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{"title":"Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation","authors":"Yanfei Yang, Guangzheng Li, Fenfen Song, Yuan Yuan","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2256078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2256078","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis explored how teacher support impacted student engagement in mathematics. A total of 632 students in Grades 7 to 9 from junior middle schools in China were participants (females = 54.27%, mean age = 13.97, SD = 0.88). They completed surveys on teacher support, academic self-efficacy, achievement goal orientation, and student engagement. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 20.0 and Amos 24.0. Results showed that academic self-efficacy mediated the relationship between perceived teacher support and student engagement. Mastery-approach and performance-approach goal orientation respectively mediated the relationship between perceived teacher support and student engagement in mathematics. Academic self-efficacy and mastery-approach had a chain mediation effect on the relationship between perceived teacher support and student engagement and academic self-efficacy. Performance-approach also had a chain mediation effect between the two. The chain mediation effect of academic self-efficacy and performance-approach was stronger than the single performance-approach effect. These findings shed light on the motivational processes through which students perceive the impact of teacher support on their engagement in mathematics.Keywords: student engagementteacher supportacademic self-efficacymastery-approach goal orientationperformanceapproach goal orientationmaths","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135994435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and predictors of comorbid current alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius","authors":"Karl Peltzer","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2255452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2255452","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis study aimed to provide estimates on current comorbid alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius. Secondary data were analysed from the 2017 national and cross-sectional school health surveys in Liberia and Mauritius which sampled 4 934 adolescents (median age 17 years). One in five students (20.6%) reported one type of current substance use, 6.2% two types of current substance use, and 3.8% three types of current substance use. Almost one in 10 (7.8%) students reported current alcohol and tobacco use, 4.6% current alcohol and cannabis use, and 5.2% current cannabis and tobacco use. Male sex, older age, parental tobacco use, passive smoking, psychological distress, soft drink intake, school truancy and low parental support were associated with a higher degree of comorbid substance. One in 10 students engaged in two or three types of current substance use, and several associated factors were identified. Interventions targeting comorbid substance use among adolescents should prioritise identified associated factors.Keywords: comorbid substance useadolescentsLiberiaMauritiusrisk factorsprotective factors AcknowledgementsThis paper uses data from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS). GSHS is supported by the WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Supplementary materialSupplementary material is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2255452","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135992605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards improving the utilisation of counselling centre services by Ghanaian university students: An exploratory study","authors":"J. Joana Kyei, Nana Yaa A. Nyarko","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2233225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2233225","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis study sought to explore university students’ expectations from on-campus counselling centres in order to improve service utilisation. A total of 72 Ghanaian students attending a public university in Accra (64% females; 85% undergraduate; 90% in the 18–35 age range) provided written responses of their expectations from their counselling centre. Thematic analyses yielded two essential counselling centre needs: Enhanced counselling centre functions and the elimination of systems barriers. For enhanced counselling centre functions, students reported needing traditional and non-traditional services, as well as advocacy efforts on their behalf. Systems barriers students wanted eliminated were stigma, low awareness and inaccessibility. These findings indicate a need for a holistic approach to service delivery, and elimination of services-seeking barriers to improve counselling centre service utilisation at Ghanaian universities.Keywords: Ghanauniversity studentsmental health services utilisationcounselling centreneeds assessment Data availability statementThe authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and its supplementary material.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"1131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136112959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How college students’ social media information overload affects sleep quality: The mediating effect of social fatigue and irrational procrastination","authors":"Jing Li, Tingting Gao, Yinghua Ye","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2245222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2245222","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractInformation overload is a pervasive phenomenon in the information age and has a negative impact on personal psychological experiences and behavioural performance. The relationship between WeChat information overload and sleep quality was examined, as well as the mediating effects of social fatigue and irrational procrastination. A total of 1 899 Chinese college students (females = 45.8%; mean age = 20.26 years, SD = 1.70) were selected for study. They completed the Information Overload