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Research Articles (Psychology): Recent submissions

  • Subjective experience of depressed mood among medical students at the University of Pretoria 
    Van Niekerk, Linette; Viljoen, A.J.; Rischbieter, Paul; Scribante, L. (In House Publications, 2008-03)
    INTRODUCTION: Following the suicide of a 4th-year medical student, questions were raised as to whether medical students are more vulnerable to depression and suicide than their counterparts studying other courses at the ...
  • Playing sport in the stormy sea of street life 
    Human, Lourens H.; Thomas, Mary (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2008-06)
    Currently, there are many street children in South Africa (SA). They have been robbed from the safe harbour of family life and on a daily basis experience the stormy sea of street life. Society has an obligation to intervene ...
  • Psychosis in Alzheimer's disease : prevalence, clinical characteristics, symptom co-morbidity, and aetiology 
    Cassimjee, Nafisa (Psychological Society of South Africa, 2008-04)
    Alzheimer's disease was identified almost a century ago. Cognitive morbidity (deterioration in memory, attention, language, and executive functioning) was regarded as a sufficient index for the description and diagnosis ...
  • Substance abuse and psychological well-being of South African adolescents 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Routledge, Leigh-Anne (Psychological Society of South Africa, 2007-08)
    This research aimed at identifying patterns of substance abuse among South African adolescents and exploring the relationship between psychological well-being and substance abuse. Psychological well-being was assessed with ...
  • 'Laughter' in the crags : exploring discourse during rock climbing 
    Human, Lourens H.; Kriek, H.S. (Drikus); Potgieter, S. (African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2007-12)
    This study focused on the discourse constructed during the adventure sport of rock climbing. The researchers adopted a discursive psychology position from which they captured the discourse of rock climbers busy doing rock ...
  • New meanings of “home” in Souh Africa 
    Marchetti-Mercer, Maria Chiara (University of the Free State - Sasol Library, 2006-08)
    The search for a place we can call "home" and where we feel we can truly belong is a common human experience. This article explores the different meanings attached to the concept of home and how these influence our experience ...
  • Tax compliance and behavioural response in South Africa : an alternative investigation 
    Gcabo, R.P.E. (Rebone Prella Ethel); Robinson, Zurika; Robinson, Z. Clausen (Juta, 2007-09)
    Taxpayer behaviour has in South Africa moved to the forefront of the investigation of revenue collection with regular tax awareness campaigns being launched by the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Issues relating to ...
  • HIV/AIDS prevention through peer education and support in secondary schools in South Africa 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-11)
    The implementation and evaluation of a peer education and support programme in secondary schools to prevent and reduce high-risk sexual behaviour amongst adolescents is discussed. The aims of the programme were to provide ...
  • The virtual shopping basket versus the shopping trolley : an exploratory investigation of consumers' experience 
    Van Staden, Surette; Maree, David J.F. (South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 2005)
    The aim of the study was to describe the thoughts and emotions of consumers with regard to both online shopping and traditional shopping. A homogenous sample of ten female respondents participated in this qualitative study ...
  • Voices from the margins : towards conservation of local knowledge in psychology during incorporation 
    Bakker, Therese Maria (Terri) (Unisa Press, 2007)
    The Department of Psychology of what was previously Vista University has recently been incorporated into a number of different institutions as part of the transformation of higher education in South Africa. During the 21 ...
  • Looking for opinion leaders : traditional vs. modern measures in traditional societies 
    Weimann, Gabriel; Tustin, Deon Harold; Van Vuuren, Daan; Joubert, J.P.R. (Oxford University Press, 2007-04)
    Since the introduction of the opinion leadership conceptualization, both practitioners and academics have been keenly interested in its applicability in modern society. Numerous studies have been conducted to identify ...
  • Teaching research methodology : implications for psychology on the road ahead 
    Wagner, Claire; Maree, David J.F. (Psychological Society of South Africa, 2007-04)
    This article examines the ways in which academics who teach undergraduate research methodology courses conceptualise research and scholarship and the role these aspects play in the way they construct their courses. In-depth ...
  • Stigmatizing attitudes of the community towards people living with HIV/AIDS 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Lehobye, Kopo (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006-01)
    This research involved an exploratory study in which a questionnaire was used to investigate the personal stigma and perceived community stigma regarding HIV/AIDS in a South African community. Student fieldworkers interviewed ...
  • Meta-analysis of dynamic assessment research in South Africa 
    Murphy, Raegan; Maree, David J.F. (International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2006-07)
    The need for tertiary education screening in South Africa has highlighted the role dynamic assessment has to play in this regard, and as no cumulative statistical conclusions can be drawn from single case studies, it was ...