Henry D Mason

Biographic Data

ID7740751
NAMEHenry D Mason
GIVEN NAMESHenry D
FAMILY NAMEMason
SIGNATUREMASON H D
AFFILIATIONSDirectorate of Student Development and Support, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
ORCID0000-0002-3966-9970
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS22
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT22
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2023

    This study investigated the relationship between hope (agency and pathways thinking), grit, and subjective well-being (life satisfaction and positive and negative emotions) among South African first-year university students (n = 210; mean age = 20.35 years, SD = 1.49 years; female = 55.71%). Data were collected using the Adult Hope Scale (AHS), Grit Scale (GS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SwLS), and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience…

  • Resilient learning experiences of university students

    Henry D Mason, Barend Jacobus van WykARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2023

    This qualitative study explored the resilient learning experiences of 68 first-year university students (female = 36.76%, age range = 18–23 years). Data were collected using narrative sketches. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed three themes: the wish, peaks and valleys, and from bitter to better. The wish theme pointed to students' resilience motivated by their desired futures and aspirational goals. The peaks and valleys theme ga…

  • The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students

    Henry D Mason, Kobus FourieARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2022

  • Learning and studying during the pandemic

    Henry D Mason, Ané Craven et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2022

    This study compared first-year university students' learning and study strategy (LSS) orientations before COVID-19 and during COVID-19. We analysed data from 1 632 eligible frrst-year university students who completed the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI). Mean and proportion comparison data indicated a significant decrease in students' LSS orientations during the COVID-19 period compared to pre-COVID-19. During the pandemic, 45.29%…

  • Grit and its relation to well-being among first-year South African university students

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2021

    This mixed methods study explored grit and well-being among South African first-year university students (N = 405, female = 57.10%; mean age = 20.59, SD = 1.65 years). The students self-reported their grit and well-being. A small subsample of the students (n = 18, females = 61%) completed individual interviews on how their sense of grit related to their subjective well-being. Regression analysis indicated higher self-reported grit scores predicte…

  • Emotional intelligence and academic success among South African engineering students

    Barend Jacobus van Wyk, Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2021

    This study explored the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic success among a sample of 1 346 South African engineering students. Data were collected from the students using the Emotional Skills Assessment Process (ESAP). Academic success was calculated using the Credit Accumulation Rate (CAR), a measure that combines time spent in the tertiary environment and academic performance. We analysed the data using MATLAB, applying th…

  • Structure and norms of the Learning and Study Strategy Inventory

    Ingrid Opperman, Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2020

    This study examined the factorial structure and scale values of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) among a sample of South African university students (N = 6 065). Principal components and confirmatory factor analysis of the data yielded two factors, namely “meta-learning” and “information control” that accounted for 60.54% of the variance. In comparison to a sample comprising American students, the South African students self-re…

  • Parent caregiver perceptions of the behaviour of their children with autism spectrum disorder

    Bronwyn R Britz, Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2020

    This study explored parent caregivers’ perspectives of the influence of context on the behaviour of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Applying interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), we collected and analysed in-depth interview data from four South African parent caregivers (females = 4, age range = 38 to 52 years) regarding their children’s behaviours in school and home contexts. The findings revealed the parent caregivers to…

  • Making a difference and earning a living

    Victoria Cutts, Henry D Mason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2020

    This qualitative study explored six (female = 5) healthcare professionals’ motivation to work with persons with special healthcare needs. Thematic analysis revealed three themes; namely making a difference in people’s lives, personal life stories, and extrinsic motivation. The findings suggest that healthcare professionals are strongly motivated by the need to contribute to the wellness of others. However, the importance of extrinsic motivation, …

  • Gratitude, well-being and psychological distress among South African university students

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2019

    This study investigated the associations between gratitude, measures of well-being, and indicators of psychological distress (depression and negative emotion) among South African university students. Data were collected from 198 first-year university students (female = 69.70%; mean age = 20.55 years, SD = 1.70 years) using measures of gratitude, flourishing, well-being, depression, and negative emotion. The results showed that gratitude is positi…

  • Factors that enhance academic learning and study behaviours

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2019

    This exploratory study examined students' conceptions of factors that enhance the use and application of academic learning and study strategies (LSS). A qualitative approach was used to explore the conceptions of 23 first-year university students (female = 14; age range = 18–24 years). Data were collected using unstructured interviews and narrative sketches. Thematic analysis revealed three themes; namely clarity, emotional intelligence, and life…

