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Treating Anti-social Behavior in Adolescents: A Comparison of Multi-modal and Psychodynamic Oriented Group Interventions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Abigail Olubola Taiwo --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Helen Ohiokhafe Osinowo --- University of Ibadan, NigeriaThis study compared the efficacy of a multimodal intervention (MMI) and a psychodynamic oriented group intervention (POGI) on antisocial behavior among Nigerian adolescents. A pretest-posttest design was used. Forty-one adolescents drawn from the streets of a Nigerian city (N =20),... -
The Marikana Violence in South Africa: A Brief Psychodynamic Extrapolation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Humphrey Siphiwe B. Ngcobo --- University of Zululand, South Africa Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand, South Africa David J. Edwards --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis study applies psychoanalytic concepts in making sense of the individual, group and collective factors that may have contributed towards the Marikana violence. Speculatively, individual factors might include the death instinct, repetition compulsion, and intra-psychic splitting. Related group dynamics such... -
Depression as a Creative Illness: A South African Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Humphrey Ngcobo --- University of Zululand, South Africa Stephen Edwards --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis case study presents a cultural perspective to supporting health and wellbeing in a young South African adult with depression and unresolved paternity issues. Issues around cultural identity appeared to influence the experience of depression and addressing the identifying aspects...