African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues最新文献

{"title":"Nigerian football system: examining macro-level practices against a global model for integrated development of mass and elite sport","authors":"I. D. Kaka’an, P. Smolianov, D. K. C. Lian, Steven Dion, Christopher Schoen, Jaclyn D. Norberg","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v5i1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v5i1.12","url":null,"abstract":"This study assessed the macro-level football management practices in Nigeria giving references to best international practices with a goal to determining areas for improvement. A questionnaire was developed for the following elements of the model: Partnerships with supporting agencies, balanced and integrated funding and structures of mass and elite sport. Survey questions were validated by six experts including academicians, executives from sport governing bodies, football coaches and administrators. To determine the areas for improvement, the copies of questionnaire were completed by 116 coaches. Possible advancements were identified through semi-structured discussions with 10 football administrators and experts. Results suggested possible enhancements at macro level (socio-economic, cultural, legislative and organizational). Identified were best international macro football management practices. Detailed were ways to improve partnerships with supporting agencies and balanced and integrated funding and structures of mass and elite sport, therefore improving national health, education, crime control and social harmony in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84626065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of sociocultural factors on the health seeking behaviour of patients with bone fracture in Lagos State, Nigeria","authors":"C. C. Nwokeke, J. L. Oyefara","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V21I1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V21I1","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the socio-cultural factors influencing health-seeking behaviour (HSB) among bone fracture patients in Lagos State, Nigeria. Literature reviewed indicated that many socio-cultural factors influence health-seeking behaviour of bone fracture patients including the differences in the methods used by Medical orthopaedic Surgeons (MOS) and Traditional bone Setters (TBS). However, this study focused on such socio-cultural factors as education, income, residence (rural or urban) and belief in supernatural causes of accidents. The health belief model and the theory of reasoned action and planned behaviour are the theories adopted for the study. The non-experimental research design was adopted and comprised both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Cross-sectional survey and in-depth interview (IDI) were utilized to gather data. A sample of 300 respondents was drawn among bone fracture patients from orthopaedic hospitals and traditional bone setting (tbs) homes using the multi-stage stratified, random and purposive sampling technique in four LGAs of Lagos state. Data were collected in 2016. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. Chi-square results showed that higher educational attainment, higher monthly income and urban residence are positively related to the utilization of medical orthopaedic services (mos) with (p=0.000), (p=0.006) and p=0.000 respectively, while there is no relationship between belief in supernatural causes of accidents and HSB with ( p= 0.098).Strength of association test using eta coefficient (η) yielded a little association between the independent and the dependent variables in the four hypotheses as η = .267, η = .096, η = .238 and η = .222 respectively and in all η < 0.3.Recommendations were made for health policy makers, MOS, TBS and the general public for improved health-seeking behaviour, skills of the practitioners and bone fracture care in general.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"260 1","pages":"2-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73519855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of the operations of Nigeria National Housing Fund","authors":"Alabi Moruf","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V20I3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V20I3","url":null,"abstract":"Housing constitutes a single largest expenditure item in an average household budget. While the provision of houses through the creation of mortgages is taken for granted in developed countries, it remains a major challenge in developing countries. Federal Government’s observation that majority of Nigerians may not be able to utilize borrowed funds from the private sector necessitated the establishment of National Housing Fund (NHF). The goal of NHF is to provide a cheap source of long-term funds that would make it easy for all Nigerians to own houses. However, the development of housing through NHF has remained a challenging process. As at the end of 2013, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) had disbursed mortgage loans worth around N100.5bn ($633m) under the NHF programme. In 2015, out of the four million registered contributors to the NHF, only 60,000 (1.5%) have been able to access mortgage loans. which has resulted in the construction of about 40,653 houses in different part of the country. The overall housing demand (17.5 million) is so enormous that the impact of NHF is minimal. The major challenges facing the utilisation of NHF are the eligibility criteria of Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMIs), cost of perfecting title documents, absence of clear property rights, inefficient land management system and high cost of property transaction. To improve the environment for mortgage lending, there is need for the removal of all regulatory barriers that discourage Nigerians from seeking NHF and efforts should be made to extend opportunities for unconventional mortgages so that low-income households can own their own homes.