8 research outputs found
“From psychology in Africa to African psychology” : going nowhere slowly
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’ indefatigable insistence on narrow localism and ethno-theorising, is a cowardly defeatism and an accessory to domination. The in toto refusals of Western psychology, are themselves ahistorical and totally ignorant of the historicity and historical anteriority of Africa in science. Western knowledge is neither monolithic, nor the sole property and prerogative of the West. Africa has significantly contributed to its creation and should admissibly make foundational claims on it. I gesture at a different decolonial ethics, grounded on the Dusselian transmodernity, pluriversalism and ethical universalism, to negotiate the incongruous obscure particularism of some African psychologists, and also disabuse modernist psychology of its false universalisms. The paper reads ultra-essentialist responses to modernism as still being intrinsically Eurocentric, in that they have rather ironically continued to reinforce the process of “Othering” and negating through their fixation with identity politics and cultural reductionism.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1015-6046&lng=en&nrm=isoam2017Psycholog
Exposure to domestic violence and identity development among adolescent university students in South Africa
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. There were more women (n=64; 58.7%) in
the study than men (n=45; 41.3%). Adolescents were classified into high and low domestic
violence exposure groups on the basis of a median split in physical violence scores from the
Child Exposure to Domestic Violence Scale (CEDV). Exposure was then compared with
identity development as measured by the Ochse and Plug Erikson scale. The results indicated
a significant mean difference between the two groups on identity development. Furthermore,
exposure to domestic violence was significantly associated with lower scores for identity
development as represented by subscales measuring trust, autonomy, initiative and other
Eriksonian constructs. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed.The National Research Foundation (NRF) in South
Africahttp://www.amsciepup.com/gv201
Ego-identity formation in black South African young adults
The study examined aspects of ego-identity development among black African students (N = 104; males = 42%;
females = 58%; mean age = 18.7 yr.; SD = 0.9). They completed an ego-identity development measure. Data was
analysed descriptively and also comparatively. Findings indicate that ego-identity development appear to be similar
between genders, although relatively higher in males than in females on trust, autonomy, initiative, industry and identity
stages. Results challenge the gendered bias discourse impressions regarding the influence of collectivistic cultures on
psychosocial development in patriarchal societies.http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rpia202016-02-27hb201
Factorial validity of the death obsession scale in African university students
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 that two- and three-factor models obtained among female
and male African students, respectively, provided the best fit to the data. The two factors in female
African students were Death Rumination and Apprehension, and the three factors of their male
counterparts were Death Ruminations, Apprehension, and Comprehensibility of Death. Factor
intercorrelations did not resolve the dimensionality issue of the measure, leading to the conclusion
that the factors must be investigated further.http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/udst202016-08-30hb201
Moderator effects of gender and age on the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and identity development
This study examined the association between exposure to domestic violence and identity development in adolescents, and the moderator effects of gender and age. Measures of exposure to domestic violence and identity development were administered to 109 high school students and undergraduate university students from South Africa. Data were analysed using the moderated hierarchical regression analyses. There were no gender and age effects on the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and identity development. Implications are proffered.www.ijsk.org/ijrssam2016PsychologyStatistic
"From psychology in Africa to African psychology": Going nowhere slowly
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’ indefatigable insistence on narrow localism and ethno-theorising, is a cowardly defeatism and an accessory to domination. The in toto refusals of Western psychology, are themselves ahistorical and totally ignorant of the historicity and historical anteriority of Africa in science. Western knowledge is neither monolithic, nor the sole property and prerogative of the West. Africa has significantly contributed to its creation and should admissibly make foundational claims on it. I gesture at a different decolonial ethics, grounded on the Dusselian transmodernity, pluriversalism and ethical universalism, to negotiate the incongruous obscure particularism of some African psychologists, and also disabuse modernist psychology of its false universalisms. The paper reads ultra-essentialist responses to modernism as still being intrinsically Eurocentric, in that they have rather ironically continued to reinforce the process of “Othering” and negating through their fixation with identity politics and cultural reductionism.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1015-6046&lng=en&nrm=isoam2017Psycholog
Adolescents exposure to domestic violence and identity development
Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.(Clinical Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2010Aim: This study examined the difference in identity development between adolescents
exposed to domestic violence and those in non-violent homes, gender differences, as well as
the interaction between gender and exposure to domestic violence on identity development of
adolescents.
Method: Participants consisted of 45 male and 64 female students from the University of
Limpopo, whose ages ranged from 15 to 20 years. Adolescents were classified into one of
the two domestic violence exposure groups (namely, those from violent homes and nonviolent
homes) on the basis of respondents' ratings of their exposure to domestic violence
both as witnesses of violence between their parents and direct victims. Their levels of
exposure were then compared with identity development.
Results: The results indicated that the difference between the two groups of exposure to
domestic violence reached a statistical significance on identity development. However, the
gender differences in identity development of adolescents exposed to domestic violence and
those not exposed did not reach any statistical significance. Again, on the interaction between
gender and exposure to domestic violence on identity development, the results revealed no
significant or acceptable level of interaction.Master
Religiosity and demographics in death apprehension - report of a replication study
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