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Development and Validation of the Xhosa Translations of the Beck Inventories: 1. Challenges of the Translation Process
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gary I. Steele --- Rhodes University, David J. A. Edwards --- Rhodes University,This article describes the translation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Beck Hopeless Scale, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory, into Xhosa the language spoken in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The processes of translation, back-translation and committee discussion failed... -
Development and Validation of the Xhosa Translations of the Beck Inventories: 2. Item Analysis, Internal Consistency and Factor Analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Gary I. Steele --- Rhodes University, David J. A. Edwards --- Rhodes University,The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) were translated into Xhosa, a language widely spoken in South Africa to yield translated scales referred to as the XBDI-I (Xhosa BDI-II), the XBAI... -
Development and Validation of the Xhosa Translations of the Beck Inventories: 3. Concurrent and Convergent Validity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: David J. A. Edwards --- Rhodes University, Gary I. Steele --- Rhodes University,This article provides data on the validity of the Xhosa versions of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (XBDI-II), the Beck Hopelessness Scale (XBHS) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (XBAI) based on a sample of 122 Xhosa respondents which included students and... -
‘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... -
Types of Umbilini (Intuition) in the “ukunyanga” (Xhosa Divination) Tradition
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lily-Rose Nomfundo Mlisa --- University of Fort Hare, Philip Nel --- University of Free State,The study sought to characterize types of umbilini, a therapeutic skill in amagqirha divination system. Qualitative data on umbilini experiences were collected from 115 participants with self-reported umbilini experience and supplemented with 25 consultation session observations between amagqirha and their... -
Religious Identity and Decision Making Among IsiXhosa-Speaking Youth
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ntshangase Sibusiso --- University of South Africa, Andile Alfred Mdikana --- University of South Africa,This article presents the results from a study investigating the relationship between religious identity and decision making among IsiXhosa-speaking high school learners from schools in Cape Town, South Africa. Participants were fourty (40) 12th Grade learners (females = 50%; males... -
Evaluation of a project to reduce morbidity and mortality from traditional male circumcision in Umlamli, Eastern Cape, South Africa: outcome mapping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: O Nwanze --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Traditional circumcision is common among the amaXhosa in Umlamli, Eastern Cape. Circumcision is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The need to reduce complications was identified as a priority by the local community. The aim was to design, implement... -
isiXhosa names of South African land mammals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. M. Feely [AN0001]The isiXhosa colloquial names of 86 taxa of South African land mammals recorded in three mammalogical works and three isiXhoxa dictionaries are tabulated and discussed. This reveals several ambiguities, discrepancies, inconsistencies and uncertainties, as well those species and groups of... -
License to cut and kill practice: a case report on botched circumcision in Mthatha region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Banwari L Meel --- Department of Forensic Medicine, South AfricaThe objective of this letter is to highlight the problem of deaths related with traditional circumcisions in the Mthatha region of South Africa. Mr. XY, a schoolboy, died as a result of traditional circumcision. He went to a traditional surgeon... -
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“Ndiyindoda” [I am a man]: theorising Xhosa masculinity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Sakhumzi Mfecane --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South AfricaMasculinity studies in South Africa depend on Western gender theories to frame research questions and fieldwork. This article argues that such theories offer a limited understanding of Xhosa constructions of masculinity. Xhosa notions of masculinity are embodied in the concept... -
Identity formation among isiXhosa-speaking adolescents in a rural Eastern Cape community in South Africa: A brief report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charl Alberts --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Myron J. Bennett --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe study investigated identity-related choices practised among South African isiXhosa-speaking adolescents from a rural Eastern Cape community. A sample of 40 adolescents (65% females; age range 15 and 21 years) participated in the study. The adolescents completed an identity statuses... -
Gender roles and decision making among isiXhosa-speaking adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Andile Alfred Mdikana --- Department of Inclusive Education, School of Educational Studies, South AfricaThis exploratory study examined gender roles and decision making among isiXhosa-speaking adolescents. Participants were a non-probability sample of 40 Grade 12 learners (females = 50%; aged between 17 and 24 years). Data were collected using identity status interviews and analysed... -
The Tower of London-DX 2nd Edition test: Preliminary norms for educationally disadvantaged Xhosa-speaking individuals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Rumaine Naidoo --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Ryan Botha --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Ida Pienaar --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study aimed to construct preliminary normative indications for educationally disadvantaged, Xhosa-speaking South African individuals on the Tower of London-Drexel University 2nd Edition test (TOL-DX 2nd Edition). The TOL-DX 2nd Edition is a commonly employed neurocognitive measure of executive function... -
Sexual knowledge and beliefs of IsiXhosa-speaking adolescents: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Peter Khwezi Nyewe --- , South AfricaThis study explored indigenous community adolescents’ perceptions of parent caregiver sexual support. The participants were 174 IsiXhosa speaking adolescents (female = 58.1%; age range = 16 to 18 years). They completed the Parents Sex Education, General View on Sexuality, Sexual... -
Nominalisation and semantic shift in selected isiXhosa nouns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Andiswa Mvanyashe --- Nelson Mandela University, South AfricaThis study addresses the process of nominalisation in isiXhosa to establish its historical development and implications on the writing and sense of words. Nominalisation, an important feature of scientific writing, enables information concentration as well as grammatical functions such as... -
Uphicothonzulu ngokwenkcazobungcali yenkcubekontlalo ngokobuhlanga kwibali elifutshane lesiXhosa elithi Umgcini-mangcwaba
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mlamli Diko --- University of South Africa (UNISA),Iiyantlukwano ngokobuhlanga kunye nocalucalulo zibonisa ukunyathelela phezulu, nto leyo ethi ithintele ubumbano nentsebenziswano phakathi kweentlanga ngeentlanga kwintlalo nenkcubeko yoMzantsi Afrika. Nakubeni umgaqonkqubo wocalucalulo wabhangiswa ngomnyaka we1994, abaNtsundu kunye namaNgesi abonakalisa ukungqubana nokujongana ngezikhondo zamehlo kwiimeko ezithile njengoko kuvela kwibali elifutshane... -
Subversive narratives and protest against apartheid in Mandla Myeko’s Apho Sikhala Khona Isikhwatsha radio drama
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Khaya Gqibitole --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis article celebrates one hundred years of South African radio broadcasting. It examines the role a Xhosa radio drama played in conscientizing its audience during apartheid. It also demonstrates the value of radio drama as an art form and its...