Browsing Research Publications by Author "Padmanabhanunni, Anita"
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The mediating role of teacher identification in the relationship between psychological distress and teacher satisfaction during Covid-19
Jackson, Kyle; Noordien, Zorina; Padmanabhanunni, Anita (SAGE Publications, 2022)The current study examines the potential mediating role of professional identification of school teachers in the relationship between psychological distress and teaching satisfaction. Professional identification is the ... -
The menstruation experience: Attitude dimensions among South African students
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Fennie, Thelma (Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study aimed to investigate the attitudes and experiences regarding menstruation among undergraduate women at a historically disadvantaged South African university. A total of 255 women participated in the study. The ... -
Mental healthcare providers’ attitudes towards the adoption of evidence-based practice in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in South Africa
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Sui, Xin-Cheng (SAGE Publications, 2017)South African society is characterised by a high prevalence of exposure to traumatic events that can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. In treating post-traumatic stress disorder, mental healthcare providers are tasked ... -
Mental healthcare providers’ attitudes towards the adoption of evidence-based practice in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in South Africa
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Sui, Xin-Cheng (SAGE Publications, 2016)South African society is characterised by a high prevalence of exposure to traumatic events that can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. In treating post-traumatic stress disorder, mental healthcare providers are tasked ... -
Perceived vulnerability to disease and the relationship with teacher satisfaction in South Africa during Covid-19: The serial role of burnout, role conflict, and ambiguity
Pretorius, Tyrone Brian; Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Isaacs, Serena Ann (MDPI, 2022)Teachers’ work roles and responsibilities have changed dramatically because of the COVID-19 pandemic. These unprecedented changes have the potential to generate role stress and burnout and reduce teachers’ job satisfaction. ... -
A phenomenological case study of the therapeutic impact of imagery: Rescripting of memories of a rape and episodes of childhood abuse and neglect
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Edwards, David (National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC), 2014)This is a systematic case study of the assessment and treatment of Anna (43), a woman presenting with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a drug-facilitated sexual assault that occurred over twenty years ... -
Promoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: The role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B. (SAGE Publications, 2022)COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students. This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group. Intrinsic and contextual ... -
Promoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: The role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B (SAGE Publications, 2023)COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students. This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group. Intrinsic and contextual ... -
Promoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: the role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B (SAGE Publications Inc, 2023)COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students. This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group. Intrinsic and contextual factors ... -
Psychotraumatology of the war in Ukraine: The question of the psychological care of victims who are refugees or who remain in Ukraine
Stiegler, Nancy; Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B; Bouchard, Jean-Pierre (Elsevier Masson, 2023)The war in Ukraine is a major poly-traumatic event, which leads to massive population displacements. The question of the evaluation and psychological care of psychotraumatized people is an urgent matter. As many countries ... -
The Resilience of South African School Teachers in the Time of COVID-19: Coping with Risk of Infection, Loneliness, and Anxiety
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone (NLM (Medline), 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an overall increase in the global prevalence of mental health disorders and psychological distress. However, against this backdrop, there was also evidence of adaptation and coping, ... -
The resilience of South African school teachers in the time of covid-19: coping with risk of infection, loneliness, and anxiety
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone (MDPI, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an overall increase in the global prevalence of mental health disorders and psychological distress. However, against this backdrop, there was also evidence of adaptation and coping, which ... -
A review of the transportability of cognitive therapy for the treatment of PTSD among South African rape survivors
Padmanabhanunni, Anita (AOSIS, 2017)This study aimed to evaluate the transportability of cognitive therapy (CT) for rape survivors with PTSD to South African conditions. Ten local treatment outcome studies investigating the transportability of CT were ... -
The role of fortitude in relation to exposure to violence among adolescents living in lower socio-economic areas in South Africa
Pretorius, Tyrone B.; Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Campbell, Jerome (Taylor & Francis, 2016)OBJECTIVE: There is compelling evidence that a significant proportion of adolescents exposed to violence do not develop trauma-related symptoms, but adapt successfully. This differential vulnerability has propelled research ... -
The role of resilience in the relationship between role stress and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a crosssectional study
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B; Khamisa, Natasha (BMC Psychology, 2023)Background Stress resistance resources, such as social support and resilience, have been found to be important in promoting psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, most prior research studies ... -
A serial model of the interrelationship between perceived vulnerability to disease, fear of COVID-19, and psychological distress among teachers in South Africa
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B; Stiegler, Nancy; Bouchard, Jean-Pierre (Elsevier, 2021)The current study examined the serial relationship between perceived vulnerability to disease, fear of COVID-19, anxiety, and psychological distress among schoolteachers. Participants were South African school teachers (N ... -
Teacher burnout in the time of Covid-19: Antecedents and psychological consequences
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B. (MDPI, 2023)The important, frontline role of teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic has often gone unrecognized, and attention to their mental health and well-being is often only the focus of scholarly research. The unprecedented ... -
Toward a positive life beyond covid-19: Problem-solving appraisal as a resistance resource in the relationship between stress and well-being in students
Pretorius, Tyrone B.; Padmanabhanunni, Anita (MDPI, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic is a major global stressor that has been associated with elevated risk of negative mental health symptoms. As a helping profession, our main task should be identifying factors that may shield ... -
Trauma nation: Exposure to traumatic events among South African university students
Padmanabhanunni, Anita (Journal of Community Psychology, 2020)The current study investigated exposure to past trauma among South African students at a historically disadvantaged institution (HDI). The student population at HDI's are typically from low-income communities that were ... -
“The ugliness of it seeps into me”: Experiences of vicarious trauma among female psychologists treating survivors of sexual assault
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Gqomfa, Nondumiso (MPDI, 2022)The current study explores the lived experiences of female psychologists who provide psychological treatment to women survivors of sexual assault. These practitioners are a population of special interest due to the ...