Search
Search results for
We found
20 results for you
-
A Group of Sexually Abused Adolescents' Perceptions of their Future Life-Roles: An Exploratory Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Martha A. J. (Tilla) Olivier --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Daniel J. L. Venter --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Johannes L. van der Walt --- North-West University,Sexual abuse of adolescents can have detrimental effects on their perceptions of their different future life-roles. We investigated such perceptions of students with a history of sexual abuse (n=163) as well as typically developing others (n=237). Participants completed the Life-role... -
Processes and Functions in Higher Education Students Adjusting to a New Learning Environment: Applying The Mmogotm-Method
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa M. Kenneth Maine --- North-West University, South Africa Itumeleng P Khumalo --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article explored the processes and functions amongst a community of students who had to adjust to new social and academic settings. Thirteen university students of a predominantly seTswana ethnic background participated in the study (males = 5, females =... -
Young Men as Peer Counsellors: What's Under the Overcoat?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nick Davies --- University of the Witwatersrand, Gill Eagle --- University of the Witwatersrand,The aim of the study was to investigate masculine role identifications amongst male volunteer peer counsellors. Based on focus group interviews with young men (n=12) aged 16 to 18, the juxtapositioning of masculinity and the role of counsellor was explored... -
College Adaption Experiences of Married Female Undergraduate Students: An Exploratory Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South AfricaIn this article, I explore the lifespan roles among female undergraduate students. The study was conducted at an institution of higher education in Southern Africa. Six participants were purposively selected for the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant... -
Childcare in poor urban settlements in Swaziland in an era of HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lynne JonesThis paper explores the role of the family in caring for orphans and other children in poor urban communities having some of the highest levels of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world. A range of family forms in Swaziland was found... -
Civil society organisations and the national HIV/AIDS response in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: ErinE Kiley AliceJ HovorkaThis paper provides preliminary empirical evidence regarding the perceived role and actual experiences of HIV/AIDS intervention-focused civil society organisations (CSOs) in Botswana's national response. Key informants see the national response as government-centred and the role of CSOs within interventions as... -
Contextual factors associated with treatment-seeking and higher-risk sexual behaviour in Botswana among men with symptoms of sexually transmitted infections
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tabitha LangeniThis study investigates contextual factors associated with treatment-seeking behaviour and higher-risk sexual conduct of men symptomatic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Botswana. Data were drawn from a randomly selected, nationally representative sample of 8 222 men, aged 15–64 years,... -
Values in children's stories in South Africa: an exploratory discourse analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anne Fleischack --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Trudy Meehan --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the presentation and construction of the values in story texts for children in South Africa. The data were from five children's stories from a widely-circulated weekly newspaper. The story content was analysed for value-laden themes child readers... -
Habitat preferences of three sympatric lacertid lizards in the arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I. J. du Plessis --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P. le F. N. Mouton --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFour lacertid lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps, P. lineo-ocellata, Meroles knoxii and Nucras tessellata, occur sympatrically on the arid plains of the Tankwa Karoo Basin in South Africa. The aim of this study was to determine whether the four species are spatially... -
“Dying is dying, that's all”: Structural violence and cultural projects in Malawian AIDS proverbs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicole C. Hayes --- Department of Anthropology, CanadaThis paper examines three Malawian proverbs about AIDS: “AIDS came for people”, “Dying is dying, that's all” and “It's in the flour”. Proverbs permit Malawians to discuss the otherwise taboo topic of AIDS because they offer a special register and... -
Patriarchal influences on the lives of African adolescent girls from child-headed households
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charmaine Leatham --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South Africa Jace Pillay --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South Africa Helen Dunbar-Krige --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study examined the gendered experiences of patriarchal family life by adolescent girls from a low socio-economic status (SES) neighbourhood in South Africa. The informants were nine girls from an urban setting, three of whom were from child-headed homes. The... -
“But … we are Africans!”: Family life cycle structuring and functioning in southern Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tchilissila Alicerces Simões --- Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Portugal Isabel Marques Alberto --- Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, PortugalThis study sought to explore and describe family life structuring and functioning in a southern Angolan setting. Informants were 20 people with an intimate knowledge of southern Angolan culture (females = 9, 45%; age range 26-88 years) and all employees... -
On reading about Lola Fine’s night on the town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Graeme Reid --- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Programme, USAThis is a commentary on Lindy-Lee Prince’s photographic essay about gender and drag featuring Cape Town performance artist Lola Fine. -
Gender roles and decision making among isiXhosa-speaking adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Andile Alfred Mdikana --- Department of Inclusive Education, School of Educational Studies, South AfricaThis exploratory study examined gender roles and decision making among isiXhosa-speaking adolescents. Participants were a non-probability sample of 40 Grade 12 learners (females = 50%; aged between 17 and 24 years). Data were collected using identity status interviews and analysed... -
Validation of the Life Role Salience Scale in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Anita Bosch --- University of Stellenbosch Business School, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Madelyn Geldenhuys --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South Africa Leilani Bezuidenhout --- Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, South AfricaThis study aimed to validate the Life Role Salience Scale (LRSS) in a South African context. Respondents were 300 working adults (72.3% = women; 57.9% = non-white; mean age = 35.12 years, SD = 10.25 years; mostly from the finance... -
Wives’ career progression among dual-career ethno-cultural couples: Husbands’ perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sumaiyah Fuad Mohamed --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study explored the perspectives of husbands regarding the participation of their wives in professional occupations. The participants included nine South African Indian men in dual-career marriages (ages ranging from 25 to 54 years old). The completed semi-structured, life-story interviews... -
Exploring Basotho teenage fathers’ experiences of early fatherhood at South African rural high schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Robert Kananga Mukuna --- , South AfricaThis study explored the early fatherhood experiences of school-going teenage fathers. Informants were four South African Sesotho speaking teenage fathers, aged 17 to 20 years. They responded to semi-structured interviews on their experiences during schooling. Following thematic analysis, results revealed... -
Experiences of black African women entrepreneurs in the South African male-dominated entrepreneurial environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dineo Diale --- , South Africa Nasima M. Carrim --- , South AfricaIn the current study, we examined how culture, gendered roles, and societal expectations shape South African black African women’s entrepreneurial experiences in male dominated entrepreneurial environments. Utilising a life story technique approach, we interviewed 12 Black African women entrepreneurs regarding... -
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Anna Strebel --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Mary Crawford --- Psychology Department, University of Conneticut, USA Tamara Shefer --- Women and Gender Studies Programme, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Allanise Cloete --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Michelle Kaufman --- University of Conneticut, USA Leickness Simbayi --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme, Kgobati Magome --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Seth Kalichman --- Psychology Department, University of Conneticut, USAThe links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and... -
Beyond gender bias: Factors affecting female employee retention and advancement in the Dutch hotel sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marrit Lijster --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Georges El Hajal --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsIn The Netherlands, gender roles have evolved remarkably, marked by feminist activism and legislative strides. Nevertheless, persistent gender biases and disparities continue to impact many industries, including the Dutch hotel sector. This quantitative research explores the factors affecting female employee...
