Solomon Mashegoane
Biographic Data
| ID | 6053156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Solomon Mashegoane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Solomon |
| FAMILY NAME | Mashegoane |
| SIGNATURE | MASHEGOANE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limpopo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8200-5320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Death obsession’s potential mediational role in the relation between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder
The study investigated the mediator role of death obsession in the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder among pregnant women in the Capricorn district, South Africa. Two hundred and six conveniently selected respondents completed questionnaires individually. Statistically significant associations were found between pregnancy-related anxiety and death obsession, death obsession and prenatal obse…
Intrinsic Religiosity and Health Risk Behaviours Among Black University Students in Limpopo, South Africa
Caring for children with an intellectual disability
This study explored family caregiver experiences of children with an intellectual disability in a rural South African day-care centre. The family caregivers (N = 15; mothers = 60%; age range = 35 to 68 years) completed in-depth interviews regarding their experiences providing care to children with intellectual disability. Data collection and analysis was done using phenomenological methods. The following themes emerged to characterise the family …
Psychological validation of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) in South Africa
The study examined the factor structure and cross-cultural validity of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES) in a sample of South African students (N = 862; black African = 67%, female = 71.5%). Alternative a priori CFA models (unidimensional, bi-dimensional and unidimensional models comprising either latent method factor or correlated residuals) were evaluated. Results indicated that the RSES in black and white South African university students…
Adverse developmental experiences and risky health behaviours among black South African university students
This study examined the relationship between adverse developmental experiences (ADEs) and risky health behaviours among a cross-sectional sample of black South African students (n = 393; females = 58%, Mage = 20.5 years, SD = 2.9). Binary logistic regression was used to model the association between categories of ADEs and risky health behaviours. Findings suggest individual ADEs to significantly predict risky health behaviours. The highest singul…
Attachment dimensions’ capacity to predict problem behaviors in an African context
Considerable research links aspects of attachment to internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. The association is yet to be established in an African context. Canonical correlation analysis was conducted on the data of 135 primary school learners and their parents and guardians in Mankweng, a township in Polokwane, South Africa, to evaluate the avoidance and anxiety attachment dimensions’ capacity to predict problem behaviors. There was …
Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory–II in South Africa
This study evaluated the factorial validity of the Beck Depression Inventory–II with a diverse sample of 919 university students. A randomised split of the data was done, and then exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on Group 1 ( n = 460). Thereafter, confirmatory factor analysis was performed on Group 2 ( n = 459) to cross-validate the determined factor structure. A lower-order factor structure that comprised three factors…
Factorial validity of the death obsession scale in African University students
In this study the factor structure of the Death Obsession Scale (DOS) was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. Data used consisted of DOS reports of 328 Black African students. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that two- and three-factor models obtained among female and male African students, respectively, provided the best fit to the data. The two factors in female African students were Death Rumination and Apprehension, and the thre…
Mothering Children with Schizophrenia in a Village Setting
This study reports on the experiences of mothers (n=8) raising children with schizophrenia in a rural South African village. The mothers were individually interviewed at their homes, using in-depth, phenomenological methods. Data were thematically analysed. Mothers of children with schizophrenia indicated that they are facing the following challenges on their process of caregiving: mothers' emotional reactions, blaming witchcraft, dealing with th…
Psychosocial Correlates of Smoking Behaviour Among Students at a Historically Black University
This study examined the influence of family structure and functioning on the smoking behavior of students attending a historically Black university. Participants were 316 students (average age = 21.2 years) at a South African university campus. They completed a smoking behavior survey. The data analyses revealed that family structure and functioning, and parental smoking predicted the students' smoking status. Family context contributes to smokin…
The Structure of Parental Bonding in South African Students
The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI: Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) offers a practical way of conceptualizing parental experiences. In the present study, PBI scores of 522 students from a South African university were factor analyzed, yielding a three-factor structure for the maternal-PBI subscale. However, the paternal-PBI data were interpretable only for a four-factor solution. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted and Kendler's (1996) t…
The Prediction of Condom Use Intention among South African University Students
A questionnaire was administered to 294 sexually active, unmarried undergraduate students to investigate the role of social norms in the prediction of the intention to use condoms. Components of social cognitive theory and the theory of reasoned action and planned behaviour were integrated with those of the Health Belief Model to predict future intention to use condoms with a new partner. Logistic regression analyses of selected risky sexual beha…
Sexual Sensation Seeking and Risky Sexual Behavior Among South African University Students
This study investigated the association between the personality dispositions of sexual sensation seeking (SSS) and nonsexual experience seeking (Non-SES), and risky sexual behaviors among 308 sexually active South African university students. The students provided retrospective reports of their sexual behavior and completed measures of SSS and Non-SES. Findings, based on a sample of sexually active students, suggest an association between SSS and…
Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory–II in South Africa
This study evaluated the factorial validity of the Beck Depression Inventory–II with a diverse sample of 919 university students. A randomised split of the data was done, and then exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on Group 1 ( n = 460). Thereafter, confirmatory factor analysis was performed on Group 2 ( n = 459) to cross-validate the determined factor structure. A lower-order factor structure that comprised three factors…
