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A gradient analysis of grassed mountain catchments in the natal Drakensberg
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: R.S. Walker --- Department of Environment Affairs,An indirect gradient analysis was carried out on vegetation and environmental data from the Mdedelelo Wilderness Area of Cathedral Peak State Forest in Highland Sourveld. Vegetation ordination axes were correlated with environmental variables deduced to have influenced species‐composition. Altitude proved... -
Water utilization patterns around isolated Acacia karroo trees in the False Thornveld of the eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: G.C. Stuart‐Hill --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (East Cape Region), Republic of South Africa N.M. Tainton --- Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (East Cape Region), Republic of South AfricaThe effect of various vegetation treatments on two soil moisture regimes (i.e. the proportion of the experimental period where the soil had sufficient water for: (a) growth, and (b) to keep the plants turgid in the vicinity of experimentally isolated... -
Kouebeskadiging van houtagtige plante in die Suuragtige‐Gemengde Bosveld
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa • Authors: G.N. Smit --- DepartementLandbou‐ontwikkeling (Transvaalstreek), Republiek van Suid‐AfrikaCold damage to woody plants in the Sourish Mixed Bushveld. An incident of damage to woody plants by cold in the Sourish Mixed Bushveld was investigated. Woody plants in eight paddocks which were subjected to long‐term grazing treatments and which... -
Pedogeomorphic aspects of the Roodepoort area, Transvaal: Soil depth-slope relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.C. Munnik --- Department of Geography, E. Verster --- Department of Geography, T.C. van Rooyen --- Department of Geography,Fifty hillslope profiles with associated soils in the Roodepoort area, Transvaal, were examined to determine the relationships between soil depth and hillslope characteristics. A meso-scale approach was adopted which implied the relationship between three soil depth phases and the hillslope... -
'n Vergelyking tussen hidrouliese geleivermoë en vernante eienskappe van 'n fynsand en 'n fynsandkleileem tydens in sity-dreinering
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: D.J. Beukes --- Hoëveldstreek, Departement van Landbou en Watervoorsiening, Republiek van Suid-AfrikaIn situ-dreineringstudies is in triplikaat op elk van 'n fynsand (Shashaserie) en 'n fynsandkleileem (Msingaserie) uitgevoer. Die ondersoek het 340 uur geduur waartydens op vyf dieptes metings van volumetriese waterinhoud (θ) en matrikspotensiaal (ψm) gedoen is. Unieke verwantskappe tussen θ,... -
Genetic relationships amongst macadamia varieties grown in South Africa as assessed by RAF markers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: C.P. Peace --- , Australia P. Allan --- Discipline of Horticultural Science, South Africa V. Vithanage --- , Australia C.N. Turnbull --- Department of Agricultural Sciences, U.K B.J. Carroll --- , AustraliaMacadamia is an important horticultural crop of South Africa, and the major cultivars grown have a wide range of attributes. These cultivars originated from diverse backgrounds, but the genetic relationships between them are unclear. Here we describe new insights into... -
Crop physiology: A perspective for southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: A.T. Modi --- , P.L. Greenfield --- ,Crop physiology is a broad subject and a comprehensive treatise of all its aspects is impossible, even in a whole volume dedicated to the subject. With a few exceptions, plant physiology, rather than crop physiology, is commonly the focus when... -
THE TEMPERATURE-GROWTH RATE RELATIONSHIPS OF AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM A SILT-LADEN IMPOUNDMENT
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of the Limnological Society of Southern Africa • Authors: D.F. Toerien --- , South AfricaThe temperature-growth rate responses of bacterial isolates from Wuras Darn, a silt-laden, highly turbid impoundment were described well by Arrhenius equations. Activation energies varied from 10, 15 to 29, 59 kcal moles−1, indicating a varied response to temperature changes. Since... -
Broadening Mental Health Services to Disadvantaged Communities in South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Community Based Internship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sherine van Wyk --- Psychology Department, South Africa Anthony V. Naidoo --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThe need to provide mental health services in disadvantaged communities remains a priority in South Africa. This paper illustrates how in consultation and partnership with the peri-urban community of Jamestown, a counselling psychology internship was established to provide a range... -
In Pursuit of Happiness: How Some Young South African Children Construct Happiness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Irma Eloff --- University of Pretoria,The purpose of the study was to explore the ways in which young South African children construct the notion of happiness. The small-scale study was conducted with children (n=42) in middle childhood between the ages of 6 and 13 years... -
The Gift of Growing Up in a Same-Gendered Family: A Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carien Lubbe --- University of Pretoria,This article portrays the personal strengths of children growing up in same-gendered families from a positive psychological framework. One of the major challenges all children growing up in same-gendered families are faced with is the integration of their family experience... -
Night Shift Working Mothers: Mutual Perceptions with Adolescent Children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nongazi Florinah Sizane --- North-West University, Republic of South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, Republic of South AfricaThe study investigated the mutual perception of relationships between mothers with day and night shift work and their teenage children. A cross-sectional survey using purposeful sampling was used. Two groups of 35 mothers and their adolescent children completed a Parent-Adolescent... -
Ways of Relating and Interacting in School Communities: Lived Experiences of Learners, Educators and Parents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ansie Elizabeth Kitching --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Ronél Ferreira --- University of Pretoria,This article reports on the findings of a baseline study on social interaction in schools as experienced by learners, educators and parents. A qualitative phenomenological approach was followed, utilising a cross-sectional descriptive survey design. Participants included 1 170 learners aged... -
