• Coping with racism : exploring the experiences of the post-1994 generation of black students at a historically whites-only university in South Africa 

  Hufft, Esi; Sibanda, Sharon (Universita del Salento, 2023-12)

  This study explored how the post-apartheid generation of Black students cope with institutional racism and overt acts of racism at an historically Whites-only university. The experiences reported by Black students indicate ...
• Information, motivation and behavioral skills as mediators between sexual minority stigma and condomless anal sex among Black South African men who have sex with men 

  Knox, Justin; Shiau, Stephanie; Kutner, Bryan; Reddy, Vasu; Dolezal, Curtis; Sandfort, T.G.M. (Theo) (Springer, 2023-05)

  We assessed pathways between sexual minority stigma and condomless anal intercourse (CAI) among two samples of Black South African men who have sex with other men (MSM). Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in Tshwane, ...
• Fostering collective responsibility in prevention and ending gender-based violence issues 

  Di Napoli, Immacolata; Procentese, Fortuna; Visser, Maretha (University of Salento, 2024)

  Gender-based violence is a major health, social, and human rights issue in the global context. It knows no social or economic boundaries and has devastating effects mostly on women and girls of all socio-economic backgrounds ...
• An intervention for boys aimed at the prevention of violence against women – qualitative outcome 

  Visser, Maretha; Ndhlovu, Sasekile (University of Salento, 2024)

  Programmes designed to empower women in an attempt to eradicate violence against them address only one side of the coin. To promote respectful gender relationships, it is also necessary to change the destructive perceptions ...
• No cock needed : exploring the hapto-erotic assemblage of fist-play in gay men’s anal fisting 

  Martin, Jarred H. (Routledge, 2024)

  In this study, I explored how haptic modes of sense, contact, and practice affectively shape, become shaped with/in, the erotic experiences of gay fist-fuckers’ fist-play. Unstructured individual interviews were conducted ...
• On the role of speech In psychoanalysis : revisiting Lacan's function and field 

  Hook, Derek (Sage, 2023-10)

  A number of underutilized concepts in Lacan’s “Function and Field of Language and Speech in Psychoanalysis” are examined with an eye to rendering them accessible and practicable to analysts from outside the Lacanian ...
• A global experience-sampling method study of well-being during times of crisis : the CoCo project 

  Scharbert, Julian; Reiter, Thomas; Sakel, Sophia; Ter Horst, Julian; Geukes, Katharina; Gosling, Samuel D.; Harari, Gabriella; Kroencke, Lara; Matz, Sandra; Schoedel, Ramona; Shani, Maor; Stachl, Clemens; Talaifar, Sanaz; Aguilar, Natalia M.A.; Amante, Dayana; Aquino, Sibele D.; Bastias, Franco; Biesanz, Jeremy C.; Bornamanesh, Alireza; Bracegirdle, Chloe; Campos, Luis A.M.; Ceballos, Maria C.; Chauvin, Bruno; Choychod, Sopa; Coetzee, Nicoleen; Costin, Vlad; Machado, Gustavo d. S.; Dorfman, Anna; Dos Santos, Monika; El-Haddad, Rita W.; Fajkowska, Małgorzata; Gnisci, Augusto; Hadjisolomou, Stavros; Hale III, William W.; Katzir, Maayan; Khechuashvili, Lili; Kheirabadi, Gholamreza; Kirchner-Hausler, Alexander; Kose, Aslı Goncu; Kotzur, Patrick Ferdinand; Kritzler, Sarah; Lu, Jackson G.; Martskvishvili, Khatuna; Mottola, Francesca; Obschonka, Martin; Paolini, Stefania; Perugini, Marco; Rohmer, Odile; Saeedian, Yasser; Sarayuthpitak, Jintana; Sczesny, Sabine; Sergi, Ida; Skimina, Ewa; Talhelm, Thomas; Tangdhanakanond, Kamonwan; Tokat, Tuluce; Torres, Ana R.R.; Torres, Claudio V.; Van Assche, Jasper; Wolvaardt, George G.; Yalçın, Aslı; Buhner, Markus; Van Zalk, Maarten; Back, Mitja D. (Wiley, 2023-10)

