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Maasai Mara — an ecosystem under siege: an African case study on the societal dimension of rangeland conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: John Waithaka'Let me assure you all that our commitment to the preservation of wildlife and the habitat in the Maasai Mara reserve is total. We do not deny that the reserve is of vital economic importance to us, but we also... -
The sociocultural contexts and meanings associated with livestock keeping in rural South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Andrew Ainslie --- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, UKThis paper complements Vetter's position paper, ‘Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons – aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape’ (Vetter in this issue). It seeks to advance the debate regarding the contemporary nature of livestock... -
Degradation of communal rangelands in South Africa: towards an improved understanding to inform policy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: AnthonyR Palmer --- , South Africa JamesE Bennett --- Department of Geography, Environment and Disaster Management and Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, UKIn South Africa, the relative extent of range degradation under freehold compared to communal tenure has been strongly debated. We present a perspective on the processes that drive rangeland degradation on land under communal tenure. Our findings are based on... -
Adaptive management for complex communal rangelands in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Nicky Allsopp --- , South AfricaMany of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social–ecological systems and that one of the reasons that development initiatives have had... -
Training of Professional Psychologists for Africa: Community Psychology or Community Work?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaIf the practice of psychology is to be relevant to environmental realities and context sensitive then conscious consideration must be given to the psychology training programme. Training programmes should give due recognition to the historical, political, social, economic and cultural... -
Challenging the Frontiers of Community Psychology: A South African Experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ilse Ruane --- Department of Psycology, South AfricaThe development of community psychology is of vital importance in South Africa because of the historical context, questions about the relevance of mainstream western psychology and the current social change in the country in the post-apartheid era. Accordingly successful community... -
Promoting Inter-Relational Reflexivity with Psychosocial Workers in Community Work: A Case Study from Burundi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yvonne Sliep --- School of Psychology, University of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Andrew Gilbert --- Govan Mbeki Research and Development Centre, South AfricaWe explore the practice of creating reflexive spaces within community work with psychosocial workers living in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A central idea is inter-relational reflexivity—reflexivity within relationships that leads to collective action. Theoretical ideas related... -
Relationships among Leisure, Social Self-Image, Peer Pressure and At-Risk Behaviours of Adolescents in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred A. Adegoke --- University of Ilorin, Nigeria Christiana A. Ayoade --- University of Ilorin, NigeriaThis study investigated the relationships among leisure, social self image, peer pressure and at-risk behaviours of adolescents in Nigeria. It also examined the moderating roles of gender, age, and locale and school type on measured relationships. A total of 1,141... -
The Effects of Kenyan Child-Raising Practices on Adult Life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emmy M. Gichinga --- Nairobi International School of Theology,The study investigated the effects on adult behavior of child-raising practices in Nairobi, Kenya. The research sample consisted of 11 adult men and women from polygamous (five), monogamous (five) and single parent (one) backgrounds. Additionally, the sample included adult participants... -
Lay Perceptions of Psychotherapists in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elza Venter --- University of South Africa, Elsabe Roets --- University of South Africa,The study investigated South African layperson perceptions of psychotherapists. Participants were 10 males and 25 females (Whites = 23, Blacks = 10, Coloreds = 2; age range 20 to 59). Semi structured interviews were used to study expectations, attitudes and... -
Levels of Social Support and Coping Strategies in Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patricia Marivate --- University of Limpopo, Sylvester Ntomchukwu Madu --- University of Limpopo,The study examined the effects of levels of social support and types of coping strategies on the psychological adjustment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Five hundred students from two universities in the Limpopo Province of South Africa participated... -
Dimensions of Social Well-Being in a Motor Manufacturing Organisation in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melanie de Jager --- University of South Africa, Sanet Coetzee --- University of South Africa, Deléne Visser --- University of South Africa,The study examined the psychometric properties of the 15-item version of the Social Well-being Scale (SWBS-15: Keyes, 1998) for a South African sample with diversity in culture. The SWBS-15 and a biographical questionnaire were administered to employees in a motor... -
Positive Psychology: The Case of Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Regis Chireshe --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe & Kyambogo University, Uganda Paul Ojwang --- Kyambogo University, Uganda Edward Ntare Rutondoki --- Kyambogo University, Uganda Gastone Byamugisha --- Kyambogo University, UgandaThe application of positive psychology concepts in professional psychology in Uganda is in its infancy. Both undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programmes in Ugandan universities have very limited emphasis on positive psychology concepts. Some applications are apparent in HIV/AIDS and disability... -
Integration and Social Identity of Foreign African Professionals in South African Organisations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thandiwe Nayiga Luzuka --- University of the Witwatersrand, Calvin Gwandure --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study explored integration and social identity of foreign African nationals in the South African workplace. The study also explored the implications of the Employment Equity Act of 2006 as interpreted by foreign African nationals within the contexts of integration... -
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 =... -
Children's Loss of Agency under Extreme Adversity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bev Killian --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mary Van der Riet --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Angela Hough --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Vivien O'Neill --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Thabisile Zondi --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,This study explores the notion of children's agency in situations of extreme adversity. The child participants (n=117) live in the midst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; extreme poverty; and systemic educational malfunction. Four focus group interviews were conducted with the children... -
Teachers' Use of Memory-Box-Making to Provide Psychosocial Support in Their Pastoral Role
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liesel Ebersöhn --- University of Pretoria, Ronél Ferreira --- University of Pretoria, Maria Mnguni --- University of Pretoria,This study investigated the use of memory-box-making by teachers in their pastoral role. Ten female teachers participated in the study. The site of the study is in a South African primary school in an urban informal settlement. We used multiple... -
The Value of Social Representations Theory in Understanding Perceptions Regarding HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lynlee Howard-Paynea --- University of the Witwatersrand, Peace Kiguwa --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study investigated the extent to which individuals experience ideologic strain from identifying with members in their in-group and its shared representation of HIV. 200 students from a large South African University completed a HIV Knowledge, Perceptions & Practices survey... -
Forgiveness and the Well-Being of Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF): A Process for Discussion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gideon A.J. van Dyk --- Stellenbosch University,Africa is a continent of conflict, violence and war. South Africa, with a recent history of apartheid and current high percentage of crime is no exception. Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) take part in peacekeeping operations... -
The Socio-Historical Context of In-School Corporal Punishment in a KwaZulu-Natal Setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Viv O'Neil --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Beverley Killian --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Angela Hough --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis article presents part of the results of an investigation into barriers to learning in the context of HIV in Richmond, a small KwaZulu-Natal town. Participants were learners from Grades 3,6, and 9(N=117; males=59; females=58). Data were collected by individual... -
Child Abuse: Psychosocial and Religious Intervention Strategies in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Regis Chireshe --- Walter Sisulu University, Excellent Chireshe --- Great Zimbabwe University, Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda,The article examines psychosocial and religious intervention strategies used to prevent and manage child abuse in Zimbabwe. Psychosocial interventions used include primary, secondary and tertiary interventions. Religious interventions include primary and tertiary intervention. It appears that the intervention strategies are... -
Psychosocial Well-being in a Group of South African Adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Izanette van Schalkwyk --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore the psychosocial well-being of a group of South African adolescents. Participants (N=665, ages 15–17 years; males = 214, females = 451) from three high schools completed questionnaires on psychosocial well-being. Structured interviews... -
Academic Counselling for Graduate Research Students with Distance Learning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Levison Maunganidze --- University of Venda, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- University of Venda, South Africa Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South Africa Elias Mberi --- Zimbabwe Open University, Jane Mutasa --- Zimbabwe Open University,The study examined academic counselling needs for graduate research students enrolled with a distance education university. Participants were 17 students (males = 10, females = 7; mean years of enrollment =1). They responded to an open ended questionnaire on pertinent... -
Parenting Styles Affecting the Social Behaviour of Five-Year Olds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Natacha Latouf --- Evergreen Pre-primary, Munita Dunn --- University of Stellenbosch,The main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between parenting styles as a correlate of social behaviour among five-year olds. Participants were 30 parents of 25 pre-primary students of a school in Northern Province of South Africa,... -
Social Support, Self-image, and Future Outlook Among Poverty-stricken Unemployed Men in Namibia: A Phenomenological Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ilse E. Plattner --- Univesity of Botswana, Webster Gonzo --- National Housing Enterprise, NamibiaThe study aimed to explore how poverty-stricken job seekers in Namibia felt about their unemployment situation and how they perceived themselves, their social support, and their future. Ten men (aged 18 to 40 years) participated in the study. In-depth interviews... -
The Impact of Poverty on Women's Psychosocial Well-being: Narratives from Zimbabwean Migrant Women in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Regis Chireshe --- Walter Sisulu University, South AfricaThe study investigated the psychosocial impact poverty has had on Zimbabwean migrant women. The sample comprised 7 female participants (3 professional teachers and 4 informal traders) who had migrated to South Africa because of poverty. Their age ranged from 16... -
A Rogerian Perspective on Empathic Patterns in Southern African Healing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand,The aim of this article is to describe and provide evidence for the effectiveness of patterns of empathy in Southern African forms of healing. This is done through an evaluative literature review of the Rogerian perspective on empathy in relation... -
Student Teachers' Reflections of a Community Service Learning Experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Özge Hacifazlioǧlu --- Bahcesehir University, Turkey Nesrin Özdemir --- Bahcesehir University, Turkey Hüseyin Uzunboylu --- Near East University, Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusThe study examined student teachers' reflections on being involved in a social responsibility project in a community setting. Participants were 71 beginning students in two sequential cohorts (cohort 1 = 34, cohort 2 = 37). Data on their community learning... -
The Career Exploration of a Previously Disadvantaged Middle-Aged Woman: A Case Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Daleen Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe case study explores the perceptions of a middle-aged, previously disadvantaged South African woman regarding her career aspirations and her promotability. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Narrative inquiry was used to interview the client. The... -
Influences on Career Choice Among Psychology Undergraduate Students: Role of Social Agents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South AfricaThe study explored factors that mediate the choice of psychology as a major subject by undergraduate students. Participants were a convenience sample of 368 students from two higher education institutions in Southern Africa (males =186, females =182, mean age =... -
Exploring the Psychological Exteriority and Interiority of Men's Violence Against Women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ursula Lau --- University of South Africa, Garth Stevens --- University of the Witwatersrand,This study explored male perpetrators subjective experiences of violence against their intimate partners. Participants were a convenience sample of 12 men (11 ‘Black’ and 1 ‘White’, between 18 to 70 years of age) recruited from three organisations in Johannesburg, South... -
Psychosocial Health of an African Group before Awareness of HIV Status: A Comparative Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lanél Maré --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Mada J. Watson --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Suria M. Ellis --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study aimed to explore the psychosocial health profiles of people with and without HIV before they learned their infection status. A total of 1,025 participants (males = 386, females = 639, age range = between 32 and 87, infected... -
Exploring Young Black Persons' Narratives About the Apartheid Past
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cheryl Petersen --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa Karel Botha --- North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South AfricaThis study examined intergeneration narratives about the apartheid past through the retelling of 14 young black South Africans aged 16 to 21 (males =6, females =8). A qualitative categorical-content data analysis underpinned by social constructionism, explored these secondary narrative segments... -
Measuring the Academic Self-Efficacy of Students at a South African Higher Education Institution
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sheila N. Matoti [AN0001]The study assessed the academic self-efficacy of newly enrolled undergraduate students attending a higher education institution in South Africa (n = 315, females = 53.6%). Data were collected using the students enrolled for science related majors. An existing Academic Behavioural... -
‘Bhuti’: Meaning and Masculinities in Xhosa Brothering
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Saville Young --- Rhodes University, South Africa Catherine Jackson --- Rhodes University, South AfricaThe article explores the connections between context, masculinity and the fraternal relationship to understand brotherhood in Xhosa culture. The participant was a Xhosa man (32 years old, with tertiary level education). Data were collected using a semi-structured interview. The data... -
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... -
Adjustment Experiences of International Students at a South African University
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pilot Mudhovozi --- University of Venda, South AfricaThe study explored the experiences of international students at a South African university. A purposeful sample of seven international students were the participants (males = 3, females = 4, age range = 22 to 28 years). Content analysis of the... -
Lived Experiences of Informal Settlers in Peri-Urban Districts in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Excellent Chireshe --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Takupiwa Nyanga --- Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe John S. Mapfumo --- Africa University, Zimbabwe Regis Chireshe --- University of South Africa,The study explored the lived experiences of informal settlers in two peri-urban cities of Zimbabwe (n=53, males=19, females=34; Age range 18 to 76 years). The settlers self-reported on aspects of wellbeing, including perceived neighborliness of habitats. Data were thematically analyzed... -
Your Culture or Mine? Changes in Cultural Sensitivity in a Service-Learning Class
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State,This study investigated patterns of attitudinal change in students following a service-learning experience. The data for this study was collected from psychology students in their third and fourth years of study at the University of the Free State. All these... -
The Experience of Psychosocial Stressors Amongst Adolescent Learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ancel George --- University of the Free State, South Africa Henriëtte van den Berg --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study sought to identify and describe the psychosocial factors that adolescents experience as stressful. Data were collected from 556 respondents (Grade 10 to 12; 250 males and 306 females; mean age = 17.3 yrs; SD = 1.66) who completed... -
Hope, Psychosocial Well-Being and Socioeconomic Status Among a Group of South African Adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tharina Guse --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Yvonne Vermaak --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore hope and psychosocial well-being among South African adolescents (N = 1169; males = 573, females = 596, mean age = 15.1) from different socioeconomic contexts. Data was collected by means of convenience... -
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),... -
Guidelines with Strategies for Enhancement of Resilience and Psycho-Social Well-Being in Professional Nurses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Magdalena P. Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Marié P. Wissing --- North-West University, South Africa Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South AfricaThere are currently no guidelines available for enhancement of resilience in professional nurses. This study aims to provide broad guidelines with specific strategies that may enhance resilience and psycho-social well-being in professional nurses. These guidelines are based findings from previous... -
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),... -
The Experiences of Self-Injury Amongst Adolescents and Young Adults within a South African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cithra Bheamadu --- University of Johannesburg, Elzette Fritz --- University of Johannesburg, Jace Pillay --- University of Johannesburg,The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of self-injury among adolescents and young adults within the South African context. The participants were twelve university students who had self-injured in their adolescence (females = 92%). The data were... -
An Exploration of Families' Psychosocial Well-Being in a South African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to explore and describe aspects that contribute to the psychosocial well-being of families from diverse cultures in a South African context by analysing data obtained through narratives, drawings and interviews with families. Participant families... -
Peer Aggression by Secondary School Learners in a South African School Setting: Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Botha --- North West University, South Africa Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis study reports the experience of aggression by secondary school learners attending a South African school. There were 14 participants ranging in age from 16 to 19 years (Gender: 6 young women and 8 young men; Ethnicity: 7 Black; 3... -
Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Caregivers and Households of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) from a Low-Income South African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mambwe Kasese-Hara --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Mzikazi Nduna --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Misheck Ndebele --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Noleen Pillay --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis study reports on the health and psychosocial wellbeing of caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and members of their households in a low-income South African community. Participants were 54 guardians of OVC registered to receive support at the... -
Psychosocial Experiences of Coloured Grandmothers who are the Primary Care Givers of Their Grandchildren
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Herman Grobler --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the psychosocial experiences of grandmothers who care for their grandchildren. A qualitative research design was used. Twelve grandmothers (age range = 50 to 65) from a peri-urban community in the Western Cape (South Africa) were selected as... -
Psychosocial Influences on Substance Abuse in a Sample of South African Youth: A Qualitative Analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nirmala D. Gopal --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Steven J. Collings --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThis study investigated the lived experience of substance abusers in the South African context. Participants were 10 individuals attending a drug treatment centre in Durban, South Africa. Data were collected using open-ended interviews with data being analysed using thematic analysis... -
Troubling Discourse: The Social Justice Approach Towards Combating HIV and AIDS Stigmatisation Among Adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Christa Beyers --- University of the Free State, Milton Nkoane --- University of the Free State,This study investigated the experiences of adolescents living with HIV and AIDS. Interviews were conducted with ten black female adolescents who were diagnosed HIV-positive to determine the effect of positive diagnosis on their being. Three of the participants chose to... -
Enhancing Emotional and Social Competence in a Group of South-African School Beginners: A Preliminary Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elmarí Deacon --- North-West University, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study piloted the efficacy of a short-term intervention program for socio-emotional development in pre-schoolers.in a South African setting. Participants were 48 learners, aged between 5 and 6 years (22 boys, 26 girls). A proportion of the participants (n=26) took... -
A Model for Psychosocial Well-Being of Families in a South African Context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study applied the approach of Dickoff, James, and Wiedenbach (1968) to construct a conceptual framework and a model for the psychosocial well-being of families from diverse cultures in a South African context. Findings from previous qualitative research served as... -
Counselling on Rails: Social Accountability Learning Among South African Psychology Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize Bonthuys --- North-West University, Itumeleng P. Khumalo --- North-West University, Lynette Flusk --- Transnet-Phelophepa Health-Care Train,This study investigated the utility of train transportation health care service in a North Eastern South African region. Participants were seven psychology graduate students at a South African university. They completed reflective journals on their subjective experience and objective reporting... -
Perceived Work Uncertainties and Expectancy-Value as Predictors of Postgraduate Intentions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sheriffa Mahama --- University of Ghana, Ghana Rainer K. Silbereisen --- Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany Jacquelynne S. Eccles --- University of Michigan,Current globalized labor market trends have been associated with protracted and uncertain work environments for youth and consequently, prolonged periods spent in education. To investigate this association, we assessed work demands which is the perception of growing work-related uncertainties, expectancies,... -
Psychosocial Well-Being of Families in a South African Context: A Prospective Multifactorial Model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study investigated the psychosocial well-being of a group of South African families by determining the prevalence of psychosocial well-being indicators. A cross-sectional survey design and a purposive, voluntary sampling technique were used. Data on family well-being were collected from... -
The Prevalence of Well-Being on Teachers in Afri Twin Schools as Well as Non Afri Twin Schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner de Klerk --- North-West University, South Africa Q. Michael Temane --- North-West University, South Africa Alida W. Nienaber --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the prevalence of well-being in Afri Twin and non Afri Twin teachers. The Afri Twin project allows schools of comparable type and size in Britain and South Africa to be ‘twinned’ with each other, with a possible... -
AIDS communications through social networks: catalyst for behaviour changes in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Daniel Low-Beer RandL StoneburnerObjective: To investigate distinctive communications through social networks which may be associated with population behaviour changes and HIV prevalence declines in Uganda compared to other countries. -
Regional differences in HIV prevalence under prevailing socio-economic conditions: a preliminary comparison of north-eastern and southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lemma MeridPreliminary investigation shows that HIV prevalence in north-eastern African countries is generally lower than in southern African countries. This has led some in the north-east to complacency. Yet, while prevalence levels change according to the rate of new infections (incidence)... -
Breaking the silence: using memory books as a counselling and succession-planning tool with AIDS-affected households in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sophie Witter Beatrice WereThis article reviews the experience of NACWOLA and Save the Children (UK) in using 'memory books' in AIDS-affected households in Uganda from the mid-1990s to the present. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with key stakeholders in early 2004, including NACWOLA... -
AIDS, order and 'best practice' in the South African workplace: managers, peer educators, traditional healers and folk theories
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David DickinsonThis article examines the response of three medium-sized South African manufacturing companies to HIV/AIDS. It is argued that the response is heavily influenced by managerial conceptions of workplace order — sometimes divergent from industrial realities — which results in the... -
Gendered socioeconomic conditions and HIV risk behaviours among young people in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kelly HallmanRecent evidence suggests that the burden of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa is concentrated among young people, especially females. Even in a country such as South Africa where knowledge among young people of how to protect oneself from infection... -
Containment and contagion: How to strengthen families to support youth HIV prevention in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zubeda Paruk Inge Petersen Arvin Bhana Carl Bell Mary McKayThere has been little research done in South Africa that investigates how families nested within communities can be strengthened to support the prevention of HIV infection in youth. A focused ethnographic case-study approach was employed to better understand how families... -
Understanding fatalism in HIV/AIDS protection: the individual in dialogue with contextual factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anna Meyer-WeitzMany people remain at risk of becoming HIV-infected despite large-scale prevention efforts. An exploratory study was conducted to investigate the determinants of a fatalistic attitude towards protecting the self from HIV/AIDS. The study utilised the Human Sciences Research Council's national,... -
HIV/AIDS, childhood and governance: sundering the bonds of human society
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Tony BarnettThere is a disharmonious resonance between the length of HIV infection in the individual human host and the length of a human generation. In brief, an infected person may have children, these may be orphaned and grow up to become... -
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... -
What do Tanzanian children worry about?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mai Bente Snipstad Gro Therese Lie Dagfinn WinjeThis paper explores the worries of children in a sample of 8- to 15-year-old children, drawn from three primary schools on the outskirts of Moshi, Tanzania. Data about children's worries were collected by two methods. First, lists of worries were... -
Beyond liminality: orphanhood and marginalisation in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marguerite DanielFor children, the death of a parent initiates a rite of passage, a three-stage process: separation from their status as 'son' or 'daughter', a period of liminality with rituals of mourning, burial and interment, and finally re-aggregation into a re-formed... -
The children left to stand alone
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sidsel RoalkvamDrawing upon ethnographic fieldwork in Seke, a semi-rural area outside Harare, Zimbabwe, this paper explores the social mechanism behind the seeming invisibility of children left on their own and how this form of 'invisibility' challenges established notions of childhood, parenthood,... -
HIV disclosure and other factors that impact on adherence to antiretroviral therapy: the case of Soweto, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: NokuthulaL Skhosana Helen Struthers GlendaE Gray JamesA McIntyreSome authors argue that there are no predictors of adherence to medication, while others proffer indicators of likely adherence. These contextual factors are wide-ranging and may be interdependent. There are few studies of adherence in resource-poor settings. Of these, many... -
Relationships, partnerships and politics in the lives of the urban poor in AIDS-afflicted Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lynne JonesThis paper seeks to better understand how poor urban families caring for children are able to access help from beyond the kinship group in a setting where HIV prevalence has risen to over 40%. The fieldwork shows that livelihoods were... -
Disability grants or antiretrovirals? A quandary for people with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chloe Hardy Marlise RichterAccording to the Department of Social Development, disability grants are available to adult South African citizens and permanent residents who are incapacitated and unable to work due to illness or disability. A number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) have... -
Sexual discourse and decision-making by urban youth in AIDS-afflicted Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lynne JonesThis article begins by considering the ethics and practicalities of researching sensitive issues with older children and young adults in the context of HIV/AIDS. As part of qualitative fieldwork in the municipality of Mbabane, Swaziland, family caregivers and learners at... -
'We will eat when I get the grant': negotiating AIDS, poverty and antiretroviral treatment in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Suzanne Leclerc-MadlalaThe maturing HIV epidemic has led to a decline in the health status of many South Africans. One result is an increasing number of AIDS-affected poor who qualify for a government disability grant. Recent research has drawn attention to the... -
Urban and rural differences in HIV/AIDS stigma in five African countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: JoanneR Naidoo LeanaR Uys Minrie Greeff WilliamL Holzemer Lucy Makoae Priscilla Dlamini RenéD Phetlhu Maureen Chirwa Thecla KohiStigma and discrimination have been widely researched, especially within the context of health. In the context of HIV/AIDS, studies have shown that stigma variously impacts on prevention, on accessing treatment, and on care programmes. Decreasing stigma is therefore an important... -
The future of AIDS in Africa: lessons from two scenario projects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pieter FourieScenario planning or futures studies have their origin in military planning, but have also been used with great success in the private sector, most notably in the energy industry. UNAIDS and the South African financial services group Metropolitan each recently... -
Breaching cultural silence: enhancing resilience among Ugandan orphans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marguerite Daniel Hellen Malinga Apila Rune Bjørgo Gro Therese LieCultural silence is frequently the outcome of deep-seated taboos regarding adults talking to children about sex and death. This paper examines the impact of cultural silence on the resilience of children orphaned by AIDS in Uganda. Cultural silence is often... -
Child participation in research: reflections on ethical challenges in the southern African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Glynis Clacherty David DonaldThis article reflects on several challenges that particular cultural, socio-economic and catastrophic factors (such as the HIV epidemic) pose to ethical practice in research involving child participation in a region such as southern Africa. With reference to concrete situations, we... -
Responses to VCT for HIV among young people in Kampala, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eva-Britta Råssjö Elisabeth Darj Joseph Konde-Lule Pia OlssonAttitudes to voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV among young men and women in a slum area of Kampala, Uganda, were studied through 22 individual semi-structured interviews and 5 focus group discussions. Attitudes to VCT ranged from having no... -
Short-term effects of a peer group intervention for HIV prevention among trainee teachers in Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: KathleenF Norr JamesL Norr ChrissiePN Kaponda SitingawawoI Kachingwe EllenMD MbwezaThis report describes the implementation and short-term results of a peer group intervention for HIV prevention on the HIV-related attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of primary school teachers in Malawi. The intervention, based on the social-cognitive learning model, took place in... -
Boundaries of care: the role of the school in supporting vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ursula HoadleyThis paper is a response to a growing vision of schools as sites of care and support for vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS. The aim is to interrogate this notion and to raise some key issues... -
Young Malawians on the interaction between mental health and HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jerome Wright Fred Lubben Mac Bain MkandawirePrevious research has identified high levels of mental health problems among people affected by HIV. This study surveys specifically adolescents in southern Malawi on their experience of the impacts of living with HIV or AIDS on one's mental health. At... -
Embodied history. Uniqueness and exemplarity of South African AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Didier Fassin --- ,The exceptionality of AIDS in South Africa, both for its epidemiological features and public controversies, seems to have its correspondence in the exceptionalism of South African history, with its unprecedented regime of apartheid and its unexpected turn to democracy. The... -
Determinants of individual AIDS risk perception: knowledge, behavioural control and social influence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Laura Bernardi --- , GermanyIn sub-Saharan Africa an almost universal awareness of the serious consequences of AIDS and of the sexual transmission of HIV co-exists together with a reluctance in adopting consequent preventive measures, in the form of protected sexual intercourse. The socio-psychological literature... -
AIDS, individual behaviour and the unexplained remaining variation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alison Katz --- , SwitzerlandFrom the start of the AIDS pandemic, individual behaviour has been put forward, implicitly or explicitly, as the main explanatory concept for understanding the epidemiology of HIV infection and in particular for the rapid spread and high prevalence in sub-Saharan... -
Preventing HIV infections in children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa through integrated care and support activities: a review of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: JosephJ Amon --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, United States of AmericaSub-Saharan Africa has been hit harder by the HIV/AIDS pandemic than any other region of the world, and children under age eighteen represent one-third of all new HIV infections occurring there annually. While HIV prevention efforts targeting youth are well... -
Perceived social context of AIDS in a Black township in Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SethC Kalichman --- Department of Psychology, USA Leickness Simbayi --- , South AfricaAIDS is only one of several life threatening social problems facing people living in poverty. HIV/AIDS prevention messages and prevention programmes should be framed within the context of relevant social problems. The current study examined public perceptions of AIDS as... -
Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rachel Bray --- Centre for Social Science Research, Leslie Social Science Building, Upper Campus, South AfricaThis paper examines and questions the predictions found in the academic and policy literature of social breakdown in southern Africa in the wake of anticipated high rates of orphanhood caused by the AIDS epidemic. Analysis of the logic underlying these... -
Challenging dominant norms of masculinity for HIV prevention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine MacPhail --- Reproductive Health Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaWithin South Africa there is a growing HIV epidemic, particularly among young heterosexual people. A recent report (NMF/HSRC, 2002) indicates that levels of HIV infection among young people aged 15–24 years are 9.3% although other studies in more specific locations... -
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... -