Scale, Social Fatigue Scale, Irrational Procrastination Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Path analysis results show a significantly positive correlation between information overload and sleep quality and the mediating role of irrational procrastination in this relationship. Social fatigue and irrational procrastination play a chain-mediating role in the link between information overload and sleep quality. This suggests that information overload has an impact on sleep quality through social fatigue and irrational procrastination. Student mental health counselling services should consider information overload and sleep deprivation indicators for support interventions.Keywords: information overloadsleep qualitysocial fatigueirrational procrastinationWeChatcollege students AcknowledgementsFunding was provided by the National Educational Science Planning Project’s “Study on the Connotations, Influencing Factors and Promotion Paths of Academic Innovation Ability of Chinese Doctoral Students in the New Era” (Grant No. BIA220096).Declaration of competing interestNone. Table 5. Indirect effect of Bootstrap (95% CI)Display TableData availabilityThe data support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, upon reasonable request.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136114697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement: The mediating role of emotional support and frustration","authors":"Qingsen He, Wen Liu, Lingxia Liu, Shan Cao","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2244795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2244795","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe present study aimed to investigate the influence of emotional support and frustration on the relationship between servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement. The survey sample consists of 1 127 clinical nurses from six hospitals in China (female = 1 081; average age = 32.78 years, SD = 6.40 years). The results indicate that servant leadership can predict higher clinical nurses’ work engagement. Furthermore, emotional support and frustration mediated the relationship between servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement. Additionally, frustration mediated the relationship between emotional support and clinical nurses’ work engagement. The research results provide evidence on the internal mechanism of the impact of servant leadership and clinical nurses’ work engagement.Keywords: servant leadershipwork engagementemotional supportfrustration AcknowledgementsAcknowledgement is made of the Ministry of Education Industry Education Collaborative Education Project (202101237022), Key Project of Higher Education Teaching Reform Research and Practice in Henan Province (2021SJGLX179), Project of Higher Education Teaching Reform Research and Practice in Henan Province (2021SJGLX175Y), and the Education Research Project of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Majors in Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education (2022-YB02).","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"14 2-3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136114700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Resilient learning experiences of university students: Exploring positive future orientations","authors":"Henry D. Mason, Barend J. van Wyk","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2245231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2245231","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis qualitative study explored the resilient learning experiences of 68 first-year university students (female = 36.76%, age range = 18–23 years). Data were collected using narrative sketches. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed three themes: the wish, peaks and valleys, and from bitter to better. The wish theme pointed to students’ resilience motivated by their desired futures and aspirational goals. The peaks and valleys theme gave voice to the challenges that students experience and the strategies (personal strengths and support structures) used to cope with stressors and flourish. The theme bitter to better indicated that students drew on internal (e.g. hope and sense of coherence) and external (e.g. student development and support programmes) resources as they navigated the university experience. The findings highlight students’ positive future orientations and resilient learning as a crucial resource for student counselling services to support student well-being.Keywords: engineering studentshoperesiliencesalutogenesisstudent development and supportlearning experiences","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strengths use in the workplace: A meta-analysis","authors":"Yuxiang Luan, Guolong Zhao, Liang Xu, Bo Ren","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2246274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2246274","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis meta-analysis aimed to clarify the relationship between perceived organisational support and core self-evaluations and strengths use and task performance outcomes utilising a cross-temporal versus time-lagged research design. Drawing on the random effects model, this study combined 44 effect sizes from 23 independent studies (including 8 313 samples). The results indicated that strengths use is positively related to core self-evaluations (CSE) (ρ = 0.40) and perceived organisational support for strengths use (POSSU) (ρ = 0.47), task performance (ρ = 0.45), organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) (ρ = 0.37), positive affect (ρ = 0.51), work engagement (ρ = 0.53), and self-efficacy (ρ = 0) organisational design (cross-temporal versus time-lagged) does not significantly moderate the relationships of interest. The findings imply that utilising the strengths of employees is essential for effective human resource management and employees’ career development.Keywords: strengths usemeta-analysisantecedentsoutcomesworkplacetask performance","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136142495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Homophilic social networks and school adjustment