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Coetzee, Sanet, and Rian Viviers. "An Overview of Research on Positive Psychology in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 37, no. 3 (2007): 470–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630703700307.

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The paradigm of positive psychology was publicly launched by Martin Seligman in his Presidential Address to the American Psychology Association in 1998. Since then, the scientific study of optimal human functioning gained new momentum. This article provides an overview of research on positive psychology in South Africa. The article explores general trends and the main developments in the field, internationally as well as nationally. South African research in the paradigm of positive psychology was categorised according to a framework developed for the purposes of this article. Results indicate

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Donald, David R. "School Psychology Related Research in South Africa." School Psychology International 10, no. 1 (1989): 11–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034389101002.

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Fynn, Angelo, and Hugo Denton van der Walt. "Teaching Research Psychology in South Africa: reflections by programme coordinators." South African Journal of Psychology 50, no. 1 (2019): 67–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246319831820.

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This article explores the experiences of Master’s programme coordinators in Research Psychology with the purpose of gaining an understanding of the planning and implementation of programmes that are directed at training Research Psychology students. The practical significance of the study was to investigate the course curricula of Research Psychology programmes within the South African context to grasp an understanding of the course structure and the challenges that accompany curriculum development. This article aims to elaborate on underlying tensions and considerations that programme coordin

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Louw, Johann. "World War II, Industry, and the Professionalization of South African Psychology." South African Journal of Psychology 17, no. 2 (1987): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124638701700201.

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Two institutions were created in South Africa during the Second World War, which significantly influenced the development of South African psychology. These were the Personnel Research Section of the Leather Industries Research Institute, and the Aptitude Tests Section of the South African Air Force. It is argued that this formed a significant advance in the professionalization of psychology in this country, as it institutionalized psychology as a discipline outside the universities for the first time.

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Macleod, Catriona Ida. "The case for collation to inform debate and transform practice in decolonising Psychology." South African Journal of Psychology 48, no. 3 (2018): 372–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246318784508.

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Critiques of the ‘relevance’ of Psychology in South Africa and Africa have been raging for a number of decades now. Recent debates about decolonising Psychology and what is meant by African Psychology have been rigorous and necessary. In this commentary, I argue that in order for Psychology to move beyond Euro-American-centric epistemology and practice, these efforts need to be supplemented with the grounded praxis of research and literature collation. The epistemological, empirical, and conceptual knowledges that have been generated within the South African, African, and Global South contexts

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Worthington, Everett L., and Richard G. Cowden. "The psychology of forgiveness and its importance in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 47, no. 3 (2017): 292–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246316685074.

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The purpose of this qualitative review is to stimulate empirical research on forgiveness within South Africa (and other portions of Africa). The article explores a Western understanding of the psychology of forgiveness, including its definition as distinct from reconciliation, its sequelae, and its predictors. Findings are examined with particular emphasis on differences between research in more Westernised societies (i.e., United States and Western Europe), where most of the forgiveness research has historically occurred, and research in South Africa. A culturally sensitive approach to the st

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van Staden, Fred J. "A Decade of Environmental Psychology in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 17, no. 2 (1987): 72–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124638701700206.

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A brief summary is provided of the development of environmental psychology in South Africa. Discussion focuses on contributions to human -environment theorizing, completed research, and university training in environmental psychology. In conclusion it is argued that the development of a socially responsive environmental psychology in South Africa is dependent upon the extent to which attention is paid to sociopolitical factors influencing human — environment relationships.

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Schlebusch, Lourens, and Lourens Schlebusch. "Health Psychology in South Africa: An Introduction." South African Journal of Psychology 26, no. 1 (1996): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639602600101.

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Health psychology's public debut may be historically identified as having occurred in 1978 internationally and in 1989 in South Africa. It has since developed its own important role in disease prevention and health enhancement due to several good reasons highlighted in this article. This includes an increased sophistication in health-care consumerism which has also found expression in a renewed awareness of accepting personal responsibility for one's health because of the acknowledgement that lifestyle and behaviour change play crucial roles in health and disease. These developments have unfol

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Barnes, Brendon R. "Child lead poisoning in South Africa: implications for psychological research." South African Journal of Psychology 48, no. 4 (2017): 410–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246317714106.

