Browsing Research Articles (Psychology) by Author "Forsyth, Brian William Cameron"

Browsing Research Articles (Psychology) by Author "Forsyth, Brian William Cameron"

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  • The coping strategies used over a two-year period by HIV-positive women who had been diagnosed during pregnancy 
    Kotze, Marinda; Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Routledge, 2013)
    Structured interviews were conducted with 224 HIV-positive women diagnosed during pregnancy, at antenatal clinics in Tshwane, South Africa, in order to investigate the use of coping strategies during the first two years ...
  • Development and piloting of a mother and child intervention to promote resilience in young children of HIV-infected mothers in South Africa 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Finestone, Michelle; Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Boeving-Allen, Alex; Ferreira, Ronel; Eloff, Irma; Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Elsevier, 2012-11)
    This paper describes the process of developing a parallel intervention for HIV-positive mothers and their youngchildren (6–10 years) with a view to strengthening the relationship between them. Strong mother–child relationships ...
  • Development of parallel scales to measure HIV-related stigma 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Kershaw, Trace S.; Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Springer, 2008-09)
    HIV-related stigma is a multidimensional concept which has pervasive effects on the lives of HIV-infected people as well as serious consequences for the management of HIV/AIDS. In this research three parallel stigma scales ...
  • HIV/AIDS stigma in a South African community 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Vandormael, Alain Marc; Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Taylor & Francis, 2009-02)
    HIV/AIDS-related stigma threatens to undermine interventions to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. To address stigma in a South African community, a thorough understanding of the nature of stigma in the specific cultural context ...
  • Impact of structured support groups for pregnant South African women recently diagnosed HIV positive 
    Mundell, Jonathan Peter; Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Kershaw, Trace S.; Forsyth, Brian William Cameron; Jeffery, Bridget; Sikkema, Kathleen J. (Routledge, 2011-08)
    The authors of this study evaluated a structured 10-session psy- chosocial support group intervention for newly HIV-diagnosed pregnant South African women. Participants were expected to display increases in HIV disclosure, ...
  • Psychosocial variables associated with coping of HIV-positive women diagnosed during pregnancy 
    Kotze, Marinda; Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Springer, 2013-02)
    To identify psychosocial variables related to the use of coping strategies by HIV-positive South African women diagnosed during pregnancy, structured interviews were conducted with 224 HIV-positive women at antenatal ...
  • Support group processes : perspectives from HIV-infected women in South Africa 
    Mundell, Jonathan Peter; Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Forsyth, Brian William Cameron; Sikkema, Kathleen J. (Routledge, 2012)
    This study examined the experiences and perceived benefits of support group participation among HIV-infected women in South Africa. From a qualitative analysis of responses, key psychological processes through which support ...
  • To tell or not to tell : South African women's disclosure of HIV status during pregnancy 
    Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna); Neufeld, Sharon A.; De Villiers, Annelize; Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Forsyth, Brian William Cameron (Routledge, 2008-10)
    HIV-positive pregnant women often do not disclose their serostatus to their partners, family and friends, creating potential barriers to preventing sexual transmission to partners and mother-to-child transmission through ...