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"7 1","pages":"90-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73388078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE PERCEPTIONS AMONG FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS","authors":"F. Akinfala, Olayode Opeoluwa","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V20I1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V20I1","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of domestic violence has taken its toll on the wellbeing of many women in Nigeria. Regrettably, this problem has global ramifications since almost every society is affected by it. Several theories such as attachment theory (Bowlby, 1951) and learned helplessness (Seligman, 1975) purport to explain why these acts of violence against women continue and the reasons why abused women persist in the abusive relationship. This study investigated the perceptions of intimate partner violence among undergraduates within three academic groups in Lagos, Nigeria. A total sample size of 450 female respondents participated and the instruments utilized included the Severity of Violence against Women Scale (Thompson, Basile, Hertz, Sitterle D’, 2006). The findings revealed significant differences between the experiences of single females as against married females in domestic violence. Also, postgraduate students were significantly more exposed to domestic violence than fresh undergraduates. These findings corroborate existing indices of such violence in Nigeria and were discussed in the light of current trends.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"45 1","pages":"30-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87163934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PERSONAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCING GLOBAL SELF- ESTEEM OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY","authors":"O. Koleoso, Osasona Samuel Obateru, Ayorinde Oluranti Solomon","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V19I2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V19I2","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigates the role of personal and demographic characteristics in global self-esteem among 262 (183 male and 79 female) final year medical students of 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 sessions of University of Benin. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey design and adopted the convenience sampling technique. to collect data on the Big Five personality traits, self-esteem, and locus of control. All the personality traits jointly accounted for a significant variance in global self-esteem, F (5, 256)= 14.61; p <.001), with R 2 = 22.2. Relatively, conscientiousness (β =.16; t = 2.53; p <.012), neuroticism (β = -.33; t = -5.07; p <.000), and openness to experience (β = .14; t = 2.33; p <.021) contributed significantly to the variance in global self-esteem. Also, the subscales of locus of control (internality, chance, and powerful others) jointly accounted for the variance in global self-esteem, F (3, 258) = 3.87; p <.05) with R 2 = 4.3. However, there were no significant differences in global self-esteem based on age groups, gender, ethnicity and marital status. The findings revealed that personal characteristics are likely predictors of the global self-esteem of medical students.  Therefore, as part of clinical education, personal characteristics should be considered as an important tool for increasing the sense of self-esteem of medical students.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"32 1","pages":"80-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80957224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS OF SUICIDE MISSION AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS","authors":"R. Animasahun, V. Animasahun","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V19I1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V19I1","url":null,"abstract":"ANIMASAHUN, R.A.  Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Phone: 08035796840; E-mail: animarotimi@yahoo.com And ANIMASAHUN, V.O Teacher Education Department, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. ABSTRACT Suicide is a serious health problem as it is currently the third leading cause of death for teenagers between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Depression, which is also a serious problem for adolescents, is one of the significant biological and psychological risk factor for youth suicide. Substance use remains extremely widespread among today’s youths and is related to both suicide mission and depression.  This study therefore examined psychosocial predictors of suicide mission among Nigerian youths. The study adopted a descriptive survey design of the expost-facto  type. Three hundred (300) students participated in the study with a total of 108 (36.0%) males and 192 (64.0%) females. Their ages ranged between 12 and 20 years with a mean of 16.11 years.  Seven standardized instruments were used. Two research questions were raised and answered. The result indicated a significant joint and relative contributions of the independent variables to the prediction of suicide behaviour. Based on the findings of the result, it was recommended that more effective ways of working with the adolescents who are at risk of suicide or have potential to commit suicide needed to be designed. First, it is necessary to understand the unique characteristics of adolescents‘ physical, mental, and socio-psychological features. By understanding adolescents‘ unique features that may be related to suicidal risks, Counsellors, social workers and parents could work proactively to prevent suicide and make more effective interventions.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"179 1","pages":"79-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77562603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of self-instruction and interpersonal problem solving techniques on self image of students with visual impairment in Lagos State, Nigeria","authors":"A. Komolafe","doi":"10.4314/ajpssi.v18i3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajpssi.v18i3","url":null,"abstract":"The level of educational competence expressed by students with visual impairment influences their learning achievement as observation has shown that some students with special needs express poor classroom interaction and have difficulties in their class activities. This study therefore examined cognitive self-instruction and interpersonal problem solving techniques as enhancers of self-image of students with V.I in Lagos State. The descriptive survey research design was used while purposive sampling technique was used to pick from five integrated secondary schools selected from each of five Local Educational District in Lagos State, 299 students with visual impairment as sample for the study. Three research questions were answered. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. The result showed a significant joint effect of self-instruction and interpersonal problem solving technique on self image of visually impaired students (F(5,408) = 22.66, P<0.05) and a significant relative effect of interpersonal problem solving technique (x=0.335, t=5.995) and self-instruction (x=0.081, t=1.145,). The result showed a significant correlation between interpersonal problem solving technique (r=0.165,); self instruction (0.355) and students image. It was thus concluded that self-instruction and interpersonal problem solving techniques enhance self image of student with visual impairment. It is therefore recommended that, various training and intervention programmes such as self-instruction and interpersonal problem solving should be used to enhance self-image of students with special needs. Keyword : Visual impairment, self-image, learning, self-instruction, interpersonal problem solving technique.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"55 1","pages":"58-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76741914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Adolescents' Psychosocial Functioning Inventory (APFI): scale development and initial validation using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.","authors":"Onoja Matthew Akpa, Elijah Afolabi Bamgboye, Olusegun Baiyewu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most of the existing measures of psychosocial functioning among adolescents are developed outside Lower-middle-income countries (LMIC). Measures relevant to the LMIC setting will provide opportunity to assess the functioning of adolescents in these settings based on their background or context. The Adolescents' Psychosocial Functioning Inventory (APFI) which addresses relevant challenges and expectations of adolescents in the LMIC settings was developed to bridge this gap in knowledge. A total of 753 adolescents from purposively selected secondary schools participated in this study. Preliminary analyses were performed using descriptive statistics. The underlying factor structure of the APFI was explored using Exploratory and confirmatory Factor Analysis. Chi-square Goodness of Fit (CGF) and other fit indices were used to assess model fit. Cronbachs alpha was used to assess the reliability of the items and subscales of the APFI. The final model derived from the factor analyses yielded a 23-item three-factor model that provided the best fit to the data. Estimate of overall reliability of the APFI scale was α = 0.83 while all three factors/subscales: Optimism and Coping Strategy (OCS), Behaviour and Relationship Problems (BRP), and General Psychosocial Dysfunctions (GPD) had moderate to high reliability (α = 0.59 for OCS, α = 0.57 for BRP and α = 0.90 for GPD). The CGF yielded χ²/<i>df</i> < = 1.58 while all other fit indices were in the acceptable range. The three-factor model APFI is a reliable measure for assessing psychosocial functioning among adolescents in the LMIC.</p>","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"18 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4399859/pdf/nihms670699.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33233546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"HUSBANDS’ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOURAL DISPOSITION TO WIVES SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER IN IBADAN","authors":"C. Asuzu, E. Akin-Odanye, A. Adejumo","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V17I2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V17I2","url":null,"abstract":"Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in women from both developed and developing countries of the world. About half a million new cases are seen worldwide each year, most occurring in developing countries where cervical cancer screening and treatment are less available and accessible. Several studies have identified various barriers to cervical screening in sub-Saharan African countries which may account for why only a few women are screening. This study aimed at assessing husbands’ cervical cancer related knowledge, attitude and practices encouraging their wives to screen for cervical cancer in Ibadan. Through a descriptive survey design, A self-developed validated instrument on Husbands’ Disposition to Cervical Cancer Screening (HDCCS) was used for data collection based on random sampling. Four research questions were raised in the study. Data collected was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Descriptive statistics indicated that 70% of the husbands had good cervical cancer related knowledge. On attitude to screening, 55.1% of the husbands will encourage their wives to screen for cervical cancer if they knew a test that can detect cervical cancer early. Husbands’ behaviour encouraging wives to screen indicates that wives of 55.2% of the husbands have not gone for pap smear test, 89.1% of husbands did not know when their wives should go for pap smear test and 80% did not remind their wives to go for pap smear test Correlation analysis showed that husbands’ cervical cancer related knowledge had a significant linear relationship with husbands’ practices encouraging wives to go for cervical cancer screening while their attitude towards screening did not. It was concluded that there is need to educate husbands about cervical cancer and the need for their wives to screen before symptoms are noticed.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"98 1","pages":"167-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76189130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"GENDER AND THE ACADEMY IN NIGERIA","authors":"A. Adebayo, O. Akanle","doi":"10.4314/AJPSSI.V17I1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPSSI.V17I1","url":null,"abstract":"The fact that there is gender imbalance at work and across social institutions particularly relative to value sharing in societies is no longer new. Women have somewhat experienced gender opportunities restrictions and ceiling across societies and down the ages. What is problematic however is the consistency and persistence of the imbalance even when change is constant. The academy as the citadel of learning and a point of convergence for societal barometer expected to sometimes respond to developments in unique ways has unfortunately been affected by gender imbalances. This article therefore explored the trajectories of gender patterns in the Nigerian university system to further the interrogation of the problematic for fresh insights, as well as change comprehension and projection.","PeriodicalId":84083,"journal":{"name":"African journal for the psychological study of social issues : journal of the African Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues","volume":"20 1","pages":"147-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85716317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}