BACKGROUND: Disturbed sleep during infancy and early childhood can have a detrimental
effect on parental sleep and consequently parental well-being. However, there is a paucity of
research on how perceived child sleep ...
Population-based serological testing is important to understand the epidemiology and estimate the true cumulative incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to inform public health interventions. ...
Venter, Cornelia Catharina Hendrina; Mostert, Sonja Nicolene; Botha, Tanita(Sage, 2024-09)
The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is a critical period in the development of an individual’s long-term health behaviour. Health literacy is a critical factor in promoting and maintaining health-enhancing ...
COVID-19 has affected many communities across the world prompting different strategies of containing it. The strategies to contain COVID-19 included restrictive environments such as self-isolation and quarantine. This ...
Emerging adulthood is synonymous with high levels of stress and uncertainty, often resulting in anxiety and depression, which negatively impact mental health and well-being. Exploring the experiences of anxiety and depression ...
Mohamed, Ahmed Riaz; Sterkenburg, Paula; Van Rensburg, Esme; Schuengel, Carlo(Wiley, 2023-01)
Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) is an intervention targeted at
enhancing the socioemotional and regulatory functioning of at-risk infants.
However, to use the ABC for infants/toddlers with intellectual ...
BACKGROUND : The incidence of dual diagnosis (DD) (i.e. substance use disorders [SUD] and
co-occurring mental disorders) is widespread; however, they vary widely in permutation and
combination. As a result, establishing ...
ISSUE ADDRESSED : The accessibility of opioid substitution therapy (OST), one of the
recommended treatments for opioid dependence, remains low.
This study sought to explore the perceived effectiveness of OST from ...
Thomas, Tsholofelo Angela; Maree, David J.F.(Routledge, 2024)
Many African higher education entrants have an African language as a first language, whereas English and Afrikaans are default media of instruction in South African higher education institutions (HEIs). This precludes ...
Koen, Vicki; Chigeza, Shingairai; Wissing, Marie P.(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2023)
We explored the relational importance in early and middle adulthood in a South African setting. Informants were 52 participants (female = 58%, African language speaking = 31%, age range = 18–65; younger adults = 50%). Data ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Both local and international research has demonstrated that the early years of a child’s life are crucial for development. Yet, in South Africa, there is limited research centred on Early Childhood Development (ECD) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Venter, Cornelia Catharina Hendrina(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-14)
The transition from adolescence to young adulthood, particularly during the undergraduate years, is a critical period for the development of long-term health behaviours. As students begin to take responsibility for their ...