among primary school pupils: Results and implications from a Zimbabwean study","authors":"Edwin Simbarashe Mpofu, Maximus Monaheng Sefotho","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2258009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2258009","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractSocial network patterns were explored among Zimbabwean rural school pupils to determine their peer preferences and statuses. Participants were 173 school pupils attending grades 4–6 in a rural school in Zimbabwe (76 boys; 97 girls; age range 9 years to 12 years). The pupils completed a peer social statuses nomination measure, and a subsample of them participated in a brief interview to elaborate on their nominations. In addition, documents held by the school were analysed for context. Descriptive analysis of the data yielded four peer social statuses of popular (40%), accepted (30%), rejected (10%), and neglected (20%). Reasons for popularity included being good-mannered and possessing good socialising habits, as well as being outstanding in class. Boys who held positions of authority like class monitor and shared readily were popular. Girls’ social statuses were explained by good socialising habits and sharing available resources with others. Boys’ key popularity attributes were mathematical skills, as they would help the less able in class. Popular girls were also good at mathematics and socialising. The findings validate the view that social networking is significant to the prediction of social well-being among middle primary school pupils, and important for the children’s school engagement, or overall school adjustment.Keywords: homophilysocial networkschool adjustmentpupil friendshipsgenderZimbabwe","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136142749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pay satisfaction and work–life balance among Nigerian bank employees: The roles of psychological empowerment and gender","authors":"Gabriel C. Kanu, Ijeoma C. Odinko, Ikechukwu V. N. Ujoatuonu","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2244336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2244336","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis study examined the roles of psychological empowerment and gender in the relationship between pay satisfaction and work–life balance among bank employees. In total, 393 Nigerian bank employees participated in the study (female (49.36%; mean age = 32.07, SD = 6.93 years). Hayes Macro PROCESS analysis results showed that pay satisfaction was positively related to work–life balance. Pay satisfaction was associated with higher psychological empowerment. Psychological empowerment was associated with higher work–life balance. Psychological empowerment fully mediated the relationship between pay satisfaction and work–life balance. Gender did not affect work–life balance or moderate the link between pay satisfaction and work–life balance. The study findings suggest that psychological empowerment enhances the relationship between pay satisfaction and employees’ work–life balance in the banking sector. By implication, banking sector human resource managers should leverage employee psychological empowerment as a resource for work– life balance across gender and pay scales.Keywords: bank employeesgenderemployee well-being and retentionjob satisfactionpay satisfactionpsychological empowermentwork-life balance Data availabilityThe authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available and will be provided by the corresponding author if required.Additional informationFundingThe research was self-funded.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136142463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy","authors":"Hao Yao, Qing Yu","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2246277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2246277","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis study examined the relationship between graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity and the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in that relationship. Participants were 1 210 Chinese graduate students from a large university in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai (females = 57.1%; humanities = 22.2%, social sciences = 45.9%, science, agriculture, and medicine = 21.9%; doctoral = 38.3%; mean age = 25.50 years). Using structural equation modelling and the bootstrap method, the results showed that challenge scientific research stress had a direct positive effect on graduate students’ creativity, while hindrance scientific research stress had a direct negative predictive effect on graduate students’ creativity, but to a lesser extent. Creative self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between graduate student challenge scientific research stress and creativity, strengthening the relationship. Also, creative self-efficacy fully mediated in hindrance scientific research stress on graduate student creativity. These results are related to the differences in graduate students’ experiences of efficacy during individual perceptions of different stressors. The results of this study are consistent with social cognitive theory. These findings suggest a need for research managers to give graduate students suitable and challenging research tasks, a supportive research environment, resources, and material rewards for success.Keywords: challenge-hindrance scientific research stressgraduate studentcreativitycreative self-efficacystressorssocial cognitive theory Data availability statementResearch data will be available on request, subject to participant consent and after completing all necessary documentation. The data presented in this study are available on request from Hao Yao (yaohao@tongji.edu.cn).Informed consentInformed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study.Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee.Additional informationFundingThis research was funded by the National Education Sciences Planning of China, grant number BEA210114.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136142618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}