Steven Kator Iorfa
Biographic Data
| ID | 231620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Kator Iorfa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven Kator |
| FAMILY NAME | Iorfa |
| SIGNATURE | IORFA S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5571-2713 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Frugal Path Forward: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Food Behaviours
Food waste (FW) poses significant challenges to global food security, environmental sustainability and public health, necessitating multisectoral strategies for mitigation. Recent research identifies frugality as a key value orientation that influences sustainable food behaviours (SFBs), yet the absence of a robust theoretical framework has hindered a comprehensive understanding of its mechanisms and manifestations. Furthermore, fragmented concep…
Environmental emotions and wellbeing research in Africa: A rapid review
Environmental change is a physical and psychosocial stressor that generates varied emotional responses with implications for mental health and wellbeing. Existing reviews on environmental change, emotions and mental health are heavily dominated by studies from high-income settings and rarely examine how emotional responses are conceptualised in African contexts. Here, we synthesise evidence linking environmental emotions with wellbeing in Africa …
It's Colder On the Outside: Lived Experiences of Internally Displaced Persons Staying Outside Displacement Camps
The much we know about the mental health of internally displaced persons (IDPs) today comes from studies conducted with IDPs who stay in displacement camps. Little is known about IDPs' mental health and experiences living outside the camps. This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of IDPs living outside displacement camps in Nigeria. Participants were eight IDPs ( M age = 36, SD = 1.6) selected from villages in Benue, Nigeria. Data w…
Need for closure is linked with traumatic bonding among victims of intimate partner violence: A mediation approach
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly prevalent problem in most parts of the world, including Nigeria. Very little is known about why persons who experience IPV sometimes decide to remain in the abusive relationships. In this study, we investigate whether the need for closure (NFC) may play significant roles in the association of IPV and the decision to stay in abusive relationships (traumatic bonding). Specifically, we tested if NFC…
Towards a more comprehensive understanding of depressive symptoms among young adults using Gaussian graphical and directed acyclic graph models
From shops to bins: A case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01261-5
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale–Revised (Cesd-20-R): Factorial validity and gender invariance among Nigerian young adults
Sexual Violence and Child Poverty: Lived Experiences of Child Sexual Violence Survivors in Nigeria
Existing literature has documented strong associations between families’ socio-economic conditions and children’s experiences of child abuse and neglect (CAN), including physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Even though the broader approach to family poverty and child poverty may overlap, they do not always have the same indices, implying that the established relationships between family poverty and CAN cannot be unequivocally applied to child po…
Traumatic bonding in victims of intimate partner violence is intensified via empathy
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly prevalent problem in most parts of the world including sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the bonding patterns of IPV victims who decide to remain with the perpetrator despite the molestation. This study investigated the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between partner molestation and traumatic bonding among victims of IPV in Nigeria. Participants were 345 women purpo…
Psychometric validation of the centrality of events scale in a Nigerian clinical sample
We sought to validate the Centrality of Event Scale (CES) in a Nigerian clinical sample of people living with HIV/ ADS. Our sample consisted of 869 people living with HIV/AIDS. They completed the CES, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual version 5 (DSM-5), and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-short form for concurrent validation. Following exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory…
Prolonged grief and posttraumatic growth among middle-aged and older widowed persons: A latent class analysis and testing for the role of social support
Evidence has shown that symptoms of grief co-occur with posttraumatic growth following loss. Using latent class analysis among a Togolese sample of middle-aged/older widowed persons, we identified three classes along their experiences of grief-growth interaction (combined grief/growth, predominantly growth, and low-medium growth classes). The combined grief/growth class members were more likely to have lost their spouses recently and to report gr…
Commentary on the coronavirus pandemic: Nigeria
About a week after the confirmation of Nigeria's index case of COVID-19 on February 27, 2020, the Nigerian federal government set up a 12-member Presidential Task Force for the Control of the Coronavirus. The country's borders were closed on March 23, and the lockdown of cities was also implemented. The unanticipated disruption of scholarly or professional advancement for the 94% of university students who are not currently learning may increase …
Negative centralisation of HIV/Aids trauma and health-related quality of life: Do post-traumatic stress symptoms explain the link
Over-integration of HIV-related trauma into the client's memory in a negative emotional valence could be a serious health debilitating process which may result in negative post-traumatic health outcomes, affecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living with HIV (PLWH). We hypothesized that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are the mediating link between negative event centrality (NEC) and HRQoL among PLWH. Nine hundr…
