ABSTRACT The HIV and AIDS virus has continued to portend the livelihood of many young adults undermining their right to psychological wellbeing. Therefore the study was aimed at exploring the views and experience of infected youth aged between 18 to 24 years in Senga, Gweru. Thus revealing the problems which the young adults met in forming and maintaining intimate relationships in the context of the HIV adversity and how it impacted on psychological resilience. This qualitative research was g...
Abstract: Every University in Tanzania has its own teachers ' training program curriculum, and the way teachers are educated to meet challenges but still upholding the teaching professional is also questionable. The present study assesses teachers„moral, value, ethics, psychology and working morale in secondary education. The study involved structured questionnaire interview, focus group discussion and key informants study design. The study found that student behavior is influenced by bot...
ABSTRACT This thesis sought to investigate unemployment from a psychological perspective in an African country in general, and in Namibia in particular. The research question aimed to investigate what the situation of Namibia's "street unemployed" (men who wait at certain street points to be picked up for a day-job) entails and what its psychological repercussions are. Seligman's reformulated Theory of Learned Helplessness was chosen as the theoretical framework for the study. The empirical i...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on cognitive function in schizophrenics.
Abstract The loss of lives from road traffic crashes is still occurring at an unacceptable level on Nigerian roads. Observers and commentators have in several cases implicated driver error as the major factor in traffic crashes. Furthermore, some demographic variables have been cited in traffic literature as predictors of driving error among drivers. However, this has not been empirically determined in Nigeria. Therefore this study examines age and driving experience of drivers as predictors...
Abstract This study examined the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and coping strategies among a total of 140 woman selected from ST Andrew Anglican church Abossey Okai in Accra. The effects of the average age of the participants and number of children on women‘s experience of menopausal symptoms and coping were also examined. The employed a cross-sectional survey design and a set of questionnaires measuring signs and symptoms of menopause and coping strategies were administered to the res...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between childhood abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, and neglect), religiosity and later life satisfaction among adults with a history of childhood abuse in any form. One hundred and thirty-three adults, with a history of childhood abuse, were purposively sampled from Tema SOS Village. It is an institution that provides daycare, education, medical, psycho-social support and vocational training for people who have suffered abuse. Participa...
Abstract Ghana is a country with strong cultural and religious beliefs. These beliefs tend to foster stigmatization and discrimination of the disabled and their primary caregivers within society. Developmentally disabled children, like those having other disabilities, are the most affected by the stigmatization of their primary caregivers. The present study examined the effect of stigmatization on the psychological wellbeing of primary caregivers of developmentally disabled children. Sixty- ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationships between Perceived organisational politics, Employee political skill and Job stress and further sought to explain the context of Organisational politics from the perspective of the individual. The transactional stress model guided this research. This model acknowledges that individuals can have extremely distinct attitudinal and behavioural responses to the same situation. Using a cross-sectional survey design and convenience sampling, questionna...
ABSTRACT The popularity of visible body modification has soared in recent times especially among the millennial generation. However, research on visible body modification has focused predominantly on its health implications. Little is known about the impact of visible body modification in the organizational context. The objective of this study was to examine the perception of visible body modification and experiences of persons with visible body modification. Using a mixed-method approach, ...
ABSTRACT Diabetes as a metabolic disorder predisposes patients to both biomedical and psychological dysfunctions. The aim of the study was to determine the pattern of neuropsychological deficits and quality of life among individuals living with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana. One hundred (100) participants comprising 50 patients with Type 2 diabetes and 50 healthy controls matched on age and education were recruited. Using a battery of neuropsychological tests and behavioural measures, da...
ABSTRACT Studies conducted in recent times have indicated that women’s advancement into top echelon positions in organizations has been hindered by the glass ceiling barrier. The present study sought to identify the authenticity of this finding among managerial women in the Ghanaian context and how these barriers can be overcome. Using the Miles and Huberman’s approach, the in-depth interview responses of twelve women managers from four organizations in middle and senior levels were cont...
ABSTRACT This study examined the psychological distress and coping styles among mothers with preterm infants at the major hospital (Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. A sample of 100 mothers with preterm and 50 with term infants was used in the study. A cross-sectional survey method was used and the participants were administered with the parental stressor scale, Agricultural coping inventory, the multidimensional scale of perceived social support and the Brief...
ABSTRACT Child sexual abuse occurs throughout the world, although in most sub- Saharan countries there has been little research conducted on the problem and its psychological effects. Current research has established that a childhood history of sexual abuse is usually associated with a range of problem behaviours in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Firstly, this study seeks to document the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and psychological wellbeing. Secondly, this study seek...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine current pedagogical practices in early childhood education and care in Tanzania, a reflection from policy and practices to the implementation of Learner-Centred Pedagogy and to put forward possible improvements for the future. In 2005 a new pre-school education curriculum introduced a learner-centred pedagogy so the first intention of this study was to find out how this pedagogy was being used in the classroom context. Anecdotal experiences i...