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African Migrants' Experiences of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa: A Relational Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shingairai Chigeza --- North-West University, Alda De Wet --- University of Limpopo, Vera Roos --- North-West University, Charl Vorster --- North-West University,This study explores the experiences of African migrants in relation to South African citizens in the course of xenophobic violence in South Africa. In a secondary data analysis of a larger research project, 44 migrants (both men and women with... -
Intergroup Attitude Change in South Africa: A Thirty-Seven Year Longitudinal Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan C. Mynhardt --- University of South Africa,This longitudinal study reports intergroup attitude changes in South Africa over a 37-year period beginning from the 1970s when the apartheid dispensation was still firmly in place, following by a second data collection period after a time of political turmoil... -
The self in prejudice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zelda G. Knight --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe self as a psychological construct, and the self in relation to the other has been discussed in psychological and sociological literature for decades, but not much attention has been given to the psychological development of the self in relation... -
Influences of stereotype and social distance on prejudice toward African Americans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ok-joo Choi --- Department of Social Welfare, South Korea Kyung-suk Lee --- Department of Counseling Psychology, South Korea Ki-tai Lee --- Department of Tourism Events and International Conferences, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Education Institute, South KoreaThe study sought to identify the influential factors of stereotypes, social distance, and prejudice toward racial/ethnic minorities in the United States. We used data from the American General Social Survey (GSS) of 2012, and analysed the data of 4 820... -
“The other”: Persistent beliefs regarding HIV risk in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lynlee Howard-Payne --- Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South AfricaThis study explored stereotype constructions people may impute on to others in the context of a contagious disease epidemic. Participants were 30 undergraduate students from a large university in Johannesburg, South Africa. They completed the open-ended Build-A-Character Questionnaire, which described... -
Private and public collective self-esteem among black and white South African students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tsholofelo A. Thomas --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the salience of ethnic public and private collective self-esteem among South African students contrasting by race. Participants were 89 black and 55 white undergraduate students (93 females, 51 males; mean age: 20 years). They completed two subscales... -
Mortality salience and prejudice towards ethno-religion minorities: Results and implications of a Nigerian study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Valentine C. Ezeh --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Philip C. Mefoh --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Samson K. Nwonyi --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Joseph C. Aliche --- Department of Psychology, NigeriaThe present study examined mortality salience (MS) effect on prejudice towards an ethno-religion minority group of Northern Nigeria. Participants were 120 undergraduate students (females = 41.67%) with an age range between 17 and 38 years. The students completed a Distance-(relationship)-Situation... -
Employees’ experiences of the stigma of HIV in a retail organisation: secrecy, privacy or trust?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kgope P Moalusi --- Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study unveiled the participants’ experiences of HIV-related stigma in a retail organisation located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. A qualitative approach was adopted because of its appropriateness for unravelling subjective phenomena such as employees’ experiences of... -
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yunlong Wu --- Inner Mongolia Normal University, China Yuzhu Zhang --- Hulunbuir University, ChinaObesity is stigmatised and associated with adverse health, psychological, and social consequences. This study examined contact influences on the relationship between perspective taking and obesity stereotypes in young adults. The sample comprised 411 Chinese university students (female = 73.97%; mean...