  We present a global experience-sampling method (ESM) study aimed at describing, predicting, and understanding individual differences in well-being during times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This international ...
• Rock climbers : deliberate or precautionary risk takers in relation to sensation-seeking 

  Coetzee, Nicoleen; Mostert, Sonja Nicolene; Croukamp, Mariette; Luijk, Armand (North-West University, 2023-09)

  A group of rock climbers were classified into two categories, deliberate or precautionary risk-takers, using the Risk-Taking Inventory (RTI). The aim of the study was to determine if these categories played a role in ...
• A Rasch analysis of the high potential trait indicator : a South African sample 

  Semmelink, David Sanele; Maree, David J.F. (AOSIS, 2023-02)

  The reliability and validity of the six traits comprising the High Potential Trait Indicator (HPTi) were evaluated using Rasch analysis. Focus was designated to the unidimensionality and local independence of each subscale; ...
• A systematic exploratory review investigating the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation : implications for working memory training 

  Pape, Tarryn L.; Maree, David J.F. (Sage, 2023-12)

  Working memory training (WM-T), as an intervention strategy to improve emotion regulation (ER), has become popular in cognitive psychology. However, it poses many different challenges for researchers, and far-transfer ...
• The desire of apartheid 

  Hook, Derek (Routledge, 2023)

  This paper has two objectives. It aims, firstly, to provide an overview of the explanatory dilemmas that J.M. Coetzee highlights in his acclaimed essay “The mind of apartheid” in respect of existing theories of apartheid ...
• A systematic review of fluid intelligence testing with the Raven’s coloured progressive matrices and the quality of education in South Africa 

  Benade, Tanya (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study conducted a Systematic Literature Review to investigate the available knowledge that explores fluid intelligence using Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in contexts where the quality of education may influence ...
• Relational well-being experiences of rural primary school teachers in South Africa 

  Maseko, Sasabona Annah Millicent (University of Pretoria, 2023-03)

  Places of work demand a great deal from individuals, and as such, are often associated with pressures which reduce their well-being. Teachers, particularly those teaching in rural schools, are not spared such challenges. ...
• Exploring the subjective experiences of mothers with children who have committed suicide 

  Msimango, Elizabeth (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Losing a child to suicide is a traumatic experience that any mother can go through. It is considered the worst stressor that may create significant changes in the mother’s life. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to ...
• The psychosocial experiences of activists living with HIV receiving ARV treatment in Limpopo province, South Africa 

  Ntimani, Emmanuel (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The HI- virus continues to spread globally and remains an outcry in the international community and a burden disease in South Africa. The influence and presence of HIV activists in the community positively contributes to ...
• An exploration of students’ lived experiences of Gender-based violence (GBV) at a South African University 

  Mokitle, Kgothatso (University of Pretoria, 2023-07)

  Gender-based violence (GBV) is a general term used to capture violence that is directed at an individual based on their biological sex, gender identity, or adherence to socially constructed norms of masculinity or femininity, ...
• What is a man? Xhosa men’s constructions of masculinity as elicited by Inxeba : the wound 

  Javu, Noluthando (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The available literature indicates a need for research on the intersectionality of gender, sexuality, and culture in South Africa. This study attempted to fill the gap in the existing literature by exploring Xhosa men’s ...
• The impact of blue, green, and urban spaces on acute stress levels in an adult population : a psychophysiological perspective 

  Coetzer, Ruth Mary (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  Stress is an ever-increasing feature of daily life. Particularly, repeated exposures to acute stress can result in multiple poor psychophysiological outcomes. These multiple poor outcomes can be operationalised as chronic ...
• An exploration of psychological factors that contribute to weight maintenance after weight loss surgery 

  Bezuidenhout, Monique (University of Pretoria, 2022-11)

  Research indicates that weight loss surgery (WLS) is the most effective and cost-effective treatment for obesity and weight-related comorbidities. However, twenty percent of individuals who have undergone WLS are not deemed ...
• Group work with married couples : a marriage skills intervention programme to improve the competencies of couples 

  Saunders, Marilyn Cathleen (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Society has become cynical about the institution of marriage because so many marriages end in failure. Recent statistics compiled in South Africa indicate a decline in registered marriages and an increase in divorce cases ...

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