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Crossing the Invisible Line: Exploring Women's Secretive Alcohol Dependence and Barriers to Accessing Treatment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liezille Jacobs --- Human Sciences Research Council, Anthony Naidoo --- Stellenbosch University, Priscilla Reddy --- Human Sciences Research Council,This study explores the discursive accounts of women's alcohol dependence, treatment history and barriers in accessing alcohol dependence treatment. Participants were 10 women with alcohol dependency (age range=30 to 65, ethnicity= 70% White and 30% Black). Data were collected through... -
Sex Differences in the Attribution of Shame And Guilt
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mark Brophy --- University of Johannesburg, Gert Kruger --- University of Johannesburg,This study examined how the sex of a participant could moderate the elicitation of shame and guilt. Four hundred ninety students (107 men and 383 women) between the age of 17 and 20 (M=18.66, SD=.80) volunteered to participate. Moderated multiple... -
Secrecy, stigma and HIV/AIDS: An introduction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Graeme Reid --- , South Africa Liz Walker --- , South AfricaThis paper situates the articles selected for this special issue of AJAR within the context of the Sex and Secrecy conference, from which they emerged and within the discourse of secrecy. Secrecy and silence which have characterised the HIV/AIDS epidemic... -
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... -
A comparative analysis of perceived stigma among HIV-positive Ghanaian and African American males
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Kwabena A Poku --- Health Services Management Department, University of Ghana Business School, J Gary Linn --- School of Nursing, Tennessee State University, Betsy L Fife --- School of Nursing, University of Indiana-Indianapolis, Sherry Azar --- School of Nursing, Tennessee State University, Lorna Kendrick --- School of Nursing, Tennessee State University,The purpose of this paper was to address two questions: (i) Do Ghanaian and African American males with HIV/AIDS experience different types and degrees of stigma? and (ii) Is the impact of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS on the self different...
