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The Cross-Cultural Validity of the Child Sexual Abuse Myth Scale: A Preliminary Investigation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Steven J. Collings --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lotten Lindblom --- Växjö University, Sweden Sylvester N. Madu --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Myung Sook Park --- Sangji University, KoreaThe cross-cultural validity of the Child Sexual Abuse Myth Scale was examined in samples of adolescents and young adults drawn from three countries: South Africa (n = 200), Korea (n = 200), and Sweden (n = 200). Participants completed the... -
Functions Served by Corporal Punishment: Adolescent Perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pesanayi Gwirayi --- University of Fort Hare,This exploratory study investigated the functions served by corporal punishment as perceived by high school students in a developing country. A qualitative research design was used. Participants were a convenient sample of five high school students. Data were collected using... -
Your Culture or Mine? Changes in Cultural Sensitivity in a Service-Learning Class
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State,This study investigated patterns of attitudinal change in students following a service-learning experience. The data for this study was collected from psychology students in their third and fourth years of study at the University of the Free State. All these... -
Meaning and relational well-being: a reflection on the state of the art and a way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing [cor1]This paper provides a brief overview of facets of meaning and relational well-being highlighting the foci of current research on meaning, relationships as sources of meaning, contextual relevance and meta-theoretical assumptions. Lacunae in knowledge are indicated and a model proposed... -
Experiences of shame by race and culture: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Claude-Hélène Mayer --- Lehrstuhl für Sprachgebrauch und Therapeutische Kommunikation, Germany Rian Viviers --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored experiences of shame in the context of racial and cultural belonging. Participants were a multiracial purposive sample of 11 South Africans (five females and six males, four white, two coloured, two Indian and three black Africans; in... -
Healthcare workers’ perspectives on availability and accessibility of the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission programme in North West province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Debbie Habedi --- Department of Health Studies, South AfricaBackground: Despite the availability of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services, many factors and reasons prevent mothers from accessing these services. HIV prevalence is still high among South African women of reproductive age and mother-to-child-transmission... -
The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development: Transdisciplinary perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annamaria Di Fabio --- , ItalyThe study outlines the pillars of the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development. It applies a transdisciplinary approach to explore how the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development provides a common language for constructing well-being and quality-of-life of populations, regarding... -
Food and nutrition labelling as a nutrition education tool: understanding, perspectives and practices of South African dietitians.
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: C Chin --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa M Wicks --- North-West University, South Africa M Feyasa --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa