Q Michael Temane

Biographic Data

ID3918015
NAMEQ Michael Temane
GIVEN NAMESQ Michael
FAMILY NAMETemane
SIGNATURETEMANE Q M
AFFILIATIONSNorth-West University
ORCID0000-0003-1582-8516
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS24
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Rasch and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Community Wellbeing Index

    Open AccessMaria João Forjaz, Alba Ayala et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2025Cited by: 1References: 2

    Community wellbeing assessment is of growing interest in governance and policy-making. This study investigated the validity and reliability of the Community Wellbeing Index (CWI), assessing community wellbeing from an individual’s perspective, across independent international datasets. The CWI was translated from the original Spanish into English and Setswana and was administered to participants from established research cohorts in Spain ( n = 1,…

  • Changeover-time in psychosocial wellbeing of people living with HIV and people living close to them after an HIV stigma reduction and wellness enhancement community intervention

    Helena Christa Chidrawi, Minrie Greeff et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2015

    HIV stigma continues to affect the psychosocial wellbeing of people living with HIV (PLWH) and people living close to them (PLC). Literature unequivocally holds the view that HIV stigma and psychosocial wellbeing interact with and have an impact on each other. This study, which is part of a larger research project funded by the South Africa Netherlands research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), responds to the lack of interventio…

  • Health behaviour change of people living with HIV after a comprehensive community-based HIV stigma reduction intervention in North-West Province in South Africa

    Open AccessHelena Christa Chidrawi, Minrie Greeff et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2014References: 36

    All over the world, health behaviour is considered a complex, far reaching and powerful phenomenon. People's lives are influenced by their own or others' health behaviour on a daily basis. Whether it has to do with smoking, drinking, pollution, global warming or HIV management, it touches lives and it challenges personal and community responses. Health behaviour, and health behaviour change, probably holds the key to many a person's immediate or …

  • The Prevalence of Well-Being on Teachers in Afri Twin Schools as Well as Non Afri Twin Schools

    Werner de Klerk, Q Michael Temane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2013

    This study explored the prevalence of well-being in Afri Twin and non Afri Twin teachers. The Afri Twin project allows schools of comparable type and size in Britain and South Africa to be ‘twinned’ with each other, with a possible ‘twinning’ with a third school in a rural or township area in South Africa. A quantitative survey design was implemented and the sample consisted of 97 Afri Twin teachers (20 male and 77 female) and 297 non Afri Twin t…

  • Self-Efficacy, Collective Efficacy and the Psychological Well-Being of Groups in Transition

    Sarah M Roos, Johan C Potgieter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2013

    This study sought to determine the differential influence of self- and collective efficacy beliefs on the psychological well-being of individuals within a community in transition. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from 1050 Setswana speaking participants from urban (n = 451) and rural (n = 599) areas in the North-West Province of South-Africa. The Community Collective Efficacy Scale (CCES) and the Generalized Self-Efficacy …

  • The Psychometric Properties of the Adapted and Revised Organisational Climate Description Questionnaire (AAROCDQ)

    Werner de Klerk, Q Michael Temane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2013

    This study validated the Adapted and Revised Organisational Climate Description Questionnaire (AAROCDQ) for school climate as experienced by teachers. Participants were 394 school teachers (72 male and 322 female) from 40 schools in South Africa. Internal consistency and factor structure were determined as well as the evidence for concurrent validity. The results of the study show that the AAROCDQ yielded reliable scores and also indicated constr…

  • Black Adults’ Perceptions of Healthy Family Functioning

    Cynthia Zwane, Chris Venter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2012

    This study explores Black adults’ perceptions of factors that contribute to healthy family functioning. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 Black participants between the ages of 26 and 54. They responded to a question on their perceptions of healthy family functioning. In addition, a semistructured interview was conducted with the eight participants who presented with the richest data. Analysis of the data revealed healthy family funct…

  • Well-Being in the Batswana Cultural Context

    Itumeleng P Khumalo, Q Michael Temane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2011

