Eugene Lee Davids
Biographic Data
| ID | 6052914 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene Lee Davids |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene Lee |
| FAMILY NAME | Davids |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIDS E L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3805-3904 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of Housing Conditions, Air Quality and Green Spaces on the Psychological Well-being of Adolescents living with HIV
Background The psychological well-being of adolescents is often associated with environmental factors such as air pollution, green spaces and housing conditions; however, little is known about how these factors shape the experiences of adolescents living with HIV in under-resourced communities. Aim This study explored the role of urban environmental factors, including housing conditions, air quality and green spaces, on the psychological well-bei…
The correlates and experiences of HIV-related intersectional stigma among caregivers of adolescents living with HIV during Covid-19 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Caregivers play a critical role in promoting HIV adherence and positive mental health among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). However, the health and wellbeing of caregivers are often compromised by HIV-related stigma. Furthermore, in sub-Saharan Africa, the effects of HIV-related stigma are amplified by intersecting forms of stigma, such as poverty and gender. If we can identify the key drivers of HIV-related intersectional stigma, then we ca…
Depressive symptomatology and their correlates among caregivers of children and adolescents living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Background Few studies have examined factors linked to depressive symptomatology among caregivers of children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV). This study estimated prevalence of depressive symptoms and identified associated factors among caregivers of CALHIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Methods We used baseline data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the impact of a cash transfer program and an economic empowerment intervent…
The lived experiences of biological mothers parenting with a history of complex trauma in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, South Africa
Complex trauma is experiencing a traumatic event, in the form of abuse, which is chronic, interpersonal, and begins in childhood. Limited knowledge exists regarding the impact of complex trauma on parenting. The current study, therefore, aimed to explore the lived experiences of biological mothers parenting with a history of complex trauma in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, South Africa. Using purposive sampling, the study included 10 biologi…
Using a cash transfer plus SMS nudge package to improve the wellbeing among caregivers of adolescents living with HIV during the Covid-19 epidemic in South Africa
Caregivers of adolescents living with HIV encounter multiple economic and psycho-social challenges which impair their wellbeing and provision of optimal care. Cash transfers combined with short message service (SMS) nudges may address the financial and mental barriers to caregiver wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility outcomes of this multipronged approach for improving caregiver wellbeing. We …
The prevalence and correlates of common mental disorders among adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa
Depression and anxiety are among the most common mental disorders (CMDs) affecting adolescents and young adults (AYA). CMDs often emerge during adolescence and young adulthood, yet are frequently diagnosed in adulthood. Understanding the burden and correlates of CMDs is essential for informing public mental health interventions. However, limited research incorporates the perspectives of AYA with lived experience of mental health conditions. This …
Improving Health Informatics Competencies
Various terms describe Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use in healthcare, including Health Informatics (HI). HI use in healthcare is expected to positively impact healthcare through healthcare cost reduction and improve healthcare accessibility and decision-making. However, the effective application and use of technology in healthcare requires appropriate HI competencies. This research explored what constitutes health informatics …
Decision-making associated with anxiety and depression among emerging adults
Emerging adulthood is synonymous with high levels of stress and uncertainty, often resulting in anxiety and depression, which negatively impact mental health and well-being. Exploring the experiences of anxiety and depression symptomology in decisional situations enhances our understanding of their role in emerging adult mental health and well-being. This study examined whether decision-making styles predict anxiety and depression symptomology am…
Internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior ‐ three dimensions of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire ( SDQ )
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Self‐Report version (SDQ‐S), its psychometric properties and measurement invariance by gender and language spoken at home, among secondary school students in Western Cape, South Africa. A sample of 3,542 adolescents in Grade 8 ( Mean age = 13.7 years) completed the SDQ‐S in a three‐language questionnaire (Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa). The data wer…
Bringing Parent–Child Interaction Therapy to South Africa
There is a large assessment and treatment gap in child and adolescent mental health services, prominently so in low- and middle-income countries, where 90% of the world's children live. There is an urgent need to find evidence-based interventions that can be implemented successfully in these low-resource contexts. This pre-pilot study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to implementation as well as overall feasibility of Parent-Child I…
The Interaction between Basic Psychological Needs, Decision-Making and Life Goals among Emerging Adults in South Africa
