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The Lived Experiences of Sex Workers in South Africa: An Existential Phenomenological Exploration
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gertie Pretorius --- University of Johannesburg, Dale Bricker --- University of Johannesburg,We explored the lived experiences of sex workers in South Africa by employing a phenomenological methodology. Five women between the ages of 34 and 48 years who were/are involved in this industry were interviewed between January and March 2008. Through... -
South African Mothers' Perceptions and Experiences of an Unplanned Caesarean Section
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samantha Lynne Roux --- North-West University, South Africa Esme van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaNew motherhood is characterised as a profound change, and research suggests that the psychological effects of childbirth can be significant and far-reaching for some women. This study explored women's perceptions and experiences of childbirth by unplanned Caesarean section. In-depth interviews... -
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... -
Quality of Daily Life with Teenage Motherhood
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Edzisani Sodi --- Tholene Sodi and Partner's Inc, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis study describes teenage mothers' quality of daily life in a South African rural setting. It is a retrospective study. It was conducted with five participant women aged between 26 and 35 years with early motherhood experience. In-depth interviews were... -
The Influence of an Unplanned Caesarean Section on Initial Mother-Infant Bonding: Mothers' Subjective Experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Samantha Lynne van Reenen --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the impact of an unplanned Caesarean section on mother-infant bonding, by examining the development of maternal identities and mothers' subsequent relationships with their babies. In-depth interviews with 10 women (mean age=28; SD=1.97) explored their lived experiences of... -
Contemplating the Self: A Brief Phenomenological Participatory Action Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Sumeshni Govender --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Dumisani R. Nzima --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Mandla M. Hlongwane --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Jabulani D. Thwala --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Ashmin Singh --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments, Pricilla B. Mbele --- Psychology and Educational Psychology Departments,This study examines Self contemplation from a heuristic phenomenological and applied psychological perspective using a participatory action research approach. The participant authors (n = 6; females = 50%, majority ethnicity = isiZulu = 67%) engaged in reflective contemplation of the... -
Phenomenological and neurophysiologic investigation into contemplating umoya (Spirit) and its psychological applications
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Steve Edwards --- Psychology Department, South Africa Dumisani Nzima --- Psychology Department, South Africa Sumeshni Govender --- Psychology Department, South Africa Mandla Hlongwane --- Psychology Department, South Africa Dennis Kent --- Psychology Department, South Africa Caroll Hermann --- Psychology Department, South Africa Vusi Mathe --- Psychology Department, South Africa David Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study explored subjective and objective perspectives on uMoya, Spirit consciousness and/or spirituality, from a heuristic phenomenological and neurophysiologic perspective. Contemplative reflective data on uMoya and its neurophysiologic correlates were gathered from a culturally diverse group of eight researcher-participants aged... -
Medicine from the Father: Bossiesmedisyne, people, and landscape in Kannaland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Joshua B. Cohen --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaIn the rural Western Cape local municipality of Kannaland, the word ‘bossiesmedisyne’ (lit. bushes medicine), refers to plant and sometimes animal material used to treat and alleviate a wide range of health problems, ranging from colds to cancer. Based on... -
Mother- and daughter-in-law relationship within a South African context: Influence of family systems
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tebogo Rosina Nganase --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Wilna Basson --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored family system influences on mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships in a South African setting. A convenience sample of 20 mothers-in-law (age range from 40 to 86) and 20 daughters-in-law (age range from 20 to 60) were informants. They... -
“You can’t bully me anymore”: Coping strategies in a group of psychologists accused of professional misconduct
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hanlé Kirkcaldy --- , South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- , South Africa Kobus du Plooy --- , South AfricaUpon receiving a professional misconduct complaint, practitioners are required to manage the complaint process while continuing with their professional work. The stress of a complaint may manifest in emotional difficulties and physical symptoms calling for supportive intervention. We explored the... -
On the possible phenomenological autonomy of virtual realities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Mathias Kofoed-Ottesen --- , DenmarkIn the following article, I examine Martin Heidegger’s philosophy of dwelling with a view to its importance for the concept of ‘place’. It is my interest to show how a phenomenological concept of place can elucidate the phenomenology of virtual... -
‘Who is this body?’ – A qualitative user study on ‘The Machine to be Another’ as a virtual embodiment system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Jonathan Harth --- , Germany Maximilian Brücher --- , Germany Nele Kost --- , Germany Ann-Danielle Hartwig --- , Germany Bernhard Schäfermeyer --- , Germany Erwin Holkin --- , Germany Hanna Gottschalk --- , GermanyLike no other medium, virtual reality (VR) offers new possibilities to alter the perception of reality. These possibilities are mainly related to the feeling of presence in a virtual environment. With the VR performance ‘The Machine to be Another’ (TMTBA),... -
Disappearing boundaries? Reality, virtuality and the possibility of “pure” mixed reality (MR)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Daniel O’Shiel --- , ChileThis article argues that reality and virtuality are still very much phenomenologically distinguishable, although this might not be the case forever. I argue for two main types of virtuality – one inherently involved in the dynamic horizons of perceptual experiences,... -
Educational failure as a potential opening to real teaching – The case of teaching unaccompanied minors in Norway
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Wills Kalisha --- , Norway Tone Saevi --- , NorwayThis article explores the complexity of classroom interaction between teachers and unaccompanied teenagers seeking asylum in Norway. These teenagers find themselves within legal and political ‘grey areas’ where educational goals specific to their extreme situations are unavailable to them, and... -
Utilisation of HIV services by female sex workers in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Idah Moyo --- , Zimbabwe Livhuwani Tshivhase --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi --- University of South Africa,This study focuses on female sex workers as a key population group that suffers a degree of vulnerability according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Key populations refer to people at heightened risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)... -
Empowering women in South African law enforcement: Developing authenticity as best-self
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rochelle Jacobs --- University of South Africa, South Africa Antoni Barnard --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the authenticity experiences of South African women in law enforcement from a best-self perspective. Narrative interviews were conducted with 12 women from police and traffic services, aged between 26 and 55 (25% black, 58% mixed... -
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Andile Glodin Mokoena-de Beer --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Mmasetlhaba Ruth Ledwaba --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa Lily Keneilwe Motswasele-Sikwane --- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South AfricaThis phenomenological study explored interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons diagnosed with intellectual disability at a selected psychiatric hospital in South Africa. In-depth phenomenological interviews were conducted with 16 nurses (female = 10, males = 06 with 2... -
Gay men coming out later in life: A hermeneutic analysis of acknowledging sexual orientation to oneself
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Quentin Allan --- Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandGiven the residual homonegativity in evidence throughout our diverse communities, and given the large numbers of gay people who remain “in the closet”, it is critical that we seek to understand in greater depth the complexities of the coming-out process...