal Diego Henrique de Almeida --- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil Alfredo Manuel Pereira Geraldes Dias --- Rua Luís Reis Santos - Pólo II, University of Coimbra, Portugal Tulio Hallak Panzera --- Federal University of São João Del Rey (UFSJ), Brazil Francisco Antônio Rocco Lahr --- University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil André Luis Christoforo --- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), BrazilBrazil has a vast area of native forests with the potential to be sustainably exploited for application in civil construction. Density is a key factor when analysing the characteristics of different wood species and their future uses, and additionally it... -
Nutritional support practices at an intensive care unit in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Abdullah E Laher --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Jared McDowall --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Mikayla van Welie --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Domenic M Malinga --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Alistair J Craythorne --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Brandon J van Aardt --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Tasneem Dalvie --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Guy A Richards --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa -
Challenges and coping strategies of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Eswatini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Fanele Nkonyane --- , Eswatini Thavanesi Gurayah --- , South Africa Thanalutchmy Lingah --- , South AfricaBackground: Research shows that the debilitating effects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) not only have an impact on the child, but on the parents and caregivers as well. This study aimed to explore the challenges and coping strategies of parents... -
Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Zhongyuan University of Technology, China --- Xuchang University, ChinaThis study explored interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships as mechanisms in the parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction. Participants were 914 Chinese middle school students (females = 53.39%; mean age = 13.95, SD = 1.89 years). They completed... -
Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, ChinaWe examined father’s parenting attitudes in association with teacher-child relationships and the mediating role of young children’s self-regulation ability in this relationship. Participant fathers (n = 211), age range (below 30 to over 41 years of age) and teachers (n... -
Using generalised additive models to visualise the annual cycle of primary feather moult patterns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Rebecca R Irons --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Alan TK Lee --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Robert L Thomson --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Birgit Erni --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaMoult is a vital but energy-demanding event in a bird's phenological cycle. Primary moult is the shedding of old feathers and the regeneration of new flight feathers to maintain efficient functioning of these critical structures. Life history events, such as... -
Parents’ environmental knowledge and perception of young children’s nature connectedness: The serial mediating role of parents’ environmental concern and parent–child engagement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeng Xiaoying --- Nanjing Normal University, ChinaThis study explored the relationship between parents’ environmental knowledge and 3- to 6-year-old children’s nature connectedness, and the mediating role of parents’ environmental concern and parent–child engagement in that relationship. Participants were 427 parents from rural western China (female =... -
Exploring upbringing styles of highly resilient students in South Africa: A mixed methods study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Franco Musiello --- , South Africa Zaynab Essack --- , South Africa Alastair van Heerden --- , South AfricaParents play a critical role in supporting the development of resilience in childhood and early adolescence. Most South Africans lack basic resources, so research into and commitment to resilience is of great importance. This study investigated the styles of parenting... -
Post-traumatic growth in Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder: Statuses and personal factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ming Hong --- , ChinaThis study aimed to characterise post-traumatic growth among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the related factors. Participants were 396 parents of children with autism from Guangdong Province, China (female = 65.15 %; mean age = 33.67... -
Parental attachment and subjective well-being in vocational college students: mediating roles for resilience and self-esteem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shuwei Hao --- School of Health Humanities, Peking University, China Honghong Xu --- School of Health Humanities, Peking University, ChinaThis study examined the mediating role of resilience and self-esteem in the relationship between parental attachment and subjective well-being of young adults. Utilising a cross-sectional design, the study sampled 964 students from five higher vocational colleges in Beijing (female =... -
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... -
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Daniel Miezah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Emmanuel Eshun --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Kenneth Owusu Ansah --- , GhanaThis study examined the family quality of life (FQOL) of people with intellectual disabilities (PWID). Participants were 176 Ghanaian parents of PWID (mothers = 71.6%). The mean age of the parents was 41.64 years (SD = 9.21 years). The parents... -
A two-day professional development workshop on advanced nutrition support increased Ghanaian nutrition and dietetic professionals’ self-efficacy and practical knowledge of enteral and parenteral nutrition support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Ruthfirst EA Ayande --- Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA Percival D Agordoh --- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Vanessa J Salino --- Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA Clarisa Webster-Ariyan --- Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA Lindsay Collier --- Yale-New Haven Hospital, USA Matilda Asante --- University of Ghana, Ghana Elena T Carbone --- University of Massachusetts Amherst, USAAims: Enteral and parenteral nutrition support (NS) improves clinical outcomes in critically ill patients, yet evidence from a needs assessment indicates that Ghanaian clinical nutrition practitioners (CNPs) have low self-efficacy in administering NS, especially parenteral nutrition. This study aimed to... -
Are South African registered dietitians ready to take responsibility for prescription of parenteral nutrition and intravenous nutrients?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: BJ Kroukam --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa AL Du Toit --- Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa DG Nel --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa J Visser --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Case study: nutrition and hydration support in a child with Cornelia de Lange and short bowel syndrome on home parenteral nutrition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Cecile van Niekerk --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Christa Ellis --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Claire Martin --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaCornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) (NIPBL variant) is a rare genetic disorder, characterised by intellectual and congenital abnormalities, ultimately resulting in growth and developmental delays. This case report describes a 7-year-old boy presenting with CdLS. The patient had a percutaneous... -
Subjective well-being and parenting in adolescence: Do peers matter when things are not so good?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Aikaterini Lampropoulou --- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceObjective: The study aimed to investigate the association between adolescents’ subjective well-being and parenting, as well as the moderating role of peer relationships between the negative aspects of parenting and subjective well-being. -
III. Responsive feeding: establishing healthy eating behaviour early on in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Harbron J --- Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Booley S --- Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Najaar B --- Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Day CE --- Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town,Responsive feeding (RF) refers to a reciprocal relationship between an infant or child and his or her caregiver that is characterised by the child communicating feelings of hunger and satiety through verbal or nonverbal cues, followed by an immediate response...
