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Premarital Sexual Permissiveness among Nigerian Undergraduates: The influence of Religiosity and Self-Esteem
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ojedokun A. Oluyinka --- Olabisi Onabanjo University,The study investigated empirically the influence of religiosity, self-esteem and age on attitude towards premarital sexual permissiveness among a sample of 400 Nigerian undergraduates (males =200, females =200 Age range =20 to 31 years). The instrument of data collection is... -
Medical student attachments in private practice—The experience and views of the family practitioners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D O'Mahony --- Family Practitioner,Background: Medical student attachments with family/general practitioners (GPs) in non-academic or private practice are a valued resource in the undergraduate teaching of Family Medicine. This study describes the experience and views of GPs in private practice with final-year medical student... -
Evaluating the rural health placements of the Rural Support Network at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: CS Naidu --- Primary Healthcare Directorate, Faculty of Health Sciences, J Irlam --- Primary Healthcare Directorate, Faculty of Health Sciences,Objectives: The Rural Support Network (RSN) is an undergraduate student society that aims to raise awareness among the student body of the plight of rural health in South Africa, and organises individual and group placements in rural hospitals during vacations... -
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... -
Perceptions of dating violence by undergraduate students at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Risuna Mahlalela --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored the perceptions of South African university undergraduate students regarding dating violence in their institution of higher learning. Snowball sampling was used to select eight undergraduate students for participation in the study (females = 62.5%, age range 20 to 24... -
Socio-ecological influences of attitudes toward disability among Kenyan undergraduate students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: George I. Mamboleo --- Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation & Counseling Psychology, USA Abdoulaye Diallo --- Department of Rehabilitation, USA Robinson M. Ocharo --- Sociology Department, Kenya Spalatin N. Oire --- Department of Counseling, Higher Education, & Special Education, USA Charlene M. Kampfe --- Department of Disability & Psychoeducational Studies, USAThis study examined personal and contextual variables as predictors of attitudes toward disability at a Kenyan higher education setting. Participants were a convenience sample of 309 undergraduate students at a Kenyan university enrolled in Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Political Science,... -
Perspectives of undergraduate module convenors at a South African academic institution on medical student training in evidence-based health care: a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Taryn Young --- Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Anke Rohwer --- Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Jimmy Volmink --- Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South Africa Mike Clarke --- Northern Ireland Network for Trials Methodology Research, Northern IrelandBackground: The increasing disease burden in Africa requires medical graduates to have problem-solving abilities. Interviews were conducted to assess module convenors’ perspectives on evidence-based health care (EBHC) teaching and learning. -
Determinants of student performance in an accounting degree programme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Jade Jansen --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Charl de Villiers --- Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandThe objective of this study is to identify, by way of regression analysis, the factors that have a significant relationship with student performance in accounting at the third-year level at universities. This study extends the existing literature on student performance... -
Attributes contributing to the development of professionalism as described by dietetics students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Nico Nortje --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaInternationally there is a renewed interest in professionalism and how to cultivate this among students. This study identifies and discusses the main attributes students view as important to develop professionalism. It is postulated that some important additions should be made... -
Undergraduate medical students’ interest in specialising in Family Medicine at the University of the Free State, 2014
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DT Hagemeister --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa A Pal --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa N Naidoo --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa U Kristen --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa N Mokgosana --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa G Joubert --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South AfricaBackground: There is a large demand for Family Medicine specialists, yet not enough medical students specialise in this field. This study investigated the interest of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State in pursuing a career in... -
Interrogating patient-centredness in undergraduate medical education using an integrated behaviour model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: E Archer --- Centre for Health Professions Education, South Africa EM Bitzer --- Centre for Higher and Adult Education, South Africa BB van Heerden --- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Patient-centredness, an approach that puts the patient at the centre of the consultation, thus focusing on patients instead of on his/her diseases, has been identified by most medical schools as a desired core competence of their graduates. Despite some... -
Academic self-confidence effects on test anxiety among Nigerian university students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Abiodun Musbau Lawal --- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South Africa Erhabor Sunday Idemudia --- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, South Africa Omotola Peter Adewale --- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, NigeriaThe study investigated academic self-confidence effects on test anxiety indicators of performance impairment and intrusive worry. Respondents were 206 Nigerian undergraduate students (mean age = 20.29, SD = 2. 22; female = 43.2%). The students took the Westside Test Anxiety... -
Knowledge of final-year medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal about family medicine, and long-term career choices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: R Omed Ali --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa AJ Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa TC Nkabinde --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: While international experience suggests that well-trained primary care physicians improve the quality and cost effectiveness of health care, family medicine (FM) as the discipline of the specialist primary care physician appears to not be an attractive career for medical... -
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... -
Breakfast consumption and its relationship to sociodemographic and lifestyle factors of undergraduate students in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Raeesa Seedat --- , South Africa Kirthee Pillay --- , South AfricaObjectives: A study was undertaken to investigate breakfast consumption and the sociodemographic and lifestyle profile of undergraduate students in the School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), and to determine if these factors are related to body... -
Undergraduate hospitality students’ perceptions of careers in the industry: The Ghanaian context
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Grace Anthony --- , Ghana Ishmael Mensah --- , Ghana Eunice Fay Amissah --- , GhanaThe study examined undergraduate students’ perceptions about careers in the hospitality industry in Ghana. Students were sampled from traditional and technical public universities through a stratified random sampling technique. With a sample size of 1 341, exploratory factor analysis, t-test... -
College students’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Irma Eloff --- , South AfricaThis study explored college student’s well-being priorities and capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 2 213 South African undergraduate students answered an open-ended question to elicit interpretive, reflective, analytic, and evaluative written response types on the factors that... -
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... -
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 =... -
English instruction experiences of native South African speech-language and/or hearing (SLH) undergraduate students: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Katijah Khoza-Shangase --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Margo Kalenga --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis study explored the experience of English as an instruction medium by South African Speech-Language and Hearing (SLH) students whose first language is not English ( African language speakers). A purposive sample of 24 female students for whom English was... -
Personality traits and foreign language anxiety: The mediating role of self-efficacy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Fei Qin --- Liaocheng University, China Weibin Li --- Liaocheng University, ChinaWe examined the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between personality traits and foreign language anxiety among university students of English as a foreign language. Using a cross-sectional study design, 524 Chinese undergraduate students completed the Foreign Language Classroom...