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Lead is a toxic heavy metal that is associated with lowered intelligence quotient scores, behavioural problems, and physical health impairments in children. Current consensus is that there is no safe level of child lead exposure and that even low doses of lead can have negative effects. Several reviews conducted in South Africa have revealed the sources and potential risk factors associated with child lead poisoning. However, no South African reviews have focused on the quality of studies focusing on child lead poisoning and psychological outcomes (intelligence, cognitive, and behavioural outc

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Schoeman, Johannes Bernardus. "Book Review: Psychology in Context. Cross-Cultural Research Trends in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 18, no. 2 (1988): 64–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124638801800206.

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Macleod, Catriona, Malvern Chiweshe, and Jabulile Mavuso. "A critical review of sanctioned knowledge production concerning abortion in Africa: Implications for feminist health psychology." Journal of Health Psychology 23, no. 8 (2016): 1096–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316644294.

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Taking a feminist health psychology approach, we conducted a systematic review of published research on abortion featured in PsycINFO over a 7-year period. We analysed the 39 articles included in the review in terms of countries in which the research was conducted, types of research, issues covered, the way the research was framed and main findings. Despite 97 per cent of abortions performed in Africa being classifiable as unsafe, there has been no engagement in knowledge production about abortion in Africa from psychologists, outside of South Africa. Given this, we outline the implications of

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Essack, Zaynab, and Douglas R. Wassenaar. "South African Research Ethics Committee Review of Standards of Prevention in HIV Vaccine Trial Protocols." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 13, no. 3 (2018): 239–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1556264618763422.

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HIV prevention trials provide a prevention package to participants to help prevent HIV acquisition. As new prevention methods are proven effective, this raises ethical and scientific design complexities regarding the prevention package or standard of prevention. Given its high HIV incidence and prevalence, South Africa has become a hub for HIV prevention research. For this reason, it is critical to study the implementation of relevant ethical-legal frameworks for such research in South Africa. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews to explore the practices and perspectives of eight me

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Roper, Ken. "The Cross-Cultural Application of Analytical Psychology: A Consideration of the Research of M. Vera Bührmann." South African Journal of Psychology 22, no. 3 (1992): 157–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639202200307.

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M. Vera Bührmann has played an influential role in the development of cross-cultural psychiatry in South Africa. The Jungian paradigm on which she bases her work, however, has a racist element which cannot and should not be ignored in the South African context. Bührmann's own interpretation of Jung is not as overtly evolutionist as some of Jung's own writings. Methodological issues pertinent to her work include her use of a subjective perspective, the representativeness of her respondents and her assumptions about their views, and her relative neglect of sociopolitical and economic issues. Büh

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de Klerk, Jeremias J., Adré B. Boshoff, and René van Wyk. "Measuring Meaning in Life in South Africa: Validation of an Instrument Developed in the USA." South African Journal of Psychology 39, no. 3 (2009): 314–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630903900306.

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Investigations into the construct of meaning in life is an important focus area of psychological research. Research has consistently shown a sense of meaning in life to be a significant correlate of mental health and well-being. Most of this research on meaning in life is conducted worldwide with instruments developed in North America. However, inter-cultural measurement of psychological constructs is a concern, as psychometric instruments in one culture are not necessarily transferable to different cultures. In this case study, we examine whether the Life Regard Index (LRI), developed in the

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Maree, Jacobus G. "Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis." South African Journal of Psychology 45, no. 3 (2015): 332–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246314566785.

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Foster, D. "‘Race’ and Racism in South African Psychology." South African Journal of Psychology 21, no. 4 (1991): 203–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639102100402.