A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Trust During Change
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nico Martins --- University of South Africa, Hartmut von der Ohe --- University of South Africa,The objective of the study was to explore factors that impact on trust relationships in a sample of South African organisations. A survey on trust was administered to a convenience sample of 484 respondents in the public and private economic... -
Perceived Child Rearing Practices as Predictors of University Students' Satisfaction with their Sexual Relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charisse Lowe --- University of the Free State, Edwin Devon du Plessis --- University of the Free State, Nico Nortje --- University of the Free State,The aim of this study was to determine the effects that perceived child-rearing practices have on the sexually intimate relationship satisfaction of a sample of 130 male (n=62) and female (n=68) fourth year South African university students. Participants completed the... -
Towards an Understanding of Nurturing and Restraining Relational Patterns in School Communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ansie Elizabeth Kitching --- North-West University, Vera Roos --- North-West University, Ronel Ferreira --- University of Pretoria,This study aimed to understand the nature of nurturing and restraining relationships in a school communiy. The inquiry entailed a single instrumental case study of a selected school community in a semi-urban context in South Africa. Participants were learners (n=720),... -
“…Here We Help Each Other”: Sense of Community of People Subjected to Forced Removals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Shingairai Chigeza --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Karen Puren --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study examined the sense of community of people with experience of forced removals in a South African setting. The participants were 200–108 men (54%) and 92 women (46%) between 18 and 61 years of age and selected using systematic... -
Experiences of Managers and Healthcare Personnel Involved in a Functional Healthcare Public Private Partnership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Esmeralda Ricks --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Dalena van Rooyen --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Moloko Priscilla Gantsho --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Wilma ten Ham --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThis study explored the experiences of managers and healthcare personnel involved in a functional healthcare public private partnership (PPP) in a semi-rural area situated in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Data on how managers and healthcare personnel experienced their... -
Children and youth at risk: adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP (Amaqhawe) programme in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Arvin Bhana Inge Petersen Andy Mason Zoleka Mahintsho Carl Bell Mary McKayThis paper reports on the adaptation and pilot study of the CHAMP programme (Collaborative HIV/AIDS and Adolescent Mental Health Programme) in South Africa with specific reference to outcome effects among adults. CHAMP was originally developed in the United States and... -
South Africa youths’ higher-risk sexual behaviour: an eco-developmental analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Monde Makiwane --- Child, Youth, Family and Social Development, South Africa Zitha Mokomane --- Child, Youth, Family and Social Development, South AfricaDespite their high levels of knowledge about HIV and AIDS, young people ages 15–24 years in South Africa remain disproportionately affected by the epidemic. Young people's continued susceptibility to HIV infection has been consistently linked to intractable higher-risk sexual behaviours... -
Factors associated with HIV infection among sexually experienced adolescents in Africa: a pooled data analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stella Babalola --- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United StatesThe article examines the factors associated with HIV status among adolescents aged 15–19 years in 13 African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The data were... -
The Madikwe Forum: a comprehensive partnership for supporting governance of Botswana's HIV and AIDS response
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Candice Reardon --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Jonathan Gunthorp --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Division (HEARD), South Africa Themba Moeti --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Innocent Chingombe --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Lesego Busang --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Botswana Godfrey Musuka --- African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), BotswanaThere is a need for actors within the philanthropic sector to pursue collaborative partnerships with developing nations which could result in sustainable country-led responses to HIV and AIDS. There is also a need to evaluate the structures governing these partnerships... -
The use of rites of passage in strengthening the psychosocial wellbeing of orphaned children in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Masego Thamuku --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Marguerite Daniel --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, NorwayChildren who have been bereaved in the context of AIDS may experience many challenges to their psychosocial wellbeing. Programmes to help orphaned children are usually anchored in child rights. As the individual focus of rights-based approaches is inept in African... -
Strategies to bring about change: a longitudinal study on challenges and coping strategies of orphans and vulnerable children and adolescents in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mienke Van der Brug --- , The NetherlandsLongitudinal research provides insight about the life trajectories of children, the challenges that children experience in different phases of their lives, and the way children cope with these challenges. The article examines the perspectives of 14 orphaned or vulnerable children,... -
Phylogenetic relationships between Synodontis species: some preliminary results
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: EE Bruwer FH van der Bank GJ Steyn M WinkThe aim of this study was to identify genetic markers and morphological characters to distinguish Synodontis species, because certain species are extremely difficult to identify due to the taxonomically unreliable nature of prominent morphological features. Fixed allele mobility differences were... -