Bereavement, silence and culture within a peer-led HIV/AIDS-prevention strategy for vulnerable children in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ingrid Van der Heijden --- Child, Youth, Family and Social Development Research Programme, South Africa Sharlene Swartz --- Child, Youth, Family and Social Development Research Programme, South AfricaIn addressing the psychosocial effects of the HIV and AIDS pandemic among vulnerable children, the issue of bereavement appears inadequately addressed. Amid the global discourse on children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, this paper explores how cultural... -
Perceptions of HIV/AIDS leaders about faith-based organisations’ influence on HIV/AIDS stigma in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mpoe Johannah Keikelame --- Directorate of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa ColleenK Murphy --- , United States KarinE Ringheim --- , United States Sara Woldehanna --- , United StatesThe extent of the HIV pandemic—particularly in the hardest-hit countries, including South Africa—has prompted a call for greater engagement of all groups, including faith-based organisations (FBOs). Although FBOs are known to play a substantial role in providing care and support... -
Challenging power and meaning: outlining the popular epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in Rakai, Uganda, c. 1975–1990
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jan Kuhanen --- Department of History, FinlandThis article traces the historical evolution of conditions that favoured the spread of HIV in Rakai district, Uganda, and the process of evolution of the local, popular epidemiology of HIV and AIDS. It argues that the HIV epidemic was made... -
Positive care? HIV and residential care for children in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Susan Moses --- , South Africa Helen Meintjes --- , South AfricaResponses to the HIV epidemic leading to an increase in the number of residential care facilities for children across sub-Saharan Africa have prompted concerns that large numbers of orphaned children are being placed in institutional care. There is little empirical... -
Dilemmas and tensions facing a faith-based organisation promoting HIVprevention among young people in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Marisa Casale --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Stephanie Nixon --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Sarah Flicker --- Faculty of Environmental Studies, Canada Clara Rubincam --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Angelique Jenney --- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, CanadaFaith-based organisations (FBOs) are receiving growing attention for their roles in addressing HIV and AIDS in southern Africa. These roles, however, are not without philosophical challenges. Yet, to date, most references to the successes or limitations of FBOs have remained... -
Human-rights perspectives on caregiving of people with HIV: the case for the Kanye home-based care programme, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: SimonM Kang'ethe --- Department of Adult Education, Centre for Continuous Education, BotswanaThe article discusses the human rights associated with caregiving to people with HIV or AIDS, based on empirical findings about a community home-based care programme in Kanye, Botswana. The study was explorative in nature and qualitative in design and used... -
Nutrition education and counselling as strategic interventions to improvehealth outcomes in adult outpatients with HIV: a literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: HannahL. Kaye --- , South Africa CarlosJ. Moreno-Leguizamon --- , South AfricaMalnutrition poses a significant risk for people living with HIV and accelerates disease progression. This is because adequate nutrition is essential for optimal immune function. This article discusses research on the role and use of nutrition education or counselling as... -
Courting success in HIV/AIDS prevention: the challenges of addressing aconcentrated epidemic in Senegal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: EllenE Foley --- , United States Rokhaya Nguer --- , SenegalThis article presents findings from a study of HIV/AIDS programmes for urban sex workers in Dakar, Senegal. The objective of the research was to assess HIV prevention and treatment efforts to date, and to identify challenges that must be overcome... -
Rumours about blood and reimbursements in a microbicide gel trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jonathan Stadler --- , South Africa Eirik Saethre --- Department of Anthropology, United StatesA rumour that emerged during a microbicide gel trial tells the tale of clinic staff purchasing trial participants’ blood. This paper documents the rumour and explores its divergent interpretations and meanings in relation to the context of the trial and... -
The effects of gender and socioeconomic status on youth sexual-risknorms: evidence from a poor urban community in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michael Rogan --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Michaela Hynie --- Department of Psychology, Canada Marisa Casale --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Stephanie Nixon --- Department of Physical Therapy, Canada Sarah Flicker --- Faculty of Environment Studies, Canada Geoff Jobson --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Suraya Dawad --- Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South AfricaHIV and AIDS remains one of the most serious problems facing youths in many sub-Saharan African countries. Among young people in South Africa, gender is linked with a number of HIV-risk behaviours and outcomes. The literature suggests that factors such... -
Complex negotiations: ‘spiritual’ therapy and living with HIV in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Benjamin Kobina Kwansa --- Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The NetherlandsMany people living with HIV in Ghana make use of spiritual therapy, however complex. This paper describes the complexities of these therapies in the context of increasing access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and high levels of HIV stigma. The study... -
A qualitative exploration of the impact of HIV and ART on social disruption and household continuity in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Glenn Wagner --- , United States Gery Ryan --- , United States Alexis Huynh --- , United States Cissy Kityo --- , Uganda Peter Mugyenyi --- , UgandaWith increased uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) throughout sub-Saharan Africa, it is critical to have a better understanding of the impact of ART on all health dimensions since the treatment can have the expected benefits as well as unintended negative... -
Why do some South African ethnic groups have very high HIV rates and others not?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chris Kenyon --- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Observatory, South Africa Sizwe Zondo --- Department of Psychology, ASCENT Laboratory, Rondebosch, South AfricaThe differences in HIV prevalence between South Africa's racial/ethnic groups (19.9%, 3.2%, and 0.5% among 15–49-year-old blacks, coloureds and whites, respectively) are as big as those between the countries with the highest and lowest levels of HIV prevalence worldwide. These... -
Formative evaluation of the STAR intervention: improving teachers’ ability to provide psychosocial support for vulnerable individuals in the school community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ronél Ferreira --- Department of Educational Psychology, South Africa Liesel EbersöhnThe article describes the pilot phase of a participatory reflection and action (PRA) study. The longitudinal investigation explores teachers’ ability to provide psychosocial support within the context of HIV/AIDS following an asset-based intervention. The study ensued from our desire to... -
Correlates of sexual faithfulness among low-literate rural males in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: GebeyehuW Bogale --- Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, The Netherlands Henk Boer --- Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, The Netherlands Erwin Seydel --- Department of Psychology and Communication of Health and Risk, The NetherlandsHIV is a major threat to the people of the rural Amhara Region, northwest Ethiopia. To date, numerous studies have focused on condom use for HIV prevention. Using the theory of planned behaviour, this study investigates the psychosocial determinants of... -
The role of ‘pimping’ in the mediation of transactional sex at a university campus in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: TsitsiB Masvawure --- , South AfricaThe article focuses on a very specific form of transactional sex that exists at a university campus in Zimbabwe, which students refer to as ‘pimping.’ Drawing extensively on the specific experiences of a male student pimp, the article demonstrates that,... -
HIV/AIDS misconceptions may be associated with condom use among black South Africans: an exploratory analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: LauraM Bogart --- , United States Donald Skinner --- , South Africa LanceS Weinhardt --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Laura Glasman --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Cheryl Sitzler --- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States Yoesrie Toefy --- , South Africa SethC Kalichman --- Department of Psychology, United StatesIn South Africa, approximately 20% of 15–49-year-olds are infected with HIV. Among black South Africans, high levels of HIV/AIDS misconceptions (e.g. HIV is manufactured by whites to reduce the black African population; AIDS is caused by supernatural forces or witchcraft)... -
The rise and fall of HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe: the social, political and economic context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stephen O'Brien --- School of Social Science, Australia Alex Broom --- School of Social Science, AustraliaFor more than 10 years Zimbabwe has experienced social, political and economic instability, including the near collapse in 2008 of its health system. Paradoxically, this period has also seen a fall in estimated HIV prevalence, from 25.6% in 1996 to... -
Employment discrimination and HIV stigma: survey results from civil society organisations and people living with HIV in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Laurel Sprague --- Department of Political Science, United States Sara Simon --- , Belgium Courtenay Sprague --- Graduate School of Business Administration, South AfricaThe article presents findings from three surveys of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and civil society organisations about the experience of employment discrimination and stigma in the workplace. The work seeks to contribute to efforts by businesses and other organisations... -
Patterns of disclosure and antiretroviral treatment adherence in a South African mining workplace programme and implications for HIV prevention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Anil Bhagwanjee --- , South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Olagoke Akintola --- , South Africa Inge Petersen --- , South Africa Gavin George --- , South Africa Leigh Johnstone --- , South Africa Kerisha Naidoo --- , South AfricaSocial and psychological barriers to the disclosure of one's seropositive HIV status to significant others and poor adherence to taking medications pose significant challenges to the scaling-up of access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the workplace. Such barriers are predictive... -
An exploratory study of HIV-prevention advocacy by persons in HIV care in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Christopher Tumwine --- , Uganda Annet Nannungi --- , Uganda Eric Ssegujja --- , Uganda Nicolate Nekesa --- , Uganda Sarah Ssali --- , Uganda Lynn Atuyambe --- , Uganda Gery Ryan --- , United States Glenn Wagner --- , United StatesTo explore how people living with HIV (PLHIV) and in care encourage others to adopt HIV-protective behaviours, we conducted in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of 40 HIV clinic patients in Kampala, Uganda. Content analysis was used to examine the... -
Obstacles to creating an environment conducive to HIV prevention for young people
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Roselyn Nm Kareithi --- Adolescent Health Research Unit, South Africa Crick Lund --- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centre for Public Mental Health, South AfricaThe external environment of an organisation influences the desired goals and interventions of that organisation in many ways. However, strategies for influencing the external context to create a more enabling environment for the interventions of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are often... -
The ethics of HIV research with people who inject drugs in Africa: a desk review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicole Mamotte --- School of Psychology, Ethics, Law, and Human Rights Collaborating Centre of the African AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP ELH), South AfricaInjecting drug use is a growing problem in Africa and a growing risk factor for contracting HIV in the region. It is imperative that HIV research includes injecting drug users so that they too are able to benefit from safe... -
Barriers to initiating antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy: a qualitative study of women attending services in Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathryn Stinson --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, South Africa Landon Myer --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, South AfricaDespite the rapid expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes, uptake of ART in pregnancy remains suboptimal. Little is known about the barriers to initiating lifelong ART in pregnancy and the challenges to postpartum retention in HIV care, particularly in sub-Saharan... -
Predictors of sexual behaviour among church-going youths in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-denominational study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ann Neville Miller --- Nicholson School of Communication, United States Kyalo wa Ngula --- Nicholson School of Communication, United States George Musambira --- Nicholson School of Communication, United StatesWe surveyed church-going youths in Nairobi, Kenya, to investigate denominational differences in their sexual behaviour and to identify factors related to those differences. In comparison with youths attending mainline churches, the youths surveyed at Pentecostal/evangelical churches were less likely to... -
Housing conditions of home-based care patients in Botswana and the implications for HIV care
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lily Clara Fidzani --- Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Botswana KesitegileSM Gobotswang --- Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, BotswanaPeople living with HIV or with a terminal disease face frequent health risks due to opportunistic infections which affect their way of life and dramatically increase their risk of death. Increasingly, terminally ill patients in Botswana are cared for at... -
A narrative review of research on the effects of physical activity on people living with HIV and opportunities for health promotion in disadvantaged settings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Clemens Ley --- , South Africa María Rato Barrio --- , South AfricaThe article explores different types and effects of physical activity for people living with HIV. Considering the lack of studies done in African contexts and the disparity between research settings and natural settings, a narrative review of the literature was... -
Children as caregivers of older relatives living with HIV and AIDS in Nyang'oma division of western Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CharlesO Olang'o --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Kenya IsaacK Nyamongo --- Gender and African Studies, Kenya ErickO Nyambedha --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, KenyaThere is growing debate about the situations of children who care for a relative with HIV-related illness, especially in developing countries with high HIV prevalence. In particular, there is inadequate information on the long-term consequences of children taking on this... -
Resilience through participation and coping-enabling social environments: the case of HIV-affected children in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Marguerite Daniel --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, NorwayMany children and youths living in low-resource and high-HIV-prevalence communities in sub-Saharan Africa are presented with daily hardships that few of us can even imagine. It is therefore no surprise that most research reporting on the experiences of HIV-affected children... -
Youths navigating social networks and social support systems in settings of chronic crisis: the case of youth-headed households in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Laura May Lee --- Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Program, Green College, CanadaYouth-headed households in Rwanda live in a context of chronic crisis, where poverty, disease and uncertainty are not exceptional but characterise people's daily lived reality. Struggling under the pressures of economic deprivation, social isolation, abuse and exploitation, these youths experience... -
Safeguarding inheritance and enhancing the resilience of orphaned young people living in child- and youth-headed households in Tanzania and Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ruth Evans --- Department of Geography and Environmental Science, United KingdomThis article explores the resilience of orphaned young people in safeguarding physical assets (land and property) inherited from their parents and sustaining their households without a co-resident adult relative. Drawing on the concept of resilience and the sustainable livelihoods framework,... -
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... -
‘Read me to resilience’: Exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lesley Wood --- Faculty of Education Sciences, South Africa Linda Theron --- Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Nokhanyo Mayaba --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThe study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses on the promotion of potential strengths to... -
Coping with hardship through friendship: the importance of peer social capital among children affected by HIV in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Vincent Onyango Ogutu --- , KenyaChildren living in households affected by HIV face numerous challenges as they take on significant household-sustaining and caregiving roles, often in conditions of poverty. To respond to their hardships, we must identify and understand the support systems they are already... -
Schoolchildren affected by HIV in rural South Africa: schools as environments that enable or limit coping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Fumane Khanare --- School of Education, South AfricaThe importance of psychosocial support for the wellbeing of children made vulnerable by HIV is a frequently discussed topic in the fields of education and HIV-related social science research. For children to juggle both the demands of education and the... -
How disclosure and antiretroviral therapy help HIV-infected adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa cope with stigma
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Vivian Midtbø --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Violeth Shirima --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Morten Skovdal --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, Norway Marguerite Daniel --- Department of Health Promotion and Development, NorwayHIV-related stigma has a major impact on the health and psychosocial wellbeing of HIV-infected children and youths. While there is some debate about the extent to which improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) contributes to a reduction in HIV stigma,... -
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,... -
Questioning the use-value of social relationships: care and support of youths affected by HIV in child-headed households in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Diana Van Dijk --- Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN), The Netherlands Francien Van Driel --- Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN), The NetherlandsThe opinion that the extended family can fulfil its supportive role in assisting child-headed households continues to exist. How these households encounter support, what this support entails, and how they experience this support is an under-researched subject. Most research literature... -
Older people living with HIV in Uganda: understanding their experience and needs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: MonicaO Kuteesa --- , Australia Janet Seeley --- Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda RobertG Cumming --- , Australia Joel Negin --- , AustraliaOlder adults ageing with HIV in Africa have been largely neglected, despite the distinctive healthcare needs of this population. This article examines the medical care experiences of older Ugandans living with HIV. Data were collected from 40 HIV-positive adults, aged... -
‘Trophy-hunting scripts’ among male university students in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nelson Muparamoto --- Department of Sociology, ZimbabweDrawing on a multi-method qualitative study, this article examines ‘trophy-hunting’ scripts among male university students in Zimbabwe. ‘Trophy hunting’ is a term I have adopted to refer to hegemonic masculinity rituals through which men gain social admiration for dating and... -
Poor-quality health services and lack of programme support leads to low uptake of HIV testing in rural Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: CarolynM Audet --- Department of Preventive Medicine, United States Kate Groh --- Department of Medicine, United States TroyD Moon --- Department of Pediatrics, United States StenH Vermund --- , United States Mohsin Sidat --- , MozambiqueMozambique has one of the world's highest burdens of HIV infection. Despite the increase in HIV-testing services throughout the country, the uptake has been low. To identify barriers to HIV testing we conducted a study in six rural districts in... -
HIV/AIDS, the erosion of social capital and the collapse of rural livelihoods in the Nkomazi district of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Hannah Dawson --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaHIV/AIDS is a major driver of livelihood insecurity. The AIDS epidemic, through the death or disability of economically productive adults, destabilises and erodes the social networks which sustain the livelihoods of vulnerable households. This paper draws upon research with home-based... -
Migration status, reproductive health knowledge and sexual behaviour among female out-of-school adolescents in Iwaya community, Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Michael ON Kunnuji --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Samual Adejoh --- Department of Sociology, Nigeria Uwemedimo Esiet --- Action Health Incorporated (AHI), Nigeria Adenike Esiet --- Action Health Incorporated (AHI), NigeriaReproductive health is an essential aspect of the wellbeing of adolescents. Therefore reproductive health knowledge and sexual behaviour deservedly attract the attention of researchers, programme planners and policy implementers working with young people. Yet in Nigeria, little is known about... -
Support groups for HIV-positive people in South Africa: Who joins, who does not, and why?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Wenche Dageid --- Department of Psychology, NorwayPsychosocial health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is inadequate. Support groups for PLWHA could offer arenas where psychosocial issues are addressed, yet more knowledge is needed about those who join and those who do not join such groups... -
Identifying management preferences, institutional organisational rules, and their capacity to improve fisheries management in Pemba, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: TR McClanahan --- , USA JE Cinner --- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Australia C Abunge --- , USAThe potential to improve the management of fisheries in Pemba, Mozambique, were explored by evaluating stakeholder's preferences for management and the key institutional design elements of the fisheries organisations or community councils of fisheries (CCPs). We interviewed fishers, community leaders... -
Science, transformation and society: a contextual analysis of South Africa’s SANCOR-managed marine and coastal research programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: D Scott --- School of Built Environment and Development Studies, Howard College Campus, South AfricaThe paper aims to describe and analyse three research programmes over the period 1995–2011 managed by the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR), namely the Sea and Coast programmes I and II and the Society, Ecosystems and... -
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus at São Tomé Island (São Tomé and Príncipe) — relative abundance, site fidelity and social structure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Pereira --- Escola de Mar, Portugal F Martinho --- Escola de Mar, Portugal C Brito --- Escola de Mar, Portugal I Carvalho --- Escola de Mar, PortugalAlthough the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus is one of the most common cetacean species around São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, little research has focused on this species in this region. This study investigated the population of bottlenose dolphins around... -
Higher-risk sexual behaviour among HIV patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: BenjaminO OlleyA stress–coping model was tested to examine the role that negative life events, coping methods, and depression might play in moderating the associations between HIV-related factors (ARV drug regimen, HIV staging and CD4 count) and higher-risk sexual behaviours of people... -
Understanding diversity in impact and responses among HIV/AIDS-affected households: the case of Msinga, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kees Swaans Jacqueline Broerse Irma Van Diepen Monique Salomon Diana Gibson Joske BundersTo gain a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of HIV and AIDS on rural households in Msinga, South Africa, the sustainable livelihoods framework was adapted. An ethnographic perspective was employed to examine: 1) the impact of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses on... -
Health-related quality of life in a sample of HIV-infected South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Karl Peltzer Nancy Phaswana-MafuyaThe study aims to assess the health-related quality of life and HIV symptoms of a sample of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in South Africa. The sample included 607 PLHIV from all districts of the Eastern Cape Province, recruited either... -
Community approaches to preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission: perspectives from rural Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Megan Towle DanielH LendeThis paper examines the cultural and structural difficulties surrounding effective prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in rural Lesotho. We argue for three strategies to improve PMTCT interventions: community-based research and outreach, addressing cultural and structural dynamics, and working with... -
Women's health, HIV/AIDS and the workplace in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Courtenay SpragueThis work explores the connections between gender inequality, HIV/AIDS and women's health in the world of work in South Africa. These connections are located within a context of significant reversals in development, specifically declining life expectancy and premature mortality for... -
Data-protection standards and confidentiality of HIV/AIDS status in the workplace — a South African case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zuzanna Muskat-GorskaThe article contextualises an emerging new regime for information privacy in South Africa (i.e. the draft Protection of Personal Information Bill). Subsequently, it discusses the possibility of successful implementation of international data-protection standards in an environment where there is an... -
Assessment of HIV-positive in-patients using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Hellen Myezwa Aimee Stewart Eustasius Musenge Paul NesaraThe International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) short-version checklist was used to assess the impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions experienced by a sample of HIV-positive in-patients admitted to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Laboratory... -
Appreciative inquiry into lifeskills-based HIV/AIDS education in South African schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sumeshni Govender Stephen EdwardsWith a steady rise in the prevalence of HIV and AIDS throughout the world it has become vital for programme implementers at all levels to ensure that all HIV intervention programmes are effectively put into practice. The present research used... -
The phenomenology of bodily care: caregivers' experiences with AIDS patients before antiretroviral therapies in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: MokhantšoG MakoaeThis study provides an account of caregivers' experiences with the bodily care of AIDS patients before antiretroviral therapies were available in the public health sector in Lesotho. It describes the mechanisms through which the body may become a stressor in... -
Facilitating health-enabling social contexts for youth: qualitative evaluation of a family-based HIV-prevention pilot programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zubeda Paruk Inge Petersen Arvin BhanaThis paper reports on a post-intervention qualitative evaluation of the pilot intervention of the AmaQhawe Family Project, in South Africa, which is a cartoon-based, manualised intervention delivered to multiple family groups over 10 sessions, aimed at preventing HIV in adolescents... -
The mental health of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: René Brandt --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South AfricaThis paper reviews published quantitative research on the mental health of HIV-infected adults in Africa. Twentyseven articles published between 1994 and 2008 reported the results of 23 studies. Most studies found that about half of HIV-infected adults sampled had some... -
The support needs of South African educators affected by HIV and AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Linda Theron --- School of Education Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaIn a qualitative study of 77 South African educators, participants were asked to explain how they are affected by HIV and AIDS and how they would best like to be supported in response to this. The term ‘affected’ refers to... -
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... -
A model for understanding the relationship between stigma and healthcare-seeking behaviour among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: NgoziC Mbonu --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The Netherlands Bart Van den Borne --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The Netherlands NanneK De Vries --- Department of Health Promotion, The School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, The NetherlandsPeople living with HIV or AIDS (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa sometimes have care-seeking behaviours that result in a suboptimal quality of life. This paper seeks to examine the role of stigma in the care-seeking behaviour of PLHIV. We hypothesise that... -
A network-level explanation for the differences in HIV prevalence in South Africa's racial groups
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Chris Kenyon --- Department of Medicine, South Africa Sipho Dlamini --- Department of Medicine, South Africa Andrew Boulle --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, South Africa RichardG White --- , United Kingdom Motasim Badri --- Department of Medicine, South AfricaAnalyses of individual-level risk factors have not been able to adequately explain why HIV has spread so extensively in southern Africa and why this has occurred especially within certain racial or ethnic groups. Using data from a longitudinal study of... -
Ethnographic experiences of HIV-positive nurses in managing stigma at a clinic in rural Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Margaret Kyakuwa --- Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The NetherlandsThis paper explores the workplace experiences of HIV-positive nurses and their attempts to manage HIV/AIDS stigma. An HIV diagnosis can have a major impact on an individual's psychological and emotional wellbeing. Moreover, caring for those suffering from chronic HIV-related illnesses... -
Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sophie Kotanyi --- , Germany Brigitte Krings-Ney --- , MozambiqueIn Mozambique, initiation rites represent the most appropriate socio-cultural context for dealing with sexuality for a large part of the population. As the group most vulnerable to HIV exposure, HIV-prevention counselling could be ideally introduced to young women during initiation... -
The relation of HIV testing and treatment to identity formation in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Emily Frank --- Anthropology Department, United StatesWhy would many Zambians be reluctant to access lifesaving antiretroviral treatment? Does the process of accessing an HIV test in Zambia promote an identity that can change individuals' livelihood strategies? What happens to individuals when people access treatment? Voluntary testing... -
Sexual networks and social capital: multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships as a rational response to unstable social networks
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Robert Thornton --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaMultiple and concurrent sexual partnerships (MCP) are prevalent in southern Africa and have been identified as a primary cause of high HIV prevalence in this region. Sexual liaisons with multiple partners serve to increase the size and diversity of an... -
Rural black women's agency within intimate partnerships amid the South African HIV epidemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Britta Thege --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaIn a particular way, the HIV pandemic exposes the prevailing gender relations and the definitions of male and female gender roles, both in intimate relationships and in the wider society. The HIV pandemic reveals the contradictions between women's legal rights... -
Sexual dimorphism in two pure cichlid species, Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) and Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppel 1852, and their intergeneric hybrids
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: A Toguyéni B Fauconneau C Mélard A Fostier J Lazard E Baras ER Kühn S van der Geyten J-F BaroillerGrowth performances and sexual growth dimorphism were compared in two pure species of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (OO) and Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron (SS), and their reciprocal intergeneric hybrids (male O. n. niloticus × female S. m. melanotheron [OS] and male... -
Distribution, behaviour and photo-identification of Atlantic humpback dolphins Sousa teuszii off Flamingos, Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: CR Weir --- , UKAtlantic humpback dolphins Sousa teuszii are a priority for research due to their restricted geographic range, narrow ecological niche and the paucity of existing information. The distribution and behaviour of S. teuszii off Flamingos, southern Angola, was investigated during summer... -
Coming to grips with 'abandoned arable' land in efforts to enhance communal grazing systems in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JK Davis A Ainslie A FincaThe communal lands of the Eastern Cape have been regarded as both tools and problems by policy-makers. In particular, communal lands are problematised as environmentally degraded, of suboptimum productivity and constraining economic development. The Eastern Cape Communal Arable Lands Research... -
Biographical, pain and psychosocial data for a South African sample of chronic pain patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SP Walker --- Department of Psychology, South Africa CL Odendaal --- Pain Control Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa KGF Esterhuyse --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaObjective: To gather biographical and pain data for a sample of South African patients visiting a specialist pain control unit. To investigate the role of various psychosocial variables in this sample's chronic pain experience. Subjects and Method: 325 adult outpatients... -
The role of psychosocial variables in physician judgement of pain-related disability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SP Walker --- Unit for Professional Training and Service in the Behavioural Sciences, CL Odendaal --- Pain Control Unit, KGF Esterhuyse --- Department of Psychology,Objective: The current study aimed to determine the extent to which physicians take psychosocial factors into account when making pain-related judgements of disability. -
Coping responses as predictors of psychosocial functioning amongst individuals suffering from chronic pain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AC Vorster --- Department of Psychology, South Africa SP Walker --- Unit for Professional Training and Sevices in the Behavioural Sciences, South Africa KGF Esterhuyse --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaBackground: Research on coping with chronic pain has focused on exploring the impact of different coping responses on various aspects of living with chronic pain. The aim of this study is to determine whether certain coping responses can be identified... -
The views of Medical Students on professionalism in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Van Rooyen --- Department of Family Medicine,An article on medical professionalism was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in February 2002 outlining a charter, and the fifth-year medical students of the Medical School of the University of Pretoria were asked to comment on the charter... -
Does Medicine Need Psycho-Social Science?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SWP Mhlongo --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Medunsa, PMH Maduna --- Department of Family Medicine & Primary Health Care Medunsa,Despite Alma Ata in 1978, the developing countries continue to divert scarce resources to multiple-story tertiary hospitals at the expense of primary health care services. No country in the world has unlimited resources with regard to budget allocation for health... -
Social Interaction of Teenage Mothers During and After Their Pregnancy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: FPR De Villiers --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, J Kekesi --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,Extensive attention has been given to adolescent sexuality and teenage pregnancy in the past 30 years, yet many teenagers still fall pregnant. A teenager who becomes a parent is at a significant disadvantage in becoming a contributing adult, both psychosocially... -
“Why I tried to kill myself”—an exploration of the factors contributing to suicide in the Waterberg District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PM Mpiana --- Dr Hugh Twomey Health Care Centre, Canada GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Limpopo Province Unit, S Ragavan --- Broken Hill Hospital, Australia N Malete --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: One of the authors (PM) did a study of parasuicide patients at Voortrekker Hospital in the Waterberg District of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to develop a deeper understanding of the parasuicide patients' perceptions... -
The relationship between psychosocial variables and measures of health status in fibromyalgia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Du Plessis --- Department of Psychology, HR Steel --- Department of Psychology, AT Möller --- Department of Psychology,Background: Fibromyalgia is considered to be a multifactorial condition in which a number of biological and psychological variables interact. However, the exact pathogenesis and effective treatment of fibromyalgia are still unknown. -
Doctors and strike action: Can this be morally justifiable?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,Strikes are rare events in the history of medicine. Mainly their occurrences have been initiated by junior doctors as is the case in South Africa. In the most recent strike action by South African doctors, the root cause appears to... -