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In this paper the author sketches how the issues of ‘race’ and racism have been taken up on the psychological terrain in South Africa over the past century. Racism manifested as both segregation and inequality in mental health provisions, and was actively promoted by leading psychologists. Psychologists on the other side of a political divide however turned attention to analysis of race relations mainly through the study of prejudice. Three areas of research are reviewed. While some useful findings have emerged, certain criticisms may be directed against this liberal framework of ‘race’ as pre

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Edwards, David. "The Challenge of Hypertension to South African Health Psychology. 2. The Epidemiological, Economic, Social and Political Context." South African Journal of Psychology 22, no. 3 (1992): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639202200302.

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This is the second of two papers which examine the contribution that health psychology can make to the problem of hypertension in South Africa. Essentially hypertension is a chronic medical condition that leads to increased susceptibility to life-threatening diseases. In this paper the author summarizes data on its high prevalence in the various South African race groups, and on the low rates of diagnosis and treatment. Research on the possibility of genetic susceptibility of blacks to hypertension is reviewed. An analysis of the political, economic and social context, and the state of the hea

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Nell, Victor. "Interpretation and Misinterpretation of the South African Wechsler-Bellevue Adult Intelligence Scale: A History and a Prospectus." South African Journal of Psychology 24, no. 2 (1994): 100–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639402400208.

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The South African Wechsler is based on the 1939 Wechsler-Bellevue Adult Intelligence Scale. However, the name under which it was published by the National Institute of Personnel Research in 1969, the ‘South African Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale’, has led a generation of South African psychologists to believe that this instrument is a local verson of the 1955 WAIS, a fundamentally revised and renormed Wechsler-Bellevue. It is argued that the continued use of the South African Wechsler-Bellevue, with its outdated norms and unknown statistical properties, is not in the public interest, and th

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Kaminer, Debra, Michael Owen, and Byron Schwartz. "Systematic review of the evidence base for treatment of common mental disorders in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 48, no. 1 (2017): 32–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246317704126.

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The scarcity of mental health resources in low- and middle-income countries requires the identification of effective interventions that can be taken to scale in a cost-efficient manner. Yet the evidence base for treatment of common mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries remains limited. As one of the better resourced countries on the African continent, South Africa could potentially play a leading role in developing an African evidence base for mental health care. This study sought to describe and evaluate the South African evidence base for treating common mental disorders. A sy

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Silaigwana, Blessing, and Douglas Wassenaar. "Research Ethics Committees’ Oversight of Biomedical Research in South Africa: A Thematic Analysis of Ethical Issues Raised During Ethics Review of Non-Expedited Protocols." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 14, no. 2 (2019): 107–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1556264618824921.

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In South Africa, biomedical research cannot commence until it has been reviewed and approved by a local research ethics committee (REC). There remains a dearth of empirical data on the nature and frequency of ethical issues raised by such committees. This study sought to identify ethical concerns typically raised by two South African RECs. Meeting minutes for 180 protocols reviewed between 2009 and 2014 were coded and analyzed using a preexisting framework. Results showed that the most frequent queries involved informed consent, respect for participants, and scientific validity. Interestingly,

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Sharratt, Pamela. "Is Educational Psychology Alive and Well in the New South Africa?" South African Journal of Psychology 25, no. 4 (1995): 211–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639502500402.

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Educational psychology in South Africa has been defined in the past as an interventional and helping profession, mainly focused on the alleviation of educational problems such as learning disability or emotional issues that interfere with the educational process. Educational psychologists, apparently by predeliction, have had little to do with the general processes of learning and schooling, nor have they been concerned with educational policy issues. This may be partly to do with the fact that the training of educational psychologists in South Africa is generally light in the theory of cognit

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Kessi, Shose. "Community social psychologies for decoloniality: an African perspective on epistemic justice in higher education." South African Journal of Psychology 47, no. 4 (2017): 506–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246317737917.