Phylogenetic relationships between some African Characidae, Disticho-dontidae and Hepsetidae: results of allozyme and mtDNA data analyses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: FH van der Bank A Kotzé TM FalkThe present study considers phylogenetic relationships of some southern, eastern and western African Characidae, Distichodontidae and Hepsetidae species, for which only limited genetic data with respect to their classification and phylogeny are currently available. Thirteen species representing three families and... -
Rapid colonisation of artificial substrates by macroinvertebrates in a South African lentic environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: AJ Booth --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa WT Kadye --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa T Vu --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa M Wright --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South AfricaMacroinvertebrate colonisation patterns on artificial substrates were investigated in a small reservoir in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Semi-closed 1 000 cm3 polythene netting cages filled with either brick, gravel, shredded plastic, or equal proportions of these three materials, were... -
Sharks caught in the protective gill nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 10. The dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur 1818)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SFJ Dudley G Cliff MP Zungu MJ SmaleBetween 1978 and 1999, a total of 5 626 dusky sharks Carcharhinus obscurus, constituting 20% of the total shark catch, was caught in the protective nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The mean annual catch was 256 sharks (SD = 107.5,... -
Sharks caught in the protective gill nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 11. The scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: P de Bruyn SFJ Dudley G Cliff MJ SmaleBetween 1978 and 1998, a total of 3 385 scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini was caught in the protective nets off KwaZulu-Natal. The mean annual catch was 166 sharks (range 60–279). There was a significant decrease in catch rate with... -
Sharks caught in the protective gill nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 12. The African angel shark Squatina africana (Regan)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RL Shelmerdine G CliffBetween 1980 and 2001, a total of 661 African angel sharks Squatina africana was caught in the protective nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The mean annual catch was 30 sharks (range = 11–69, SD = 12.4), with no trend in... -
Influence of the annual sardine run on catches of large sharks in the protective gillnets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the occurrence of sardine in shark diet
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SFJ Dudley --- , South Africa G Cliff --- , South AfricaShark catches in the protective nets set off the beaches of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, are strongly influenced by the sardine run, the winter influx of shoals of Sardinops sagax from the south-west. The effect of the sardine run, which... -
Characteristics and value of the Thukela Banks crustacean and linefish fisheries, and the potential impacts of changes in river flow
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JK Turpie --- Anchor Environmental Consultants, South Africa SJ Lamberth --- Branch Fisheries, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South AfricaThis study describes the Thukela Banks crustacean and linefish fisheries and investigates the potential impacts of reduced flow from the Thukela River on the value of these fisheries. Data were obtained from published and unpublished material, key informants and government... -
Couples' communication on sexual and relational issues among the Akamba in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller Lenette Golding Kyalo wa Ngula MaryAnne Wambua Evans Mutua MaryN Kitizo Caroline Teti Nancy Booker Kinya Mwithia DonaldL RubinA large portion of HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa occurs among married couples, yet the majority of research on safer-sex communication has focused on communication between couples in casual relationships. This paper explores how committed Kamba couples in Machakos District,... -
How does AIDS illness affect women's residential decisions? Findings from an ethnographic study in a Cape Town township
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rachel Bray --- Centre for Social Science Research and Department of Social Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper explores the nature and consequences of residential decision-making for women on treatment for AIDS illness in a poor urban settlement in South Africa. Drawing on ethnographic data collected over a two-year period, it points to the subtle shifts... -
Modelling dimensional growth of three street tree species in the urban forest of the City of Tshwane, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: GH Stoffberg --- Department of Plant Science, South Africa MW van Rooyen --- Department of Plant Science, South Africa MJ van der Linde --- Department of Statistics, South Africa HT Groeneveld --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaTree height, crown height, crown diameter and stem diameter were measured for 282 trees of the indigenous species Combretum erythrophyllum, Searsia lancea and S. pendulina. Growth relationships were modelled using age as explanatory variable for stem diameter and subsequently stem... -
RURAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES A solution to the human resource crisis in rural district hospitals?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: AJ Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, ID Couper --- Faculty of Health Sciences,Recruiting sufficient health personnel for rural hospitals is an ongoing problem. The Friends of Mosvold Scholarship Scheme in northern KwaZulu-Natal is a locally based scholarship scheme that offers the local community a chance to develop its own human resources for... -
Mutual Participation in the Health Worker-Patient Relationship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Limpopo Province Unit,The importance of a mutual participatory model in medical care and decision making is supported by literature that now shows a link between patient participation and an improved health outcome. Illness (and the sick role) constitutes a state of diminished... -
