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  • Experiences of trauma and DNA methylation profiles among African American mothers and children 
    Barcelona, Veronica; Huang, Yunfeng; Caceres, Billy A.; Newhall, Kevin P.; Hui, Qin; Cerdena, Jessica P.; Crusto, Cindy A.; Sun, Yan V.; Taylor, Jacquelyn Y. (MDPI, 2022-08-11)
    Potentially traumatic experiences have been associated with chronic diseases. Epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation (DNAm), have been proposed as an explanation for this association. We examined the association ...
  • An exploration of the experiences of adolescents living with HIV 
    Pienaar, L.L. (Louisa Leanie); Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna) (Routledge, 2012-02)
    This research endeavours to voice the told and untold stories of adolescents who have been living with HIV and have to adhere to chronic disease management at the Kalafong Hospital’s Paediatric HIV Clinic in Pretoria, South ...
  • Exploring gender subversion and recuperation in anal fisting among gay men 
    Martin, Jarred H. (Sage, 2020-09)
    Anal fisting among gay men, that is, the sexual(ised) and erotic (single or partnered) practice of inserting the hand(s) and/or forearm(s) into the anus and rectum, has historically been framed in medical and medico-forensic ...
  • Exploring the factors of the English Comprehension Test 
    Arendse, Danille Elize; Maree, David J.F. (Sage, 2019-09)
    The empirically designed English Comprehension Test was initially developed as a means of assessing individual’s English comprehension skills. The test development of the English Comprehension Test led to the piloting of ...
  • Exposure to domestic violence and identity development among adolescent university students in South Africa 
    Makhubela, Malose Silas (Ammons Scientific, 2012-06)
    This study examined the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and identity development in a sample of 108 undergraduate students with an average age of 18.7 yr. from University of Limpopo in South Africa. ...
  • The expression of personality among adolescents exposed to community interpersonal violence 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Coetzee, Nicoleen; Claassen, Marleen (Sage, 2016)
    The high level of crime in South Africa affects many adolescents. Experience of community interpersonal violence affects the social, emotional and cognitive functioning of adolescents and could have an impact on their ...
  • An expressive art group intervention for sexually abused adolescent females 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Du Plessis, Jessica (Taylor and Francis, 2015-12)
    OBJECTIVE : South Africa has a high prevalence of sexual abuse of children and adolescents. Among the numerous adverse consequences of sexual abuse is the difficulty survivors may experience in developing a positive ...
  • Facial adiposity, attractiveness, and health : a review 
    De Jager, Stefan; Coetzee, Nicoleen; Coetzee, Vinet (BioMed Central, 2018-12-21)
    The relationship between facial cues and perceptions of health and attractiveness in others plays an influential role in our social interactions and mating behaviors. Several facial cues have historically been investigated ...
  • Factorial validity of the death obsession scale in African university students 
    Mashegoane, Solomon; Makhubela, Malose Silas (Taylor and Francis, 2016)
    In this study the factor structure of the Death Obsession Scale (DOS) was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. Data used consisted of DOS reports of 328 Black African students. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed ...
  • Factors influencing the choice to shop online : a psychological study in a South African context 
    De Swardt, Maray; Wagner, Claire (Unisa Press, 2008)
    As the Internet and opportunities for online shopping are growing at a very fast pace worldwide, investigating this phenomenon within a South African context is crucial considering that it is a relatively new trend in ...
  • Fanon via Lacan, or: decolonization by psychoanalytic means … ? 
    Hook, Derek (Routledge, 2020)
    Lacanian psychoanalysis is often considered antithetical to Frantz Fanon's decolonizing political project. This paper argues, by contrast, that by exploring hitherto under-explored aspects of the Fanon-Lacan relation we ...
  • Fanon/Lacan : sites of intersection 
    Hook, Derek (Edinburgh University Press, 2020-12)
    Three questions motivate this paper's investigation of various intersections between the work of Frantz Fanon and Jacques Lacan. First, what hitherto under-explored references to Lacan's work are to be found in Fanon's ...
  • Fisting intimacy : the sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men’s anal fisting 
    Martin, Jarred H. (Routledge, 2023)
    Anal fisting has often been caricatured as an aggressive, if not violent, mode of sexual and erotic practice between gay men, circumscribed by discourses of risk, danger, and even death. In this study, I explore how a ...
  • 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 ...
  • “From psychology in Africa to African psychology” : going nowhere slowly 
    Makhubela, Malose Silas (Psychology In Society, 2016)
    This provocation reimagines the dominant indigenisation discourse of psychology in South Africa, which conceives the process of “decolonizing” as equivalent to “Africanizing”. I argue that some African psychologists’ ...
  • The future of teaching research in the social sciences 
    Wagner, Claire (Unisa Press, 2009)
    Current literature on teaching research methodology in the social sciences highlights the changing nature of our world in terms of its complexity and diversity, and points to how this affects the way in which we search for ...
  • Gender expression and mental health in Black South African men who have sex with men: further explorations of unexpected findings 
    Sandfort, T.G.M. (Theo); Bos, Henny; Reddy, Vasu (Springer, 2018-11)
    Unlike studies conducted in Western countries, two studies among Black South African men who have sex with men (MSM) found no support for the association between gender nonconformity and mental distress, even though ...
  • Gender nonconformity, discrimination, and mental health among Black South African men who have sex with men : a further exploration of unexpected findings 
    Sandfort, T.G.M. (Theo); Bos, Henny; Knox, Justin; Reddy, Vasu (Springer, 2016-04)
    Using data from a study about HIV risk among Black South African MSM, we aimed to ascertain whether unexpected findings about the relationship between gender nonconformity, discrimination, and mental health in this ...
  • Gender outlaws or a slow bending of norms? South African bisexual women’s treatment of gender binaries 
    Lynch, Ingrid; Maree, David J.F. (Sage, 2018-12)
    A monosexual configuration of sexuality assumes that sexual desire is directed at either men or women. Bisexuality resists a choice between oppositional categories and is often theorised as having a transgressive potential ...
  • 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 ...