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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... -
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:... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
“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... -
“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... -
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 =... -
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... -
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... -
‘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)... -
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... -
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 =... -
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... -
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...