Love, lust and the emotional context of multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships among young Swazi adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Allison Ruark --- Department of International Health, USA Lunga Dlamini --- Department of International Health, USA Nonhlanhla Mazibuko --- Department of International Health, USA Edward C Green --- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, USA Caitlin Kennedy --- Department of International Health, USA Amy Nunn --- Division of Infectious Diseases, USA Timothy Flanigan --- Division of Infectious Diseases, USA Pamela J Surkan --- Department of International Health, USAMen and women in Swaziland who are engaged in multiple or concurrent sexual partnerships, or who have sexual partners with concurrent partners, face a very high risk of HIV infection. Ninety-four in-depth interviews were conducted with 28 Swazi men and... -
Adding ‘Flock’ to ‘Fight and Flight’: A Honeycomb of Resilience Where Supply of Relationships Meets Demand for Support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liesel Ebersöhn --- Unit for Education Research in AIDS, Faculty of Education, South AfricaIn this article I explain how solidarity can support positive adjustment, collective in nature, where people face chronic, cumulative stress and largely lack resources. I propose that when individuals use relationships as a way to access and mobilise resources, an... -
You, me, and meaning: an integrative review of connections between relationships and meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maeve B. O’Donnell --- Colorado State University, United States of America Christof N. Bentele --- Colorado State University, United States of America Hannah B. Grossman --- Colorado State University, United States of America Yunying Le --- Colorado State University, United States of America Hoon Jang --- Seoul University, Korea Michael F. Steger --- Colorado State University, United States of AmericaSocial relationships are seen to be vital to human functioning, both in terms of psychological functioning and physical health. Relationships are a cornerstone of well-being. For instance, having positive relationships has been linked to greater happiness, life satisfaction and physical... -
Meaning and relational well-being: a reflection on the state of the art and a way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing [cor1]This paper provides a brief overview of facets of meaning and relational well-being highlighting the foci of current research on meaning, relationships as sources of meaning, contextual relevance and meta-theoretical assumptions. Lacunae in knowledge are indicated and a model proposed... -
Meaning as perceived and experienced by an African student group
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marié P. Wissing --- Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South Africa Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Shingairai C. Chigeza --- Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored what a Batswana group of African students (N = 73) find most meaningful in their life and why those sources of meaning are important to them. Findings showed that, in line with previous Western studies, the most important... -
Molecular diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the gastropod genus Melanoides in Lake Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louise Von Gersdorff Sørensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Center for Biodiversity and Health, DBL — Institute for Health Research and Development, Denmark Aslak Jørgensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Center for Biodiversity and Health, DBL — Institute for Health Research and Development, Denmark Thomas K. Kristensen --- Mandahl-Barth Research Center for Biodiversity and Health, DBL — Institute for Health Research and Development, DenmarkThe freshwater snails belonging to the genus Melanoides Olivier, 1804 are widespread across tropical regions of the world and endemic species have evolved in the African Lakes Malawi, Mweru and Tanganyika. The endemic Melanoides species of Lake Malawi have been... -
Lion predation on elephants in the Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: R. John Power --- Carnivore Conservation Group, Endangered Wildlife Trust, De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, South Africa R. X. Shem Compion --- Carnivore Conservation Group, Endangered Wildlife Trust, De Beers Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve, South AfricaLions rarely prey on elephants. Botswana‘s Savuti lions, however, switch to preying on elephants during the late dry season (August–November), and the frequency of this has increased in the last two decades (1985–2005). An opportunity to document this phenomenon was... -
The interstices of hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Luiz Octávio de Lima Camargo --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, São Paulo, BrazilThis paper is a review of previous works, and it shows the notion of hospitality situated at the confluence of the concepts of interpersonal relationships, virtue, rites and commercial/non-commercial exchange. In doing so it discusses the most significant authors who... -
The nature of quality of life in residential care facilities: the case of White older South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lizanlé van Biljon --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Sciences, South Africa Vera Roos --- Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Sciences, South AfricaThis study describes the nature of quality of life (QoL) from the perspective of older South Africans (n = 41) in residential care facilities (female = 75%; age range 62–95 years). The residents participated in individual in-depth interviews and focus groups. They also... -
Relationship complexities among women with obstetric fistula in Zimbabwe: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Levison Maunganidze --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe Tholene Sodi --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Julia Mutambara --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe Sibusiso Nkiwane --- Department of Psychology, ZimbabweThis study sought to determine how obstetric fistula affects women's intimate partner relationships or other social ties. A purposive sampling of eleven women (age range 17 to 31) with obstetric fistula admitted to two hospitals in Zimbabwe was done. In-depth... -
Perceived organisational support influences on job satisfaction and organisational commitment among junior academic staff members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fumani Donald Mabasa --- Department of Business Management, South Africa Hlanganipai Ngirande --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study investigated the relationship between perceived organisational support, employee job satisfaction and organisational commitment among junior academic staff of a South African higher education institution (N =70; female = 41 .4%; masters qualification = 85 .7%). Participants completed a... -
