Search Results - "South African Journal of Psychology"

University students’ mental health and emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown by Cooper, Saths, Kramers-Olen, Anne L

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown had a profound effect on human life. This research explores the influence of COVID-19-related experiences on the…”
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Psychology and COVID-19 : impacts, themes and way forward by Pillay, Anthony L., Barnes, Brendon R.

“…COVID-19 has brought a new set of challenges at a time when poorer nations were struggling with existing burdens. However, the lockdown restrictions aimed at…”
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Subjective well-being : a general overview by Diener, Ed, Ryan, Katherine

“…We provide a comprehensive review of the field of subjective well-being in terms of its societal and individual benefits, demographic correlates, theories of…”
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Frantz Fanon and the decolonial turn in psychology : from modern/ colonial methods to the decolonial attitude by Maldonado-Torres, Nelson

“…Frantz Fanon, one of the foremost theoreticians of racism, colonization, and decolonization was a psychiatrist by training who wrote about psychology, social…”
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Mental health and COVID-19 in South Africa by Cooper, Saths, Kramers-Olen, Anne L

“…COVID-19, the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has affected most parts of the globe since its first appearance in the city of…”
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Undergraduate psychology student experiences during COVID-19: challenges encountered and lessons learnt by Cooper, Saths, Kramers-Olen, Anne L

“…National strategies to manage COVID-19, including lockdown, have caused significant disruption to student learning and to the ways that students engage with…”
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Managing the Covid-19 pandemic in South African Schools: turning challenge into opportunity by Maree, Jacobus Gideon

“…This article reports on challenges faced today by the South African schooling system due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the emphasis on the public school…”
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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 by Cooper, Saths, Kramers-Olen, Anne L

“…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…”
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Freedom from American psychology by Ratele, Kopano

“…In this article, I argue that although our society became free in 1994, there is a way in which many psychologists and psychology students remain unfree. The…”
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Our grief matters – loss, grief, and mourning in Black vertically infected HIV-positive adolescents by Patel, Ruby

“…Within the South African context, psychoanalysis as praxis and research has not located itself outside of the country’s long, violent, and oppressive…”
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Colonial methodologies: a discourse analysis of medical students’ talk about psychology by Fadda, Arianna Tello, Rafaely, Daniella

“…The historical tension between the natural and social sciences, and the associated discourses of superiority and inferiority, remains prevalent today in…”
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Celebrating 30 years of masculinities scholarship in the South African Journal of Psychology by Langa, Malose, Kane, Christopher, Kabongo, Tshisuaka E

“…The study of masculinities, and its intersection with psychology, has been a significant area of inquiry in South Africa. This article examines the development…”
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Reading a liberation psychology archive in South Africa by Malherbe, Nick, Canham, Hugo

“…Those working from within the liberation psychology paradigm strive to remould psychology so that it might be put to work for the task of liberation – a task…”
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Something about us with us: a reflection of disability studies within psychology in South Africa by Harvey, Clare, Swartz, Leslie

“…Despite the fact that disability makes up the largest minority in the world, training in psychology in South Africa today does not give viable mention to the…”
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Decolonisation and South African Psychology research 30 years after democracy by Macleod, Catriona Ida, du Plessis, Ulandi, Mogonong, Laurah

“…On the occasion of 30 years of South African democracy, we reflect on the current state of Psychology research in South Africa. We conducted a situational…”
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Looking backwards, looking forwards: collective and critical conversations on psychology in South Africa by Malherbe, Nick, Suffla, Shahnaaz, Bowman, Brett, Cooper, Saths, Foxcroft, Cheryl, Mashego, Teresa, Mulaudzi, Mercy, Nel, Juan Adriaan, Pillay, Anthony, Ratele, Kopano, Sodi, Tholene, Stevens, Garth, Watts, Ann

“…To mark the 30th anniversary of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), 11 of PsySSA’s past presidents, along with two facilitators, gathered in…”
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The psychology of social change – 30 years post-apartheid: what went wrong and how to fix it? by Durrheim, Kevin

“…This article presents some snapshots from 30 years of my collaborative work in the social psychology of social change in South Africa. Projects with students…”
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Advancing an agenda for psychological assessment in South Africa by Laher, Sumaya

“…Psychological assessment has always been a core part of psychology, but like all other subdisciplines, the applicability of psychological assessments has…”
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Three decades of psychology in South Africa: legacies of hope and fault lines of the future by Bowman, Brett, Malherbe, Nick, Suffla, Shahnaaz

“…Three decades have passed since South Africa’s formal transition from apartheid to liberal democracy. This milestone signified a triumph of hope over despair…”
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Exploring worker subjectivity: shaping industrial and organizational psychology in post-apartheid South Africa by Bazana, Sandiso

“…This article critically evaluates the role of industrial–organizational psychology in post-apartheid South Africa, advocating for a transformative framework…”
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