Factorial validity of the death obsession scale in African University students
In this study the factor structure of the Death Obsession Scale (DOS) was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. Data used consisted of DOS reports of 328 Black African students. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that two- and three-factor models obtained among female and male African students, respectively, provided the best fit to the data. The two factors in female African students were Death Rumination and Apprehension, and the thre…
Sexual Sensation Seeking and Risky Sexual Behavior Among South African University Students
This study investigated the association between the personality dispositions of sexual sensation seeking (SSS) and nonsexual experience seeking (Non-SES), and risky sexual behaviors among 308 sexually active South African university students. The students provided retrospective reports of their sexual behavior and completed measures of SSS and Non-SES. Findings, based on a sample of sexually active students, suggest an association between SSS and…
The Prediction of Condom Use Intention among South African University Students
A questionnaire was administered to 294 sexually active, unmarried undergraduate students to investigate the role of social norms in the prediction of the intention to use condoms. Components of social cognitive theory and the theory of reasoned action and planned behaviour were integrated with those of the Health Belief Model to predict future intention to use condoms with a new partner. Logistic regression analyses of selected risky sexual beha…
The Structure of Parental Bonding in South African Students
The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI: Parker, Tupling & Brown, 1979) offers a practical way of conceptualizing parental experiences. In the present study, PBI scores of 522 students from a South African university were factor analyzed, yielding a three-factor structure for the maternal-PBI subscale. However, the paternal-PBI data were interpretable only for a four-factor solution. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted and Kendler's (1996) t…
Psychosocial Correlates of Smoking Behaviour Among Students at a Historically Black University
This study examined the influence of family structure and functioning on the smoking behavior of students attending a historically Black university. Participants were 316 students (average age = 21.2 years) at a South African university campus. They completed a smoking behavior survey. The data analyses revealed that family structure and functioning, and parental smoking predicted the students' smoking status. Family context contributes to smokin…
Mothering Children with Schizophrenia in a Village Setting
This study reports on the experiences of mothers (n=8) raising children with schizophrenia in a rural South African village. The mothers were individually interviewed at their homes, using in-depth, phenomenological methods. Data were thematically analysed. Mothers of children with schizophrenia indicated that they are facing the following challenges on their process of caregiving: mothers' emotional reactions, blaming witchcraft, dealing with th…
Factorial validity of the death obsession scale in African University students
In this study the factor structure of the Death Obsession Scale (DOS) was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. Data used consisted of DOS reports of 328 Black African students. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that two- and three-factor models obtained among female and male African students, respectively, provided the best fit to the data. The two factors in female African students were Death Rumination and Apprehension, and the thre…
Attachment dimensions’ capacity to predict problem behaviors in an African context
Considerable research links aspects of attachment to internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. The association is yet to be established in an African context. Canonical correlation analysis was conducted on the data of 135 primary school learners and their parents and guardians in Mankweng, a township in Polokwane, South Africa, to evaluate the avoidance and anxiety attachment dimensions’ capacity to predict problem behaviors. There was …
Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory–II in South Africa
This study evaluated the factorial validity of the Beck Depression Inventory–II with a diverse sample of 919 university students. A randomised split of the data was done, and then exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on Group 1 ( n = 460). Thereafter, confirmatory factor analysis was performed on Group 2 ( n = 459) to cross-validate the determined factor structure. A lower-order factor structure that comprised three factors…
Psychological validation of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) in South Africa
The study examined the factor structure and cross-cultural validity of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES) in a sample of South African students (N = 862; black African = 67%, female = 71.5%). Alternative a priori CFA models (unidimensional, bi-dimensional and unidimensional models comprising either latent method factor or correlated residuals) were evaluated. Results indicated that the RSES in black and white South African university students…
Adverse developmental experiences and risky health behaviours among black South African university students
This study examined the relationship between adverse developmental experiences (ADEs) and risky health behaviours among a cross-sectional sample of black South African students (n = 393; females = 58%, Mage = 20.5 years, SD = 2.9). Binary logistic regression was used to model the association between categories of ADEs and risky health behaviours. Findings suggest individual ADEs to significantly predict risky health behaviours. The highest singul…
Intrinsic Religiosity and Health Risk Behaviours Among Black University Students in Limpopo, South Africa
Caring for children with an intellectual disability
This study explored family caregiver experiences of children with an intellectual disability in a rural South African day-care centre. The family caregivers (N = 15; mothers = 60%; age range = 35 to 68 years) completed in-depth interviews regarding their experiences providing care to children with intellectual disability. Data collection and analysis was done using phenomenological methods. The following themes emerged to characterise the family …
Death obsession’s potential mediational role in the relation between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder
The study investigated the mediator role of death obsession in the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal obsessive-compulsive disorder among pregnant women in the Capricorn district, South Africa. Two hundred and six conveniently selected respondents completed questionnaires individually. Statistically significant associations were found between pregnancy-related anxiety and death obsession, death obsession and prenatal obse…
Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)