Near-shore distribution of Heaviside’s (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) and dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) at the southern limit of their range in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S.H. Elwen --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa M. Thornton --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, 0001 Pretoria c/o Iziko South African Museum, South Africa D. Reeb --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa P.B. Best --- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, 0001 Pretoria c/o Iziko South African Museum, South AfricaPhoto-identification surveys over three years along 390 km of coastline north of Cape Town, revealed that Heaviside’s dolphin distribution was consistent between years and higher in areas more exposed to swells and with greater long-term availability of small hake Merluccius... -
“Giving God his due?” Understanding tithing and its function within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Evan Carl Edward Jacobs --- NRF Chair in History Programme: “Local Histories and Present Realities,”, South AfricaThis paper focuses on the practice of tithing as an extraordinary form of religious giving. Tithing involves habitually giving ten percent of one's income to the church, and since this is such a significant portion of a person's income, its... -
The role of teammate relationships, communication and self-efficacy in predicting athlete flow experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elrie Botha --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study aimed at testing a structural model of athlete flow in a sample of South African students. A quantitative, cross-sectional research design was implemented. Participants completed self-report measures at pre-arranged times that were in close proximity to the completion... -
Tomatis® Method comparative efficacy in promoting self-regulation in tertiary students: A systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize Bonthuys --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University:, South Africa Karel Botha --- School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University:, South AfricaThis systematic review sought to determine the evidence on how the Tomatis® Method, a sound stimulation intervention for improving listening, compares to other self-regulation interventions with tertiary students. We searched studies from the following data bases ‘Academic FileOne, CINAHL, Cochrane... -
Gender inequality dynamics in the prevention of a heterosexual HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jane Wathuta --- School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis paper critiques the approach to the elimination of gender inequality as an HIV prevention strategy in the just ended era of the Millennium Development Goals, with the aim of contributing to the formulation of policy guidelines for sub-Saharan Africa... -
Characterisation of the dietary relationships of two sympatric hake species, Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus, in the northern Benguela region using fatty acid profiles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JA Iitembu --- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Namibia NB Richoux --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe two sympatric species of Cape hake, Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus, have been the main targets of bottom-trawl fisheries off Namibia for several decades. The feeding ecology of these hakes has been studied mainly using stomach content analyses and... -
Using an unbaited stationary video system to investigate the behaviour and interactions of bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas under an aquaculture farm
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: N Loiseau --- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement [IRD], UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Universite de La Réunion, CNRS), Laboratoire d'Excellence [LABEX] CORAIL, France JJ Kiszka --- Marine Sciences Program, Department of Biological Sciences, USA T Bouveroux --- Coastal and Marine Research Institute, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa MR Heithaus --- Marine Sciences Program, Department of Biological Sciences, USA M Soria --- IRD – UMR EME, France P Chabanet --- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement [IRD], UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Universite de La Réunion, CNRS), Laboratoire d'Excellence [LABEX] CORAIL, FranceBull sharks Carcharhinus leucas are common along the coast of Reunion Island (South-West Indian Ocean) and were suspected to aggregate in the vicinity of an aquaculture farm in Saint-Paul Bay on the west coast. In order to understand the behaviour... -
Development and characterisation of a modified multi-purpose pine oil detergent for a small-scale manufacturer in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mosotho George --- Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Lesotho Ts'ukulu Motsamai --- Chemistry and Chemical Technology, LesothoThe interest in small-scale manufacturing of simple products seems to be growing in Lesotho. However, this could have undesirable effects without insights into the chemical processes involved in such presumed simple processes. This manuscript reports the partnership between the National... -
Engagement of secondary school teachers in Namibia: Relational context effects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Manfred Janik --- University of Namibia, Windhoek, Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate relational antecedents of work engagement for secondary school teachers and to determine whether specific psychological conditions mediate the effects of relational factors on work engagement. A cross-sectional survey was used. The participants... -
Name changes and additions to the southern African freshwater fish fauna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: PH Skelton --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South AfricaChanges made to the scientific names of southern African freshwater fishes since 2001 are explained and discussed. Adjustments to the phylogeny and classification of the fauna are outlined. Recent systematic studies on cyprinines are discussed and changes to the genera... -
Public-Private Partnerships in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Bernadine J. Dykes --- Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, USA Carla D. Jones --- College of Business Administration, USAPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) are cooperative arrangements between governments and multinational corporations (MNCs) that are created to finance, construct and manage infrastructure projects. PPPs are a means for governments to gain much-needed private sector investment and expertise for economic development. Historically,... -