Unveiling the physical therapies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Alford --- School of Allied Health Professions, University of East Anglia, United KingdomEither through referral by a medical practitioner or self-referral many patients with musculoskeletal problems receive some form of physical therapy. There are several highly trained professional groups who deliver this treatment. Due to lack of regulation, however, there are also... -
Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 11: Lifestyle and arthritic conditions—rheumatoid arthritis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MP Schwellnus --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, South Africa DN Patel --- , South Africa C Nossel --- , South Africa M Dreyer --- , South Africa S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa EW Derman --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, South AfricaRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes symmetrical polyarthritis of large and small joints. RA affects about 0.5–1% of the population and is more common in females than males. In recent years, it has been... -
Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 13: Lifestyle and osteoporosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MP Schwellnus --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, DN Patel --- , C Nossel --- , M Dreyer --- , S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa L Micklesfield --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, EW Derman --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology,Osteoporosis is defined as a systemic skeletal disease that is characterised by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent increase in bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. Therefore, the diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on... -
Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 14: Lifestyle and obesity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EW Derman --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Dept of Human Biology, S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa M Dreyer --- Vitality Wellness, DN Patel --- Vitality Wellness, CJ Nossel --- Vitality Wellness, EV Lambert --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Dept of Human Biology, MP Schwellnus --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Dept of Human Biology,Obesity is defined as an excessive amount of body fat or adiposity. It can be measured using the body mass index (BMI), and according to established criteria for adult men and women, overweight is defined as a BMI between 25–30... -
Focus group discussion with private sector doctors in the eThekwini Metro of KwaZulu-Natal on the management of HIV/AIDS patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: P Naidoo --- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, South AfricaBackground: Highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) is essential in the treatment of HIV/AIDS; however, a holistic approach to HIV/AIDS management is important. This study was done to confirm the findings of two studies done previously in the eThekwini Metro of... -
The experience and psychosocial needs of patients with traumatic fractures treated for more than six months at Doctors on Call for Service Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: HI Okonta --- Department of Family Medicine & PHC, South Africa KL Malemo --- DOCS Hospital, Congo DRC GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & PHC, South AfricaBackground: Trauma-related consultations, admissions and complications are the leading problems at Doctors on Call for Service (DOCS) Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and yet no studies have been carried out to document the experience of long-stay traumatic-fracture patients in... -
Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 15: Lifestyle and lower back pain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MP Schwellnus --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, DN Patel --- , C Nossel --- , S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness South Africa, EW Derman --- UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology,Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common medical problems in the adult population. LBP can be defined as pain, muscle tension or stiffness that is localised below the costal margin (inferior rib cage) and above the inferior... -
Social exclusion of students with visual impairments at a tertiary institution in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Kasiram --- Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, R Subrayen --- University of KwaZulu-Natal,Objectives: People with visual impairment experience exclusion and marginalisation from family, mainstream school, the community and university. The experience of social exclusion is multistructural, multidimensional and complex. This article is based on a study that aimed to describe the social... -
Birth Order Position and Prosocial Tendencies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gerhard Schwär [AN0001] Amber MahonyThis study investigated the relationship between psychological birth order position and different types and levels of prosocial tendencies. An ex postfacto, between-family research design was used. Data on prosocial tendencies were obtained from 888 college students (females = 80.4%, mean... -
Implementing an Operational Risk Management Framework: Psycho-Social Factors in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annelize van Niekerk --- University of South Africa, South Africa Dirk J Geldenhuys --- University of South Africa, South Africa Madia M Levin --- University of South Africa, South Africa Michelle May --- University of South Africa, South Africa K.P. Moalusi --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored the psychosocial factors that affect the implementation of an operational risk management framework in a financial institution in Tanzania. A purposive sample of 39 participants from three financial institutions was interviewed using semistructured interviews. The data... -
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... -
Examining significant predictors of students’ intention to drop out
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kelly Cortes --- North-West University, Karina Mostert --- North-West University, Crizelle Els --- North-West University,The objective of this study was to determine if core self-evaluation traits, burnout, disengagement, social support and career decision making difficulties are significant predictors of university students’ intention to drop out. A cross-sectional design and non-probability sample (N=782) was used... -
The Human Economy Project: first steps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe Human Economy Project is interdisciplinary in scope, but relies extensively on anthropological research methods. These methods are an appropriate counter to the methods adopted in mainstream economics, which has been criticised for its isolation from ‘the ordinary business of... -
On law and legality in post-apartheid South Africa: insights from a migrant street trader
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jürgen Schraten --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis article focuses on the experience of law and legality by a migrant street trader in post-apartheid South Africa. The experiences of this stall vendor are analysed alongside theoretical notions of law and the legal system. The ways that law... -
Institutions and social change: a case study of the South African National AIDS Council
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaInstitutions play an important role in the success or failure of social models, as they promote or limit particular political and economic activities. Central to this point is the understanding that institutions and traditions are in a constant state of... -
Some notes towards a human economy approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe diverse research activities carried out in the Human Economy Project focus on the economic practices that people on the ground perform in their everyday life, and the interactions between these actions and larger-scale political and economic structures and institutions... -
Women's mental health: coping mechanisms in the context of poverty
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacqueline Moodley --- Centre for Social Development in Africa, South AfricaThis study explored the coping mechanisms of women from an economically disadvantaged community in a South African setting. Data on symptoms of depression, prevalence of ego-resilience and demographics were collected from 60 women (African women aged 20–78 years) using a... -
Factors shaping condom use among South African university students: a thematic analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cleo Protogerou --- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South Africa Alan J. Flisher --- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South Africa Lauren G. Wild --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to investigate contextual influences on condom use by South African university students. Twenty one-to-one, semi-structured interviews were conducted with male and female South African undergraduates. The data were thematically analysed. Results revealed that condom use was transient... -
Social comparison influences on disciplinary panels: a brief qualitative study in Kenyan secondary schools
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Peter J.O. Aloka --- Department of Psychology & Educational Foundations, Kenya Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- Department of Educational Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the influences of social comparisons on group polarization in decision making among members of selected Kenyan secondary school disciplinary panels. Ten participants from 10 selected secondary school disciplinary panels were involved. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect... -
The HIV/AIDS caregiver identity as a double-edged sword: a discourse analysis on HIV/AIDS caregiving in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Vania Ranjbar --- Angered Hospital, SwedenThis article discusses the identity of HIV/AIDS caregivers as constructed by a group of HIV/AIDS caregivers at a non-profit organisation in South Africa. During a 12-month period data were collected through interviews with the organisation's staff and volunteers. Using discourse... -
Rational agent-based understanding of the informal sector: A critical assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: René Rivera-Huerta --- Postgraduate programme in Economics and Management of Innovation, MexicoThe main economic theories that have studied the informal sector have had little success in explaining the consistencies founded empirically and in proposing efficient policies to bring up to date the non-structured sector. This work proposes that more suitable theoretical... -
Predictors of student burnout and engagement among university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Danél Olwage --- WorkWell Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Karina Mostert --- WorkWell Research Unit for Economic and Management Sciences, South AfricaThis study investigated influences of core self-evaluation traits, career decision-making difficulties and social support on student burnout and engagement. A cross-sectional design was used with a non-probability quota sample. In the multiple regression analyses, self-efficacy, inconsistent information due to internal... -
Exploring personality preferences in relation to psychological career resources among managerial staff in the Western Cape fast food industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Dries Schreuder --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Chris Kotze --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology,The study explored the relationship between individuals' personality preferences (as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Form M) and their psychological career resources (as measured by the Psychological Career Resources Inventory) and whether the personality types differed significantly in terms... -
Helen Suzman: a psychobiographical — psychosocial developmental trajectory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paul Fouchè --- University of the Free State, South Africa Carla Nel --- University of the Free State, South Africa Roelf van Niekerk --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThe primary aim of this study was to describe Helen Suzman's (1917–2009) psychosocial developmental trajectory within her socio-historical context through the application of the stage based description of psychosocial development by Erikson. Two methodological strategies were used. Alexander's psychobiographical model... -
Social sciences and research ethics in developing countries: The perspective from Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Emmanuel M. Akpabio --- Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Nigeria Idorenyin F. Esikot --- Department of Philosophy, NigeriaThis study seeks to show how social science-related disciplines in Nigerian universities understand and incorporate ethical principles in research settings within the framework of general institutional practices. We used the University of Uyo, Nigeria, to specifically and empirically explore these... -
Socially relevant computing curriculum innovation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: John Trimble --- Systems and Computer Science Department, USA Harry Keeling --- Systems and Computer Science Department, USAThis paper is based on curriculum development over the past ten years that includes work at Howard University as well as universities in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Rwanda. The focus is the development of the computing discipline in a people-centered... -
Racing risk, gendering responsibility: a qualitative study of how South African students talk about sexual risk and responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Mary van der Riet --- Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Tamaryn Jane Nicholson --- Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, South AfricaIndividuals’ perceptions of risk have implications for whether and how they engage with protective strategies. This study investigated how sexual risk, specifically HIV and pregnancy and responsibility for these risks were constructed in discussions across five groups of youth in... -
Dealing and sharing: the construction of community in a Pretoria public park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Dennis Edward Webster --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThis paper describes how a group of men, who are invisible to the state because they possess no formal legal documentation, such as ID books or passports, and do not take part in the formal economy, live in a public... -
Suicide ideation and depression in university students in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Iram Korb --- Department of Psychology, Botswana Ilse Elisabeth Plattner --- Department of Psychology, BotswanaThe study aimed at exploring suicide ideation and its relationship to depression in university students in Botswana. Data were collected from 122 undergraduate students (68.9% females, 31.1% males) with a mean age of 20.02 years. Depressive symptoms were measured with... -
Single parenting effects: resource access and coping of children in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: S'lungile K. Thwala --- Educational Foundations Department, Kayi Ntinda --- Educational Foundations Department, Ntombifuthi Mabuza --- Educational Foundations Department,This study investigated single parenting influences on the psychosocial development of children in Swaziland. Participants were a convenience sample of 24 students attending eight urban and rural schools (females = 54%; males =46%; age range 13–21). Data on experiences of single parenthood... -
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... -
The role of educational psychologists in promoting ethical research conducted with children: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair in Education and care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study explored perceptions of educational psychologists on their role in promoting ethical research involving children. Participants were 10 South African educational psychologists (females = 60%; males = 40%) from mostly public services (90%). Data on their perceived roles in... -
Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Dinesh Abrol --- Institute of Studies in Industrial Development & Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Ankush Gupta --- Department of Civil Engineering, IndiaIn this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network (HBN) in India. The chosen mode of diffusion of each innovation has been correlated to socio-economic backgrounds, origins of... -
Academic and social self-concept: effects of teaching styles and gender in English as a foreign language setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marwa Alrajhi --- Department of Psychology, College of Education, The Sultanate of Oman Said Aldhafri --- Department of Psychology, College of Education, The Sultanate of OmanThis study examined the relationship between academic and social self-concept and teachers’ teaching styles (authoritative, authoritarian and permissive). The participants included 511 school students (53.2% females). They completed the Self-Definition Questionnaire (SDQ-I) and the Teacher Authority Questionnaire. Data were analysed... -
Content analysis of food advertising strategies and ethical implications on South African television
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- Mahidol University, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThe study aimed to investigate strategies and ethical implications of food advertising in South African television. The sample included 343 food advertisements recorded over two weeks and 224 hours from two major South African TV channels. Results indicate 45 products... -
Thermoregulation under semi-natural conditions in speckled mousebirds: the role of communal roosting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Andrew E. McKechnie --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Gerhard Körtner --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Barry G. Lovegrove --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaMousebirds (Coliiformes) exhibit well-developed communal roosting behaviour as well as a pronounced capacity for facultative hypothermic responses. We recorded body temperature (Tb)) in speckled mousebirds (Colius striatus) under semi-natural conditions in outdoor aviaries, and examined interactions between behavioural and metabolic... -
Do Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) discriminate between olfactory cues in the faeces of predators versus non-predators?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Lydia E. Belton --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Nick Ball --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Jane M. Waterman --- Department of Biology, U.S.A. Philip W. Bateman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaOne way to avoid potential predators is to be sensitive to odour cues, particularly those in faeces and urine, left by predators. This sensitivity has been demonstrated in many solitary, nocturnal, small mammals which may fall victim to ambush predators.We... -
An assessment of behavioural dominance in a social subterranean rodent, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae, using the cardinal dominance index method
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: G. P. Malherbe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa N. C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe highveld mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae, is a social bathyergid that exhibits a high reproductive skew and occurs in colonies of between 5 and 14 individuals. Behavioural dominance has previously been assessed in this species using an ordinal ranking procedure... -
Comparative analysis of long-range calls in equid stallions (Equidae): are acoustic parameters related to social organization?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Richard Policht --- Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic Alexis Karadžos --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic Daniel Frynta --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Czech RepublicEvolution of long-distance communication in equids may correspond with species-specific types of social organization. To compare harem-forming species (type I) with those that do not establish permanent social units (type II), we conducted a comparative analysis of stallion long-range calls... -
The long-lived queen: reproduction and longevity in female eusocial Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Christina M. Schmidt --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Jennifer U. M. Jarvis --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Nigel C. Bennett --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaThe inverse relationship between reproduction and lifespan is one of the main concepts of life history theory. This association has been observed in most taxa, although exceptions have been found in which a breeding female outlives her non-reproductive cohorts. This... -
Resourcing single parents in a South African community rural setting: an exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Alfred Motalenyane Modise --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study investigated the resource needs of single parents as child carers. Participants were a purposive sample of 40 single parents (female = 70%, Black = 95%, rural 80%; age range 30 to 55 years old). Data on resource needs of single parents were... -
Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data... -
Social responsibility disclosure by South African industrial holding companies: a research note
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: C de Villiers --- Department of Accounting and Finance,The disclosure of social responsibility in the 1982, 1987, 1992 and 1997 annual reports of ten companies listed in the industrial holdings section of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was analysed. Information on employee-related matters is disclosed most often, followed by... -
Environmental disclosure in annual reports: A legitimacy theory perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: A Savage --- Assistant Professor of Accounting, United States of America E Gilbert --- Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Canada J Rowlands --- Professor of Accounting, South Africa A J Cataldo --- Assistant Professor of Accounting, United States of AmericaIn recent years, corporations have increasingly used their annual reports to voluntarily disclose information relating to their social actions, particularly those concerning the natural environment. The conventional accounting framework, with its emphasis on decision-usefulness, has largely proved unsatisfactory in explaining... -
An exploratory analysis of stakeholders’ expectations and perceptions of corporate social and environmental reporting in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: C G Mitchell --- Department of Accounting, T R Hill --- School of Environmental Science,This paper presents the results of a study that surveyed South African stakeholders of corporate social and environmental reporting to assess their perceptions of what businesses should be reporting, and how effectively they perceive it is being reported. Evidence was... -
The information content of the Financial Mail’s “Top Companies” announcements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: W D Esterhuysen --- Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa M Ward --- Gordon Institute of Business Science, South AfricaInvestors look beyond accounting and financial data and incorporate factors relating to morality, society, the environment and corporate governance (inter alia) in making their investment choices. This study examines the share price performance of South African companies which best comply... -
An evaluation of an exploratory intervention to improve progression in a first-year accounting course
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: J Winfield --- College of Accounting, J Luyt --- Education Development Unit,South African universities face pressure to increase the throughput of accounting students, with a special emphasis on expanding the number of female and black graduates. To improve the progression of at-risk first-year second-semester accounting students, an intervention known as JumpStart... -
Corporate reporting: Science or art . . . . . . . ful
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: M Steele --- University of the Witwatersrand,At the macro-societal level, accounting influences taxation policy-making, wage bargaining and economic restructuring. Accounting plays a vital role in these-activities which result In the transference of wealth. At both the micro-and macro-societal level accounting has a social responsibility to create... -
Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The NetherlandsThis is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested, are inevitably... -
The cosmological aspects of food in the material world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Joseph Hegarty --- Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UKThere is a general tendency today to believe that all truth worth knowing is to be found in the various branches of the physical sciences. If this were so, there could be no place for a philosophy of matter, or by... -
The role of employee wellness programme in the hospitality industry: a review of concepts, research, and practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Tingting (Christina) Zhang --- Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Jay Kandampully --- Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Hye Yoon Choi --- Department of Human Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USAIn the hospitality industry, employees are critical to firm success, through their intimate interactions with customers to create memorable experiences and relationships. A nascent strategy adopted by many hospitality firms seeks to increase employee engagement and commitment through employee wellness programmes. Despite... -
Do social media display correct conventional hotel ratings?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Wouter Hensens --- Stenden University (South African campus), PO Box 2821, Port Alfred 6170, South Africa Miemie Struwig --- School of Management Sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6001, South Africa Oren Dayan --- Department of Business Management, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6001, South AfricaThis study investigates conventional ratings as they are presented on TripAdvisor. Conventional ratings are ratings, commonly using stars as a symbol, allocated by government or private bodies that work with hotel inspectors. The data from guest ratings on TripAdvisor was... -
The indigenous system of social relations (1934), with an introduction by Isak Niehaus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Agnes Winifred Hoernlé --- Department of Bantu Studies, South Africa Isak Niehaus --- Anthropology Division, United KingdomThis article reproduces, with minor editorial changes, a previously unpublished paper presented by Agnes Winifred Hoernlé to the New Education Fellowship Conference in Johannesburg in 1934. Hoernlé argues that education is vitally important in preparing the next generation of Africans... -
The psychosocial well-being of a “forgotten” South African community: the case of Ndumo, KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Werner Nell --- Optentia Research Programme, Department of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Engela de Crom --- Department of Nature Conservation, South Africa Hendri Coetzee --- Institutional Community Engagement Office and Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Elize van Eeden --- Research Group for Integrative Multidisciplinary Ecohealth and Wellbeing Research, South AfricaThis study investigated the psychosocial well-being of an indigenous cultural community in South Africa, using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design. Data on life satisfaction and emotional, social and psychological well-being were collected from 521 local residents (48% female) of Ndumo... -
Life design counselling effects on the career adaptability of learners in a selective independent school setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacobus G. Maree --- Faculty of Education, South Africa Claire Symington --- Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis collective case study applied life design counselling to augment the career adaptability of learners in a South African independent school setting. Five purposively selected learners attending Grade 11 (age range: 16–18) completed eight group-based life design counselling sessions. Data... -
Africapitalism: A Management Idea for Business in Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kenneth Amaeshi --- University of Edinburgh, UK Uwafiokun Idemudia --- York University, CanadaThe efforts to rethink the role of business in development, especially in developing countries, have facilitated the emergence of an array of concepts. Africapitalism – i.e. the private sector's commitment to the socio-economic development of Africa – proposed and championed... -
Environmental disclosure in annual reports: A legitimacy theory perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: A Savage --- Oakland University, United States of America E Gilbert --- University of New Brunswick, Canada J Rowlands --- University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa AJ Cataldo --- Oakland University, United States of AmericaIn recent years, corporations have increasingly used their annual reports to voluntarily disclose information relating to their social actions, particularly those concerning the natural environment. The conventional accounting framework, with its emphasis on decision-usefulness, has largely proved unsatisfactory in explaining... -
From rural scholar to health care professional
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A. Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: International studies have shown that the best strategy for the long-term staffing of rural facilities is the recruitment and training of students of rural origin. However, the crisis in education in South Africa means that these rural students are... -
Monica Wilson (1908–1982) and social change
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: David Brokensha --- Department of Social Anthropology,Monica Wilson's writings contain a wealth of material on social change, on how institutions and groups and values change. Based on extensive fieldwork among the Pondo of the Eastern Cape and the Nyakyusa of Tanzania, her ethnographies and many articles... -
The world ‘topsy-turvy’ and the ancient Near Eastern cultures: a few examples
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Paul A. Kruger --- Department of Ancient Studies,This paper considers socio-political examples of the universal cultural phenomenon of symbolic inversion (mundus inversus), the earliest instances of which can be traced back to the cultures of the ancient Near East. Symbolic inversion refers to manifestations of expressive behaviour... -
The ‘picaninny wage’. An historical overview of the persistence of structural inequality and child labour in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: S.L. Levine --- Department of Social Anthropology,This paper considers the recruitment of children and youths in colonial and post colonial South Africa. It explores the early legislation that transformed the nature of childhood in pre-colonial South Africa, and contributes to emerging scholarship on social constructions of... -
‘Racism and ethnicity’: Reflections on the debatable permanence of terminology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: R. D. Coertze --- School of Law, University of South Africa,The concepts of biological and social race currently have debatable value. The first has lost much of its former validity through the increase in our knowledge of the genetic characteristics of humankind. This new knowledge does not support the older... -
Locating community participation in a water supply project—the Galanefhi Water Project (Eritrea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Solomon Haile Gebremedhin --- Department of Economic Development, Central Region, Eritrea Francois Theron --- School of Public Management and Planning, University of Stellenbosch,Water projects, like sustainable development projects in general, often tend to become unsustainable because they are guided by top-down strategies which exclude the input, influence and ownership of projects by their beneficiaries. For attaining sustainable development, the social capital of... -
Another world is possible? A critical exploration of Escobar's ‘other worlds/worlds otherwise’
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Amanda Bourne --- Department of Social Anthropology,This article is primarily a literature review that attempts to present and critically discuss, as clearly and concisely as possible, Arturo Escobar's position on ‘development’ as discourse, idea, and billion-dollar industry and the role of anthropology within this, as evidenced... -
Socio-economic rights and anthropology? The case of Deaf people who use South African Sign Language (SASL) in a university setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Marion Heap --- Health and Human Rights Division,As a response to Van der Waal and Ward's (2006) invitation, this article suggests human rights, particularly socio-economic rights, as a conceptual framework to take forward anthropology in post-apartheid South Africa. Entrenchment of human rights in South Africa's Constitution marks... -
Rights, the public and the South African Constitution: civil society and the performance of rights
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Naudé Malan --- Department of Anthropology and Development Studies,The concept of rights holds considerable dominion over the discourses of the state and the public. This situation has left us unable to comprehend, police, and support forms of ‘non-state public action’ as relevant to rights. This article discusses the... -
‘Sick’ with Child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nina Botha --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Following a discursive approach, this paper introduces a school intended for sick learners; one that is regarded as an institution that promotes good mothering, and where the attending girls are cured of being ‘sick’ with child. The paper aims to... -
Men, women, temporality and critical ethnography in Africa—the imperative for a transdisciplinary conversation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Elaine Salo --- Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, University of Pretoria,This article addresses concerns of African-based scholars about how we can adequately represent the social heterogeneity and the rich diversity of African subjects. I argue that by prioritising Pan-Africanist solidarity, and in our search for African authenticity, we often represent... -
Categorical difference versus continuum: Rethinking Turner's liminal-liminoid distinction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew D Spiegel --- Department of Social Anthropology,Turner's distinction between liminal and liminoid is not commonly drawn upon, liminality being seen and applied to all ‘betwixt and between’ social situations. Yet Turner's distinction, once appropriately revised, offers a more nuanced means to understand such situations. The criteria... -
Transformation as social drama: Stories about merging at North West University, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: F.H. Kamsteeg --- VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSouth African higher education is going through a transitional phase of transformation in which existing cultures and identities are strongly contested. The ambiguity and insecurity that come along with such a process are demonstrated in this article through presentation of... -
New insights on trust, honour and networking in informal entrepreneurship: Zimbabwean malayishas as informal remittance couriers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Phefumula Nyoni --- Department of Anthropology,The paper focuses on the utility of the concepts of trust and honour in understanding relations among Zimbabwean remittance couriers who are popularly known as “malayishas”. Trust and honour are explored in relation to how they produce and sustain a... -
The Human Economy Project: first steps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe Human Economy Project is interdisciplinary in scope, but relies extensively on anthropological research methods. These methods are an appropriate counter to the methods adopted in mainstream economics, which has been criticised for its isolation from ‘the ordinary business of... -
On law and legality in post-apartheid South Africa: insights from a migrant street trader
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jürgen Schraten --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis article focuses on the experience of law and legality by a migrant street trader in post-apartheid South Africa. The experiences of this stall vendor are analysed alongside theoretical notions of law and the legal system. The ways that law... -
Institutions and social change: a case study of the South African National AIDS Council
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaInstitutions play an important role in the success or failure of social models, as they promote or limit particular political and economic activities. Central to this point is the understanding that institutions and traditions are in a constant state of... -
Some notes towards a human economy approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe diverse research activities carried out in the Human Economy Project focus on the economic practices that people on the ground perform in their everyday life, and the interactions between these actions and larger-scale political and economic structures and institutions... -
Social models of HIV risk among young adults in Lesotho
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicola L. Bulled --- Center for Global Health, USAExtensive research over the past 30 years has revealed that individual and social determinants impact HIV risk. Even so, prevention efforts focus primarily on individual behaviour change, with little recognition of the dynamic interplay of individual and social environment factors... -
“When we are together I feel at home.” Types and sources of social support among youth newly diagnosed with HIV in Kenya: implications for intervention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kathryn D Lypen --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Nicole M Lockwood --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Firas Shalabi --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Gary W Harper --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, Elizabeth Ngugi --- Centre for HIV Prevention and Research, KenyaSocial support helps youth manage psychosocial stress. Though many studies have investigated the role of social support in helping youth in developed countries cope with their HIV status, such research is lacking among youth living in sub-Saharan African countries, including... -
A psychobiographical analysis of Dambudzo Marechera's personal development through his writings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kudakwashe C Muchena --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Greg Howcroft --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Louise Stroud --- School of Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaThis study applied psychobiography to explore the personal development of Zimbabwean novelist Dambudzo Marechera – and particularly focus on psychological disintegration. For the evidence, we examined primary and secondary works on his life history with special attention to his literary... -
Factors associated with self-rated health status among university students from 26 low, middle and high income countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand T. Alafia Samuels --- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Barbados Alexander Gasparishvili --- Lomonosov Moscow State University, RussiaThe aim of this study was to investigate self-reported health status and associated factors in low, middle and high income countries. Using anonymous questionnaires, data were collected in a cross-sectional survey from 19 811 undergraduate university students (mean age=20.8, SD=2.8)... -
