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A systematic review regarding women’s emotional and psychological experiences of high-risk pregnancies
(Springer Nature, 2020)
High-risk pregnancy refers to a pregnancy that negatively affects the health of the mother, the baby,
or both. High-risk pregnancy evokes a range of emotional and psychological experiences for the expectant mother,
and ...
Children’s hope in South Africa: A population-based Study
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)
A growing body of research has provided evidence for the cognitive motivational construct of hope as a psychological strength, particularly for children in adverse social circumstances. In children, hope is defined as a ...
A looming mental health pandemic in the time of COVID-19? Role of fortitude in the interrelationship between loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction among young adults
(SAGE, 2021)
This study investigates loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction among a sample of young adults in
South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the role of fortitude in the interrelationship
between these ...
Depression among health care students in the time of COVID-19: The mediating role of resilience in the hopelessness–depression relationship
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
COVID-19 spread rapidly across the world, and by March 2020, the first case of COVID-19
was identified in South Africa. Lockdown-related measures such as restricted movement and
isolation were implemented to contain the ...
Leading with heart: Academic leadership during the COVID-19 crisis
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every sphere of life. It has brought into sharp focus
not only the critical role that leaders have to play in taking charge of their organisations and
employees, but the complexity of ...
Fostering family resilience: A community participatory action research perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Theoretically, increasing family resilience, may contribute to an increase the resilience of communities. However families in South Africa experience challenges to their resilience, often owing to a variety of historic, ...
The loneliness–life satisfaction relationship: The parallel and serial mediating role of hopelessness, depression and ego-resilience among young adults in south africa during covid-19
(MPDI, 2021)
Recently, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several lockdown and stay-at-home regulations have been implemented worldwide. In this regard, loneliness has been identified as the signature mental health consequence ...
Behaviour is the key in a pandemic: The direct and indirect effects of Covid-19-related variables on psychological wellbeing
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of three COVID-19-related
variables (i.e., risk perception, knowledge, and behaviour) on four indices of pandemicrelated mental health (i.e., anxiety, depression, ...
“It had a lot of cultural stuff in it”: HIV-serodiscordant african American couples' experiences of a culturally congruent sexual health intervention
(International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, 2020)
The increased life expectancy of people living with HIV has brought about an increase in serodiscordant couples, in which there is risk of HIV transmission. Therefore, interventions that promote sexual health and reduce ...
Exploring adversities among parents convicted of killing their children
(PLOS ONE, 2020-07-22)
Experiencing adversities has been associated with the use of violence but this has not been
explored with filicide offenders in South Africa. Individual, semi-structured interviews were
conducted with 22 parents/steppa ...