The interstices of hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Luiz Octávio de Lima Camargo --- School of Hospitality and Tourism, Anhembi Morumbi University, BrazilThis paper is a review of previous works, and it shows the notion of hospitality situated at the confluence of the concepts of interpersonal relationships, virtue, rites and commercial/non-commercial exchange. In doing so it discusses the most significant authors who... -
Sexual and reproductive health risk behaviours among South African university students: results from a representative campus-wide survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susie Hoffman --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Michael Levasseur --- Department of Epidemiology, USA Joanne E. Mantell --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Mags Beksinska --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Zonke Mabude --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Claudia Ngoloyi --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Elizabeth A. Kelvin --- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, School of Urban Public Health, Hunter College & The CUNY School of Public Health, USA Theresa Exner --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Cheng-Shiun Leu --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, USA Lavanya Pillay --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South Africa Jennifer A. Smit --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit (MatCH Research Unit), South AfricaAmong South African university students, HIV prevalence is lower than in age-peers, but at 3.8% it is not negligible. We examined prevalence of factors potentially associated with HIV risk, focusing on partnership characteristics and consistent condom use. We hypothesised that... -
Love grows with sex: teenagers negotiating sex and gender in the context of HIV and the implications for sex education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Deevia Bhana --- School of Education, South AfricaHow do teenagers located in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, the epicentre of the HIV pandemic, give meaning to sexuality? This paper examines teenage black Africans investments in sex and sexuality and the gendered dynamics through which sexuality is... -
Principals’ experiences of being disempowered by union members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Veronica Mapitso Kgabo --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored school principals’ experience of managing unionised schools in South Africa. Qualitative in-depth phenomenological interviews were conducted with a purposeful selected sample of 13 school principals of unionised schools (age range 36-60 years). The school principals responded to... -
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... -
Measuring dimensions of social climate among South African higher education students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Hastings-Tolsma --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaWe investigated the structure of social climate among university students to characterise the relative importance of personal and interpersonal factors. Participants were 266 students from a school of education of a large South African university (females = 66.5%; black =... -
Perceptions of why Malawians engage in concurrent sexual partnerships among a select population of radio listeners: findings from an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rupali J Limaye --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Amanda Berman --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Jane Brown --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Maryland Triza Kakhobwe --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, MalawiConcurrent sexual partnerships have been identified as a potential driver in the HIV epidemic in Southern Africa. This study utilised an innovative approach to explore perceptions of why Malawians may engage in these relationships, and their suggestions for reducing the... -
Trust in business alliances between mainstream and emerging companies in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kgope P. Moalusi --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored perceived trust between mainstream and emerging business partner entities in South Africa. A purposive sample of 25 managers from mainstream companies (n = 7) and emerging companies (n = 18) participated in the study. The managers Q-sorted... -
Conceptions of love in Ghana: An exploration among Ghanaian Christians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annabella Osei-Tutu --- Department of Psychology, Ghana Vivian A. Dzokoto --- Department of African American Studies, USA Katja Hanke --- Survey Design and Methodology, Germany Glenn Adams --- Department of Psychology, USA Faye Z. Belgrave --- Department of Health Psychology, USAWe explored conceptions of love from the perspective of Ghanaian Christians. Using an ethnographic approach, we interviewed 61 participants (males = 39; females = 22; age range 20 to 70) on their understanding and experiences of love in the context... -
The psychological experiences of foster mothers of adolescent children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Keolebogile Betty Mosimege --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Frederik Snyders --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe present study explored the psychological experiences of foster mothers who were fostering adolescents abandoned by their biological parents and whose parents had passed away. A purposive sample of 20 foster mothers (age range 25 to 83 years) was informants... -
Developing governance models and funding mechanisms of state–civil society partnerships for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention based on lessons from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Martin Hushie --- Department of Behavioural Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, GhanaThe contribution of civil society organisations (CSOs) to national HIV/AIDS responses in sub-Saharan African countries, with Global Health Initiatives’ (GHIs) funding channelled through National AIDS Commissions (NACs), is well researched. Less well understood are the governance models and funding mechanisms... -
Prediction of overt aggression experienced by college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South Africa Cornelius Fourie --- Department of Educational Psychology and Nursing Science, South AfricaWe sought to predict overt aggression among college students from their intra- and interpersonal relationships self-perceptions. Respondents were 311 students (females = 69.8%; black = 65.9%, white = 16.7%; mean age = 26.38 years, SD = 9.57 years) from a... -