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The decolonisation of higher education in South Africa is closely linked to questions of knowledge production. The epistemic violence of the colonial encounter has put into question the possibilities and modes of doing research in marginalised communities. In this article, I argue that praxis in community social psychology can lead to more relevant and just research methods, especially when rooted in liberation thinking. In the South African and African context, this requires an engagement with the particularities of Blackness and the Black experience. Drawing on examples of participatory acti

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Francis, Leslie J., Shirley Kerr, and Christopher Alan Lewis. "Assessing Attitude towards Christianity among Adolescents in South Africa: The Francis Scale." South African Journal of Psychology 35, no. 1 (2005): 147–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630503500109.

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To facilitate cross-cultural research in the psychology of religion, a sample of 453 young people from Grades 8, 9,10,11 and 12 attending a secondary school within the provincial education department in South Africa completed the Francis scale of Attitude Towards Christianity. The data provide preliminary evidence that supports the reliability and validity of this instrument, and commend it for further examination across a wider and more representative sample of learners within other ethnic and language groups in South Africa.

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Hickson, Joyce, and Grania M. Christie. "Research on Cross-Cultural Counselling and Psychotherapy: Implications for the South African Context." South African Journal of Psychology 19, no. 3 (1989): 162–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124638901900307.

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Training programmes in cross-cultural competencies have focused on the three interrelated areas of knowledge, awareness and skills. Cross-cultural theorists have found that many Third World clients experience the values of counselling to be inconsistent with their life experiences. Owing to the influence of western variables which operate as potential sources of conflict such clients also often view therapy as an unknown, mystifying process. A major implication of the article is that because of the mismatch between western psychology theory and a Third World environment, the theory and practic

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Bantjes, Jason, and Ashraf Kagee. "Epidemiology of suicide in South Africa: Setting an agenda for future research." South African Journal of Psychology 43, no. 2 (2013): 238–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246313482627.

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Biesheuvel, Simon. "Neutrality, Relevance and Accountability in Psychological Research and Practice in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 21, no. 3 (1991): 131–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639102100301.

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Sooryamoorthy, R., and Mzwandile Makhoba. "The Family in Modern South Africa: Insights from Recent Research." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 47, no. 3 (2016): 309–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.47.3.309.

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Abrahams, F. "The (un)Fair Usage of the 16PF (SA92) in South Africa: A Response to C.H. Prinsloo and I. Ebersöhn." South African Journal of Psychology 32, no. 3 (2002): 58–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630203200308.

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A study completed in 1996, challenged the continued usage of the 16PF (SA92), and found that this imported test was biased against black mother-tongue speakers in the South African context. Six years later, Prinsloo and Ebersohn questioned the methodological and statistical techniques employed in the study. This article is a response to their claims and reaffirms the results and position that the necessary research must be conducted on imported tests, prior to it's adoption within South Africa.

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Botha, Ryan, Dap Louw, and Sonja Loots. "Psychopathy and its relation to personality psychopathology in a South African female forensic context." South African Journal of Psychology 48, no. 2 (2017): 230–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246317715351.

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There is a paucity of research about personality pathology among female offenders. This study aims to address this gap in the forensic psychology empirical base by examining the relationship between female psychopathy, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist–Revised, and personality disorders, as measured by the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III in a South African forensic context. Participants included 108 purposively sampled female offenders incarcerated in South Africa. The Kruskal–Wallis H test and Mann–Whitney U test revealed a number of significant differences in levels of person

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Thatcher, Andrew, and Shamira Goolam. "Defining the South African Internet ‘Addict’: Prevalence and Biographical Profiling of Problematic Internet Users in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 35, no. 4 (2005): 766–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630503500409.

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Recent research findings indicate that some users of the Internet spend so much time on the Internet that their personal and/or professional lives suffer. The term Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) has been used to describe a psychological disorder where individuals cannot resist engaging with the Internet, although an argument is made to use the term problematic Internet use in this study. This article reports on a descriptive, exploratory study to assess the extent of problematic Internet use in the South African population as well as an exploratory look at the biographical characteristics a

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Rabie, Stephan, and Anthony V. Naidoo. "Validating the adaptation of the first career measure in isiXhosa: the South African Career Interest Inventory–isiXhosa version." South African Journal of Psychology 49, no. 1 (2018): 109–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246318772419.