The self in prejudice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zelda G. Knight --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe self as a psychological construct, and the self in relation to the other has been discussed in psychological and sociological literature for decades, but not much attention has been given to the psychological development of the self in relation... -
Group displays in pale-winged starlings
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: P.E. Hulley --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa A.J.F.K. Craig --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa G.H. Walter --- Department of Entomology, AustraliaCliff-nesting pale-winged starlings (Onychognathus nabouroup) gather on the cliff tops to perform Group Displays which include both aggressive and courtship elements: Hopping, Wing Stretching, Wing Drooping, Wing Flicking, Staring, Head Forward Threat and Butterfly Fluttering. These displays occur throughout the... -
Looking from a local lens: Inbound tour operators and sustainable tourism in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Science, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Simona Staffieri --- Italian National Institute of Statistics, Department of Social and Environmental Statistics, Rome, Italy Fiona Ngesa --- Kenya Tourist Board, Nairobi, KenyaFew empirical studies on sustainable tourism take into account the perspective of developing countries’ actors. This is even the case in debates about the need to adapt sustainability’s definitions to the context of developing countries. The present study aims at giving a... -
The influence of family characteristics on glycaemic control among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the general outpatient clinic, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bethrand Brian Odume --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Onyebuchi Stephanie Ofoegbu --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Elias Chike Aniwada --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Emeka Franklin Okechukwu --- United States Agency for International Development, USAID, NigeriaBackground: There is an increasing epidemic of diabetes worldwide with many patients not achieving set treatment targets. Family interventions in diabetes patient management, a proven adjunct, have not been fully integrated to patient care. -
Friedrich Rudolf Lehmann from Leipzig to Potchefstroom University: scholarly committed, ethically ambivalent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: N.S. (Fanie) Jansen van Rensburg --- Social Anthropology, School of Social and Government Studies, South AfricaWhile Friedrich Rudolf Lehmann, Potchefstroom's first volkekunde [ethnology] professor, worked and associated with well-known and ardent supporters of the Nazi government in Germany, his German colleagues critiqued his lukewarm commitment to Nazism. Later, this political ambivalence also marked his time... -
Frontiers of freedom: race, landscape and nationalism in the coastal cultures of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Leslie Bank --- Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, South AfricaThe idea that whiteness is not a natural category but one which requires construction, maintenance and investment has provoked a rich scholarship, including in South Africa. The scholarship on whiteness in southern Africa has been marked, in particular, by a... -
The ambivalence of neighbourhood in urban Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jesper Bjarnesen --- The Nordic Africa Institute, SwedenIn the informal settlement of Sarfalao, in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in south-western Burkina Faso, relations between newcomers and long-term residents in the neighbourhood were strained by the competition for living space and the opportunities to build a livelihood in... -
Church rules? The lines of ordentlikheid among Stellenbosch Afrikaners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Annika Teppo --- Nordic Africa Institute, SwedenEthnographic accounts of South African moral codes have mostly focused on so-called black and coloured areas, while the ideals and practices of white people have remained largely invisible and undiscussed. In the post-apartheid era, Afrikaners’ everyday religious practices as well... -
Exploring the role, needs and challenges of relatives of mothers with HIV or HIV and psychosis: A qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ruan Spies --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Olivia K. Derks --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Paula S. Sterkenburg --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Carlo Schuengel --- Clinical Child and Family Studies and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands Esme van Rensburg --- Department of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences and Compres, South AfricaThis study explored types and nature of supports by relatives of mothers living with HIV and psychosis in comparison to mothers with HIV only. Interview data on their experiences of their roles, needs and challenges were collected from 33 relatives... -
The use of cash transfers for HIV prevention — are we there yet?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jessica Taaffe --- The World Bank Group, USA Nejma Cheikh --- The World Bank Group, USA David Wilson --- The World Bank Group, USAPoverty and social inequality are significant drivers of the HIV epidemic and are risk factors for acquiring HIV. As such, many individuals worldwide are at risk for new HIV infection, especially young women in East and Southern Africa. By addressing... -
Studying the Logone floodplain, Cameroon, as a coupled human and natural system
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Moritz --- Department of Anthropology, USA S Laborde --- Department of Anthropology, USA SC Phang --- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, USA M Ahmadou --- University of Maroua, Cameroon M Durand --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA A Fernandez --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA IM Hamilton --- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, USA S Kari --- Centre d'Appui a la Recherche et au Pastoralisme (CARPA), Cameroon B Mark --- Byrd Polar Research Center, USA P Scholte --- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Cameroon N Xiao --- Department of Geography, USA R Ziebe --- University of Maroua, CameroonAfrican floodplains are an excellent example of coupled human–natural systems because they exhibit strong interactions among multiple social, ecological, and hydrological systems. The intra-annual and interannual variations in seasonal flooding have direct and indirect impacts on ecosystems and human lives... -
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... -
Does social capital really determine poverty? Evidence from a Cameroon household survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Johannes Tabi Atemnkeng --- Department of Economics and Management, Cameroon Andrew Wujung Vukenkeng --- Department of Economics, CameroonThis paper examines the effect of social capital on household poverty using the 2007 Cameroon household survey. A social capital indicator is constructed using the polychoric principal components analysis method and econometric approaches are employed to correct for potential endogeneity... -
Employees, sustainability and motivation: Increasing employee engagement by addressing sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: David Casey --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Sebastian Sieber --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The NetherlandsAn increasing number of academic studies indicate that we as humans are exploiting the planet earth to an extent that is no longer bearable. Put differently, we are actively destroying our very own basis of existence, especially considering the generations... -
Sustainable hospitality and tourism at different ages: Women’s and men’s attitudes in Italy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Alessandra Fermani --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, University of Macerata, Luigi Bertelli Campus, Macerata, Italy Isabella Crespi --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, University of Macerata, Luigi Bertelli Campus, Macerata, Italy Flavia Stara --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, University of Macerata, Luigi Bertelli Campus, Macerata, ItalyFuture tourism experiences will be more oriented towards eco-friendly destinations and dictated by responsible lifestyles, as shown by the Travel Trends Report and UNWTO report. Many studies confirm that the number of travellers looking for accommodation that ensures greater respect... -
Corporate social responsibility, market competition, and shareholder wealth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Doowon Ryu --- Business School, Korea University, Korea Doojin Ryu --- Department of Economics, Korea Joon Ho Hwang --- Business School, Korea University, KoreaThis paper examines the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR), product market competition (PMC) and shareholder wealth by analysing CSR and market data from January 2006 to December 2012 (excluding 2009) in Korea. We focus on the role of PMC,... -
Predictors of multiple concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships among male and female youth aged 18–24 in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Motlatso Gladys Mlambo --- Centre for Rural Health, Family Medicine Department, South Africa Karl Peltzer --- HIV/AIDS/STIs and TB (HAST), Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa Witness Chirinda --- Medical Research Council, South AfricaThis study aimed to determine predictors of multiple concurrent and multiple sexual partnerships among South African male and female youth. Data were from a cross-sectional population-based household survey of 3 123 youths aged 18 to 24 years from four South... -
Social media (SM) use by technology education students on field placement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Watson Moffat Manduna --- Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, South AfricaThis study explored the intuitions and usage of social media (SM) for communication and instructional support by information technology (ICT) education students on field placement. A random sampling procedure was used to select 37 pre-service teachers (female = 65%; mean... -
Increased mining activities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: an opportunity to improve the nutritional status of children under five-years-old
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Tn Achoki --- Global Health Initiative, Switzerland C Shilumani --- Public Health Specialist, South AfricaIntroduction: Household poverty and poor access to health and other social amenities are key drivers of malnutrition and poor child health in most low-resources settings. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the backdrop of past instability, experiences a host... -
The social aspects of alcohol misuse/abuse in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Bmp Setlalentoa --- Department of Social Work, South Africa Pt Pisa --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South Africa Gn Thekisho --- Department of Social Work, South Africa Eh Ryke --- Department of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, South Africa T Loots Du --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, South AfricaUse of alcohol in Africa, particularly in South Africa, has a long history and is a way of life for many people, regardless of their socio-economic background. Alcohol abuse has many negative economic, social and health consequences. The objective of... -
Striving for excellence: investigating the practical aspects of dietetic practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: B. Harmse --- Dietitian (Private Practice), I. Retief --- Dietitian (Private Practice),Dietetics is a constantly evolving scientific field, and challenges for the dietitian are not restricted to private practice, but rather span across all sectors of the profession, and are an opportunity for personal and professional growth. The need for evidence-based... -
Child sexual abuse and literacy achievement in a sample of South African primary school children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair, Education and Care in Childhood,This study investigated child sexual abuse (CSA) and literacy achievement among South African primary school children. Data on self-reported experience of CSA and actual literacy achievement were collected from a convenience sample of 160 learners from a Soweto school in... -
Choice in HIV testing: the acceptability and anticipated use of a self-administered at-home oral HIV test among South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth A Kelvin --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Sonia Cheruvillil --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Stephanie Christian --- City University New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, USA Joanne E Mantell --- Division of Gender, Health and Sexuality, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, USA Cecilia Milford --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Letitia Rambally-Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Nzwakie Mosery --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Ross Greener --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Jennifer A Smit --- MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South AfricaCombination HIV prevention is being widely promoted by funders. This strategy aims to offer HIV prevention choices that can be selected and combined to decrease HIV risk in ways that fit with each individual’s situation. Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure... -
Resourcing resilience: social protection for HIV prevention amongst children and adolescents in Eastern and Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elona Toska --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa Lesley Gittings --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa Rebecca Hodes --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South Africa Lucie D Cluver --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences, South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa K Emma Chademana --- School of Public Health, South Africa Vincent Evans Gutiérrez --- School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences, South AfricaAdolescents are the only age group with growing AIDS-related morbidity and mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa, making HIV prevention research among this population an urgent priority. Structural deprivations are key drivers of adolescent HIV infection in this region. Biomedical... -
Rural hometown construction among the youth in Nigeria: Agencies of significant others and media
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olayinka Akanle --- College of Graduate Studies, South Africa Jimi O. Adesina --- College of Graduate Studies, South Africa Uchendu Stella Chiamaka --- Department of Sociology, NigeriaYouths as a critical socio-demographic cohort represent the gauge of societies relative to the present and future. Youths’ construction(s) of the rural thus present(s) a veritable corridor through which powerful socioeconomic and ideological contestations emergent in the rural-urban divide debates... -
Voluntary employee reporting by the wholesale and retail companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Thando Loliwe --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaUsing stakeholder theory, this article investigates the level, subject types, location and determinants of voluntary employee disclosures in the annual reports of the wholesale and retail companies in South Africa listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). It finds that... -
Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus group dynamics, site fidelity, residency and movement patterns in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: A Dinis --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal F Alves --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal C Nicolau --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal C Ribeiro --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, Portugal M Kaufmann --- Centre of Life Sciences, Portugal A Cañadas --- ALNILAM – Research and Conservation, Spain L Freitas --- Madeira Whale Museum, Caniçal, PortugalThe bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus is one of the most frequently sighted cetacean species in the Madeira Archipelago (North-East Atlantic); however, little is known about its population ecology in these waters. Photo-identification undertaken during systematic, non-systematic and opportunistic surveys conducted... -
Workplace ethics culture and work engagement: The mediating effect of ethical leadership in a developing world context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Aden-Paul Flotman --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South Africa Frans Cilliers --- Department of Industrial & Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThis study examined the mediating effect of ethical leadership on the relationship between workplace ethics culture and work engagement among employees in a railway transport organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The sample consisted of permanently employed... -
The social and academic adjustment experiences of first-year students at a historically disadvantaged peri-urban university in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kathryn Nel --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Saraswathie Govender --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Reyagalaletsa Tom --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe goal of the research was to explore the social and academic experiences of first-year students at a peri-urban university in South Africa. Eighteen students (females = 50%, mean age = 19.88 years), participated in focus group discussions on their... -
Exploring a sample of university students’ perceptions of menstruation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kulthum Ismail --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Michelle Andipatin --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to explore how a sample of young South African women constructed their perceptions of menstruation. The sample comprised 16 racially/ethnically diverse female university students (blacks = 4, whites = 2, coloured = 8; Christians = 11; Muslims... -
The meaning of compliance with land and labour legislation: understanding justice through farm workers’ experiences in the Eastern Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Femke Brandt --- Centre for African Studies, South Africa Fani Ncapayi --- Centre for African Studies, South AfricaThis paper explores the social meanings and uses of formal labour legislation on commercial farms in the Eastern Cape. Farm workers’ and dwellers’ experiences expose ongoing land and labour struggles on South Africa’s commercial farms. We focus on the ways... -
Multiple sexual partnerships and their correlates among Facebook users in Swaziland: an online cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bhekumusa Wellington Lukhele --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Teeranee Techasrivichien --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Patou Masika Musumari --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Christina El-saaidi --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan S. Pilar Suguimoto --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Masako Ono-Kihara --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, Japan Masahiro Kihara --- Department of Global Health and Socio-Epidemiology, JapanSocial networking sites (SNSs) have been suggested to facilitate risky sexual activities. However, it is unknown and of concern how SNSs such as Facebook shape risky sexual activities in developing settings such as Swaziland, the country hardest hit by HIV... -
Leaving a Social Venture: Social Entrepreneurial Exit among the Maasai in Northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer --- Social Sciences Department, The Netherlands Miguel Rivera-Santos --- Babson College, USA Carlos Rufín --- Sawyer School of Business, Suffolk University, Gert Van Dijk --- Social Sciences Department, The NetherlandsArguing that the exit of social ventures is likely to follow specific patterns, due the uniqueness of a social entrepreneur’s goals, the social venture’s emphasis on the provision of public goods, and its relationship to stakeholders, we conduct a qualitative... -
Male on-campus resident students’ social normative behaviour: Influences on lived social climate by same gender beginning-year university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Botha --- Education and Human Rights in Diversity Research Unit, South Africa Corlia Twine --- Faculty of Education Sciences, South AfricaThis article reports on research on antecedents of first-year male students’ experiences of senior male students’ aggression in residences at a university in South Africa. Fourteen purposefully selected first-year male student residents (black = 14%; coloured = 7%; white =... -
Knee osteoarthritis and perceived social support amongst patients in a family medicine clinic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Temitope Ilori --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria Modupe M Ladipo --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, Nigeria Adetola M Ogunbode --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Abimbola M Obimakinde --- Department of Preventive Medicine and Primary Care, NigeriaBackground: Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic disease affecting the lives of patients and their families, with the family characteristics moderating the illness course. The perceived social support received by a patient helps in determining the health and functionality of the... -
Dealing with disclosure: Perspectives from HIV-positive children and their older carers living in rural south-western Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Esther Dusabe-Richards --- Department of International Public Health, United Kingdom Rwamahe Rutakumwa --- Medical Research Council, Uganda Flavia Zalwango --- Medical Research Council, Uganda Allen Asiimwe --- Medical Research Council, Uganda Elvis Kintu --- Medical Research Council, Uganda Fatuma Ssembajja --- Medical Research Council, Uganda Janet Seeley --- Medical Research Council, UgandaThere are limited data on the challenges faced by carers, in particular older carers, in managing the difficult task of status disclosure for HIV-positive children. We report findings from qualitative interviews with 18 care dyads of older people and HIV-positive... -
Marriage, kinship and childcare in the aftermath of AIDS: rethinking “orphanhood” in the South African lowveld
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Isak Niehaus --- Anthropology Division, United KingdomIn this article I consider the significance of marriage from the vantage point of children’s affiliation to domestic units during the era of South Africa’s AIDS pandemic. Drawing on multi-temporal fieldwork in Impalahoek, a village in the Bushbuckridge municipality of... -
Factors leading to orphans and vulnerable children living in community-based homes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jace Pillay --- South African Research Chair: Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education,This study explored the influences on living arrangements of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) housed at a community-based home in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 50 OVC (males = 36%, females = 64%; age range 11 to 18 years)... -
A criminogenic profile of a sample of South African high school learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology,This study investigated the prevalence of criminogenic risk factors among South African high school learners. A sample of 312 high school learners attending a secondary (high) school in the Gauteng province of South Africa were surveyed (55.3% = female). They... -
Do social media display correct conventional hotel ratings?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Wouter Hensens --- Stenden University (South African campus), South Africa Miemie Struwig --- School of Management Sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Oren Dayan --- Department of Business Management, South AfricaThis study investigates conventional ratings as they are presented on TripAdvisor. Conventional ratings are ratings, commonly using stars as a symbol, allocated by government or private bodies that work with hotel inspectors. The data from guest ratings on TripAdvisor was... -
Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Roy C. Wood --- Academy of Hotel and Facility Management, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested,... -
The cosmological aspects of food in the material world
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Joseph Hegarty --- Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, UKThere is a general tendency today to believe that all truth worth knowing is to be found in the various branches of the physical sciences. If this were so, there could be no place for a philosophy of matter, or... -
The role of employee wellness programme in the hospitality industry: a review of concepts, research, and practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Tingting (Christina) Zhang --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Jay Kandampully --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Hye Yoon Choi --- Department of Human Sciences, USAIn the hospitality industry, employees are critical to firm success, through their intimate interactions with customers to create memorable experiences and relationships. A nascent strategy adopted by many hospitality firms seeks to increase employee engagement and commitment through employee wellness... -
Looking from a local lens: Inbound tour operators and sustainable tourism in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Elena Cavagnaro --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Academy of International Hospitality Research, Stenden University of Applied Science, The Netherlands Simona Staffieri --- Italian National Institute of Statistics, Italy Fiona Ngesa --- Kenya Tourist Board, KenyaFew empirical studies on sustainable tourism take into account the perspective of developing countries' actors. This is even the case in debates about the need to adapt sustainability's definitions to the context of developing countries. The present study aims at... -
Sustainable hospitality and tourism at different ages: Women’s and men’s attitudes in Italy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Alessandra Fermani --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Italy Isabella Crespi --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Italy Flavia Stara --- Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism, ItalyFuture tourism experiences will be more oriented towards eco-friendly destinations and dictated by responsible lifestyles, as shown by the Travel Trends Report and UNWTO report. Many studies confirm that the number of travellers looking for accommodation that ensures greater respect... -
Employees, sustainability and motivation: Increasing employee engagement by addressing sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: David Casey --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Sebastian Sieber --- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsAn increasing number of academic studies indicate that we as humans are exploiting the planet earth to an extent that is no longer bearable. Put differently, we are actively destroying our very own basis of existence, especially considering the generations... -
What drives customers to use access-based sharing options in the hospitality industry?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Can Lu --- Department of Human Sciences, USA Jay Kandampully --- Department of Human Sciences, USAAccess-based sharing businesses have gained popularity in the hospitality industry. The recent shift of customers’ willingness to share accommodation with a host as opposed to using a private hotel room has many implications for the traditional lodging sector. Sharing firms... -
Indigenous identity – Global grasp: The Road Not Taken Tours
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Patrice Pendell --- Department of Foreign Studies, Japan Imanuella R. Andilolo --- Department of Management, IndonesiaThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries benefit from the growing tourism market but there are also detrimental effects, including a large influx of tourists, the oversupply or duplication of tourism businesses, and the deterioration of local cultures. The... -
Are social media applications a facilitator or barrier to learning for tourism and hospitality management students?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Li Li --- Bath Business School, United KingdomThis paper reports an exploratory investigation on the role of social media (SM) in Chinese university students’ learning. Structuration theory was employed as the analytic framework to guide the discussion about the dynamics of the participants’ behaviours and thoughts on... -
An essay on Karma Karana: A notion on restructuring the Bali hospitality and service industry by re-establishing the concepts of Tri Hita Karana and Karmaphala
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: I Made Mahendra Budhiastra --- International Hospitality Management, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom, and International Hospitality and Service Management, The NetherlandsThe island of Bali in Indonesia is well known for its tourism industry. Currently, the government of Indonesia has released a free-visa policy to many countries around the globe to increase the number of foreign arrivals and boost the tourism... -
Influences of stereotype and social distance on prejudice toward African Americans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ok-joo Choi --- Department of Social Welfare, South Korea Kyung-suk Lee --- Department of Counseling Psychology, South Korea Ki-tai Lee --- Department of Tourism Events and International Conferences, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Education Institute, South KoreaThe study sought to identify the influential factors of stereotypes, social distance, and prejudice toward racial/ethnic minorities in the United States. We used data from the American General Social Survey (GSS) of 2012, and analysed the data of 4 820... -
“The other”: Persistent beliefs regarding HIV risk in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lynlee Howard-Payne --- Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, South AfricaThis study explored stereotype constructions people may impute on to others in the context of a contagious disease epidemic. Participants were 30 undergraduate students from a large university in Johannesburg, South Africa. They completed the open-ended Build-A-Character Questionnaire, which described... -
Music fan personality stereotyping in a sample of South African young adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gerhard Helmut Schwär --- Department of Psychology, South Africa John Richard Middleton --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to elicit stereotypes about personality characteristics of young adults residing in South Africa, based solely on music genres. Participants were 941 undergraduate students at a South African university. They responded to a number of surveys about music... -
The multidimensional nature of HIV stigma: evidence from Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Maria A Carrasco --- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA Rosario Arias --- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA Maria E Figueroa --- Johns Hopkins Center for Communications Programs, USAHIV stigma continues to be a major challenge to addressing HIV/AIDS in various countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique. This paper explores the multidimensional nature of HIV stigma through the thematic analysis of five qualitative studies conducted in high HIV... -
Identity and acculturation: The case for Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Byron G. Adams --- Tilburg University, the Netherlands and University of Johannesburg, South Africa Fons J. R. van de Vijver --- Tilburg University, The Netherlands, North-West University, South Africa, and University of Queensland, AustraliaDespite the multicultural nature of African societies, there is still very little knowledge about acculturation and its association with identity on this continent. Acculturation processes and outcomes are strongly associated with identity. The objective of this article is to relate... -
Identity as a key factor in the acculturation of young Moroccan-Dutch adults
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Youssef Azghari --- Tilburg University, Avans University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Fons J. R. van de Vijver --- Tilburg University, The Netherlands, North-West University, South Africa, University of Queensland, Australia Erna Hooghiemstra --- Avans University of Applied Sciences, Tranzo, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsMany young Moroccan-Dutch in transition within the Dutch society face acculturation challenges and have limited social resources. We examined how different access to social capital (supportive networks among family, friends, and neighbourhood) and social identity of Moroccan-Dutch students (N =... -
Work-role psychosocial flourishing: Its mediation role on workplace bullying and employee turnover intention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South Africa Rudolf M. Oosthuizen --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe study investigated the work-role of psychosocial flourishing attributes in countering workplace bullying behaviour and turnover intention. Data on participants’ perceptions of workplace bullying behaviour, turnover intentions, and psychosocial flourishing were collected from n = 373 employees in various South... -
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among child perpetrators and victims of violence from the Northern Uganda civil war: Findings from the WAYS study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kennedy Amone-P’Olak --- Department of Psychology, Botswana Sarah Bøgelund Dokkedahl --- National Center for Psychotraumatology, Denmark Ask Elklit --- National Center for Psychotraumatology, DenmarkWar experiences are known risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other poor psychosocial outcomes. This study aimed to assess the extent to which perpetrating violence (operationalised as intentional and unintentional killing or mutilation) and being a victim of... -
Constructing a positive narrative for African sport consumerism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Frederick W. Stander --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaSport consumerism is a burgeoning field of practice and serves both the utilitarian and behaviouristic goals. The utilitarian aspects are aligned to derivatives of value generated through the sport consumption effort. Behaviourism in the consumer context suggests a communal narrative,... -
The global innovation networks and global production networks of firms: Conceptualization and implication
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ju Liu --- Department of Urban Studies, SwedenToday’s developments in the literature about the global networks of firms emphasize not only global production networks (GPNs) but also global innovation networks (GINs). However, the differences, commonalities and interaction between firms’ GINs and GPNs have not been theoretically and... -
Reticence in disclosure of HIV infection and reasons for bereavement: impact on perinatally infected adolescents’ mental health and understanding of HIV treatment and prevention in Johannesburg, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nataly Woollett --- Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, South Africa Vivian Black --- Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Lucie Cluver --- Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, UK Heena Brahmbhatt --- Department of Population, Reproductive and Family Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, USASurvival rates of perinatally infected HIV-positive adolescents (PIA) are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a gap in understanding how disclosure and bereavement have an impact on PIA beliefs and understanding of their HIV infection and its management. In-depth interviews... -
Mixed-method approaches to studying innovation networks in developing countries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Christian Omobhude --- Institute of Management of Technology, Taiwan Shih-Hsin Chen --- Institute of Management of Technology, TaiwanExisting literature maintains that innovation networks would enhance the development of firms and industry. However, what remains less clear is the methodologies applied in each context and what sort of barriers occur during data collection. Through reviewing the methodologies adopted... -
Coping self-efficacy and psychosocial well-being of marginalised South African youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Seleme R. Melato --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Sebastiaan Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elizabeth Bothma --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe aim of this study was to investigate coping self-efficacy and aspects of psychosocial well-being amongst youth from marginalised backgrounds. A total of 794 black South African marginalised youth (males = 54%, females = 46%, age range between 18 and... -
Experiences along the HIV care continuum: perspectives of Kenyan adolescents and caregivers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Winnie K Luseno --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), USA Bonita Iritani --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), USA Susannah Zietz --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), USA Suzanne Maman --- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, USA Isabella I Mbai --- School of Nursing, Kenya Florence Otieno --- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Barrack Ongili --- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Denise Dion Hallfors --- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), USATo be effective, HIV programmes should be responsive to the unique needs of diverse groups of infected adolescents. We highlight a range of adolescent perspectives on HIV services, including those who acquired HIV perinatally or sexually and those who were... -
Developing an entrepreneurial mindset within the social sector: A review of the South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: MME ‘Tshidi’ Mohapeloa --- Business School, Rhodes University, South AfricaAim of paper: This paper explores how an entrepreneurial mindset can be developed using a South African case due to its complexities of high social challenges in a middle-income country. These complexities have restricted opportunities at which the social sector... -
In-vitro diagnostics (IVDs) innovations for resource-poor settings: The Indian experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nidhi Singh --- Centre for Studies in Science Policy, India Dinesh Abrol --- Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), IndiaThis article illustrates how the present institutional arrangements and the policy regime under perusal have not been able to support the development of an ecosystem for innovation-making for in-vitro diagnostics (IVDs) for resource-poor settings. Policies favouring trade liberalization and foreign... -
Gendered childcare norms — evidence from rural Swaziland to inform innovative structural HIV prevention approaches for young women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pinky N Shabangu --- Independent community-based researcher, Swaziland Michelle R Brear --- Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, AustraliaAddressing discriminatory gender norms is a prerequisite for preventing HIV in women, including young women. However, the gendered expectation that women will perform unpaid childcare-related labour is rarely conceptualised as influencing their HIV risk. Our aim was to learn from... -
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 =... -
Pathways to trust and caution among South African university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Erhabor S. Idemudia --- School of Research and Postgraduate Studie, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South Africa Catherine T. Kwantes --- Department of Psychology, Canada Matthew O. Olasupo --- School of Research and Postgraduate Studie, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South AfricaThis study sought to characterise lifestyle factors of trust and caution among South African university students (n = 196; females = 78.06%; median age = 21 years). The students completed an online survey on trustworthiness in cultural context. The data... -