Implications of incomplete restorative justice in South African land restitution: lessons from the Moletele case
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nerhene C. Davis --- Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, South AfricaSince 2005, South Africa’s post-apartheid state has opted to impose inclusive business model arrangements between land claimant communities and private sector partners to ensure the “successful” resolution of claims involving prime agricultural land. This approach was deemed compatible to achieve... -
Social networking sites self-image antecedents of social networking site addiction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- , South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- , South Korea Jong-chang Ahn --- , South Korea Bo-seong Kim --- , South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- , South KoreaThis study examined social network services (SNS) self-image and relationship influences on SNS addiction in a cross-national sample of adults (N = 444; South Africans = 214, Americans = 230; females = 49.3%) using survey data collected by the global... -
Growth and metabolism of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) fed with copepods (Eucyclops sp.) exposed to lead and titanium dioxide nanoparticles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MM Matouke --- , Nigeria MK Mustapha --- , NigeriaThe increasing uses of lead (Pb2+) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2) in commercial products have led totheir increased discharge into aquatic environments. This study investigated the effects of the interaction betweennTiO2 and lead (Pb2+) in a simple freshwater food web... -
Assessment of an HIV-prevention intervention for couples in peri-urban Uganda: pervasive challenges to relationship quality also challenge intervention effectiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Phoebe Kajubi --- , Uganda Allison Ruark --- , USA Norman Hearst --- , USA Sam Ruteikara --- , Uganda Edward C Green --- , USAReducing multiple and concurrent partnerships has been identified as a priority in generalised HIV epidemics, yet developing successful interventions to bring about such behaviour change has proven challenging. We offered a three-session intervention aimed to improve couple relationship quality and... -
Lady Kennaway: A ship story
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Phindi Mnyaka --- , South AfricaMy paper is a meditation on the performativity of history writing and uses the case of the ship, Lady Kennaway, as a point of departure. Lady Kennaway was a 19th century ship whose last voyage included transporting young women to... -
The role of strategic supplier relationships in enhancing supply chain innovation: A qualitative study in the South African automotive manufacturing industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Malente Modungwa --- , South Africa Melissa Rinke --- , South Africa Assilah Agigi --- , South Africa Kelvinne Mocke --- , South AfricaSupply chain innovation is a mechanism that firms use to ensure efficient supply chain management through collaboration with external supply chain partners. The interaction between buyers and suppliers is especially crucial in fostering innovation resulting in modifications, improvements and development... -
Women’s perspectives on relationship dynamics with their partners and their role in HIV acquisition, HIV disclosure, hormonal contraceptive uptake, and condom use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: John C Chapola --- , Malawi Kendra Hatfield-Timajchy --- , USA Agatha K Bula --- , Malawi Stacey Hurst --- , USA Lameck Chinula --- , Malawi Athena P Kourtis --- , USA Jennifer H Tang --- , MalawiBackground: Limited information exists about relationship dynamics and their role in HIV acquisition, HIV disclosure, hormonal contraceptive uptake, and condom use among women in Malawi. -
College students’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Irma Eloff --- , South AfricaThis study explored college student’s well-being priorities and capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 2 213 South African undergraduate students answered an open-ended question to elicit interpretive, reflective, analytic, and evaluative written response types on the factors that... -
Barriers to condom use in casual sexual relationships known as ukujola in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mbongeleni Thembalihle Mgwaba --- , South Africa Pranitha Maharaj --- , South AfricaSouth Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world. Of the nine provinces in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal is the worst affected. HIV is largely transmitted through unprotected penetrative sexual intercourse. Male latex condoms are central... -
Sibling relationship qualities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief report of protective effect
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ting T. Zhang --- , China Xiao J. Cao --- , China Ya H. Liu --- , ChinaWe explored child sibling relationship qualities during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Chinese setting. Using a web-based survey, 154 parents reported on their kindergarten children’s (age range = 3 to 6 years) sibling relationships. The descriptive data and correlations analysis... -
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jingli Wu --- Xinxiang Vocational and Technical College, ChinaWe investigated the role of trait anger in the relationship between harsh parenting and online aggressive behaviour. Participants were 459 college students (female= 60.13%; mean age= 19.18 years, SD = 0.92 years). For the measures, the students completed the Harsh... -
Qualitative evaluation of selected social factors that impact sexual risk-taking behaviour among African students in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi --- , , South Africa Sibusiso Moyo --- , South Africa Thobile Zulu --- , , South Africa Jamila Khatoon Adam --- , South Africa Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna --- , South AfricaBackground: The incidence of HIV and AIDS continues to be a source of great concern within universities in South Africa. Furthermore, university students constitute an important community in the intervention against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Students in the age group of... -
‘It’s not good to eat a candy in a wrapper’: male students’ perspectives on condom use and concurrent sexual partnerships in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Maroyi Mulumeoderhwa --- , , South AfricaThis paper reports on fieldwork carried out in 2011 with aim to investigate young men’s perspectives about condoms use, concurrent sexual partnerships and sex in the context of HIV/AIDS. This study employed a qualitative approach to collect data from 28... -