  • Personal growth initiative

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2019

    This study examined the relationship between personal growth initiative (PGI) and hedonic and eudaimonic happiness among a sample of South African university students (N = 235; mean age = 20.38, SD = 1.55; female = 61.70%). Students completed measures on personal growth initiative, hedonic happiness, and eudaimonic happiness. Regression analysis indicated personal growth initiative to positively predict students’ reported scores on hedonic and eu…

  • Grit and academic performance among first-year university students

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2018

    This study examined grit and academic performance among a sample of South African university students (n = 121, mean age = 19.55, SD = 1.77, female = 57.85%). Data were collected using the Grit Scale and academic performance was assessed over one academic semester. Simple regression analysis was computed to predict students’ academic achievement from components of their self-reported grit. The grit component of consistency of interest accounted f…

  • The relationship between existential attitudes and professional quality of life among nursing students

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2018

    This study examined the relationship between existential attitudes and professional quality of life among a sample of South African nursing students (N = 150; mean age = 21.19, SD = 2.77; female = 90%). The student nurses completed the Life Attitudes Profile-Revised (LAP-R) and the Professional Quality of Life Scale (PROQoL). The data were analysed using the Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. Existential attitude…

  • The relationship between purpose and sources of meaning

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2018

    This study examined the relationship between meaning and sources of meaning among a sample of South African university students (N = 139; female = 44 0.6%; mean age = 19.76, SD = 1.82). The students completed the Purpose in Life (PIL), the Sources of Meaning Profile-Revised (SOMP-R) measures, and naïve sketches. Results from the data analysis using correlational and regression analyses indicate the students’ purpose of life scores are accounted f…

  • Meaning as a coping resource

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2017

    This exploratory study examined conceptions of meaning as a coping resource among nursing students. A qualitative approach was used to explore the lived experiences of 13 nursing students (female = 85%; age range = 18–22 years). Four conceptions of meaning emerged from the qualitative analysis, namely occupational stress as an avenue to meaning, compassion satisfaction, relational meaning, and meaning through spirituality. The findings indicate t…

  • Sense of meaning and academic performance

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2017

    This study examined sense of meaning and academic performance among a sample of South African university students (n = 210, mean age = 19.49, SD = 1.99, female = 54.29%). Data on meaning were collected using the Purpose in Life Test. End of semester marks served as the academic attainment measure. Simple regression analysis with post-hoc independent-samples t-tests revealed that meaning predicts academic performance. No significant differences be…

  • Meaning, happiness and psychological distress

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2015

    The study investigated the concepts of meaning and happiness within an African context. Two hundred and forty-one participants (Mean age = 20.52 years, SD = 1.73, female = 57.67%) completed surveys on meaning, happiness and psychological distress. A subgroup of 119 participants completed qualitative data (naïve sketches) on their perspectives of meaning and happiness (female = 60.50%, Mean age = 20.48 years, SD = 1.65). Eighteen of the participan…

  • Meaning in Life Within an African Context

    Henry D MasonARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2013

    This article reports on a mixed method study that described and explored meaning in life among 179 university students (53.63% female). Data on their sense of meaning in life were collected using the Life Purpose Questionnaire (Hutzell, 1989), supplemented with qualitative naïve sketches. The data on the Life Purpose Questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics while those from naive sketches were thematically analysed. Whereas the li…

  • A Case of Tragic Optimism

    Henry D Mason, J A NelARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2012

    This study applied concepts from logotherapy to construct the meaning that volunteer crisis counsellors experienced by working with victims of crime. Data were collected from seven participants who delivered services at community-driven crisis centre using a qualitative approach. The data were analysed thematically. The findings suggest that the volunteers discovered meaning from reaching out to victims of crime. Adopting an attitude of tragic op…

  • Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction

    Henry D Mason, J A NelARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2012

    This article reports on the professional quality of life of a sample of participants who were enrolled for an academic programme in Nursing Science (N = 80, females = 73). Data were collected utilising the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL R-IV) Scale. Findings point to high potentiality for compassion satisfaction, high risk for the development of compassion fatigue and moderate to high risk for burnout among the respondents. Understanding pr…

  • Student Development and Support using a Logotherapeutic Approach

    Henry D Mason, J A NelARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2011

    This study reports on participants' meaning-centred experiences and perspectives after attending a logotherapy-based student development and support programme. Thirteen students who were enrolled in the first year of the academic programme, in health science programme at a South Africa university, were participants. Qualitative inquiry was used for the data collection and analysis. Findings suggest that a meaning-centred approach may prove to be …