Working adults’ positive coping and age: Their interaction effects on psycho-social career preoccupations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Melinde Coetzee --- Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, South AfricaThe present study explored positive coping behaviour and age interaction effects on workers’ psycho-social career preoccupations. Participants were workers employed within a chemical industry in South Africa (n = 525). The sample was represented by younger (21–34 years, n = 257) and older (35–55... -
The factor structure of the Social Axioms Survey II (SASII) in the South African context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adi Barnard --- Department Human Resource Management, Economic Management Science, South Africa Deon Meiring --- Department Human Resource Management, Economic Management Science, South Africa Ian Rothmann --- Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to validate the new Social Axioms Survey II (SASII). The study sample comprised university students (n = 793) as well as their family members and friends (n = 645). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) following... -
Whose ethics? The international regulation of labour practices on South African export fruit farms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Janie Swanepoel --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper concerns private labour regulation services in the form of ethical audits. By describing the development and nature of ethical audits in the South African fruit export industry, it juxtaposes the complex relations between farm workers and farmers, shaped... -
Towards the socialization of science, technology and innovation for African development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Trust Saidi --- Department of Human Biology, Division of Biomedical Engineering, South Africa Tania S. Douglas --- Department of Human Biology, Division of Biomedical Engineering, South AfricaDeveloping countries, particularly those in Africa, have not been able to fully exploit the opportunities presented by recent Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) advances to address their developmental needs. The reasons for this include lack of supporting infrastructure, shortage of... -
The performance of European SRI funds investing in bonds and their comparison to conventional funds
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Paulo Leite --- Applied Management Research Unit (UNIAG), Portugal Maria Céu Cortez --- NIPE – School of Economics and Management, PortugalThis paper evaluates the performance of European SRI fixed-income funds domiciled in France and in Germany compared to characteristics-matched conventional funds. Fund performance is evaluated by means of conditional multi-factor models that allow for both time-varying risk and performance. The... -
Depression among infertile women in Ogbomosoland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SA Oladeji --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria AD OlaOlorun --- Department of Family Medicine, NigeriaBackground: Infertility is a major medical condition that affects many married couples globally and it has an immense psycho-social impact on couples, especially in Africa where a high premium is placed on child-bearing. This study therefore determined the prevalence of... -
The influence of lotteries on employees’ workplace HIV testing behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Martin Weihs --- Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA) and HIV/AIDS, South Africa Anna Meyer-Weitz --- School of Applied Human Sciences, South Africa Friederike Baasner-Weihs --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaThe aim of the study was to understand how lottery incentives influenced the HIV counselling and testing (HCT) behaviour and behaviour intention of shop-floor workers who participated in a workplace HCT campaign initiative in two companies in the Nelson Mandela... -
Incursions from the epicentre: Southern theory, social science, and the global HIV research domain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Rebecca Hodes --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, South Africa Robert Morrell --- Office of the Vice-Chancellor, South AfricaResearch about HIV constitutes a global domain of academic knowledge. The patterns that structure this domain reflect inequalities in the production and dissemination of knowledge, as well as broader inequalities in geopolitics. Conventional metrics for assessing the value and impact... -
The role of community health workers in supporting South Africa’s HIV/ AIDS treatment programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Shauna Mottiar --- Development Studies, South Africa Tom Lodge --- Development Studies, South AfricaCommunity health workers deployed around South Africa’s primary health care clinics, supply indispensable support for the world’s largest HIV/AIDS treatment programme. Interviews with these workers illuminated the contribution they make to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) of HIV/AIDS patients and the motivations... -
Community perceptions of the socio-economic structural context influencing HIV and TB risk, prevention and treatment in a high prevalence area in the era of antiretroviral therapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Dumile Gumede --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Nuala McGrath --- Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa Alison Grant --- Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, School of Nursing and Public Health, South AfricaFollowing calls for targeted HIV prevention interventions in so-called “hotspots”, we explored subjective perceptions of community members in places considered to be high HIV and tuberculosis (TB) transmission areas and those with low prevalence. Although more people now have access... -
Managing HIV-positive sero-status in Ghana’s most HIV concentrated district: self-perceived explanations and theoretical discourse
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Adobea Y Owusu --- Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana Amos Laar --- Department of Family and Population Health, School of Public Health, GhanaAs of December 2015 there were 37 million persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), 70% of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana, which contributes a relatively small number to Africa’s HIV burden, has a generalised HIV epidemic. The current national prevalence... -
First insights on spatial and temporal distribution patterns of humpback whales in the breeding ground at Sainte Marie Channel, Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: L Trudelle --- Bioacoustics Team, France J-B Charrassin --- Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Univ. Paris 06) – CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN-IPSL, France A Saloma --- Cétamada, Port Barachois, Madagascar S Pous --- Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Univ. Paris 06) – CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN-IPSL, France A Kretzschmar --- Biostatistiques et Processus Spatiaux (BioSP), France O Adam --- Bioacoustics Team, FranceThe Sainte Marie Channel on the northeast coast of Madagascar is an important breeding ground for humpback whales; the first observation of birth was documented there, yet it has never been investigated for phenology and habitat use of humpback whales... -
Catalyzing Social Entrepreneurship in Africa: Roles for Western Universities, NGOs and Corporations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Philip Mirvis --- Global Network on Corporate Citizenship, USA Bradley Googins --- Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, USAThis article reviews research on promoting social entrepreneurship and enterprise in Africa. It also presents brief case studies on how select Western universities, NGOs and corporations are partnering with African institutions to help train and launch social entrepreneurs, to open... -
Perceived social support and life satisfaction among freshmen: Mediating roles of academic self-efficacy and academic adjustment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Abimbola A. Akanni --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Choja A. Oduaran --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study investigated the mediating roles of academic self-efficacy and academic adjustment in the relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction among Nigerian university freshmen. A total of 621 beginning university students (females = 50.4%, mean age = 19.67years,... -
Parents of children with Down Syndrome: Do resilience and social support matter to their experience of carer stress?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maria Chidi C. Onyedibe --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Leonard I. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Philip, C. Mefoh --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Christiana Onuiri --- Department of Psychology, NigeriaThe study investigated personal resilience influences on the relationship between social support and parenting-stress among parents of children with Down syndrome (DS) in a Nigerian sample. One hundred and ninety three parent-carers of children with DS participated in the study... -
The Folktale and Social Values in Traditional Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Enongene Mirabeau Sone --- Department of Arts (English), South AfricaAfricans, like people elsewhere in the world, have a set of values which they consider worthwhile and necessary for the preservation and wellbeing of their culture. In this way, it may be said that societal values are embodied in and... -
Women’s breast-feeding meanings in the context of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Petro van der Merwe --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Mapula Mojapelo-Batka --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored infant feeding practice meanings of HIV-positive mothers. Informants were eight black South African mothers (age range 18–29 years) enrolled in a mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) prevention programme. In-depth interviews on factors that influence exclusive breast-feeding were conducted with... -
Social support-oriented coping and resilience for self-harm protection among adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Wilmie van der Wal --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Ancel A. George --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe study aimed to investigate the extent to which social support-focused coping and resilience can predict lower risk for self-harm by at-risk adolescents. Participants were 962 high school learners from nine high schools in the Free State Province, South Africa... -
Psychosocial characteristics of primary care-seeking long-distance truck drivers in Kenya and associations with HIV testing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Matthew L Romo --- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, USA Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, South Africa Joanne E Mantell --- HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, USA Eva Mwai --- North Star Alliance, Kenya Eston Nyaga --- North Star Alliance, Kenya Jacob O Odhiambo --- North Star Alliance, Kenya Kaymarlin Govender --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, South Africa Elizabeth A Kelvin --- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, USAThe 90-90-90 strategy from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020 includes, as its first goal, to have 90% of all people living with HIV to know their status. Achieving this goal... -
Poverty as a barrier to antiretroviral therapy access for people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Markus Haacker --- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA Charles Birungi --- UNAIDS, BotswanaUnderstanding barriers to access to essential health services is critical for devising effective strategies to improve access and align such strategies with national health and development policy objectives. However, while considerable empirical evidence exists on correlates of HIV prevalence and... -
Together we stand stronger
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Marco Bevolo --- Academy for Leisure, The Netherlands Anique Gerrits --- Academy for Leisure, The NetherlandsThis is an action research case study investigating social participation roadblocks and opportunities through leisure-related factors for Eritrean refugee status holders in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The intent of this paper is to report on challenges and opportunities... -
Job demands and psychological well-being: Moderating role of occupational self-efficacy and job social support among mid-career academics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ike E. Onyishi --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Fabian O. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Charity N. Onyishi --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Nigeria Felicia O. Okwueze --- Department of Public Administration and Local Government Studies, NigeriaThe study investigated the moderating role of occupational self-efficacy and job social support on the relationship between job demands and psychological well-being among mid-career academics. Participants were 203 academics at three public Nigerian universities (female = 37.93%; mean years of... -
Life stories managing chronic illness: Young adults’ lived experiences with type 1 diabetes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Marietjie Willemse --- School for Psychosocial Health, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa Elmari Deacon --- School for Psychosocial Health, Optentia Research Focus Area, South Africa David Segal --- School for Psychosocial Health, Optentia Research Focus Area, South AfricaThis study aimed to characterise diabetes management experiences of South African young adults living with well-controlled type 1 diabetes (n = 8, female = 5, male = 3, age range = 20–25). The young adults told life stories managing their... -
Ubuntu HeartMath programme efficacy for social coherence and work spirit: Preliminary evidence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study reports preliminary evidence on the efficacy of an Ubuntu type HeartMath intervention for the purpose of facilitating social coherence and spirit at work. The study employed a pre-test and post-test, mixed methods design with 17 students and staff... -
Drivers and trajectories of social and ecological change in the Karoo, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Cherryl Walker --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Suzanne J Milton --- Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation, South Africa Tim G O’Connor --- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON): Arid Lands Node, South Africa Judy M Maguire --- unaffiliated, South Africa W Richard J Dean --- Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation, South AfricaThis review article explores past, present and possible future drivers of change in Karoo social-ecological systems. Biogeographically, the Karoo comprises the arid Succulent Karoo and Nama-Karoo biomes covering significant portions of the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces... -
Introduction to the Karoo Special Issue: Trajectories of Change in the Anthropocene
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Joh R Henschel --- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON): Arid Lands Node, South Africa M Timm Hoffman --- Plant Conservation Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Cherryl Walker --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaThe Karoo is an arid to semi-arid area across the western third of South Africa, comprising the Succulent Karoo and Nama-Karoo biomes. Its environment and people have experienced considerable changes, and now face new challenges as the Anthropocene unfolds. This... -
Reflections on the Karoo Special Issue: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for South Africa’s drylands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: M Timm Hoffman --- Plant Conservation Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Cherryl Walker --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Joh R Henschel --- South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON): Arid Lands Node, South AfricaWe begin this essay with reflections on major research themes highlighted by the Karoo Special Issue (KSI). These include concerns over land-use change, long-term monitoring, climate change, governance and the need for more interdisciplinary research. We also identify some of... -
“Posted home”: migration, tuberculosis and structural violence in Maphisa, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Min'enhle Ncube --- Social Anthropology, School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South AfricaStructural violence underscored by the political economy plays a pivotal role in the epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Zimbabwe. Political and economic hardship make migration across the border for work necessary for rural locals in Zimbabwe in order to... -
Factors of regular sponsorship of African children: A cross-ethnic study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jae-kyeong Kim --- School of Management, South Korea June-hyuk Kwon --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Nam-hyun Lee --- Department of Performing Arts, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South Korea Hyuck-jin Lee --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South KoreaThis study examined psychological well-being influences of personal factors on regular sponsorship of, or donation to, African children living in Africa. Study participants (N = 597) were 338 Koreans (50.3% female, n = 170) and 259 Chinese (56.8% female, n... -
Social support effects on diabetes management by South African emerging adults: A replication and extension study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elné Visagie --- Compres, School for Psychosocial Health, South Africa Esmé van Rensburg --- Compres, School for Psychosocial Health, South Africa Elmarí Deacon --- Optentia, School for Psychosocial Health, South AfricaThis study aimed to explore and describe the role of social support in successful living with type 1 diabetes. Informants were eight emerging adults with well-controlled type 1 diabetes (females = 5; white = 7, African = 1; mean time since diagnosis = 8.5 years, SD time since... -
Sustainable development practices for the hotel industry in Nigeria: Implications for the Ilaro area of Ogun State
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Edwin Chigozie Nwokorie --- Department of Hospitality Management, Nigeria Judipat Nkiru Obiora --- Department of Hospitality Management & Tourism, NigeriaSustainable development practices of 15 hotels were investigated in this study in which a 41 point questionnaire, prepared in 10 sub-scales, was administered to 350 respondents selected from employees of the hotels and residents of the host community to ascertain... -
Dominance hierarchies within different size groupings of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and effects on growth and physiological responses
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kwasi Adu Obirikorang --- , Ghana Anthea Georgina Ama Ofori --- , Ghana Benjamin Apraku Gyampoh --- , GhanaHierarchies are prevalent in social animals and display of aggression by dominant individuals often results in appetite and growth suppressions in lower-ranked fish. This study investigated the effects of dominance hierarchies on growth and some physiological responses in Nile tilapia... -
Pre-retirement anxiety: Development and validation of a measurement instrument in a Nigerian sample
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lawrence E. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Ibeawuchi K. Enwereuzor --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Philip Chukwuemeka Mefoh --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Leonard I. Ugwu --- Department of Psychology, Nigeria Ike E. Onyishi --- Department of Psychology, NigeriaTwo studies were conducted to develop and provide evidence supporting the construct validity and internal consistency of scores from the Nigerian Pre-retirement Anxiety Scale (NPAS). The measure comprises three dimensions: financial preparedness, social obligation, and social alienation. In the first... -
National versus ethnic identification in countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Elirea Bornman --- Department of Communication Science, South AfricaThis study investigated relationships between national and ethnic identities in eleven countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Ethnic versus national identification, experiences of unfair treatment of ethnic groups, and like versus dislike of out-group neighbours were investigated. Round... -
Psycho-educational and social interventions provided for orphans and vulnerable children at a community-based organisation in Soweto, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Emily Chepngetich Sitienei --- DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, South Africa Jace Pillay --- DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored the psycho-educational and social interventions provided for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in a community-based organisation (CBO) in Soweto, South Africa. The study involved 12 OVC (males = 40%, and females = 60%; aged 10 to... -
Association between HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sandra B Letshwenyo-Maruatona --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Montlenyane Madisa --- Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning, Botswana Thokgamo Boitshwarelo --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Botho George-Kefilwe --- Institute of Health Sciences-Gaborone, Botswana Caroline Kingori --- Department of Social and Public Health, USA Gillian Ice --- Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Health Sciences and Professions, USA Joseph A Bianco --- Department of Social Medicine, USA Marape Marape --- Marape & Marape Family Medical and Public Health Clinic, Botswana Zelalem T Haile --- Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, USAIn Botswana, an estimated 350 000 people live with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS testing rates are low, suggesting that many other people remain undiagnosed. Stigma related to HIV/AIDS is prevalent and contributes to low testing rates and under-diagnosis of the virus. Identifying... -
Dominant factors for energy choice decisions by households in Tanzania: A case study of selected villages in Mvomero District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Felichesmi Selestine Lyakurwa --- Faculty of Science and Technology, Eliaza Mkuna --- Faculty of Social Sciences,Household choice of energy sources for various social-economic activities has been associated with improved community livelihood and ecosystem quality. In this study, the multinomial probit model (MNP) was employed to establish the dominant factors for energy choice decisions by households... -
Gender-sensitive training for substance use disorder treatment: Results and implications of a pilot health professionals needs assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Liezille Jacobs --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis study explored mental health practitioner training needs in gender-sensitive substance use disorder (SUD) counselling genderqueer populations. Informants were health professionals in SUD practices and from the Eastern Cape, South Africa (females = 75%; black = 90%, 10% = white,... -
Caring for children with an intellectual disability: An exploratory qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tshimangadzo Getrude Sadiki --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Solomon Mashegoane --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored family caregiver experiences of children with an intellectual disability in a rural South African day-care centre. The family caregivers (N = 15; mothers = 60%; age range = 35 to 68 years) completed in-depth interviews regarding their... -
Weight bias and eating behaviours of persons with overweight and obesity attending a general medical practice in Durban, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RD Govender --- Department of Family Medicine, United Arab Emirates S Al-Shamsi --- Department of Internal Medicine, United Arab Emirates D Regmi --- Department of Family Medicine, United Arab EmiratesBackground: The consequences of obesity for physical health and non-communicable illnesses are well established, but the impact on psychosocial well-being in persons with obesity is much less understood. This study aimed to assess psychosocial constructs such as weight bias affecting... -
Constructions of sexuality and HIV risk among young people in Venda, South Africa: implications for HIV prevention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Veronica Sivhabu --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Maretha Visser --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe study explored constructions of sexuality among young people of Venda in Limpopo, South Africa, and cultural practices that can be used to develop context-specific HIV prevention programmes. HIV prevention can be promoted by including some cultural practices in prevention... -
Social media as a trigger for positive political action: The case of Ghana's fight against illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ebenezer Agbozo --- Department of Systems Analysis and Decision Making, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, Kamen Spassov --- Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, BulgariaA shift from social media being a medium of communication to being a voice of the people is underway. Nations have experienced a fair share of the use of social media in raising the awareness on certain cankers in society... -
Addressing education inequality in sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Folorunso Obayemi Temitope Obasuyi --- Department of Development Studies, Malaysia Rajah Rasiah --- Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, MalaysiaThis paper examines the impact of wealth inequality on education inequality in the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including by decomposing inequality across gender. Specifically, it analyzes the impact of wealth concentration on the distribution of educational attainment using a sample... -
Effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on corporate social responsibility and firm value in Korea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Doowon Ryu --- Business School, Republic of KoreaThis study examines the effect of the 2008 global financial crisis on firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) by analysing Korean CSR and market data from 2004 to 2016 (excluding 2007). We focus on the role of the 2008 global financial... -
Mediated mutual reciprocity in the process of African children’s social ontogenesis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Therese Mungah Shalo Tchombe --- Center for Research in Child and Family Development and Education (CRCFDE), CameroonThe paper highlights Nsamenang’s social ontogenesis theoretical stance in explaining how participatory pedagogies in socialisation impact not only development but children’s capacity to assume responsibilities for their own development. A synoptic review is presented of widely discussed challenges faced by... -
Community beliefs, HIV stigma, and depression among adolescents living with HIV in rural Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Scholastic Ashaba --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Christine E Cooper-Vince --- Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Dagmar Vořechovská --- Massachusetts General Hospital, USA Godfrey Zari Rukundo --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Samuel Maling --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Dickens Akena --- Department of Psychiatry, Makerere College of Health Sciences, Uganda Alexander C Tsai --- Department of Psychiatry, UgandaThe availability of and increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV. As a result, perinatally infected youth are increasingly able to reach adolescence. There is limited information about the psychosocial challenges... -
Social networks, gender and HIV within marriages in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Roseanne Njiru --- Department of Sociology and Social Work, KenyaGender inequalities drive the HIV risk within marriages in Kenya, yet strategies to combat the spread of HIV are limited by their emphasis on the individual or dyadic relationship rather than the wider social-cultural relations that shape gender relations within... -
The relevance of the content of an HIV and AIDS social intervention programme for the youth in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: André R Le Tape --- Department of Social Work and Criminology, South Africa Lourens S Geyer --- Department of Social Work and Criminology, South Africa Charlene L Carbonatto --- Department of Social Work and Criminology, South AfricaThe numbers of people infected with HIV and living with AIDS remain high in South Africa. The youth of the Northern Cape province in South Africa are a vulnerable population in this regard. However, there seems to be a dearth... -
Social cognitive drivers of farmer learning behaviour in the student-to-farmer university outreach in Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Stephen W. Kalule --- Department of Extension and Innovations Studies, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kampala, Uganda Haroon Sseguya --- Department of Extension and Innovations Studies, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kampala, Uganda Duncan Ongeng --- Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Gulu, Uganda Gabriel Karubanga --- Department of Extension and Innovations Studies, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kampala, UgandaGlobally, universities are repositioning themselves for community outreach although with difficulty in responding to the unpredictable social features of host communities. Accordingly, this study aims to assess the role of social cognitive factors in farmer learning behaviour during university outreach... -
The social and technical conditions enabling innovations in information infrastructures: A case study from public health in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Masoud Hussein Mahundi --- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tanzania Petter Nielsen --- Department of Informatics, Norway Honest Kimaro --- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, TanzaniaOne of the hallmark characteristics of information infrastructures is their gradual evolution to adapt to changes in technologies and requirements from diverse user groups. Evolution manifests through innovations on and within infrastructures as they respond to the changes. These innovations,... -
“Inbox me, please”: Analysing comments on anonymous Facebook posts about depression and suicide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lane Tao --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Liezille Jacobs --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored Facebook posts for receptive disclosure and discussion of depression and suicidality among contributors. We utilised an existing data set of Facebook commentary from 445 comments made on 156 anonymous Facebook posts. A Chi-square analysis revealed that Facebook... -
The politics of corporate social responsibility in the mining industry in Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Rabake Kinba Hermelline M. Nana --- Huddersfield Business School, United Kingdom Eshani Beddewela --- Huddersfield Business School, United KingdomThis paper examines the non-market strategy of a multinational corporation in an institutionally weak country, specifically focusing on its corporate social responsibility. Theoretically, the paper argues that the motives and outcomes of corporate social responsibility could facilitate corporate political activity,... -
“Reproducing the social”: contradictory interconnections between land, cattle production and household relations in the Besters Land Reform Project, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Donna Hornby --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, South Africa Ben Cousins --- Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, South AfricaLand redistribution policy in South Africa emphasises commercial farming as the legitimate use of land. This production-oriented framework fails to take into account the intertwined but unstable relationship between the production of market value and social reproduction, and how this... -
Football and forlorn hope: an ethnographic comic concerning the Grahamstown Soccer Association from 1975 to 1985
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shawn Forde --- School of Kinesiology, CanadaThis ethnographic comic presents research that was conducted in Makhanda (previously Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The comic only tells a partial story, based on ethnographic and historical research, relating to soccer, nostalgia, hope and violence. It... -
The Role of Fiction Writers in the Development of Kiswahili
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Ernest Sangai Mohochi [cor1]This paper analyses fiction writers’ contribution to the development of Kiswahili language. The paper is anchored on the assumption that writers play a big role in the development of language. The contribution of fiction writers has not been widely investigated... -
Online Performance of Swahili Orature: The Need for a New Category?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Angelus Mnenuka --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThis paper discusses the concept of the online performance of oral literature. The central argument advanced in this discussion arises out of the contemporary categorisation of literature, notably the distinction between oral and written literature based on their forms of... -
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel: The persistence and transformation of African values and practices in art and life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Patricia M. Greenfield --- Department of Psychology, USA Oshrat Sulika Rotem --- Department of Education, Israel Michael Weinstock --- Department of Education, IsraelWe present a qualitative interdisciplinary study of seven Ethiopian potters who immigrated to Israel as adults. Data sources include cultural products (their clay sculptures), interviews, and archival photos at the time of immigration. Together these data sources show how these... -
Effects of social network services (SNS) subjective norms on SNS addiction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- The Cultural Policy Network, South Korea Goon-ju Kim --- Department of Future Strategy, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Bong-ihn Seok --- Commercialization Finance Team, South Korea Nam-hyun Lee --- Department of Performing Arts, South KoreaWe examined social network services (SNS) influence on SNS subjective norms for connectivity, perceived pleasure, and addiction. Utilising survey data of ordinary South Africans (N = 927; female = 393), collected by a global research institution (Entrust Survey) between 1... -
A bibliometric analysis of the research on shot peening
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Shijun Chen --- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South Africa Dawood A. Desai --- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South Africa Stephan Philippus Heyns --- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, South Africa Francesco Pietra --- School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, South AfricaA bibliometric analysis of shot peening was carried out to provide insights into academic activities and trends of the research on surface treatment processes from 1997 to 2017 based on the publications collected from the database Science Citation Index. The... -
Social capital development as innovation in human resource development: A case of Technical Universities in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tabita Ladzeh Akpey-Mensah --- Faculty of Management Sciences, South AfricaSocial capital expresses the social relationship between people in an organization. A good relationship between employers and employees can enhance commitment and productivity. It also makes a positive contribution to organizational performance. Universities and other higher education institutions are the... -
Unmet psychosocial care needs of the oncology patients in a South African rural setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Neo Jacqueline Ramutumbu --- Department of Advanced Nursing Science, South Africa Dorah Ursula Ramathuba --- Department of Advanced Nursing Science, South Africa Maria Sonto Maputle --- Department of Advanced Nursing Science, South AfricaThis study explored and described the experiences of patients from a rural community regarding unmet psychosocial care needs at their local hospital service centres. The participants (n = 15, females = 13; males = 2) were oncology patients from three... -
Mediation effect of perceived organisational and social support in the relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction among professional women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThis study examined whether perceived organisational support (POS) and social support mediated the relationship between career adaptability and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants were a purposive sample of 606 professional women (62% = white, 20% = black African,... -
“Left behind”: why implementing migration-aware responses to HIV for migrant farm workers is a priority for South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thea de Gruchy --- The African Centre for Migration & Society, South Africa Jo Vearey --- The African Centre for Migration & Society, South AfricaLike many other countries, South Africa (SA) has committed to the Sustainable Development Goals that aim to “leave no-one behind”, in efforts towards universal health coverage, and meeting the UNAIDS 90–90–90 targets through the implementation of universal test and treat... -
The Nairobi Prostitution Histories: Perspectives from Kenyan Novels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Wafula Yenjela --- Deptartment of Literature, Creative & Performing Arts, KenyaThis article articulates novelists’ constructions of prostitutes’ humanity in the city’s complex spaces that are both enabling and problematic. Through a reading of selected novels in tandem with Kenyan social histories, the article underpins why the city developed into a... -
Ethnographic evidence versus theoretical models: reminiscences and reflections on a linear proletarianisation model for Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Andrew D. Spiegel --- , South AfricaConceptualising what was seen as the proletarianisation of Southern Africa’s working people was a significant analytical preoccupation of the social sciences in the 1970s. Considering that the region’s political economy was dependent on migrant labour, anthropologists and others sought to... -
Work-life and social support influences on the mental health of security personnel for internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camps in Nigeria: A brief report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kehinde Clement Lawrence --- Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, South AfricaThis study explored work-life experiences and social support as correlates of mental health among security personnel for internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camps in Nigeria. The security personnel (n = 500; male = 62.2% and females = 37.8%; age range =... -
Academic demands and mental health among undergraduate students in full-time employment: The moderating role of perceived social support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chibuzor Uchenna Onuoha --- Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis study investigated the moderating role of perceived social support in the relationship between academic demands (measured as perceived academic stress) and mental health of undergraduate students in full-time employment. Participants were a purposive sample of 320 undergraduate Open Distance... -