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South African career counselling practices have predominantly been informed by vocational theories and models developed in the United States and Europe. In view of South Africa’s peculiar history and its unique cultural and linguistic environment, the indiscriminate application of Western career models has become increasingly contentious, as the majority of these models fail to account for culture-specific values that influence an individual’s career interests, decision-making, and development. The South African Career Interest Inventory was developed to address this contention, through operat

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Stead, Graham B., and Mark B. Watson. "Career Research in South Africa: Challenges for the Future." Journal of Vocational Behavior 52, no. 3 (1998): 289–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.1997.1627.

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Naidoo, Sarojini, and Steven J. Collings. "Suicidal and Death Ideation in a Cohort of Psychiatric Outpatients." Psychology and Developing Societies 29, no. 2 (2017): 288–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971333617716849.

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In Africa, data on the prevalence and predictors of death and suicidal ideation is lacking. In this study, a cross-sectional design was used to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for death and suicidal ideation in a cohort of 239 psychiatric patients receiving outpatient treatment at nine sites in the Durban area (South Africa) in 2015. Prevalence rates for death and suicidal ideation were high, with 35 (16%) patients reporting death ideation and 95 (40%) reporting suicidal ideation. Both death and suicidal ideation were significantly associated with unemployment (ORs = 2.61 and 2.34,

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Watson, Mark B., Cheryl D. Foxcroft, and Graham B. Stead. "Factor Analysis of the Career Decision Scale on South African High School Students." Psychological Reports 69, no. 3_suppl (1991): 1083–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1991.69.3f.1083.

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A factor analytic study of the Career Decision Scale—High School version of Hartman and Hartman on 312 white South African adolescents from Grades 11 and 12 was undertaken. A simple two-factor structure emerged which accounted for 47.36% of the total variance in the scores. These results support the use of the version as a differential measure of career indecision and indicate that the number and structure of factors can change across populations. The implications of these results for research in South Africa are considered.

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Eskell-Blokland, Linda Marie. "Listening to Oral Traditions in a Re-searching for Praxis in a Non-western Context." Journal of Health Management 11, no. 2 (2009): 355–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097206340901100206.

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The relevance and appropriateness of western oriented psychology in practice and research is a concern in developing and non-western contexts. It is difficult to address this problem from any alternative position other than the western academic frame if one is situated in a tertiary educational institution in South Africa. In acknowledgement, this article explores the academic context including some local voices from the field in a search for possible congruent research methodologies, which may echo knowledge systems of the traditions of the local context in South Africa and its broader contex

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van der Vaart, Leoni, Hans De Witte, Anja Van den Broeck, and Sebastiaan Rothmann. "A psychosocial typology of the unemployed in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 48, no. 2 (2017): 179–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246317721600.

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were different types of unemployed people in South Africa. A psychosocial typology, developed in Europe, identified five types of unemployed people based on their attitudes, behaviour, and experiences. To determine whether the same types could be found in South Africa, we studied a convenience sample of 381 unemployed individuals residing in the Potchefstroom area in the North West province in South Africa. Latent class analysis indicated that only four types of unemployed could be identified in this study: optimists, the desperate, the di

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Stones, Christopher R., P. C. L. Heaven, and C. Bester. "POLITICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES IN SOUTH AFRICA." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 25, no. 2 (1997): 105–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1997.25.2.105.

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This investigation sought to determine the correlates of attitudes towards the new ANC-dominated government in South Africa among two groups of White university students. To a large extent, the research replicates an earlier project conducted in 1986 which investigated the predictors of attitudes towards the ANC at a time when it was banned as were its leaders who were either imprisoned or in exile. Results indicate that conformity to group norms was of importance in the Afrikaans-speaking sample as was patriotism, authoritarian behavior and prejudiced attitudes. Conversely, attitudes in the E

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Montanari, A., and E. A. Zietkiewicz. "Adolescent South African Ballet Dancers." South African Journal of Psychology 30, no. 2 (2000): 31–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630003000204.

