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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... -
Railway Plantations and Railway Sleepers in South Africa, 1910–1937
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: G.H. Pirie --- Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,Plantations owned by the South African Railways in the period 1910–1937 were not an important source of timber for railway sleepers. The plantations yielded wood for other railway uses as well as for use in the mines and in box... -
CCA—treated Laminated Railway Sleepers and Telephone Cross-arms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Forestry Journal • Authors: W.E. Conradie --- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,A non-conventional process for the manufacturing of laminated pine railway sleepers and telephone cross-arms, involving the treatment of laminations with copper-chrome-arsenic (CCA) preservatives before gluing and assembly, was investigated. -
Sleepless in South Africa: insomnia is not just a night-time problem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Moch --- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology,Sleep is necessary for normal growth and development. Lack of sleep causes considerable personal impairment that may impose a substantial societal burden on productivity and quality of life. Insomnia, whether transient or chronic, responds to both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions... -
Sleep duration and chronotype in adults in Côte d'Ivoire: influence of gender, religion and age
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Claudia Borchers --- Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany Dabila Ouattara --- Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Switzerland Christian Vollmer --- Institute of Psychology, Germany Christoph Randler --- Institute of Science, Geography and Technology, GermanyThis study investigated the sleep-wake rhythm and chronotype of people living in Côte d'Ivoire. We assessed sleep-wake behaviour in 556 adults (336 men, 220 women) between 25 and 54 years (mean: 38.63) by means of structured interviews. Data were analysed... -
Nocturnal pectoral tuft display in the malachite sunbird
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Andrea E. Wellmann --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, South Africa Colleen T. Downs --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, South AfricaDiurnal birds generally sleep during the hours of darkness. Most male southern African sunbirds have pectoral tufts, although the function of these is not always understood. We examined nocturnal tuft display in male malachite sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa) and found that... -
Obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Gr. Tintinger --- Department of Internal Medicine, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria L. Pretorius --- Medical Research Council Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Immunology, D. Labadarios --- Human Sciences Research Council, Population Health, Cape TownThe global obesity epidemic continues to gain momentum, and South Africa is one of those countries with an extremely high prevalence of obesity. The reported association between obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and obesity has resulted in a parallel increase in... -
Obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy and its association with pre-eclampsia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: NC Lintott --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa DG Van Zyl --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa JL Burke --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in pregnancy is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality to both mother and foetus. In the South African setting the proportion of pregnant females suffering from OSA has not been well studied; nor has... -
Development and evaluation of a cardiac coherence index for sleep analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patrick Celka --- SATHeart SA, Rue Galilée, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland Niclas Granqvist --- SATHeart SA, Rue Galilée, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland Herbert Schwabl --- SATHeart SA, Rue Galilée, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaCardiac coherence measurement is an established technology in biofeedback systems for stress release. Studies have typically been conducted with participants during ordinary waking consciousness, yet cardiac coherence during sleep may be even more important in illness prevention and health promotion... -
Sedentary behaviour and sleep problems among young, middle-aged, and older persons in South Africa: A brief report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation Office, South Africa Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, ThailandThe study aimed to investigate the relationship between sedentary behaviour and sleep problems in a large national community sample in South Africa. We analysed an existing cross-sectional population data set, the “South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey”. The... -
Prevalence of anxiety-induced sleep disturbance and associated factors among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- , Thailand Karl Peltzer --- , South AfricaThe goal of the study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of anxiety-induced sleep disturbance (AISD) among adolescent school children in Benin. Nationally representative cross-sectional data were analysed from 2 536 adolescents (median age = 17 years) that participated... -
Is it like night and day? Nocturnal versus diurnal perch use by dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion pumilum)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Treading a Delicate Tightrope: A principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent times • Authors: Krystal A Tolley --- , South AfricaArboreal chameleons must navigate a complex, three-dimensional landscape consisting of trees, bushes and/or grasses of various sizes. This complexity equates to the microhabitat of chameleons, that is, the branches upon which they perch and through which they move. Therefore, chameleons... -
How college students’ social media information overload affects sleep quality: The mediating effect of social fatigue and irrational procrastination
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jing Li --- Zhejiang University, China Tingting Gao --- Zhejiang University, China Yinghua Ye --- Zhejiang University, ChinaInformation overload is a pervasive phenomenon in the information age and has a negative impact on personal psychological experiences and behavioural performance. The relationship between WeChat information overload and sleep quality was examined, as well as the mediating effects of... -
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- University of the Free State, South AfricaPoor sleep quality (PSQ) is common among ageing adults, while the correlates of poor sleep quality among older adult populations are less well understood. The study utilised data from the South African 4-year longitudinal study on Health and Ageing in... -
Longitudinal associations between lifestyle changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and distress among children and adolescents in Montréal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Adrien Saucier --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Katia Charland --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Britt McKinnon --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Florence Dupont --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Isabelle Laurin --- University of Montreal, Canada Cat Tuong Nguyen --- University of Montreal, Canada Laura Pierce --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Margot Barbosa Da Torre --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Islem Cheriet --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Canada Caroline Quach --- University of Montreal, Canada Kate Zinszer --- Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, CanadaBackground: COVID-19 mitigation measures disrupted many youths’ lives. The burden that pandemic changes induced on children and adolescent’s mental health requires further research. -
Prevalence of and factors associated with loneliness, anxiety-induced sleep disturbance, and suicidal ideation among school-going adolescents in Panama
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Ishrar Tahmin Anika --- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Habiba Islam --- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Khalid Hasan --- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, BangladeshBackground: In recent years, mental health issues among adolescents have gained significant attention. Like many other nations, Panama is experiencing a growing prevalence of these challenges within its youth. It is crucial to investigate the prevalence of, and the underlying...