Psychosocial factors impacting the college adjustment of undergraduate students: A scoping review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Thelma Fennie --- Psychology Department, South Africa Yolanda Mayman --- Psychology Department, South Africa Chanel van Louw --- Psychology Department, South Africa Ebruphiyo Useh --- Psychology Department, South Africa Matapelo Kombora --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThis scoping review explores the emerging evidence on psychosocial factors that influence the adjustment and academic performance of undergraduate students. For the identification of pertinent studies, we searched the following electronic databases: EbschoHost, ERIC, ScienceDirect and Sabinet. Our inclusion criteria... -
South African pre-school teacher perceptions of socio-emotional development for school readiness: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tessa Goldschmidt --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaWe aimed to explore pre-school teachers’ understanding of socio-emotional development in early childhood and the role it plays in school readiness. Informants were 12 pre-school teachers from Cape Town, South Africa (coloured/mixed race = 12). The teachers completed semi-structured interviews... -
First-time mothers’ perceptions of workplace social support: An exploratory qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zamandlovu Sizile Makola --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Elizabeth Cornelia Rudolph --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Yvonne Trijntje Joubert --- Department of Human Resource Management, South AfricaThe goal of this study was to explore the perceptions of first-time mothers regarding the social support received from the workplace during pregnancy, maternity leave, and upon returning to work. The participants included 19 first-time mothers (ages 18 to 40... -
Suicide attempt and associated factors among in-school adolescents in Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Thailand Karl Peltzer --- Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, VietnamThe study estimated the prevalence and correlates of suicide attempts in the past year in adolescents in Mozambique. We utilised a cross-sectional national secondary data set (N = 1 918; median age 15 years, interquartile range =3 years) from the... -
The moderating effect of social support on the relationship between burnout, intention to drop out, and satisfaction with studies of first-year university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karina Mostert --- , South Africa Jaco Pienaar --- , SwedenThis study investigated the relationships between student burnout, intention to drop out, and satisfaction with studies, considering their self-reported social support from parents and significant others. First-year black African students from a peri-urban South African university campus (n = 452;... -
Grieving widows’ lived experiences in a rural South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Molefi Motsoeneng --- , South Africa Motalenyane Alfred Modise --- , South AfricaThe study explored widows’ social isolation and the stigma experienced in a rural South Africa setting. Participants were a purposive sample of 10 widows (black = 95%; age range 30 to 60 years old). The widows completed semi-structured individual interviews... -
Measuring language usage in hospitality situations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Leanne Schreurs --- , The NetherlandsIn this study, language usage in hospitality situations is measured. To this end, a corpus of utterances taken from a Colombian Spanish novel is quantitatively analysed. As a starting point of the analysis, it is illustrated that different modes of... -
Experiences of grandmothers caring for female adolescents living with HIV in rural Manzini, Eswatini: a caregiver stress model perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Bonisile S Nsibandze --- , South Africa Charlene Downing --- , South Africa Marie Poggenpoel --- , South Africa Chris PH Myburgh --- , South AfricaThe HIV pandemic has immense effects on the Eswatini population. The burden of caregiving rests on women, typically grandmothers who are elderly and dealing with chronic diseases themselves. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences... -
Applying a social-ecological lens to opinions about HIV self-testing among Kenyan truckers who declined to test: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stephanie N Christian --- , USA Joanne E Mantell --- , USA Matthew L Romo --- , USA Christian Grov --- , USA Gavin George --- , South Africa Eva Mwai --- , Kenya Eston Nyaga --- , Kenya Jacob O Odhiambo --- , Kenya Kaymarlin Govender --- , South Africa Elizabeth A Kelvin --- , USAHIV prevalence among truckers in Africa is high and testing rates suboptimal. With numerous African countries having approved HIV self-testing kits, more information on how to design acceptable and accessible self-testing programs for high-risk populations is necessary. We explored views... -
Performing Urban Social Realities in Contemporary Kenya: A Reading of episodes of Vioja Mahakamani
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Violet Nasambu Barasa --- , KenyaThis article examines class dynamics in Kenya’s urban cities using television theatre episodes that dramatise the interaction between marginalised and privileged citizens. In the main, the analysis in the article focuses on selected Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) television theatre texts... -
Observations of Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri groups in the Kafue National Park, Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Jonah Gula --- , United States Chaona G Phiri --- , United KingdomZambia represents a core part of the Southern Ground-Hornbill’s Bucorvus leadbeateri distribution, yet empirical information on the country’s population is scant. From February to September 2017, ground-hornbill sightings were recorded in Kafue National Park in western Zambia to describe population... -
Engaging alumni entrepreneurs in the student entrepreneurship development process: A social network perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mingfeng Tang --- , People’s Republic of China Chen Yang --- , People’s Republic of China Angathevar Baskaran --- , Malaysia Jianwei Tan --- , People’s Republic of ChinaUsing the social network perspective and a case study of Chongqing Jiaotong University, this study analyzes the engagement of alumni entrepreneurs in the university student entrepreneurship development process in China. It employs primary data gathered through interviews of senior university... -
Consequences of consumer engagement on the performance of e-commerce firms in Ghana: Moderating effects of consumer-owned resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Isaac Owusu Asante --- , China Jiaming Fang --- , China Dennis Fiifi Darko --- , ChinaWe examined the financial consequences of consumer engagement on firms’ performance and how consumer-owned resources moderate the relationship. We collected data on consumer engagement attitudes, consumer-owned resources, and firms’ performance from customers and management of the top online shopping firms... -
Organisational culture influences on corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement in a service sector industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Emelia Darko Adzimah --- , China Liu Lei --- , China Mumuni Ishawu --- , ChinaWe investigated the influence of organisational culture on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) directed towards internal and external stakeholders and sustainable organisational resource procurement. A sample of 526 employees of a service industry of Ghana were participants (female... -
A South African exploration into outdoor adventure education and adolescent psychosocial development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Judith Blaine --- , South Africa Jacqui Akhurst --- , South AfricaThis study explored the psychosocial outcomes of an outdoor adventure program for adolescents. A purposive sample of 144 Grade 10 learners participated in the Journey outdoor adventure education (OAE) programme (female = 48.6%, black = 27.5%; mean age =16.5 years;... -
Students’ vulnerability and perceptions of food insecurity at the university of KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Stella Chewe Sabi --- , South Africa Unathi Kolanisi --- , South Africa Muthulisi Siwela --- , South Africa Denver Naidoo --- , South AfricaIntroduction and objective: Food insecurity (FI) is an emerging and alarming problem among university students. The problem particularly affects students from poor households. The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa is likely to be no exception to experiencing student FI... -
Organisational capital and graduate employability: A serial mediation analysis of human and personal-social capital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nora Bakabbey Kulbo --- , China Xiao Wen --- , China Prince Clement Addo --- , ChinaWe explored three resource capitals related to employability (human, personal-social, and organisational) to explain graduate work entry prospects in a developing country setting. Our study sample consisted of 743 final year university students in Ghana and Kenya. Less than half... -
Social exchange influences on ethical leadership and employee commitment in a developing country setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jeremy Mitonga-Monga --- , South AfricaThis study examined the extent to which social exchange moderates the relationship between ethical leadership and perceptions of organisational commitment. Participants were 355 employees (women = 39%) from a Public Works Department in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The... -
Social capital and performance of SMEs: The role of entrepreneurial orientation and managerial capability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Suzzie Owiredua Aidoo --- , Ghana Ahmed Agyapong --- , Ghana Henry Kofi Mensah --- , GhanaThis study proposes and investigates the argument that social capital–performance link is mediated by entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and that this mediated relationship is dependent upon the level of managerial capability (MC) present in a firm. The study uses a sample... -
Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: M Igshaan Samuels --- , South Africa Nicky Allsopp --- , South Africa M Timm Hoffman --- , South AfricaLegislation and policy are key tools used by governments to change the socio-economic and political landscape of agrarian systems with consequences for mobile pastoralism. This study used the social-ecological systems framework to examine how pastoral mobility in the semi-arid, montane... -
Depressive symptoms among older adults with HIV in Namibia: the role of social support and spirituality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eveline Ndinelao Kalomo --- , USA Jung Sim Jun --- , USA Kyoung Hag Lee --- , USA Mgori Nuru Kaddu --- , NamibiaBackground: More than 60% of older adults living with HIV reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Namibia has one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. This study examined the association between social support, spirituality and depressive symptoms. -
The psychosocial determinants of the intention to test for HIV among young men in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thabang Manyaapelo --- , South Africa Robert AC Ruiter --- , The Netherlands Sibusiso Sifunda --- , South Africa Anam Nyembezi --- , South Africa Bart van den Borne --- , The Netherlands Priscilla Reddy --- , South AfricaBackground: Voluntary counselling and testing is one of the effective prevention strategies against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This study investigated the psychosocial determinants of the intention to be tested for HIV among young men in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province using the... -
Racialized social class work: Making sense of inequality in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Jenny M. Hoobler --- , South Africa Kim E. Dowdeswell --- , South Africa Lerato Mahlatji --- , South AfricaCOVID-19 lockdowns are happening in almost all societies across the globe, but in South Africa the lockdown is occurring in one of the most unequal societies in the world and in the socio-historic racial context of post-apartheid. Using this extreme... -
INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: Preliminary investigations into the COVID-19 pandemic and management in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Moses Acquaah --- , USA Rebecca Namatovu --- , Denmark Moses N. Kiggundu --- , CanadaThe COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns and restrictions taken by African governments to mitigate the spread of the virus have adversely affected the lives of people, health systems, organizations, society, and national economies. In this special issue, we take... -
Participative cultural productions of the oppressed: The master-servant dialectic through an Indian lens
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: AC Nisar --- , IndiaThe master-servant and self-substance dialectic in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit presents the self as reflectively negating the particularities of its natural consciousness and transcending towards the social substance in order to inscribe its culturally refined self-conception upon the universal substance... -
Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Liberia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- , Thailand Karl Peltzer --- , South AfricaThis study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of psychological distress among adolescent school children in Liberia. We analysed data from a cross-sectional nationally representative sample of 2 744 school adolescents (median: 18 years) gathered by the Liberia Global... -
Using social practice approaches for strategic management research in Africa: an example, design considerations and potential contributions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: William Phanuel Kofi Darbi --- , Ghana Stanley Coffie --- , GhanaAfrican management theories and practices have received scant scholarly attention in organization and management literature. The recognition for vast opportunities for developing, adapting and extending management concepts, theories and practices in situ has become topical. Scholars have responded thus far,... -
Social media among distant spouses in South Western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olayinka Akanle --- , South Africa God’sgift Chinenye Nwanagu --- , Nigeria Olufunmilola Esther Akanle --- , NigeriaIndustrialization and modernization have heighten in Africa and this has implications for marriages and family because they make spouses traverse the socio-technological spaces of the twenty-first century and beyond. Social media plays crucial, complicated and strategic roles yet these are... -
Psychosocial functions of eating behaviour among South African female university students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Monique Genis --- , South Africa Werner de Klerk --- , South Africa Lelanie Malan --- , South AfricaWe explored the psychosocial functions served by eating behaviours among South African female university students. Our informants were 13 female university students between the ages of 18 and 24. The informants completed semi-structured interviews on their eating behaviour and the... -
Interpersonal sensitivity and social avoidance and distress in female college students: Mediating role of self-inconsistency and moderating role of self-consciousness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanhong Luo --- , China Zhenrong Shi --- , China Bin Zhang --- , China Yu Peng --- , China Anqi Zhang --- , China Yixin Zeng --- , ChinaThis study aimed to explore the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity and college students’ social avoidance and distress. Our sample consisted of 544 Chinese female undergraduate college students selected through cluster sampling (mean age = 19.3 years, SD = 1.43 years)... -
The influence of self-identity on social support, loneliness, and internet addiction among Chinese college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ming Hong --- , Belarus Dmitry G. Dyakov --- , Belarus Jianhong Zheng --- , ChinaWe examined the mediating role of social support and loneliness in self-identity and internet addiction among college students. Participants were 364 Chinese college students (female = 66.50%; mean age = 20.21 years, SD = 1.51 years). The students completed the... -
Social anxiety, maladaptive cognition, mobile phone addiction, and perceived social support: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hui-Ling Zhou --- , China Huai-Bin Jiang --- , China Bin Zhang --- , China Han-Yu Liang --- , ChinaThis study tested the mediation effect of maladaptive cognition in the association between social anxiety and mobile phone addiction, and the moderating role of perceived social support in that relationship. A sample of 468 Chinese university students (female = 43.6%;... -
Prevalence and associated factors of loneliness among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Morocco
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 loneliness among adolescents in Morocco. Data were analysed from 6 745 school adolescents (median age = 15 years) that participated in the 2016 Morocco cross-sectional Global School-Based... -
Psychosocial experiences of infant mortality by mothers in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Foluke Nike Bolu-Steve --- , Nigeria Mary Ogechi Esere --- , NigeriaThis study examined the psychosocial experiences of infant mortality by mothers in Nigeria. Mothers (n = 2 400) from the six geo-political zones in Nigeria participated in the study (age range = 18 to 40 years and above; African Traditional... -
Okadabooks, E-Book Publishing and the Distribution of Homegrown Nigerian Literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Temitayo Olofinlua --- , NigeriaThis article examines the work of Okadabooks, a Nigerian e-book publishing and reading platform and its impact on the Nigerian publishing industry, exploring the complex and overlapping relationships between writing online, self-publishing and e-book publishing. Drawing on interviews as well... -
Moderating effect of supply chain complexity in governance mechanisms and operational performance relationship: Evidence from a sub-Saharan African market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Emmanuel Kwabena Anin --- , Ghana Nathaniel Boso --- , Ghana David Asamoah --- , GhanaThis study draws on the tenets of transaction cost economics to examine the moderating effect of supply chain complexity on the relationship between formal control and social control mechanisms, and operational performance. The study argues that under conditions of increased... -
How interfirm governance mechanisms and capabilities determine supply chain responsiveness in small businesses: Evidence from an African market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Dominic Essuman --- , Ghana David Asamoah --- , Ghana Emmanuel Kwabena Anin --- , GhanaThis paper examines whether supply chain capabilities (i.e., collaboration and coordination) mediate the relationships between interfirm governance mechanisms (i.e., formal control and social control) and supply chain responsiveness in the context of small businesses. Using survey data from 331 small... -
Social capital and project management success in a developing country environment: Mediating role of knowledge management
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah --- , USA Moses Acquaah --- , USA Ebenezer Adaku --- , Ghana Samuel Famiyeh --- , GhanaDespite significant investments in projects by organizations, governments, and international development agencies in developing countries, many of the projects have failed and continue to fail due to budget overruns, inability to complete projects on time, and poor-quality outcomes. We draw... -
Structural equation modelling of risk indicators for suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Nigerian Yorùbá youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kehinde Clement Lawrence --- , South AfricaIn the past, suicide was considered as an abomination among the Yorùbás, yet it was also perceived as an acceptable and honourable way to escape dishonour, indignity, or shame. This study investigated psychosocial and personal risk indicators for suicidal thoughts... -
Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Njeri Ngaruiya --- , Kenya Daniel Orwa Ochieng --- , Kenya Peter Waiganjo --- , KenyaWe aimed to identify and explore the priority psychosocial considerations for the gerontechnology design for Kenyan geriatrics. Our informants were a convenience sample of eight older adults (female = 4, age range 65 years to 78 years; and males =... -
Emotion regulation mediates the relationship between college students’ perceived social support and social anxiety
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Huifang Yang --- , China Junqing Li --- , China Xiaoqing Qiu --- , China Yuling Zheng --- , China Xin Song --- , ChinaWe investigated the role of emotional regulation in the relationship between perceived social support and social anxiety. Participants were 547 college students (female = 69%; freshmen = 33%; mean age = 21.13 years, SD = 1.12 years). For the measures,... -
Is happiness based on psychological harmony? Exploring the mediating role of psychological harmony in the relationship between personality characteristics and occupational well-being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yuzhu Zhang --- , China Leigang Zhang --- , China Yunlong Wu --- , ChinaThis study proposed and tested a theoretical model for specifying the structural relationship between personality characteristics (including core self-evaluation, social comparison, philosophies of human nature, psychological capital), psychological harmony, and occupational well-being in a higher education setting. We analysed data... -
Racial relations and life satisfaction among South Africans: Results from the 2017 South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Adekunle Adedeji --- , South Africa Erhabor S. Idemudia --- , South Africa Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa --- , South Africa Franka Metzner --- , GermanyThe current study examined differences in race relations as a predictor of life satisfaction among South African adults. We analysed data from the South African Social Attitudes Survey 2017 (n = 3 135; female = 61%; black = 61% ,... -
Sustainable early literacy outcomes for young children of poverty: Influences of attendance, social competence, and problem behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karen C. Stoiber --- , United States of America Maribeth Gettinger --- , United States of AmericaThis study examined the role of children’s early school attendance and social competency skills in their early literacy development. Participants were 286 African American pre-schoolers from low-income homes enrolled in Head Start classrooms in the Unites States of America (mean... -
Problem drinking among a cross-sectional national sample of adolescents in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Supa Pengpid --- , Thailand Karl Peltzer --- , South AfricaThe goal of this investigation was to assess the prevalence and correlates of problem drinking among adolescents in South Africa. Data were from a national cross-sectional survey of 2 290 adolescents that participated in the 2012 South African National Health... -
Exit strategies for social venture entrepreneurs in sub-Sahara Africa: A literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer --- , Ghana Gert Van Dijk --- , The Netherlands Joost Jongerden --- , The NetherlandsThis paper reviews exit strategies for social venturing entrepreneurs. Exit is important for social venture entrepreneurs because they do not intend to stay in perpetuity in businesses they establish in the countries and communities where such businesses are set up... -
How abusive supervision affects unethical pro-organisational behaviour: A moderated mediation examination of exchange and proactive personality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jing Wang --- , China Gangqiang Wang --- , China Guoqin Liu --- , China Yalin Chu --- , China Li Zhou --- , ChinaIn this study, we examined how abusive supervision would be associated with unethical pro-organisational behaviour (UPB). Using a time-lag study design, we collect a sample of 322 working adults from a large bank in the south-west of China (female =... -
Tweeting on COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: LDA-based topic modelling approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Murimo Bethel Mutanga --- , South Africa Abdultaofeek Abayomi --- , South AfricaThe advent of COVID-19 has disrupted all facets of human lives. As of September 2020, there is no effective viral therapy for the disease, thus necessitating research efforts toward providing solutions to the diverse areas where the pandemic has wreaked... -
Parenting style, social interaction anxiety, and problematic internet use among students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Blessing Nneka Onyekachi --- , Nigeria Francisca Oluchukwu Egboluche --- , Nigeria JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji --- , NigeriaOur study examined the roles of parenting styles and social interaction anxiety in problematic internet use (PIU) in a sample of Nigerian undergraduate students (n = 300; female = 63.3%; mean age = 19.66 years, SD = 2.64 years). The... -
Uptake of HIV testing among aging adults in Agincourt, South Africa: perception of community, social network, and individual characteristics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ami R Moore --- , USA Anh Ta --- , USA Megan Lawson --- , USA Foster Amey --- , USAThis cross-sectional study examined the impact of perception of community, social network and individual variables on the likelihood of voluntary HIV testing of people 40 years and older living in Agincourt, South Africa. The data came from Health and Aging... -
Risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms among the youth living with HIV in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eveline Ndinelao Kalomo --- , USA Dasha Shamrova --- , USA Jung Sim Jun --- , USA Mgori Nuru Kaddu --- , Namibia Amy Kalb --- , USA -
An assessment of South African technological capability using patent data from WIPO Patentscope database
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Swapan Kumar Patra --- , South Africa Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaThe Post-Apartheid South African Government has produced three white papers (1996–2008), (2008–2018) and (2018–2028) on science technology and innovation for national development. In all these policy documents, science and technology-based industries are considered as priority areas in socioeconomic development. Using... -
Social protection intervention and agricultural participation in West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Romanus Osabohien --- , Nigeria Isaiah Olurinola --- , Nigeria Oluwatoyin Matthew --- , Nigeria Daniel E. Ufua --- , NigeriaThis study contributes towards the achievement of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.3 which is to ‘implement appropriate social protection for all to mitigate risk and vulnerability’ by examining how social protection interventions contribute to agricultural... -
The financial and social efficiency of rural cooperatives in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Collin L. Yobe --- , South Africa Stuart R. D. Ferrer --- , South Africa Maxwell Mudhara --- , South AfricaIdentifying the type of organization for achieving social efficiency for agricultural development remains a challenge. In this study, the relationship between the financial and social efficiency of South African agricultural cooperatives was examined. Data, comprising 1788 agricultural cooperatives, were obtained... -
Bed and Breakfast (B&B) social servicescape and customer satisfaction: Positive emotion mediation and sex moderation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Juan Liu --- , China Xi Li --- , China Hong Chen --- , China Xinwei Su --- , China Runzhe Yu --- , ChinaWe investigated the influence of bed and breakfast (B&B) social servicescape on customer satisfaction, as well as the mediating effect of customer positive emotion and the moderating role of sex. Participants were a convenience sample of 305 B&B customers from... -
Polysubstance use among national samples of in-school adolescents in Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Supa Pengpid --- , ThailandThis study aimed to provide estimates on current polysubstance use among adolescents in three Caribbean countries. Cross-sectional and national school health survey data (2016-2017) were analysed from 6 269 adolescents (median age = 15 years) in Dominican Republic (n =... -
Factorial structure of the Community of Inquiry Survey in a South African open and distance e-learning environment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ashley Mutezo --- , South Africa Sune Maré --- , South AfricaWe aimed to determine the factor structure and reliability for the Community of Inquiry Survey in a South African Open and Distance e-Learning Environment. Participants were 572 honours students. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to determine the factorial structures. Structural... -
“Becoming a somebody”: mobility, patronage and reconfiguration of transactional sexual relationships in postcolonial Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rufaro H. Mushonga --- , Zimbabwe Vupenyu Dzingirai --- , ZimbabweThe article explores the many ways in which Zimbabwean women married to Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in Harare reconfigure transactional sexual relationships to further their own ends. Drawing on postcolonial feminism and based on a qualitative ethnographic inquiry, the article highlights... -
Transfer of ownership for social venture entrepreneurs: A case study in northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer --- , Ghana Gert van Dijk --- , The Netherlands Joost Jongerden --- , The Netherlands Miguel Rivera-Santos --- , USASocial Venture Entrepreneurs (SVEs) invest in supply chains with the aim to ignite businesses, but with a vision on how to transfer ownership to third parties. The present study explores the definitions and forms of ownership envisioned by local stakeholders... -
Changes in social dominance in a group of subadult white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) after dehorning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Samuel G Penny --- , United Kingdom Maxim Withey --- , United Kingdom Rachel L White --- , United Kingdom Dawn M Scott --- , United Kingdom Lynne MacTavish --- , United Kingdom Angelo P Pernetta --- , United KingdomIn many social species physical attributes correlate with dominance rankings and influence the outcomes of dyadic interactions. We investigated the processes that affect white rhinoceros’ social behaviour in response to a reduction in horn size asymmetries within a group of... -
Knowledge sharing by clinicians using social media: A case study in Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tesfa Tegegne Asfaw --- , Ethiopia Belisty Yalew Mekonnen --- , EthiopiaSocial media is becoming an integral part of medical information dissemination. Health professionals adopt social media for clinical knowledge sharing and for social networking. However, there is no information specifically about use of social media by Ethiopian clinicians: The purpose... -
Creating sustainable competitive advantage in the hospitality industry through commercial friendships: connecting the host and guest on a social and emotional level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Sake Jan Velthuis --- , The NetherlandsA large part of quality and competitive advantage in hospitality comes from friendly service. A lot of research in the hospitality industry is done from the viewpoint of management and aimed at how businesses should be designed to be friendly,... -
Psychosocial well-being of child orphans: The influence of current living place
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Beneyam Lake Yimer --- , EthiopiaWhen children lose one or both their parents/care givers, they may present with profound and lifelong psychosocial well-being problems. This study aimed to examine the association between current living place and the psychosocial well-being of child orphans. A proportional stratified... -
Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Cyril Dalene Rathnum --- , South Africa Jacqueline Moodley --- , South AfricaWe explored women’s experiences of depression from the perspective of negative social interactions at the personal, family, and community levels. Informants were seven coloured women from Westbury, Johannesburg, South Africa (aged 28 – 56 years old). The participants answered open-ended... -
The effects of cluster collaboration and the utilization of big data on business performance: A research based on the expansion of open innovation and social capital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- , Republic of Korea Yae-ri Kim --- , Republic of Korea Seung-hye Jung --- , Republic of Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- , Republic of Korea June-hyuk Kwon --- , Republic of KoreaThis study examines the influence of firm cluster collaboration and the utilization of big data on the expansion of open innovation. We also investigate the effect of open innovation on business performance and test the moderating effect of social capital... -
Social entrepreneurs’ learning experience in South African incubators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Aleia Bucci --- , South Africa Jonathan Marks --- , South AfricaAfrica’s strong entrepreneurial spirit and desire for social change has led to growth in social entrepreneurship and incubation throughout the continent. However, there is a limited understanding of how entrepreneurial learning occurs during incubation. This study explored social entrepreneurs’ learning... -
Institutions and training: A case of social franchising in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Judith Jacob Iddy --- University of Agder, Norway Ilan Alon --- University of Agder, Norway Benjamin C. Litalien --- School of Undergraduate Studies, University Blvd East, USAThe purpose of this paper is to explore two questions: how do institutions affect knowledge transfer in social franchises in Africa, and does training help social franchises respond to these challenges? Despite advances in the knowledge management literature, our understanding... -
A typology of social entrepreneuring models continued: Empirical evidence from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Alex Bignotti --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Kerrin Myres --- Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria, South AfricaThere have been calls in social entrepreneurship research to move beyond conceptual arguments and to ground definitions and conceptualizations of this field in empirical research, especially pertaining to the developing world. Owing to the socially embedded nature of social enterprises,... -
Social entrepreneurs’ use of spatial bricolage to create frugal innovation in a divided urban setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Susanne Nilsson --- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Mikael Samuelsson --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Camille Meyer --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis study examines how social entrepreneurs mobilize resources to innovate in divided urban settings. Over a period of two years, we followed four social start-up entrepreneurs in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, characterized by some of the highest... -
Assessing infant and young child feeding priorities to inform the development of a nutrition social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy during a pandemic threat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: T Turk --- , Pakistan A Poonawala --- , Switzerland S Shulman --- , USA P Sepoloane --- , Botswana -
Medical intern job demands and job carry-over strain: The moderating role of psychosocial mentoring and job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rita Ekele --- , Nigeria Vincent Onodugo --- , Nigeria Henry Okwo --- , Nigeria Sinclair Ogba --- , Nigeria Chike Onodugo --- , Nigeria Benjamin Chukwu --- , NigeriaThis study examined the relationship between psychological job demands and job carry-over strain among medical interns, and the moderating role of mentoring and job satisfaction in that relationship. Medical interns (n = 229) at teaching hospitals in Southeastern Nigeria (male... -
Maladaptive cognition and problematic Internet use among Nigerian adolescent students: Role of social anxiety
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Juliet Ifeoma Nwufo --- , Nigeria Obinna Osita Ike --- , Nigeria Obianyo E. Chidozie --- , Nigeria Ebele Evelyn Nnadozie --- , Nigeria Chiagozie Lynda Nwufo --- , NigeriaThis study examined the role of social anxiety in the association between maladaptive cognition and problematic internet use among Nigerian adolescent students. Participants were 509 adolescents from schools in South-East Nigeria (n = 509; male = 46.56%, female = 53.44%;... -
Bioenergy emerging paradigm: Collaborative networks and determinants in the upgrading process of technological frontiers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Carolina da Silveira Bueno --- University of Campinas, Brazil Fábio Kenji Masago --- University of Campinas, Brazil José Maria Ferreira Jardim da Silveira --- University of Campinas, Brazil Bruna de Souza Moraes --- University of Campinas, Brazil Leonardo Brantes Bacellar Mendes --- , Brazil Ivette Raymunda Luna --- University of Campinas, Brazil Telma Teixeira Franco --- School of Chemical Engineering (FEQ), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, BrazilThis paper examines the collaboration dynamic among areas of knowledge and countries from 1975 to 2017 within the bioenergy field and from a complex network approach, as a driver for the evolution of technological frontiers and emerging paradigms, seeking opportunities... -
HIV renaissance in Ghana: an opinion piece on further measures to address HIV among Ghanaian youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Daniel Katey --- , Ghana Abigail Akua Addo --- , GhanaThis article sought to provide insight into further measures to address the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among young Ghanaians, aged 15–24 years. An extensive literature review was carried out to ascertain the dynamics of the disease in... -
Social capital and firm performance nexus: The role of new product development capability and environmental dynamism in an emerging economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Patrick Awusak Akanpaaba --- , Ghana Ahmed Agyapong --- , Ghana Henry Kofi Mensah --- , Ghana Samuel Yaw Akomea --- , GhanaThis paper seeks to examine the argument that the social capital and market performance link is more pronounced when it is channelled through the new product development capability of the firm. The study further argues that the indirect effect of... -
Sustainable development through the tourism sector: to what extent can sustainable tourism contribute to social justice for the local communities? A case study of the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Julia Brune --- University of Groningen, The NetherlandsThe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals promote global sustainable development. One significant part of the socially focused goals for sustainable development is social justice. Regarding this, the tourism sector has been heavily criticised for not adequately contributing to sustainable development,... -
Can I bring my pet? The space for companion animals in hospitality and tourism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Lucia Tomassini --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsCompanion animals play an important role in our lives as pets, as emotional support animals, as guide dogs, or through different forms of pet therapy. The sociological, emotional and physical space that companion animals have been gaining in our lives... -
Exit from social assistance in sub-Sahara Africa: The reality of livelihood empowerment against poverty in the Upper West Region, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Moses Naiim Fuseini --- Department of Public Policy and Management, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Ghana Ibrahim Abu Abdulai --- SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Ghana William Quarmine --- BlueCrest College, Ghana Shaibu Bukari --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaGlobally, there is a frantic rush to establish social assistance programmes such as Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), which are viewed as a panacea for poverty reduction. Nonetheless, prior research ignored the critical issue of exiting these programmes, which is... -