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This paper is an attempt to address the severe paucity in both South African and international literature concerning eating disordered behaviour in young ballet dancers. Allegations suggest that for decades a conspiratorial silence has been maintained in the dancing world around the eating disordered behaviours of performers. The only serious suggestions alluding to high levels of eating disordered behaviour among performers in South Africa have appeared anecdotally in the popular media. Previous international research has suggested that dancers could not possibly maintain their sylph-like phy

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Brownell, A. J. J., A. C. De Jager, and C. F. M. Madlala. "Applying First-World Psychological Models and Techniques in a Third-World Context." School Psychology International 8, no. 1 (1987): 34–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014303438700800105.

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Aspects of the indigenous healing system in contemporary South African society Anthropological research in recent years has clearly shown that health service programmes of technologically advanced societies cannot simply be transplanted to developing societies without taking specific cultural factors into account (Loudon, 1976; Kleinman, 1980; Jansen, 1982). The extensive practice of traditional healing in South Africa has long been established and appears to be gaining momentum (Holdstock, 1979). The different needs of First- and Third-world peoples within South Africa, as manifested in the e

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Glencross, Michael J., and Varghese I. Cherian. "Attitudes toward Applied Statistics of Postgraduate Students in Education in the Lebowa Region of South Africa." Psychological Reports 77, no. 1 (1995): 315–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.1.315.

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The 1990 McCall, Belli, and Madjidi Statistics Altitude Scale was administered to 50 postgraduate students in education at the University of the North, Lebowa, South Africa at the end of a course on educational research methods. The estimate of internal consistency was .92. Analysis supported the 1992 findings of Glencross and Cherian obtained elsewhere in South Africa.

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Dunne, Ilka, and Anita Bosch. "Graduate identity development in South Africa." Journal of Managerial Psychology 30, no. 3 (2015): 304–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmp-06-2013-0200.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the misunderstandings that hamper the graduate identity development process of black South African graduates in the first year of work. The authors introduce the role of an independent mediator in supporting identity development in a graduate development programme (GDP). The independent mediator mediates between graduate and manager when misunderstandings occur that inhibit the warranting process during professional identity development. Design/methodology/approach – In seeking to understand the graduate transition from student to professional

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Lazarides, Athena, Douglas R. Wassenaar, and Thabo Sekhesa. "A thematic content analysis of suicide notes from South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 49, no. 1 (2018): 148–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246318780144.

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Suicide remains a serious public health problem nationally and globally. Rates of completed suicide in South Africa are reported to be 13.25 per 100,000. Data are needed to assist in the understanding of suicide and to inform evidence-based prevention efforts. This article presents the first known thematic analysis of suicide notes from South Africa. A sample of 24 suicide notes was collected from three independent sites located in Johannesburg and Durban. Thematic analysis yielded 12 themes that showed marked similarity to themes reported in comparable international studies. Two themes – ‘Exp

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Kozma, Csaba, and Clara Calero-Medina. "The role of South African researchers in intercontinental collaboration." Scientometrics 121, no. 3 (2019): 1293–321. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03230-9.

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Abstract The analysis presented here focuses on mapping, based on publication output, the scientific collaboration of African based researchers and the role of the South African research community as a channel for within- and intercontinental collaborations. We have selected 10 scientific fields, namely, Tropical Medicine, Parasitology, Infectious Disease, Ecology, Water Resources, Immunology, Zoology, Plant Sciences, Agricultural and Food Sciences, and Psychology to gain a clear picture of the aforementioned scientific activity. As a first step, we created cooperation networks and visualized

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van der Westhuyzen, T. W. Bodley, and Cornelis Plug. "The Training of South African Psychologists: Summary of Findings of the PASA Council Committee for Training." South African Journal of Psychology 17, no. 4 (1987): 165–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124638701700408.