The interaction between emerging adult psychological well-being and decision-making, in South Africa, has not been explicitly explored in Self-Determination Theory. Life goals have been thought to play a role in the interaction between basic psychological needs and decision-making to promote psychological well-being. The current study, therefore, aimed to examine whether the decision-making styles employed, and the life goals which were deemed im…
Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents
The study highlighted the role of affective states as part of the process of examining alternatives when deciding to use a condom or not. Interventions to strengthen condom use decision-making should therefore incorporate not only rational but also affective processes to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes
The role of family structure and parenting in first year university adjustment
The first year of university creates new experiences and challenges for first years and lays the foundation for the subsequent years of study. This first year has implications for academic development, mental health, and well-being of students and subsequently student retention. The majority of South African university students stay within their familial home unlike their international counterparts. The family may therefore play a contributory ro…
The link between parenting approaches and health behavior
Adolescent goals and aspirations in search of psychological well-being
According to self-determination theory, an individual’s goal content and the processes involved in goal setting often represent the status of the individual’s mental health and well-being. When examining the importance placed on goal setting, an individual’s goals and aspirations are often synonymous with mental health and well-being. Aspiring to achieve intrinsic life goals has been associated with greater psychological well-being in literature.…
Family structure and functioning
This study aimed to determine the effects of family structure and functioning on basic psychological need fulfilment, life goals and aspirations of adolescents in a South African setting. Participants were 457 adolescent learners (Mage = 16.31, SD = 1.45, females = 54%, coloured = 56%) selected from four public schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. The adolescents completed the Family Assessment Device, Aspirations Index and Psychological Ne…
Parenting styles and psychological needs influences on adolescent life goals and aspirations in a South African setting
The present study examined the role of parenting styles and basic psychological needs in the adoption of goals and aspirations of learners, as well as for their psychological wellbeing (positive versus negative affect) in a South African sample of learners. A cross-sectional design was used to conduct this study with a sample of 853 learners at public schools in the Western Cape of South Africa (females = 57%, mean age 16.96 years, SD = 1.12). Da…
Adolescent goals and aspirations in search of psychological well-being
According to self-determination theory, an individual’s goal content and the processes involved in goal setting often represent the status of the individual’s mental health and well-being. When examining the importance placed on goal setting, an individual’s goals and aspirations are often synonymous with mental health and well-being. Aspiring to achieve intrinsic life goals has been associated with greater psychological well-being in literature.…
The Interaction between Basic Psychological Needs, Decision-Making and Life Goals among Emerging Adults in South Africa
The interaction between emerging adult psychological well-being and decision-making, in South Africa, has not been explicitly explored in Self-Determination Theory. Life goals have been thought to play a role in the interaction between basic psychological needs and decision-making to promote psychological well-being. The current study, therefore, aimed to examine whether the decision-making styles employed, and the life goals which were deemed im…
Parenting styles and psychological needs influences on adolescent life goals and aspirations in a South African setting
The present study examined the role of parenting styles and basic psychological needs in the adoption of goals and aspirations of learners, as well as for their psychological wellbeing (positive versus negative affect) in a South African sample of learners. A cross-sectional design was used to conduct this study with a sample of 853 learners at public schools in the Western Cape of South Africa (females = 57%, mean age 16.96 years, SD = 1.12). Da…
Family structure and functioning
This study aimed to determine the effects of family structure and functioning on basic psychological need fulfilment, life goals and aspirations of adolescents in a South African setting. Participants were 457 adolescent learners (Mage = 16.31, SD = 1.45, females = 54%, coloured = 56%) selected from four public schools in the Western Cape, South Africa. The adolescents completed the Family Assessment Device, Aspirations Index and Psychological Ne…
The link between parenting approaches and health behavior
Adolescent goals and aspirations in search of psychological well-being
According to self-determination theory, an individual’s goal content and the processes involved in goal setting often represent the status of the individual’s mental health and well-being. When examining the importance placed on goal setting, an individual’s goals and aspirations are often synonymous with mental health and well-being. Aspiring to achieve intrinsic life goals has been associated with greater psychological well-being in literature.…
The role of family structure and parenting in first year university adjustment
The first year of university creates new experiences and challenges for first years and lays the foundation for the subsequent years of study. This first year has implications for academic development, mental health, and well-being of students and subsequently student retention. The majority of South African university students stay within their familial home unlike their international counterparts. The family may therefore play a contributory ro…
Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents
The study highlighted the role of affective states as part of the process of examining alternatives when deciding to use a condom or not. Interventions to strengthen condom use decision-making should therefore incorporate not only rational but also affective processes to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes
Internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior ‐ three dimensions of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire ( SDQ )
This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Self‐Report version (SDQ‐S), its psychometric properties and measurement invariance by gender and language spoken at home, among secondary school students in Western Cape, South Africa. A sample of 3,542 adolescents in Grade 8 ( Mean age = 13.7 years) completed the SDQ‐S in a three‐language questionnaire (Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa). The data wer…
Bringing Parent–Child Interaction Therapy to South Africa
There is a large assessment and treatment gap in child and adolescent mental health services, prominently so in low- and middle-income countries, where 90% of the world's children live. There is an urgent need to find evidence-based interventions that can be implemented successfully in these low-resource contexts. This pre-pilot study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to implementation as well as overall feasibility of Parent-Child I…
The Interaction between Basic Psychological Needs, Decision-Making and Life Goals among Emerging Adults in South Africa
The interaction between emerging adult psychological well-being and decision-making, in South Africa, has not been explicitly explored in Self-Determination Theory. Life goals have been thought to play a role in the interaction between basic psychological needs and decision-making to promote psychological well-being. The current study, therefore, aimed to examine whether the decision-making styles employed, and the life goals which were deemed im…
Improving Health Informatics Competencies
Various terms describe Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use in healthcare, including Health Informatics (HI). HI use in healthcare is expected to positively impact healthcare through healthcare cost reduction and improve healthcare accessibility and decision-making. However, the effective application and use of technology in healthcare requires appropriate HI competencies. This research explored what constitutes health informatics …
Decision-making associated with anxiety and depression among emerging adults
Emerging adulthood is synonymous with high levels of stress and uncertainty, often resulting in anxiety and depression, which negatively impact mental health and well-being. Exploring the experiences of anxiety and depression symptomology in decisional situations enhances our understanding of their role in emerging adult mental health and well-being. This study examined whether decision-making styles predict anxiety and depression symptomology am…
Using a cash transfer plus SMS nudge package to improve the wellbeing among caregivers of adolescents living with HIV during the Covid-19 epidemic in South Africa
Caregivers of adolescents living with HIV encounter multiple economic and psycho-social challenges which impair their wellbeing and provision of optimal care. Cash transfers combined with short message service (SMS) nudges may address the financial and mental barriers to caregiver wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility outcomes of this multipronged approach for improving caregiver wellbeing. We …
The prevalence and correlates of common mental disorders among adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa
Depression and anxiety are among the most common mental disorders (CMDs) affecting adolescents and young adults (AYA). CMDs often emerge during adolescence and young adulthood, yet are frequently diagnosed in adulthood. Understanding the burden and correlates of CMDs is essential for informing public mental health interventions. However, limited research incorporates the perspectives of AYA with lived experience of mental health conditions. This …
The Role of Housing Conditions, Air Quality and Green Spaces on the Psychological Well-being of Adolescents living with HIV
Background The psychological well-being of adolescents is often associated with environmental factors such as air pollution, green spaces and housing conditions; however, little is known about how these factors shape the experiences of adolescents living with HIV in under-resourced communities. Aim This study explored the role of urban environmental factors, including housing conditions, air quality and green spaces, on the psychological well-bei…
The correlates and experiences of HIV-related intersectional stigma among caregivers of adolescents living with HIV during Covid-19 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Caregivers play a critical role in promoting HIV adherence and positive mental health among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). However, the health and wellbeing of caregivers are often compromised by HIV-related stigma. Furthermore, in sub-Saharan Africa, the effects of HIV-related stigma are amplified by intersecting forms of stigma, such as poverty and gender. If we can identify the key drivers of HIV-related intersectional stigma, then we ca…
Depressive symptomatology and their correlates among caregivers of children and adolescents living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Background Few studies have examined factors linked to depressive symptomatology among caregivers of children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV). This study estimated prevalence of depressive symptoms and identified associated factors among caregivers of CALHIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Methods We used baseline data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the impact of a cash transfer program and an economic empowerment intervent…
The lived experiences of biological mothers parenting with a history of complex trauma in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, South Africa
Complex trauma is experiencing a traumatic event, in the form of abuse, which is chronic, interpersonal, and begins in childhood. Limited knowledge exists regarding the impact of complex trauma on parenting. The current study, therefore, aimed to explore the lived experiences of biological mothers parenting with a history of complex trauma in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, South Africa. Using purposive sampling, the study included 10 biologi…
Psychology (10 works) · Mental health (9 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works)