Predictors of staff retention satisfaction: The role of the psychological contract and job satisfaction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Annette M Snyman --- University of South Africa, South AfricaHigher education institutions in South Africa are experiencing alarmingly high levels of staff turnover and struggling to retain their valuable employees. This study explored whether the psychological contract significantly predicted employees' satisfaction with human resource retention practices within the higher... -
Mindfulness and mental health in medical staff in the COVID-19 period: Mediating role of perceived social support and sense of security
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jundong Liao --- Sichuan Normal University, China Xinlong Sun --- Sichuan Normal University, China Xiaohao Mai --- , China Yuhui Du --- Sichuan Normal University, China Fang Li --- Sichuan Normal University, ChinaThis study examined the association between mindfulness and the mental health outcomes of medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak period. We also explored the perceived social support and sense of security as mediators in this relationship. The participants were 400... -
Mediating roles of social anxiety and interpersonal distress in the relationship between mobile phone addiction and loneliness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Taiyong Bi --- Zunyi Medical University, China Hui Kou --- Zunyi Medical University, China Qinhong Xie --- Zunyi Medical University, China Jie Dong --- Zunyi Medical University, ChinaThe present study aimed to explore the relationship between mobile phone addiction and loneliness among college students and the possible mediating roles of social anxiety and interpersonal distress may play in that relationship. A total of 477 Chinese college students... -
Social grants as safety net for HIV/AIDS-affected households in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Frikkie Booysen --- Department of Economics and the Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, South AfricaSouth Africa has a well-developed system of social security and the reach of the social grant safety net has expanded rapidly over the past five years. Social grants are likely to play an important role in mitigating the impact of... -
A study of local government HIV/AIDS projects in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Leon Swartz --- Population and Development Research, Niel Roux --- Directorate: Population and Development Research,The primary goal of this study was to survey local government HIV/AIDS projects in South Africa. A total of 240 questionnaires were sent to local municipalities nationally between May and July 2002. A total of 44 municipalities returned their questionnaires,... -
People living with HIV and AIDS in everyday conditions of township life in South Africa: between structural constraint and individual tactics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Frédéric Le Marcis --- Department of Social Anthropology, University of Victor Segalen, Rehana Ebrahim-Vally --- University of the Witwatersrand,The HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa has negatively transformed the lives of many in townships and rural areas. People living with AIDS (PWAs) are the socially weakened, whose means of survival include migrating, enduring gender violence, and they are thus... -
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... -
Social support and health behaviour in women living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Bernhard Gaede --- Emmaus Hospital, Sisana Majeke --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Rugira Regis Marie Modeste --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Joanne Rachel Naidoo --- School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mokete Joseph Titus --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, Leana R Uys --- College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal,The article explores the relationship between social support and health behaviour of rural and urban women who are living with HIV in South Africa. Our study was a descriptive survey of a group of pregnant and non-pregnant women living with... -
Translating research into policy: the case of orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Olive Shisana --- Human Sciences Research Council, Julia Louw --- University of the Western Cape,Policies are often developed without taking into account social science research findings and recommendations, despite the plethora of such research studies. This is largely because researchers and policy makers often work in isolation, yet if they worked synergistically they could... -
Difficult choices: Infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sebalda Charles Leshabari --- Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Astrid Blystad --- University of Bergen, Karen Marie Moland --- Bergen University College,Infant feeding represents a great challenge in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (pMTCT). The international guidelines informing infant feeding counselling suggest feeding methods that reduce the risk of HIV transmission, and discourage mixed feeding (combining breastfeeding with other... -
Linking anthropological analysis and epidemiological evidence: Formulating a narrative of HIV transmission in Acholiland of northern Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Michael Westerhaus --- Global Health Equity track, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USAFor twenty years, a region of northern Uganda known as Acholiland has been heavily affected by war, leading to the formation of internally displaced people's camps, rape, transactional sex and child abductions. While it is clear that the war has... -
Report and policy brief from the 4th Africa Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research: Innovations in access to prevention, treatment and care in HIV/AIDS, Kisumu, Kenya, 29 April–3 May 2007
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: G. Setswe [CXX0001] K. Peltzer M. Banyini D. Skinner J. Seager S. Maile S. Sedumedi D. Gomis I. van der LindeAbout 520 delegates from all over Africa and 21 countries attended the conference. This report and policy brief summarises the key findings and suggested policy options that emerged from rapporteur reports of conference proceedings including the following themes: (1) Orphans... -
Diagnostic social de l'infection à VIH/Sida et stratégies endogènes de prévention à Gaoua, Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Donmozoun Télesphore Somé --- HIV/AIDS & Reproductive Health Department of Centre MURAZ,Despite sensitising and prevention messages, women still remain concerned about AIDS in developing countries. How do they perceive the illness and methods of prevention? The objective of this study was to assess the social diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, and endogenous strategies... -
Provider-initiated HIV testing in health care settings: Should it include client-centered counselling?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Susan M Kiene --- Medicine and Community Health (Research), Brown University, Michael Stein --- Medicine and Community Health, Brown University, USA Moses Bateganya --- Makerere University (Internal Medicine), Rhoda Wanyenze --- Makerere University School of Public Health-CDC HIV Fellowship Programme, Uganda Kenneth Mayer --- The Fenway Institute/Fenway Health, Haruna Lule --- Gombe Hospital, UgandaTo increase access to HIV testing, the WHO and CDC have recommended implementing provider-initiated HIV testing (PITC). To address the resource limitations of the PITC setting, WHO and CDC suggest that patient-provider interactions during PITC may need to focus on... -
Social capital and the decline in HIV transmission – A case study in three villages in the Kagera region of Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Gasto Frumence --- Department of Development Studies, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Japhet Killewo --- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Gideon Kwesigabo --- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Lennarth Nyström --- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Sweden Malin Eriksson --- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Sweden Maria Emmelin --- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, SwedenWe present data from an exploratory case study characterising the social capital in three case villages situated in areas of varying HIV prevalence in the Kagera region of Tanzania. Focus group discussions and key informant interviews revealed a range of... -
Addressing HIV/AIDS challenges in Uganda: does social capital generation by NGOs matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Roberts Kabeba Muriisa --- Faculty of Development Studies, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda Ishtiaq Jamil --- Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, NorwayHIV/AIDS has had devastating impacts in many countries, Uganda in particular. However, Uganda is depicted as one of the most successful countries in fighting HIV/AIDS. Among others, Uganda's success story is attributed to the open general environment which allows open... -
Provision of psychosocial support for young people living with HIV: voices from the field
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Rena Greifinger --- One Love Project at Next Step, Bruce Dick --- Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, WHO,This review provides a synthesis of the experiences of organisations providing psychosocial support for young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) from throughout the world. Little research exists on psychosocial support for YPLHIV, with many providers uncertain about how to address... -
Political and socio-economic instability: does it have a role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Ramaswamy Premkumar [CXX0001] Achilles Tebandeke --- Walden University, USAMany sub-Saharan African countries are confronted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This article reviews academic literature in the social sciences and health to discover why HIV/AIDS has become an epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and not in other parts of the world... -
Modelling level, trend and geographical variations in stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Samson B Adebayo --- Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Society for Family Health, Richard Fakolade [B0002] Jennifer Anyanti --- Society for Family Health, Bright Ekweremadu --- Society for Family Health, Olaronke Ladipo --- Society for Family Health, Augustine Ankomah --- Applied Population Research, University of Exeter, UKPeople living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) often face stigma and discrimination. Stigma is a powerful tool for social control and PLHA are to varying degrees stigmatised against. Consequences of stigma and discrimination against PLHA may result in low turn-out... -
Social grants for people living with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Karl Peltzer [d231e18]The aim of this study was to assess the predictors of the receipt of a disability grant (DG) status and the impact of the DG on health outcomes of HIV patients and on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a longitudinal study... -
The social construction of identity in HIV/AIDS home-based care volunteers in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Thirusha Naidu [d128e18] Yvonne Sliep Wenche DageidHome-based care volunteer (HBCV) identity and how it is shaped was the main focus of the study. Fifteen HBCVs were interviewed about their work and personal life stories and then interviewed reflectively using a narrative interviewing style. Specific attention was... -
Measuring change in vulnerable adolescents: Findings from a peer education evaluation in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Sharlene Swartz [d63e18] Charles Deutsch Mokhantšo Makoae Barbara Michel James Hamilton Harding Gabrielle Garzouzie Amanda Rozani Toby Runciman Ingrid Van der HeijdenIntroduction: In the context of poverty and HIV and AIDS, peer education is thought to be capable of providing vulnerable youth with psychosocial support as well as information and decision-making skills otherwise limited by scarce social and material resources. As... -
Researching to make a difference: Possibilities for social science research in the age of AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Naydene de Lange [d99e14]HIV and AIDS is recognized as one of the most devastating pandemics of sub-Saharan Africa, and South Africa in particular, with adverse effect on individuals, families, schools, communities and society at large. Research is therefore required to provide a deeper... -
The association between social networks and self-rated risk of HIV infection among secondary school students in Moshi Municipality, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Elizabeth J. Lyimo --- , Tanzania Jim Todd --- , UK Lisa Ann Richey --- , , Denmark Bernard Njau --- , TanzaniaThis study describes the social networks of secondary school students in Moshi Municipality, and their association with self-rated risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 300 students aged 15–24 years in 5 secondary... -
To tell or not to tell: Negotiating disclosure for people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Pride Linda [d302e18]Disclosure of HIV status occurs for a variety of reasons and in various contexts, such as to sexual partners to enable safer sexual choices, to health-care workers to access treatment and care services and to family and community members to... -
A mobile school-based HCT service – is it youth friendly?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Estelle Lawrence --- , , South Africa Patricia Struthers --- , , South Africa Geert Van Hove --- , , BelgiumBackground: Despite an increase in HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT), few young people have been tested. It has been suggested that they do not test because formal health services (where HCT is provided) are often not youth friendly. The World... -
A livelihood intervention to improve economic and psychosocial well-being in rural Uganda: Longitudinal pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Bernard Kakuhikire --- , Uganda Diego Suquillo --- , USA Elly Atuhumuza --- , Uganda Rumbidzai Mushavi --- , USA Jessica M. Perkins --- , USA Atheendar S. Venkataramani --- , USA Sheri D. Weiser --- , USA David R. Bangsberg --- , USA Alexander C. Tsai --- , USAHIV and poverty are inextricably intertwined in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic and livelihood intervention strategies have been suggested to help mitigate the adverse economic effects of HIV, but few intervention studies have focused specifically on HIV-positive persons. We conducted three pilot... -
A new measurement of an indirect measure of condom use and its relationships with barriers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Einav Levy --- , , Belgium Yori Gidron --- , , Belgium Benjamin O. Olley --- , , NigeriaOne of the challenges facing researchers in the domain of human immunodeficiency virus prevention is the assessment of condom use in an unbiased self-reported manner. The current study presents the development and preliminary validation of an indirect condom use test... -
Rethinking HIV-prevention for school-going young people based on current behaviour patterns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Maretha Visser --- , , South AfricaThe aim of the research was to gain increased knowledge regarding the sexual risk behaviour of school-going young people in South Africa after two decades of HIV-education in schools, to contribute to the development of improved HIV prevention strategies. In... -
Psychosocial factors predicting risky sexual behaviour among long distance truck drivers in Lagos, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Abiodun Musbau Lawal --- , , Nigeria Benjamin Oladapo Olley --- , , NigeriaLong distance truck drivers (LDTDs) have been identified as one of the groups at higher risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Understanding how certain social and psychological variables that have a strong theoretical basis contribute to sexual risk behaviour... -
Violence, abuse and discrimination: key factors militating against control of HIV/AIDS among the LGBTI sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Dominic Targema Abaver --- , , South Africa Elphina Nomabandla Cishe --- , ,The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) South Africans continue to face considerable challenges, including societal stigma, homophobic violence (particularly corrective rape), and high rates of sexually transmitted diseases and infections (particularly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS) even when discrimination... -
Traditional healers as client advocates in the HIV-endemic region of Maputo, Mozambique: results from a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Radhika Sundararajan --- University of California, USA Patricio V. Langa --- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique Trisha Morshed --- Vituity Physician Group, USA Sandra Manuel --- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, MozambiqueTraditional healers are commonly utilised throughout sub-Saharan Africa instead of – and in concert with – biomedical facilities. Traditional healers are trusted providers and prominent community members and could be important partners in improving engagement with HIV services in endemic... -
A model to understand HIV-related stigma and the psychosocial well-being of children orphaned by AIDS: a theory generative approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Z. Yassin --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa C. Erasmus --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa J. Frantz --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaHIV-related stigma has negatively impacted the psychosocial well-being of children who have been orphaned by AIDS-related causes. Response to reducing stigma and ensuring child well-being is hindered by the limited understanding of HIV-related stigma and how it affects the psychosocial... -
Aggregation behaviour of lizards in the arid western regions of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: P. Le FrasN. Mouton --- University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaInvestigations of aggregation behaviour in five lizard species (three diurnal rock-dwelling species, one nocturnal rock-dwelling species, and one diurnal terrestrial species) occurring in the arid western regions of South Africa revealed that there is no single set of causal factors... -
Social aggregation behaviour in the North African amphisbaenian Trogonophis wiegmanni
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: José Martín --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Nuria Polo-Cavia --- Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Spain Adega Gonzalo --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Pilar López --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Emilio Civantos --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, SpainThe ecology and behaviour of Amphisbaenians is poorly known due to their fossorial habits. However, amphisbaenians are often found under rocks where they thermoregulate, and probably engage in social interactions. We describe aggregations under rocks in a North African population... -
Evaluating HIV policy: a gender analysis of the representation of women and men in UNAIDS HIV-prevention guidelines
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Catherine Merriman --- Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Kevin Deane --- Open University, United KingdomGender inequalities have long been recognised as one of the most significant factors influencing the dynamics of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, it remains unclear how men and women are discussed in HIV-prevention initiatives and if certain... -
Psychosocial factors associated with physical injury among adults in Eswatini
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis study aimed to examine the psychosocial factors associated with physical injury among adults in Eswatini. The investigation included 3 281 individuals (15 to 69 years) from the 2014 Eswatini cross-sectional STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPS)... -
Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zeming Jin --- Shaoxing University, China Ruiqian Li --- Shaoxing University, China Yanyan Liu --- Shaoxing University, China Wenxiao Cui --- Shaoxing University, China Xiao Yang --- Shaoxing University, ChinaWe examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years,... -
College students’ aesthetic affection and prosocial behaviour: The role of empathy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Quanwei Shen --- Shanghai Normal University, China Yuanyuan Wu --- Shanghai Normal University, China Xu Li --- Shanghai Normal University, China Jiamei Lu --- Shanghai Normal University, ChinaTwo studies were conducted to explore the influence of college students’ aesthetic affection on prosocial behaviour and the role of empathy. In Study 1, 343 college students completed the Chinese College Students Aesthetic Affection Questionnaire (CCSAAQ), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index... -
Nimble-footed Zimbabwean migrants: (im)mobility and the porousness of borders between South Africa and Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 national lockdown
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Mutsawashe Mutendi --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Tamuka Chekero --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaThis ethnographic study highlights the impact of Covid-19 border closures on the migration patterns of Zimbabwean cross-border migrants. Data in this study were collected using qualitative techniques, one-on-one telephonic interviews and social media platforms from 20 participants over a period... -
Exit decision for social venturing entrepreneurs: A conjoint-based study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Alexander Tetteh Kwasi Nuer --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Gert van Dijk --- Wageningen University, The Netherlands Hans van Trijp --- Wageningen University, The NetherlandsIn this paper, we seek to study four options of exit decisions and strategies for Social Venture Entrepreneurs. Due to the small number of practicing Social Venture Investors and Entrepreneurs currently using the Social Venture Entrepreneurship model, data were collected... -
Corporate social responsibility and employee knowledge sharing: The roles of organisational trust and exchange quality
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Si Qian --- Beijing Technology and Business University, China Ke Ma --- Beijing Technology and Business University, China Siqi Guo --- Beijing Technology and Business University, ChinaDrawing on the social exchange theory, this study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee knowledge-sharing behaviour, including the roles organisational trust and exchange quality play in that relationship. Survey data were collected from... -
Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Li Yanyan --- Southwest University, China Chen Xu --- Southwest University, ChinaThis study aimed to explore the mediation of body esteem and social support in the relationship between attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients. We collected data from 150 women with breast cancer and 150 healthy women. Employing bootstrap... -
Social support and health-related quality of life in Nigerian cancer patients: Role of cancer-related stress
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- North-West University, South Africa Desmond Uchechukwu Onu --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Maria-Chidi Christiana Onyedibe --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Lawrence E Ugwu --- North-West University, South AfricaWe investigated the mediating influence of cancer-related stress (CRS) in social support health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Nigerian cancer patients. Nigerian cancer patients (n = 316; female = 64.6%; mean age = 50.16 years, SD = 13 years) completed... -
HIV-sensitive social protection: an assessment of east and southern Africa’s social protection policies and programmes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Zitha Mokomane --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Nonhlanhla Xaba --- , South Africa Kai Roehm --- , South Africa Mutinta Hambayi --- , Kenya Manaan Mumma --- , Kenya Giovanni Giordana --- , Kenya Simphiwe Mabhele --- , South Africa Christian Mouala --- ,Despite notable political and financial commitment to fight the HIV epidemic, east and southern Africa (ESA) remains the world regions most affected. Given increasing calls for the implementation of HIV-sensitive social protection programmes to address the multiple individual, community and... -
I’m betrayed and I’m gone – unless organizational leaders convince me otherwise: Perceived contract breaches, quitting intentions, and leader-related resources
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Dirk De Clercq --- Brock University, Canada Renato Pereira --- ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, PortugalEmployees’ perceptions that their organization has not met its promises toward them (i.e., perceived contract breaches) might inform their turnover intentions, in a link that also could be moderated by four relevant leader-related resources – two that reflect how organizational... -
Host communities’ infrastructural development expectations of multinational mining companies in Ghana’s mining industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Stanford Nartey --- Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Franklyn A. Manu --- Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, GhanaThis paper, through an ethnographic research approach, examines the infrastructural development expectations that host communities have of multinational mining companies (MNMCs) and how these expectations influence corporate-community relationships in two of Ghana’s mining districts. Using data triangulation from multiple stakeholder... -
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yanmei Tang --- Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, China Hong Zhou --- Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, China Shuangzhou Chen --- The University of Hong Kong, ChinaThis study explored the mediating role of resilience and the moderating role of social class on the relationship between loneliness and migrant children’s city identity. The participants were 479 Chinese migrant children (females = 52%, mean age = 10.07 years,... -
Strengths use and deficit improvement of first-year university students: A structural model for social support and student outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karina Mostert --- North-West University, South Africa Charlize Du Toit --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study aimed to examine first-year students’ proactive behaviour towards strengths use (PBSU) and deficit improvement (PBDI), their relationship with students’ social support and essential student outcomes (student burnout, student engagement, life satisfaction, satisfaction with studies, study–course fit and intention... -
Employee turnover intention: The predictive role of work-related burnout and psychosocial climate among university workers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Michael Afari Baidoo --- University of Education, Ghana Edward Wilson Ansah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Samuel Essien-Baidoo --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaThis study aimed to investigate the extent to which work-related burnout and psychosocial environment predicted intention to leave employment. This cross-sectional survey sampled 1 222 Ghanaian university employees (females = 37.1%; age range = 18 to above 60 years; mean... -
Cross-disciplinary meaning and language for innovation in a business context: A conceptual paper
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Craig Andrew Duff --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Jan Hendrik Dubery --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaIn this conceptual work, we describe cross-disciplinary meaning and language related to the innovation phenomenon located in a business context. Our work attempts to find common meaning and language for innovation that can be applied across all business innovation projects... -
A literature review of implementing virtual reality in hospitality education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Frederik Jan van der Meulen --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Marit de Vries --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis article provides a systematic view of the published research topics relevant to an understanding of using virtual reality (VR) in hospitality education. The structure of the literature review is based on the PRISMA reporting guidance and reviews two main... -
Frugal innovations of South African female social entrepreneurs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thea Tselepis --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Cecile Nieuwenhuizen --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThe good practices of female social entrepreneurs in developing contexts who are able to grow their social entrepreneurial endeavours through innovative problem-solving processes should be understood in order to inform policymakers and models that enhance social value add and innovation... -
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... -
Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hao Yao --- Institute of Higher Education, Tongji University, China Qing Yu --- Soochow University, ChinaThis study examined the relationship between graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity and the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in that relationship. Participants were 1 210 Chinese graduate students from a large university in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai... -
Self-esteem mediation of perceived social support and depression in university first-year students: A longitudinal study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Pei Jiang --- Hunan Normal University, China Zhihui Zhang --- Hunan Institute of Engineering, ChinaThis study aimed to explore the development of and change in perceived social support, self-esteem, and depression in college first-year students, as well as the relationships among them. A total of 509 Chinese college first-year students (females = 65.6%, mean... -
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Baoyan Yang --- Northwest Normal University, China Xiaoyue Zhao --- Northwest Normal University, China Mengmeng Zhu --- Northwest Normal University, China Yiting Wang --- Northwest Normal University, China Qiaoqiao Du --- Northwest Normal University, ChinaThis study examines the relationship between self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism, and the mediating role of subjective social class in that relationship. Participants were 375 Chinese college students (female = 79%; sophomore = 29%; mean age = 21.99; SD =... -
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... -
Practices of health citizenship in South Africa: a case study of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ngwi Nnam Thecla Mulu --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThis article examines the Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) evolution and attrition as a social movement organisation to discern its implications for practices of health citizenship at the grassroots level. A qualitative approach to case study research was used to collect... -
The use of social media as a source of nutrition information
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Megan Kreft --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Brittany Smith --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Daniella Hopwood --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Renee Blaauw --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
Job insecurity and employee commitment during COVID-19: mediating the role of quitting intention in family-owned hotels
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Esther Theresa Appaw-Agbola --- Ho Technical University, Ghana Jennifer Eyram Nkrow --- Ho Technical University, Ghana Elikem Krampa --- Ho Technical University, GhanaUsing the social exchange theory, this article explores how quitting intention mediates job insecurity and organisational commitment in family-owned hotels during the COVID-19 period in Ghana. A conceptual model was developed to give a clear perspective of the study. Literature... -
C’ing is believing: What types of characteristics are found on bottles of wine? Do more characteristics mean more online presence?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Gregory Charles Zetzsche --- IAE, Université de Bordeaux, France John Dunning --- Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, United KingdomWine bottles feature various textual and visual elements. Aside from necessary legal information, wine-branding decision-makers choose what goes on the bottle. They may also choose a bottle shape that is out of the ordinary to draw more attention. Rather than... -
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... -
Social support and self-concept clarity as mediators between college students’ passive social network site use and loneliness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Shaoxing University, China --- Shaoxing University, China --- Shaoxing University, ChinaThe current study tested the mediating roles of social support and self-concept clarity in the relationship between passive social network site use and loneliness. A total of 709 undergraduate students (females = 44.15%, mean age = 19.10, SD = 0.95)... -
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... -
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, ChinaBased on the social media use theory and goal orientation theory, this study explored the “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity. Participants in the study were 262 postgraduate students from Xiangtan University in China (females... -
The effect of employees’ CSR engagement on work outcomes: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Saleamlak Mola --- Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Michael A. Abebe --- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USAIn this study, we examine the effect of employees’ CSR engagement on work outcomes. Drawing insights from social exchange theory, we propose that employees’ CSR engagement is likely to positively affect their job satisfaction and organizational commitment while reducing turnover... -
A case for film as an andragogical tool for business schools in Africa: Trends, challenges and prospects
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ijeoma G. Ukeni --- University of Huddersfield, UKThis article extends the work of existing studies on the development of learners to be ethical leaders in Africa. It makes a case for the use of film as an andragogical tool in the education of adult learners in Africa... -
Regenerative economy: A pathway to a future-ready, sustainable Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Judith L. Walls --- Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland Leo Luca Vogel --- University of St.Gallen, SwitzerlandAfrica is experiencing a period of rapid economic growth, booming population, and migration as biodiversity is deteriorating and the climate is warming. Together, these represent grand societal and environmental challenges. The African Union and the United Nations both promote sustainable... -
Network analysis of the endemic spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus reveals spatial vulnerability to exploitation in the Western Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: E Cottrant --- , South Africa NJ Drobniewska --- , South Africa TL Johnson --- , South Africa LG Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South Africa TS Murray --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa N Hammerschlag --- University of Miami, United States PS Albano --- University of Miami, United States C Elston --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa ME McCord --- , South Africa PD Cowley --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa C Fallows --- , South Africa TG Paulet --- , South AfricaThe spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus (Triakidae) is a mesopredatory species endemic to southern Africa. It is currently listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List in accordance with an estimated increase in population size, general release by recreational... -
The role of the social sciences and humanities in pandemic preparedness responses: insights gained from COVID-19, HIV and AIDS and related epidemics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kaymarlin Govender --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Judith King --- , South Africa Patrick Nyamaruze --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tim Quinlan --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaThe COVID-19 pandemic, particularly from 2020 to mid-2022, debilitated the management of the HIV epidemic in Africa. The multiple effects included well-documented HIV service interruptions, curtailment of HIV prevention programmes, the associated marked increase in both the risk for HIV... -
Influences on decision-making about disclosure of HIV status by adolescents and young adults living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Thandeka Smith --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Janet Seeley --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Maryam Shahmanesh --- Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa Christina Psaros --- , USA Chiedza Munikwa --- , South Africa Nothando Ngwenya --- Africa Health Research Institute, South AfricaBackground: Adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYA) are faced with the challenge of living with a life-long chronic condition. We investigated the influences on the decisions by AYA to disclose their HIV status to family, intimate partners and... -
Migrant arrival infrastructures and their impact on Zimbabweans’ mobility and integration in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shingirai Nyakabawu --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThis study argues that arrival infrastructures play a crucial role in shaping the mobility and integration of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa. By examining the experiences of migrants with access to these infrastructures and those without, the research explores the... -
Philoxenia — the DNA of hospitality: hype or cure?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Peter A. Singleton --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsPhiloxenia is the ancient Greek custom or tradition of treating a stranger as a friend, but it goes much deeper in terms of its reality and consequences. This custom sits deep in Greek culture and mythology, where its layers of... -
Social exclusion and social anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students: Fear of negative evaluation and resilience as mediators
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jing Shuai --- Ningxia University, China Guoying Cai --- Ningxia University, China Xianan Wei --- Ningxia University, ChinaThis study investigated how fear of negative evaluation and resilience fi.mction as mediators in the association between social exclusion and social anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students. Participants (n = 876; female= 64.7%; freshman= 69.4%; mean age= 19.6 years, SD =... -
Social support and work readiness of Chinese final-year nursing students: The moderating role of psychological resilience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Huan Ma --- , China Chang-Ping Huang --- , China Jin-Mei Zou --- , China Ying Zhong --- , ChinaWe explored the relationships among perceived social support, psychological resilience, and work readiness of final-year nursing students. Participants included 376 Chinese final-year nursing students (female = 83.8%; mean age = 20.24 years, SD = 1.37 years). They completed the Multidimensional... -
Perceived social support and academic persistence among undergraduate students: Mediation of sense of belonging and intrinsic motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bongani V. Mtshweni --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study investigated the mediating effect of sense of belonging and intrinsic motivation on the relationship between perceived social support and academic persistence among undergraduate students. The sample comprised 489 undergraduate students from a South African university (female = 71.2%;... -