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During 1985 the Psychological Association of South Africa (PASA) created a Council Committee for Training to investigate various aspects of the training of professional psychologists in South Africa. A summary of the Committee's report is presented here. The investigation included a questionnaire survey of relevant university departments and intern training institutions to establish current training practices and problems. Recommendations include the establishment of a non-binding system of exchange of specialists between training institutions, revision of the internship requirements for sever

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Macleod, Catriona Ida, Jabulile Mary-Jane Jace Mavuso, Malvern Chiweshe, and Ryan du Toit. "Psychological knowledge production about abortion: the politics of location and representation." BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 45, no. 4 (2019): 290–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2018-200208.

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BackgroundDespite considerable psychology research being conducted on abortion, there has been no study of the history of psychological knowledge production on the topic. The aim of our research was to analyse journal articles published in English language psychology journals using a politics of location and of representation analytical lens.Study designA systematic search for articles published on abortion in psychology journals from 1960 to 2015 was conducted. A mixed-method approach (content analysis and narrative review) was used to analyse the dataset. Articles were coded according to: de

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Mwaba, Kelvin, and Nicolette Vanessa Roman. "Body Image Satisfaction Among a Sample of Black Female South African Students." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 37, no. 7 (2009): 905–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2009.37.7.905.

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Numerous research studies have established a strong relationship between body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. As more and more young people in South Africa embrace Western values, the aspiration to attain the Western body ideal of beauty may be putting some women at risk of developing eating disorders. This study focused on body image satisfaction among a sample of 150 black South African female university students. Data were collected using a revised Body Shape Questionnaire (Cooper, Taylor, Cooper, & Fairburn, 1987). The results showed the majority of the women were satisfied with

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Sully, Max. "The Construct of Work and Non-Work in Rural South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 27, no. 3 (1997): 127–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639702700301.

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The construct of work and non-work was explored in a rural area of South Africa using Repertory Grids. A range of occupational niches were identified, and these provided the basis for the research sample. The research made use of the participants' subjective definitions of work and non-work, based on their personal lived experience. Approximately one third of the participants were unable to identify non-work experience in their lives. The article discusses construct themes associated with the distinction between work and non-work, and those associated with the distinction between most and leas

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Nieuwoudt, Pieter, and Jason Bantjes. "Health professionals talk about the challenges of suicide prevention in two correctional centres in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 49, no. 1 (2018): 70–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246318758803.

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Suicide is the leading cause of death among offenders in correctional facilities in many parts of the world. While epidemiological data have described the extent and scope of the problem, no research has documented the experiences and insights of health professionals who are tasked with providing care to suicidal offenders in South African correctional centres. It is within this context that we set out to document the experiences of a group of health professionals working in two correctional facilities in South Africa. We were interested in learning from them about their perceptions of the fac

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Dass-Brailsford, Priscilla. "Exploring Resiliency: Academic Achievement among Disadvantaged Black Youth in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 35, no. 3 (2005): 574–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630503500311.

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This study attempted to understand how a group of black youth in South Africa who experienced poverty achieved academic success and demonstrated a resilient trajectory. Through a qualitative research design that included ethnographic interviewing, case studies and observation, an insider's perspective was gained. This method was chosen for its ability to generate rich descriptive accounts and use multiple data sources. The results of this study indicated that this group of black students who achieved academic success in South Africa was high achieving, had strong initiative and motivation, was

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Donald, David, and Jill Swart-Kruger. "The South African Street Child: Developmental Implications." South African Journal of Psychology 24, no. 4 (1994): 169–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639402400401.

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Given the nature and the extent of the problem, the psychological and developmental implications of the street child phenomenon in South Africa needs to be more closely examined. Current research on street children presents us with a paradox — with evidence of developmental risk and vulnerability on the one hand and of resourcefulness, adaptability and coping on the other. This paradoxical evidence is reviewed from the perspective of physical, emotional, social and cognitive/educational development. Implications for intervention are explored. In particular, the issue of what defines developmen

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