Navigating intimate sexual partnerships in an era of HIV: dimensions of couple relationship quality and satisfaction among adults in Eswatini and linkages to HIV risk
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Allison Ruark --- , , USA Edward C. Green --- , , USA Amy Nunn --- , USA Caitlin Kennedy --- , USA Alfred Adams --- , Netherlands Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane --- , Netherlands Pamela J. Surkan --- , USACouple relationship functioning impacts individual health and well-being, including HIV risk, but scant research has focused on emic understandings of relationship quality in African populations. We explored relationship quality and satisfaction in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) using data from 148 in-depth... -
Project Last Mile and the development of the Girl Champ brand in eSwatini: engaging the private sector to promote uptake of health services among adolescent girls and young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Marie A. Brault --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sarah Christie --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Sasha Aquino --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Abigail Rendin --- Olson Zaltman Associates, USA Amanda Manchia --- Project Last Mile, South Africa Leslie A. Curry --- Yale School of Public Health, USA Erika L. Linnander --- Yale School of Public Health, USAIn eSwatini and across sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are at significantly higher risk of HIV infection and poorer sexual and reproductive health (SRH) than their male counterparts. AGYW demonstrate low demand for SRH services, further contributing... -
Peer relationships and aggressive behaviour in adolescents: Moderation by gender and mediation by media violence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Izuchukwu L. G. Ndukaihe --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Chiedozie O. Okafor --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Uchechukwu L. Okeowata --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Hillary O. Eze --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Emmanuel O. Agha --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Peter Offu --- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, NigeriaWe investigated the role of gender and media violence in adolescents’ peer relationship problems and aggressive behaviour. High school students (n = 144) from South-Eastern Nigeria participated in the study. Seventy-two completed an experiment in which they were exposed to... -
Father–child relationship and children’s peer competence: Mediated by children’s emotional regulation and environmental adaptation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, China Xia Wu --- Shaoxing University, ChinaThis study aimed to explore father–child relationships and young children’s peer competence, as mediated by child emotional regulation and environmental adaptation. The children’s fathers and teachers completed peer competence, child emotional regulation and environmental adaptation measures on 216 Chinese children... -
Homophilic social networks and school adjustment among primary school pupils: Results and implications from a Zimbabwean study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Edwin Simbarashe Mpofu --- University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Maximus Monaheng Sefotho --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial network patterns were explored among Zimbabwean rural school pupils to determine their peer preferences and statuses. Participants were 173 school pupils attending grades 4–6 in a rural school in Zimbabwe (76 boys; 97 girls; age range 9 years to... -
Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Zhongyuan University of Technology, China --- Xuchang University, ChinaThis study explored interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships as mechanisms in the parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction. Participants were 914 Chinese middle school students (females = 53.39%; mean age = 13.95, SD = 1.89 years). They completed... -
Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, China --- College of Teacher Education, Shaoxing University, ChinaWe examined father’s parenting attitudes in association with teacher-child relationships and the mediating role of young children’s self-regulation ability in this relationship. Participant fathers (n = 211), age range (below 30 to over 41 years of age) and teachers (n... -
“We have that connection, we have love; we take wildlife as gifts from our ancestors”: relations between antelopes and Khwe in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Romie Nghitevelekwa --- University of Namibia, Namibia Selma Lendelvo --- University of Namibia, Namibia Fenny Ndapewa Nakanyete --- University of Namibia, Namibia Kletus Likuwa --- Social Sciences Division, University of Namibia, Namibia Kenneth Matengu --- University of Namibia, Namibia David Mushavanga --- , NamibiaWildlife plays significant roles in many societies that go beyond its ecological importance and economic rationale associated with conservation. This article examines the meanings of antelopes for the Khwe people in Bwabwata National Park in north-eastern Namibia. It underlines the... -
A guiding framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation: Evidence from a developing country context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shem Sikombe --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Franco Muleya --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Joseph Phiri --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Sambo Zulu --- Leeds Beckett University, UK Peter L. Simasiku --- Copperbelt University, Zambia Mercy Situtu --- Kitwe and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ZambiaPublic-private partnerships have long existed in literature, primarily in the construction sector. However, there is a paucity of research on the research and innovation ecosystem. This research aims to develop a framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation... -
China–Africa relationships: A systematic literature review and future directions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Max C. Dike --- Leicester Castle Business School De Montfort University, UK Richard A. Owusu --- Linnaeus University School of Business, SwedenThe deepening engagements of China in Africa in the past three decades have recently led to an increase in academic interest in exploring China–Africa relationships. This paper presents a systematic review of the extant literature on China–Africa ties published during...
