Choja Oduaran

Biographic Data

ID4102256
NAMEChoja Oduaran
GIVEN NAMESChoja
FAMILY NAMEOduaran
SIGNATUREODUARAN C
AFFILIATIONSNorth-West University
ORCID0000-0001-8815-3930
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Exploring the spirituality and academic resilience among university undergraduate students

    Open AccessThuto G Lehihi, Wandile F Tsabedze et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Introduction Spirituality has been recognized as a potential coping mechanism and source of strength for some students. However, its relationship with academic resilience remains underexplored, especially among South African students. This study aimed to explore the relationship between spirituality and academic resilience among university undergraduate students at a South African university. Methods A correlational research design was employed, …

  • Effects of masculine culture on the mental health of Northern Sotho male youth

    Open AccessNtsobe Tshepo Hope Mogano, Daniel Lesiba Letsoalo et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2025

    The current study provided valuable insight regarding the effects of masculine culture on the mental health of Northern Sotho male youth and underscored the need for culturally sensitive, context-specific awareness campaigns, and targeted interventions to raise awareness and help educate males on the long-term negative implications that masculine culture may have on their mental health

  • Perceived job insecurity and sickness presenteeism among public service employees

    Open AccessAbimbola A Akanni, Choja Oduaran et al.ARTICLEAnálise Psicológica2023

    Previous research efforts have concentrated on the link between personal factors and sickness presenteeism, with few attempts to research the roles of contextual factors such as organisational culture and perceived job insecurity. Also, the mechanism through which the link exists has not been examined across the gender divide. Therefore, this paper examined the moderated mediation effects of gender on the relationship between perceived job insecu…

  • The “Kgotla” as a Community Heritage Resource for Mitigating Social Isolation and Loneliness among Tswana-Speaking Elderly South Africans

    Akpovire Oduaran, Choja Oduaran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2019References: 26

    Studies of the Tswana culture and language abound. However, incisive studies directed at the Kgotla as a community heritage resource that had been contributing towards social stability mediated by traditional intergenerational relationships among the Tswana-speaking South Africans are not common. This paper examines how the Kgotla’s inter-group communications capacity and capability mitigates social isolation and loneliness among elderly Tswana-s…

  • Edutainment and HIV/Aids in Botswana

    Open AccessNelson Okorie, Choja OduaranARTICLEOnline Journal of Communication…2018

    The Joint United Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS Data 2017) facts states that 360, 000 people out of a population of over two million people in Botswana are affected with HIV/AIDS (including women and children), with 3,900 deaths related to AIDS alone. Despite the fact that antiretroviral medications are being distributed freely to all the people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana, the country is still one of the countries greatly affected by HIV/AIDS …

  • Perceived social support and life satisfaction among freshmen

    Abimbola A Akanni, Choja OduaranARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2018

    This study investigated the mediating roles of academic self-efficacy and academic adjustment in the relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction among Nigerian university freshmen. A total of 621 beginning university students (females = 50.4%, mean age = 19.67years, SD = 4.56) completed surveys of their academic self-efficacy, academic adjustment, perceived social support, and life satisfaction. Results, following regressi…

  • African Proverbs as a Medium of Fostering Intergenerational Relationships and Communication in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

    Akpovire Oduaran, Choja OduaranARTICLEAfrican and Asian Studies2006Cited by: 2

    This brief paper examines, from the point of view of ethnography, how the African proverbs selected from the Niger Delta of Nigeria have been used in fostering intergenerational relationships discourse in a globalizing world. This discussion adopts the ethnographic approach in exploring the meaning and functions aims, structures and the delivery modes of African proverbs used in intergenerational relationships as our peoples struggle with the thr…

  • Transformations over Time in Generational Relationships in Africa

    Choja Oduaran, Akpovire OduaranARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2004Cited by: 2References: 2

    Generational transformations over historical time and space in Africa have featured a mixture of the “good” and the “bad.” The valuable interactions and relationships that endured in our traditional communities typify the good. The bad, on the other hand, is typified by the alterations that our cultures have witnessed as a result of profound and, sometimes, negatively influencing foreign contacts that have put in jeopardy whatever we had cherishe…

  • What Research or Evaluation Question, If Answered, Would Best Advance Intergenerational Program Development in Botswana

    Choja Oduaran, Choja A OduaranARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2003Cited by: 1