    The study investigated wellbeing in a Setswana-speaking sample. Participants (n=459, males =141 females =318; 22% = aged between 30 and 40 years) completed the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS: Khumalo, Temane & Wissing, 2010) and the Mental Health Continuum Short-Form (MHC-SF: Keyes, 2005b). Data were analyzed applying classical test theory (CTT), structural equation modelling (SEM; measurement model) and item response theory (IRT; R…

  • Coping Self-Efficacy as Mediator in the Dynamics of Psychological Well-Being in Various Contexts

    M P Wissing, Itumeleng P Khumalo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2011

    The aim of this study was to explore whether coping self-efficacy mediates between various distress related variables on the one hand (symptoms of stress and depression), and the degree of psycho-social well-being as measured on the upper end of the mental health continuum on the other hand. Participants were two multi-cultural student groups (n1 = 568; n2=1480) as well as two community samples of Setswana speaking adults (n3=477; n4=1275). Stude…

  • Socio-Demographic Variables, General Psychological Well-Being and the Mental Health Continuum in an African Context

    Open AccessItumeleng P Khumalo, Q Michael Temane et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2011Cited by: 12References: 13

  • Self-efficacy, Work, and Psychological Outcomes in a Public Service Context

    Shelley-Ann Williams, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2010

    The study examined the prediction of psychological outcomes (conceptualized as psychological well-being and engagement) by general self-efficacy (GSE) and work context (conceptualized as job demands and job resources). The role of GSE as a moderator between work context and psychological outcomes was also examined in a cross-sectional survey of a sample of public sector employees (N = 459: males = 151, females = 273, and age ranging between 25 an…

  • Development and Initial Validation of a General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African Context

    Itumeleng P Khumalo, Q Michael Temane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2010

    This study aimed to develop and validate the General Psychological Well-being Scale (GPWS) in an African sample, based on the empirical overlap between hedonic and eudaimonic facets of well-being as found in previous research. The quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in three phases: secondary data analysis (n = 2005), pilot study (n = 296) and main study (n = 459). The pilot and main study included the GPWS as well as other psycholog…

  • Emotional Intelligence, Work, and Psychological Outcomes in a Public Service Context

    Shelley-Ann Williams, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2009

    This study examines the role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between work context (conceptualised as job demands and job resources) and psychological outcomes (conceptualised as engagement and psychological well-being) in a sample of public sector employees (N=459). The Job Demands-Resources Scale (Rothmann et al., 2006), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Schaufeli et al., 2002), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 198…

  • Untold Stories of a Group of Black South Africans about the Apartheid Era

    Ernst J van der Merwe, Chris A Venter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2009

    The aim of this research was to explore the alternative stories of a group of black adults who survived the apartheid years in South Africa. It was surmised that the lives of many of the black adults who experienced the atrocities of the apartheid years, might have been shaped by the dominant stories of hardship, and that alternative stories of survival may not have played as important a role in the shaping of their lives as should have been the …

  • A Group of Black South Africans' Experience of Telling their Untold Stories about the Apartheid Era

    Jacques Vermeulen, Chris A Venter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2009

    The aim of this research was to explore a group of black South Africans' experiences of telling their untold stories of survival about the apartheid era. The expectation was that if they did become more aware of these alternative stories, it could have a far-reaching effect on their lives. A qualitative study was conducted with a group of seven black South African survivors of the apartheid era, ranging in age from 42–62 years (males =5, females …

  • Gender, Spirituality and Psychological Well-Being

    Cristel Vosloo, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2009

    The aim of this study was to determine whether gender moderates the relationship between spirituality and psychological well-being. A secondary data analysis based on a cross sectional survey was implemented. A convenience sample of 508 participants (males = 143, females = 365; age range 18–65 with 66% in the 18–25 category) from the North-West Province of South Africa completed questionnaires on spirituality and psychological well-being after in…

  • Evaluation of the mental health continuum–short form (MHC–SF) in setswana‐speaking South Africans

    Open AccessCorey Lee M Keyes, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEClinical Psychology & Psychotherapy2008