Distorted Cognitions, Substance Use and Suicide Ideation Among Gamblers: A Moderated Mediation Approach
Bullying and Suicide Ideation: Testing the Buffering Hypothesis of Social Support in a Sub-Saharan African Sample
Psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire - Hausa version among internally displaced persons in Nigeria
Valid measurement of meaning in life (MIL) is crucial for cross-cultural understanding of the construct. The Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), a widely used measure of MIL, has yet to be translated into any indigenous African language. The current study presents a preliminary report of a Hausa language translation of the MLQ, the MLQ-Hausa version (MLQ-H), and its reliability and validity in a Nigerian sample. Participants were 809 internally …
Parenting Style and Religiosity as Predictors of Antisocial Behavior Among Nigerian Undergraduates
The relationship between parenting style, religiosity and antisocial behavior (ASB) was investigated in this study. Participants were 228 (120 males and 108 females) undergraduates. Participants’ age ranged from 16 to 20 years (M = 18.9 years). They responded to the ASB scale, Parental authority questionnaire and centrality of religiosity scale. The study utilized a cross-sectional design and hierarchical regression was used for data analysis. Re…
Traumatic bonding in victims of intimate partner violence is intensified via empathy
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly prevalent problem in most parts of the world including sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the bonding patterns of IPV victims who decide to remain with the perpetrator despite the molestation. This study investigated the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between partner molestation and traumatic bonding among victims of IPV in Nigeria. Participants were 345 women purpo…
Need for closure is linked with traumatic bonding among victims of intimate partner violence: A mediation approach
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly prevalent problem in most parts of the world, including Nigeria. Very little is known about why persons who experience IPV sometimes decide to remain in the abusive relationships. In this study, we investigate whether the need for closure (NFC) may play significant roles in the association of IPV and the decision to stay in abusive relationships (traumatic bonding). Specifically, we tested if NFC…
Sexual Violence and Child Poverty: Lived Experiences of Child Sexual Violence Survivors in Nigeria
Existing literature has documented strong associations between families’ socio-economic conditions and children’s experiences of child abuse and neglect (CAN), including physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Even though the broader approach to family poverty and child poverty may overlap, they do not always have the same indices, implying that the established relationships between family poverty and CAN cannot be unequivocally applied to child po…
From shops to bins: A case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01261-5
Prolonged grief and posttraumatic growth among middle-aged and older widowed persons: A latent class analysis and testing for the role of social support
Evidence has shown that symptoms of grief co-occur with posttraumatic growth following loss. Using latent class analysis among a Togolese sample of middle-aged/older widowed persons, we identified three classes along their experiences of grief-growth interaction (combined grief/growth, predominantly growth, and low-medium growth classes). The combined grief/growth class members were more likely to have lost their spouses recently and to report gr…
Psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire - Hausa version among internally displaced persons in Nigeria
Valid measurement of meaning in life (MIL) is crucial for cross-cultural understanding of the construct. The Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), a widely used measure of MIL, has yet to be translated into any indigenous African language. The current study presents a preliminary report of a Hausa language translation of the MLQ, the MLQ-Hausa version (MLQ-H), and its reliability and validity in a Nigerian sample. Participants were 809 internally …
Parenting Style and Religiosity as Predictors of Antisocial Behavior Among Nigerian Undergraduates
The relationship between parenting style, religiosity and antisocial behavior (ASB) was investigated in this study. Participants were 228 (120 males and 108 females) undergraduates. Participants’ age ranged from 16 to 20 years (M = 18.9 years). They responded to the ASB scale, Parental authority questionnaire and centrality of religiosity scale. The study utilized a cross-sectional design and hierarchical regression was used for data analysis. Re…
Parenting Style and Religiosity as Predictors of Antisocial Behavior Among Nigerian Undergraduates
The relationship between parenting style, religiosity and antisocial behavior (ASB) was investigated in this study. Participants were 228 (120 males and 108 females) undergraduates. Participants’ age ranged from 16 to 20 years (M = 18.9 years). They responded to the ASB scale, Parental authority questionnaire and centrality of religiosity scale. The study utilized a cross-sectional design and hierarchical regression was used for data analysis. Re…
Bullying and Suicide Ideation: Testing the Buffering Hypothesis of Social Support in a Sub-Saharan African Sample
Psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire - Hausa version among internally displaced persons in Nigeria
Valid measurement of meaning in life (MIL) is crucial for cross-cultural understanding of the construct. The Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ), a widely used measure of MIL, has yet to be translated into any indigenous African language. The current study presents a preliminary report of a Hausa language translation of the MLQ, the MLQ-Hausa version (MLQ-H), and its reliability and validity in a Nigerian sample. Participants were 809 internally …