The impact of sustainable investment on firm performance in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Vongani V. Masongweni --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaPurpose: This study investigates the influence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores on the financial performance of firms in South Africa across industries. -
Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based Finnish Gutsy Go programme in enhancing adolescents’ positive mental health, experience of social inclusion, and social competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Hanna Ahrnberg --- , Finland Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner --- , Finland Pekka Mustonen --- , Finland Sari Fröjd --- Tampere University, Finland Katja Aktan-Collan --- , FinlandBackground: The Finnish Gutsy Go programme is a positive youth development intervention designed to enhance adolescents’ psychosocial well-being by enabling eighth-grade students to develop and execute good deeds within the community. -
LovesCompany: evaluating the safety and feasibility of a mental health-focused online community for adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Anna Van Meter --- New York University Langone Health, USA Neha Agrawal --- Yeshiva University, USABackground: Adolescents are at risk for mental health (MH) disorders but are unlikely to seek services and may be reluctant to talk about their MH. An anonymous, online MH-focused community could help reduce suffering. However, online forums can also promote... -
Analysis of rural women’s access to financial services and corporate social responsibility in Nigeria’s Niger delta region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaThe purpose of this paper is to critically examine the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of multinational oil companies (MOCs) in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on enhancing rural... -
Public information disclosure practices and civic participation: The roles of social justice perceptions and internet use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yongjiang Wu --- Chongqing University, China Zhi Li --- Chongqing University, ChinaThis study examined the relationship between public information disclosure practices and civic participation and the roles of social justice perceptions and internet use in that relationship. Our data comes from the 2019 Chinese Social Survey (CSS, 2019), a large nationwide... -
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yunlong Wu --- Inner Mongolia Normal University, China Yuzhu Zhang --- Hulunbuir University, ChinaObesity is stigmatised and associated with adverse health, psychological, and social consequences. This study examined contact influences on the relationship between perspective taking and obesity stereotypes in young adults. The sample comprised 411 Chinese university students (female = 73.97%; mean... -
Examining the mediating role of support resources in the self-efficacy and career satisfaction relationship among professional women in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ndayiziveyi Takawira --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study explored the mediating role of perceived organisational support and social support in the relationship between self-efficacy and career satisfaction among professional women. The participants comprised a non-probability sample of 606 professional women (white = 62%; black women of... -
Examining the relationship between social withdrawal motivations and symptoms of hikikomori
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Simone Amendola --- Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Rita Cerutti --- Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyObjective: This study aimed to examine the association between social withdrawal motivations (peer isolation, shyness, unsociability, low mood, and avoidance) and symptoms of hikikomori using both variable- and person-oriented analyses. -
Navigating social and academic isolation: a qualitative exploration of American university students’ perspectives and experiences early in the COVID-19 pandemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Ashlynn Lawston --- California Polytechnic State University, USA Luna Lowsky --- California Polytechnic State University, USA McKenna Ross --- California Polytechnic State University, USA Christine Hackman --- California Polytechnic State University, USAObjective: To qualitatively explore the multifaceted impacts of the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of American university students. -
Experimental evaluation of a neurophysiological intervention designed to increase student resilience: a pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Alex Kresovich --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Kai MacLean --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Caroline M. Lancaster --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USA Elizabeth D. Torres --- University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Jeff R. Temple --- University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Elizabeth A. Mumford --- NORC at the University of Chicago, USASocial and emotional learning (SEL) interventions have shown promise for building resilience and protecting youth from adverse outcomes. This study reports on an experimental pilot evaluation of the Smart Brain Wise Heart SEL intervention during the 2021–2022 school year. Smart... -
The effect of digital leadership on employees' radical creativity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jian Zhu --- Xiangtan University, China Yi Luo --- Xiangtan University, China Hui Wang --- Xiangtan University, ChinaDrawing on social information processing theory, this study examined the mediating role of perceived leader expectations (PLE) for creativity and perceived leader support (PLS) for creativity on the relationship between digital leadership (DL) and employees’ radical creativity (RC). A total... -
Group membership, social identification and mental health: A test of social cure or curse narrative in resource-poor communities in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Agyei --- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Ama de-Graft Aikins --- Institute of African Studies (IAS), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom Annabella Osei-Tutu --- University of Ghana, Ghana Francis Annor --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaMainstream psychology research promotes social group membership as a remedy for poor mental health. However, empirical evidence from African communities is limited. Using a survey of 384 respondents (female = 55.7%; mean age = 34.38 years, SD = 14.37 years),... -
Social network and entrepreneurial intention of college students in China: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Haoxiang Hou --- Jiangnan University, China Lichao Ma --- Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, China Dan Wang --- , ChinaImproving college students’ entrepreneurial intention is an effective strategy to cultivate entrepreneurial talents and build an innovation-driven country. However, the influencing mechanisms on college students’ entrepreneurial intention are still unclear. The study explored the impact of college students’ social network... -
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francis Agyei --- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana Ama de-Graft Aikins --- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom Annabella Osei-Tutu --- University of Ghana, Ghana Francis Annor --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaWe utilised a multiple mediation model to investigate the pathways linking dimensions of community social capital to collective participation in mental health promotion in two urban communities in Ghana. Participants (n = 384) were from Jamestown (n = 144) and... -
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Caiping Zhou --- Hunan University of Finance and Economics, China Liu Ning --- Hunan Normal University, China Haibin Li --- Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, ChinaThis study explored the role of cognitive reappraisal and perceived social support in the relationship between purposeful rumination and post-traumatic growth among college students who experienced childhood trauma. A total of 811 college students with childhood trauma exposure (female =... -
Linking resource mobilization approaches and venture performance in highly resource-constrained environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Abiodun Samuel Adegbile --- Birmingham City University, The Curzon Building, United Kingdom Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong --- University of Bath, United Kingdom Heinz-Theo Wagner --- , GermanyDrawing on resource orchestration and social network theories, this study examines the relationships between bricolage, optimization, and new venture performance. We argue that optimization (i.e. standard application of resources acquired from resource markets) increases performance whereas bricolage (i.e. improvisation and... -
Afrocentric triple helix: A communal perspective on addressing Africa’s economic and social challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Motolani Agbebi --- University of Tampere, Finland Jianing Song --- University of Manchester, UK Aminu Mamman --- University of Manchester, UK Nabil Baydoun --- Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor Office, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, United Arab EmiratesThat collaboration has always been the foundation of human development as well as the coping strategy of some animal species is a view widely shared by scholars. In fact, no individual, organization or nation can produce everything it needs without... -
Social media and electronic communication usage by South African dietitians
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: J Visser --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa E van Niekerk --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa ML Marais --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
To move or not? Tourists’ perceptions and management considerations of a beached whale carcass in a South African national park and marine protected area
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: MKS Smith --- , South Africa GS Penry --- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa MM Mokhatla --- , South AfricaThe handling of beached cetacean carcasses requires social, legal, financial, ecological and logistical considerations. However, limited research on the topic hinders informed decision-making. A large humpback whale carcass that washed ashore at a South African marine protected area (MPA) provided... -
A framework for using social media for organisational learning: An empirical study of South African companies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Harry Moongela* --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Marié Hattingh --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThis study addresses the gap in the literature in terms of the lack of guidelines for organisations that would like to use social media to facilitate organisational learning (OL). This study presents an overarching conceptual theoretical framework that can assist... -
On emergent mobile phone-based social engineering cyberattacks in developing countries: The case of the Zambian ICT sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Aaron Zimba --- ZCAS University, Zambia, George Mukupa --- Mulungushi University, Zambia, Victoria Chama --- University of Cape Town, South Africa,The number of registered SIM cards and active mobile phone subscribers in Zambia in 2020 surpassed the population of the country. This development and the integration of mobile phone systems with financial payment systems has not come without a cost... -
Catalysts of social change and innovation: Mediating role of social self-efficacy and social support on social entrepreneurial intentions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Abin John --- Bharathidasan University, India Vanitha Selvaraj --- Bharathidasan University, India Muhammed Jisham --- Bharathidasan University, IndiaThere has been a recent surge in social entrepreneurship to address pressing social problems. Social ventures drive positive change and reshape traditional business norms by providing innovative solutions and fostering inclusive growth. Social entrepreneurial intention (SEI) is crucial to studying... -
Serving Hot Tea: Analyzing Narratives of ‘Abroad’ on Glocal Kenyan Twitter/X Spaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Caroline Mose --- The Mawazo Institute, KenyaSocial media reconstitutes the idea of ‘abroad’ as a geographical place, shortens the symbolic distance between borders, and renders the local and global into one almost seamless space. This seamlessness is both metaphorical and symbolic, where happenings on the spatial... -
Relationship between social capital and post-partum antiretroviral therapy adherence among women living with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Khadijat K. Adeleye --- University of Massachusetts, USA Eyitayo O. Owolabi --- Arizona State University, USA Oladele V. Adeniyi --- Walter Sisulu University, South Africa David Aduragbemi Okunlola --- Florida State University, USA Anthony I. Ajayi --- , KenyaBackground: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is crucial for preventing vertical transmission of HIV and maternal deaths. While the literature is replete with studies on ART adherence, the role of social capital in adherence to ART is less studied. Drawing... -
Social support mediates job demands, and burnout relation among public senior high school teachers, Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Richard Akutey --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Daniel Apaak --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Edward Wilson Ansah --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaWe investigated the extent to which job resources mediated the relationship between job demands and burnout among public senior high school teachers in Ghana. Participants included 1028 public senior high school teachers (female = 491) who have been teaching between... -
Role of distress tolerance, meaning in life and social support in the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among Nigerian cancer patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chinenye Joseph Aliche --- North-West University, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- North-West University, South AfricaWe examined the moderating roles of distress tolerance, meaning in life, and social support in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among cancer patients. Participants included 301 cancer outpatients randomly selected from the oncology unit... -
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mingfei Ma --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Shaoying Liu --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Qingning Xu --- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China Yujuan Jiang --- , ChinaWe investigated the relationship between mothers’ perceptions of their children’s emotional behaviour problems and their parenting sense of competence, as well as the mediating effect of maternal meta-emotion philosophy in this connection. Participants were 349 mothers of 4- to 17-year-old... -
Perceived social support and sense of belonging: The mediating role of academic anxiety among first-generation students at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bongani V. Mtshweni --- University of South Africa, South AfricaThis study investigated the role of academic anxiety in the relationship between perceived social support and a sense of belonging of first-generation university students. The sample consisted of 240 undergraduate first-generation students (FGS) at a South African university (female =... -
Transformational leadership and financial employees’ unethical pro-organisational behaviour: A cognitive perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Hu Zhengyan --- Henan University, China Enhui Cao --- Henan University, China Junzhe Zhao --- Henan University, China Minghui Wang --- Henan University, ChinaWe examined the relationship between transformational leadership and financial employees' unethical pro-organisational behaviour, accounting for organisational identity and future focus in the context of the Chinese organisational culture. Participants were 94 business leaders and 176 financial employees mainly from the... -
Brand personality and purchase intention: The dual-mediating effects of brand attachment and nostalgia proneness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fanyi Zhao --- Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST University), South Korea Fei Huang --- Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST University), South KoreaWe examined the roles of brand attachment and nostalgia proneness in the relationship between the brand personality and purchase intention. Participants were 352 Chinese consumers (during the collection of the questionnaires, age ranges were set, but specific age numbers were... -
Do corporate reputation concerns constrain real earnings management practices? A multidimensional analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Oreshile Sulaiman Ademola --- Lagos State University, NigeriaPurpose: This study integrates Eisenegger and Imhof's (EI) reputation theory and the reputation-building hypothesis to explore how corporate reputation (CREP) concerns constrain real earnings management (REM). -
The quest for social justice through ICT access and inclusion for rural schools and communities: The South African case of Urglobal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Luleka Mkuzo --- , Ivan Govender --- Durban University of Technology (DUT), South AfricaMobile technology has been recognized as a tool in reducing the inequality gap, especially for those in developing communities. With a Gini score of 63 in 2014, South Africa is regarded as one of the most unequal countries in the... -
The digital transformation of tourism: a study of tourist behaviour and preferences in the age of technology in Bangladesh
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Md Istiaq Mohhamad Shuvo --- Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh Md Jamsedul Islam --- Noakhali Science and Technology University, BangladeshThe rapid development of technology has profoundly altered tourist behaviour and trends, yet there is a notable gap in understanding how these changes affect tourists in Bangladesh. Existing research focuses on developed markets, overlooking Bangladesh’s unique sociocultural and economic factors... -
“Esprit de B Corps”: The rapid increase in B Corp accreditations across UK hospitality companies — a viewpoint on their collective potential and a future research agenda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Mark Ashton --- University of Surrey, UK Viachaslau Filimonau --- University of Surrey, UKThe rapid growth of B-Corp certified organisations in the UK hospitality sector calls for a better understanding of their potential to influence the supply and demand sides of the market. It also requires an outline of a dedicated research agenda... -
From willingness to pay to willingness to believe: the role of storytelling in driving true pricing in hospitality and tourism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henri Kuokkanen --- Institut Lyfe, France Jean-Pierre van der Rest --- Leiden University, The NetherlandsResearch indicates that consumers are willing to pay for socially responsible and green attributes. Yet studies on the relationship between environment, society and governance (ESG) and financial performance report mixed findings regarding the impact of sustainability initiatives on risk and... -
Punishment possibility and implicit morality: The moderating role of moral identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Chang-Jiang Liu --- Nanjing Normal University, China Fang Hao --- Nanjing Normal University, ChinaWe investigated the relationship between the possibility of punishment and implicit moral judgments, as well as the moderating role of moral identity on this relationship. Participants (n = 159, mean age = 21.64 years, SD = 2.47 years) first performed... -
Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yongzhan Li --- Xuchang University, ChinaThis study examined the mediating role of envy in the relationship between upward social comparison on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being. Participants were 1 078 college students (male = 46.01%, female = 53.99%; freshmen = 27.18%, sophomores =... -
Gratitude and college students’ school belonging: The mediating role of perceived stress and meaning in life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lihua He --- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, China Qian Zhang --- Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, China Yitao WangWe examined the relationship between gratitude and school belonging of college students, and the potential mediating role of perceived stress and meaning in life in such a relationship. Participants were college students (n = 1 691) from 10 universities in... -
Future work self and career calling in vocational education students: Workplace learning as a mediator and mentoring as a moderator
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bin Liu --- Northeast Normal University, China Chunna Hou --- Northeast Normal University, ChinaWe explored the role of workplace learning and mentoring in the relationship between future work self and career calling among students. The nationwide sample comprised 741 Science and Engineering students from six higher vocational colleges in China (female = 46.56%;... -
Recreating valour: Exploring the life domains and quality of life impact among military re-enactors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dewald Venter --- Vaal University of Technology, South AfricaThis study explored the effect on military re-enactors’ life domains and quality of life (QoL). Eight military re-enactors (female = 1, male = 7; age range 42–75 years) were interviewed before and after participating in a military re-enactment regarding the... -
People and rangelands: a review of the contribution of the African Journal of Range and Forage Science to advancing knowledge on the human dimensions of African rangelands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Wayne Twine --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe social dimensions of rangeland systems are increasingly highlighted in international rangelands literature. This paper presents a systematic review of the African Journal of Range and Forage Science from 1966 to 2023 to evaluate its contributions to this scholarship. The... -
The contribution of social and territorial innovation to territorial development in Morocco: Insights from a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tariq Laajini --- LARETA, Hassan 1st University, Morocco Hind TadjoustiThis study investigates how social and territorial innovation influences territorial development in Morocco, offering insights into inclusive governance approaches that integrate collaborative, participatory, and solidarity-based practices. Utilizing a systematic documentary analysis of six innovative projects, the research reveals that these... -
Women, gender fluidity and Shona kinship structure in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rose Jaji --- German Institute of Development and Sustainability, GermanyThis article discusses the complexities of Shona kinship structure and how it positions women through relationships that are based on consanguinity and affinity. The article, which is an auto-ethnographic discussion emanating from my insider status as a participant observer in... -
Social entrepreneurship in Africa: A systematic multilevel literature review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: David Littlewood --- Sheffield University Management School, UK Giacomo Ciambotti --- Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Andrea Sottini --- Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ItalyThis paper presents the findings of a systematic multi-level literature review of research on social entrepreneurship in Africa. Our review focuses on work from the last decade, since the first issue of the Africa Journal of Management was published, and... -
Amplifying success in SMEs: Harnessing the joint power of social capital and new product development capability in developing economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ahmed Agyapong --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Patrick A. Akanpaaba --- Accra Business School, Ghana Tesfalidet Tukue --- Southern University, USA Amo Sarpong --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaThis study examines the ongoing debate in scholarly literature regarding the role of firm-specific resources and capabilities – namely, social capital (SC) and new product development capability (NPDC) – in influencing firm performance. Addressing a critical gap, the research explores... -
Re-storying Nature: An Eco-critical Reading of Parkes’s Tail of the Blue Bird
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Samuel Kwesi Nkansah --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaThis paper applies African eco-criticism to analyse human-nature relationships in Nii Ayikwei Parkes’s Tail of the Blue Bird. From the discussions, vivid depictions of rivers, forests, animals and spirits showcase profound connections through which nature shapes cultural identities. Specifically, Parkes’s... -
Corporate social responsibility and firm performance: Evidence from Korea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Wonhee You --- Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Jens Müller-Merbach --- , Germany Doojin Ryu --- Sungkyunkwan University, KoreaThis study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP) in listed Korean companies over ten years. The results show a significant positive effect of CSR on CFP in the manufacturing sector, but no notable... -
Restaurant adoption of social media: an extension of the technology, organisation and environment model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Rora Puspita Sari --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Dika Jatnika --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Kurnia Khafidhatur Rafiah --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Desty Hapsari Kirana --- Padjadjaran University, Indonesia Fajar Kusnadi Kusumah Putra --- Politeknik Pariwisata NHI Bandung, IndonesiaThe aims of this study examine factors that affect restaurants’ adoption of social media platforms by utilising the technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) framework, and market orientation and marketing intelligence from the business perspectives. This article utilises the TOE framework... -
Dialoguing hunger and survival during the Zimbabwe COVID-19 lockdowns through WhatsApp jokes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Hugh Mangeya --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Ashton Mudzingiri --- Midlands State University, ZimbabweThis article analyses the dialogue on hunger and survival issues emanating from viral COVID-19-induced jokes circulated via WhatsApp during Zimbabwe’s consecutive lockdowns. The lockdowns were part of public health measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. They, however, disrupted the... -
Ukucobelelana ngolwazi olungamagugu ase-Afrika lwesenzo ‘goma’ olusemyalezweni osenkundleni yezokuxhumana iTikTok
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Beryl Babsy Boniwe Xaba --- University of South Africa, South AfricaSekube nokukhalaza okuningi ngokubhalwa kolimi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Izingcweti zolimi kanye nabacwaningi bolimi abagculisekile ngokusetshenziswa kolimi kulezi zizindalwazi. Isililo esikhulu sisuswa ukungayilandeli imigomo nemithetho yolimi lwesiZulu uma kubhalwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Lolu cwaningo luhlose ukwethula indlela inkundla yezokuxhumana iTikTok efundisa ngayo ngemvelaphi... -
Ukufundiswa kwemibhalo yobuciko emakilasini esiZulu ngenhloso yokufundisa abafundi ngekhono lokuhlaziya izinkinga zomphakathi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Nokuthula Ntombenhle Mbata --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education, Language and Media Studies, Sicelo Ziphozonke Ntshangase --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education, Language and Media Studies,Inhloso yale athikili ukubheka ukufundiswa kwemibhalo yobuciko emakilasini esiZulu ngenhloso yokufundisa abafundi ngekhono lokuhlaziya izinkinga zomphakathi. Lolu wucwaningo oluyikhwalithethivu, olwethulwa ngendlela esakuxoxa, kusetshenziswa ipharadayimi esakuhumusha. Ucwaningo lubeka ukuthi ukulahlekelwa yisimilo, ubuqili nokungathembeki kuwumthelela wokwehluleka kwesikole, othisha kanye nomphakathi ukutshala ubuntu... -
When and how does creativity influence performance? An examination of SMEs in an emerging economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ahmed Agyapong --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Felicity Asiedu Appiah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Hannah Vivian Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Suzzie Aidoo --- York St John University, UKUnderpinned by the resource-based view and social capital theories, this study examines the mediating role of innovation in the relationship between creativity and the performance of SMEs in an emerging economy. We propose additionally that the innovation created through the... -
Articulations of kinship and capital in Southern African anthropology: revisiting Wolpe and his critics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hylton White --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaIn the 1970s and 1980s, the anthropology of Southern Africa produced rich concepts and debates on the relationship between kin-based domestic groups in rural peripheries and the core dynamics of capitalist development. These issues were later sidelined by the culturalist... -
Ethnic community languages in contemporary social media advertisements in Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Emmanuel Ilonga --- Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE), TanzaniaA speech community’s expectation is to see its language develop. However, such an imaginative prospect may not materialise due to the asymmetrical power dynamics between influential and less influential speech communities. Consequently, less influential societies are forced to depend on... -
Semantic extensions of ziyakhala used on social media platforms in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Yanga Lusanda Praiseworth Majola --- Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaThis study analyses the semantic extension ziyakhala (also written as ayikhale or azikhale), which is popularly used on social media platforms. Ziyakhala literally means ‘let it cry’, the root word is ‘khala’ which means to cry and the prefix ‘zi’... -
Acoustic, perceptual and social analyses of speech convergence of black and white people in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Joy Oluchi Uguru --- University of Nigeria, Nigeria Nkechi Mgbodichinma Ukaegbu --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaThis study assesses speech convergence between white American English (AE) speakers and black Nigerian English (NE) speakers. Most studies base convergence on speech shadowing, but this study investigates convergence in real-life conversations. Eighty utterances were analysed with PRAAT. The utterances... -
Protective and risk factors for social and emotional well-being of Indigenous children and adolescents: A rapid review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Nelsensius Klau Fauk --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Elsa Dent --- Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia Paul Aylward --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Paul Russell Ward --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Jessica Tyndall --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Lesli Kirwan --- Torrens University Australia, Australia Lillian Mwanri --- Torrens University Australia, AustraliaBackground: Indigenous children and adolescents experience life circumstances that significantly affect their social and emotional well-being (SEWB) and limit their capacity to fulfil their potential. This contributes to inequities in health, education, employment, and justice system involvement. -
Psychosocial predictors of adolescent depression and mental health referral in an urban mobile medical unit programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Alia Richardson --- University of Chicago, United States of America Icy Cade-Bell --- University of Chicago, United States of America Madison DeRoo --- University of Chicago Medicine, United States of America Blair Foushi --- University of Chicago, United States of America Emily Wang --- University of Chicago, United States of America Alexandra Knitter --- University of Chicago, United States of America Anna Volerman --- University of Chicago, United States of AmericaIntroduction: Given worsening youth mental health over the past years, mobile medical units are a potential avenue to increase access to mental healthcare services. -
Relevance of corporation quality and environmental protection, social responsibility, and corporate governance
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Meng-Yi Liu --- Feng Chia University, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Ying-Chieh Shen --- Feng Chia University, Taiwan (R.O.C.)This study explores the relationship between corporate ESG performance, various corporate quality metrics, and the F-Score. The empirical results obtained using composite quality indicators based on traditional financial performance metrics exhibit a significant positive correlation with corporate ESG performance and... -
Effectiveness of YouTube in the learning and preservation of the Yoruba language in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Babatunde Adeyeye --- North-West University, South Africa Abiodun Salawu --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study investigated YouTube’s effectiveness in the learning and preservation of the Yoruba language among youths of Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Data was collected through a mixed-methods approach using a survey and content analysis. Findings demonstrate the awareness (85%) of... -
Exploring the interplay of local language(s) and transformation to facilitate communication and change in (South) Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mogomme Alpheus Masoga --- University of the Free State, South Africa Allucia Lulu Shokane --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis research explores local language(s) and transformation as key facilitators of a dynamic interplay between the power of communication and the capacity for change. It is argued that language serves as a multifaceted tool that not only conveys thoughts and... -
Corporate sustainability in Africa: A review, trends and future direction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Tshegofatso A. Monkge --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Catherine le Roux --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Rebaona Letsholo --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaAs the world grapples with grand challenges, Africa remains the most affected yet receives the least research focus. This study adopts a systematic scoping review to analyze the extent of corporate sustainability research in Africa. Using a predetermined search strategy... -
Using interactive SMS support groups to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: a qualitative analysis of social and psychological benefits
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Cindy A. Crusto --- , USA Samantha Pittenger --- Yale University School of Medicine, USA Jessica Costeines --- Yale University School of Medicine, USA Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha --- Tufts University School of Medicine, USA Anna Kydd --- SHM Foundation, UK Maretha Visser --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Thu Do --- Gilead Sciences, USA Andrea Dean --- Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, USA Brian Forsyth --- Yale University School of Medicine, USAAlthough advances have been made in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, social and psychological factors associated with learning of an HIV diagnosis and living with HIV during pregnancy can impact medication adherence and health outcomes. Mobile technology... -
Southern African python (Python natalensis) diet, using information gathered from social media and historical data
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Kirsty J Kyle --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaAfrican pythons are the largest and among the most charismatic species of snake on the continent. Surprisingly little is known about the details of their diets. This may be due to the difficulty of compiling a list of prey items... -
Psychosocial predictors and gender differences in the mental well-being of adolescents living with HIV in Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ezekiel O. Aruoture --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Abel C. Obosi --- University of Ibadan, NigeriaBackground: The psychosocial vulnerability of adolescents living with HIV, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where structural and psychosocial stressors are prevalent, is an important public health concern. While several studies have investigated some psychosocial factors as they predict mental well-being among... -
Ritualised wealth and the moral spectacle: interrogating occult imagery in Nigerian media narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ugochukwu Zacky Eze --- University of Nigeria, NigeriaIn this article, I examine how the Nigerian media constructs narratives of ritualised wealth as a moral spectacle that negotiates the tensions between youth aspiration, economic uncertainty and institutional failure. Using a qualitative design and thematic analysis, I interrogate ten... -
A sociolinguistic inquiry into code-switching in Tshivenḓa in beerhall environments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Matodzi Godfrey Sikhwari --- University of Venda, South AfricaThis research article explores code-switching practices in Tshivenḓa-speaking beerhall environments, focusing on the sociolinguistic factors that influence language use. Code-switching, the alternation between languages during conversations, is common in multilingual settings. Beerhalls provide a unique, informal space to observe how... -
The self-reported influence of social media on food choices of young adults at a tertiary institution in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: M Kreft --- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, C Lombard --- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, N Koen --- Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, -
Computational analysis of Orientalist discourse in social media: A case study of Twitter
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Qiming Dong --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Shasha Zhang --- Hunan University of Information Technology, People’s Republic of China Megat Al Imran Yasin --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Chow Ow Wei --- Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaThe paper presents ORIENT-Net as a tool that processes texts in terms of their orientalist views. This is done by the detection and classification of such texts on social media Twitter. An Orientalist view of the East can see the... -
A discursive engagement of evasions in police-suspect interactions in Ibadan, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Temidayo Akinrinlola --- McPherson University, Nigeria Temitope Michael Ajayi --- University of Ibadan, NigeriaThis study reports the discursive appeals embedded in the deployment of evasions in police-suspect interactions (PSIs) in Ibadan. Studies have marked investigating police officers (IPOs) as participants who overtly wield power during interrogation. This study argues that power is not... -
The role of green innovation in mediating green supply chain and CSR impacts on hospitality firm performance: Evidence from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Mohammed Majeed --- Tamale Technical University, Ghana Esther Asiedu --- Ghana Communication Technology University, Ghana Iddrisu Sulemana --- Tamale College of Education, Ghana Aidatu Abubakari --- Wisconsin International University College, Ghana Ahmed Sakara --- Tamale Technical University, GhanaThis study examines the impact of green supply chain management (GSCM) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the performance of hospitality firms in Ghana, using stakeholder theory and considering green innovation (GI) as a mediating factor. A quantitative survey of...