    A continuous assessment and a categorical diagnosis of the presence of mental health, described as flourishing, and the absence of mental health, characterized as languishing, is applied to a random sample of 1050 Setswana‐speaking adults in the Northwest province of South Africa. Factor analysis revealed that the mental health continuum–short form (MHC–SF) replicated the three‐factor structure of emotional, psychological and social well‐being fo…

  • Validation of a Coping Scale in an African Context

    Carelyn van der Walt, Johan C Potgieter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    The research aims were to compile and validate a multi-dimensional coping measure, taking African-centred coping behaviour into consideration. In a pilot study the Setswana-COPE (S-COPE) and the Africultural Coping Systems Inventory (ACSI) were administered to Setswana-speaking participants (N = 274). Selected items from these measures were combined into a single 35-item measure, the N-COPE, which was administered to another group of Setswana-spe…

  • The Design and Evaluation of a Hope Enhancement Programme for Adults

    Charl Pretorius, Chris Venter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    The study evaluated the effectiveness of a hope enhancement programme for a group of adults and its impact on general psychological well-being. The intervention programme focused on participants' abilities to set feasible goals, planning ways to reach those goals (pathways) and increase determination and motivation (agency) to reach these goals. The workshop-format programme, consisted of six two-hour sessions conducted over five days. A pre and …

  • Psychometric Properties of Various Scales Measuring Psychological Well-Being in a South African Context

    Jan Andries Benjamin Wissing, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    The aim of this study was to do a first phase screening of psychometric properties of various scales measuring facets of psychological well-being so as to address further questions in the FORT 1 project (FORT 1 = Clarifying the nature of psychological strengths). All scales (except one) were developed in a Western context, and measure facets of cognitive, affective, conative, social, and spiritual psychological well-being. As it could not be assu…

  • Validation of a Community Collective Efficacy Scale in an African Context

    Wilmien van Straten, Q Michael Temane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    The aim of this study was to validate a community collective efficacy scale in an African context. An abridged version of the Community Collective Efficacy Scale was validated in a cross-sectional survey design. Participants (N = 1050) from urban (n = 451) and rural (n = 599) areas completed the CCES and other measures of self-efficacy and psychological well-being. Results indicated a Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.72 and satisfactor…

  • Exploring the Validity of the Values-In-Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in an African Context

    Itumeleng P Khumalo, M P Wissing et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    This study explored the validity of the Values-In-Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS) in an African context. A convenience sample of 256 African students completed the VIA-IS in English. The majority of strengths subscales had good reliability coefficients and mean scores comparable to those reported in a Western context. Satisfactory criterion-related validity was established through correlations with other well-being indices. First and secon…

  • The Role of Personality Factors in the Dynamics of Context and Psychological Well-Being

    Q Michael Temane, M P WissingARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    The purpose of this study was to determine personality factors that mediate between context and psychological well-being. A convenience sample of 514 mutlicultural participants from Potchefstroom (n=384) and Mafikeng (n=130) comprising mainly of black and white students was drawn. The participants completed measures on extraversion and agreeableness and psychological well-being in a cross-sectional survey. Context was defined in terms of differen…

  • The Structure of Psychological Well-Being in Cultural Context

    M P Wissing, Q Michael TemaneARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2008

    This study explored whether an overlap exists in the empirical manifestations of various constructs for psychological well-being. Secondary factor analyses were conducted on data obtained from four studies, comprising 2,024 participants from relatively individualist and collectivist cultural contexts. Questionnaires varied in data sets and measured facets of affective, cognitive, conative, spiritual, interpersonal and social well-being. Results s…

  • The Role of Spirituality as a Mediator for Psychological Well-Being across Different Contexts

    Open AccessQ Michael Temane, M P WissingARTICLESouth African Journal of Psychology2006Cited by: 7References: 60

    The purpose of this study was to determine whether spirituality mediates between context and psychological well-being. Context was defined in terms of differentials pertaining to race, socio-economic indices and infrastructural resources. An availability sample of 514 participants from Potchefstroom ( n = 384) and Mafikeng ( n = 130), North West Province, completed measurements on spirituality and psychological well-being. Regression analyses ind…