Commentary on the coronavirus pandemic: Nigeria
About a week after the confirmation of Nigeria's index case of COVID-19 on February 27, 2020, the Nigerian federal government set up a 12-member Presidential Task Force for the Control of the Coronavirus. The country's borders were closed on March 23, and the lockdown of cities was also implemented. The unanticipated disruption of scholarly or professional advancement for the 94% of university students who are not currently learning may increase …
Negative centralisation of HIV/Aids trauma and health-related quality of life: Do post-traumatic stress symptoms explain the link
Over-integration of HIV-related trauma into the client's memory in a negative emotional valence could be a serious health debilitating process which may result in negative post-traumatic health outcomes, affecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living with HIV (PLWH). We hypothesized that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are the mediating link between negative event centrality (NEC) and HRQoL among PLWH. Nine hundr…
Distorted Cognitions, Substance Use and Suicide Ideation Among Gamblers: A Moderated Mediation Approach
Psychometric validation of the centrality of events scale in a Nigerian clinical sample
We sought to validate the Centrality of Event Scale (CES) in a Nigerian clinical sample of people living with HIV/ ADS. Our sample consisted of 869 people living with HIV/AIDS. They completed the CES, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual version 5 (DSM-5), and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-short form for concurrent validation. Following exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory…
Prolonged grief and posttraumatic growth among middle-aged and older widowed persons: A latent class analysis and testing for the role of social support
Evidence has shown that symptoms of grief co-occur with posttraumatic growth following loss. Using latent class analysis among a Togolese sample of middle-aged/older widowed persons, we identified three classes along their experiences of grief-growth interaction (combined grief/growth, predominantly growth, and low-medium growth classes). The combined grief/growth class members were more likely to have lost their spouses recently and to report gr…
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale–Revised (Cesd-20-R): Factorial validity and gender invariance among Nigerian young adults
Sexual Violence and Child Poverty: Lived Experiences of Child Sexual Violence Survivors in Nigeria
Existing literature has documented strong associations between families’ socio-economic conditions and children’s experiences of child abuse and neglect (CAN), including physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Even though the broader approach to family poverty and child poverty may overlap, they do not always have the same indices, implying that the established relationships between family poverty and CAN cannot be unequivocally applied to child po…
Traumatic bonding in victims of intimate partner violence is intensified via empathy
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly prevalent problem in most parts of the world including sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the bonding patterns of IPV victims who decide to remain with the perpetrator despite the molestation. This study investigated the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between partner molestation and traumatic bonding among victims of IPV in Nigeria. Participants were 345 women purpo…
Towards a more comprehensive understanding of depressive symptoms among young adults using Gaussian graphical and directed acyclic graph models
From shops to bins: A case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-022-01261-5
Need for closure is linked with traumatic bonding among victims of intimate partner violence: A mediation approach
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly prevalent problem in most parts of the world, including Nigeria. Very little is known about why persons who experience IPV sometimes decide to remain in the abusive relationships. In this study, we investigate whether the need for closure (NFC) may play significant roles in the association of IPV and the decision to stay in abusive relationships (traumatic bonding). Specifically, we tested if NFC…
It's Colder On the Outside: Lived Experiences of Internally Displaced Persons Staying Outside Displacement Camps
The much we know about the mental health of internally displaced persons (IDPs) today comes from studies conducted with IDPs who stay in displacement camps. Little is known about IDPs' mental health and experiences living outside the camps. This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of IDPs living outside displacement camps in Nigeria. Participants were eight IDPs ( M age = 36, SD = 1.6) selected from villages in Benue, Nigeria. Data w…
A Frugal Path Forward: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Food Behaviours
Food waste (FW) poses significant challenges to global food security, environmental sustainability and public health, necessitating multisectoral strategies for mitigation. Recent research identifies frugality as a key value orientation that influences sustainable food behaviours (SFBs), yet the absence of a robust theoretical framework has hindered a comprehensive understanding of its mechanisms and manifestations. Furthermore, fragmented concep…
Environmental emotions and wellbeing research in Africa: A rapid review
Environmental change is a physical and psychosocial stressor that generates varied emotional responses with implications for mental health and wellbeing. Existing reviews on environmental change, emotions and mental health are heavily dominated by studies from high-income settings and rarely examine how emotional responses are conceptualised in African contexts. Here, we synthesise evidence linking environmental emotions with wellbeing in Africa …
Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)