Journal of Psychology in Africa

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Psychology in Africa is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Mental health literacy in black South African communities21
Servant leadership and work performance of public servants: Exploring the mediating role of public service motivation and job satisfaction18
A psychological contract for the digital mindset: Factor analysis of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI)12
Interpersonal sensitivity and social avoidance and distress in female college students: Mediating role of self-inconsistency and moderating role of self-consciousness11
Social anxiety and problematic social network site use: The sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity11
Gratitude to nature and pro-environmental behaviour: A moderated mediated model10
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana10
Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness9
How do consumers react to big data-based personalised pricing? A cognition–affect–behaviour perspective9
Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university9
The quality of care in correctional facilities in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of literature9
Mindfulness and meaning in life: The mediating effect of self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Adult attachment: Its mediation role on childhood trauma and mobile phone addiction8
Tourism graduate students’ employability skills: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study8
Loneliness and psychological well-being among the elderly in Buffalo City, South Africa8
Heavy episodic alcohol use among adults: Prevalence and correlates in Central African Republic7
Spatiotemporal expectations of apparent motion and the effect of attentional control7
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study7
Disasters are not cute: Cute expressions increase dehumanisation7
Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students6
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective6
Father’s parenting attitude and teacher-child relationships: Mediating role of children’s self-regulation ability6
How psychological contract breach relates to façades of conformity: The mediating role of emotional labour6
Obstacle course soldiers’ reaction and perception time: Combat equipment load effects6
Impact of workplace adversity on well-being of Ghanaian bankers: Do resilience and psychological safety matter?6
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy6
Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model5
Strengths mindset and job satisfaction: The mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of authentic leadership5
Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation5
Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa5
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow5
Prevalence and psychological correlates of anxiety symptoms in subthreshold depressive adolescents with a high level of rumination response style4
Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa , Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards 4
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents4
The classroom environment and college students’ being silent/hidden dropouts: The chain of mediating effects of college identification and academic achievement4
Problem drinking among a cross-sectional national sample of adolescents in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors4
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents4
Influence of ego resilience on school adaptability among primary school lower-grade children4
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation4
Aspirations and meanings of lighter skin tone in the African context: A rapid review4
Identity processing styles and personal growth initiative in college students: The mediating role of cultural tightness–looseness4
Perceived information communication and technology (ICT) demands and psychological well-being among Gabon civil servants: The moderating role of social support and organisational support4
Employee followership predispositions: Their perceptions of narcissistic traits in supervisors4
The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students4
Call centre support staff job crafting and employee engagement: Controlling the effects of sociodemographic characteristics3
A fortunate self-actualised man: A psycho-biographical study of Yuan Longping3
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model3
Correctional officers’ perceptions of resilience of at-risk youth in a correctional centre in Eswatini3
Factor structure in Raven’s Progressive Matrices Plus in sub-Saharan Africa – Benin and Djibouti3
The experience machine: How our minds predict and shape reality3
Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy3
Cultural identity, cultural confidence, and folk activities: An empirical study of the folk culture of Moon-cake Gambling at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xiamen, China3
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use3
“It’s just like a waiting room”: The lived experiences of psychology students seeking professional training programme admission in South Africa3
Business organisation performance behaviour indicators in Ghana and Kenya: A comparative analysis3
Validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index in the Arab context: Results and implications of a Moroccan study3
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets3
Health provider administration functions, patient satisfaction, and loyalty: Their mediation by patient healthcare service quality perceptions3
Cultural Models of Emotions3
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact3
Defender self-efficacy and defender behaviour in school bullying of primary school pupils: The role of perceived responsibility and sex2
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger2
Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support2
The qualitative methodology: Preparedness and experiences of journal reviewers2
Proactive personality and academic procrastination in graduate students: Their chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability2
Proactive personality and career success of higher education teachers: The mediating effects of job crafting2
Teaching and researching motivation2
Corporate ethical values and ethical work climate influences on employees’ helping behaviour in a developing country’s banking sector setting2
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity2
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model2
Relational importance in early and middle adulthood age groups in South Africa2
Childhood traumatic grief counselling: A South African case study2
Psychological empowerment and professional well-being of Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of professional pressure2
Grit and its relation to well-being among first-year South African university students2
Areas of work–life and psychological reward satisfaction among new Chinese graduate nurses: The moderating role of psychological capital2
Flourishing versus languishing amongst female academics during the national lockdown in South Africa: “Sink or swim” lived work lives2
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students2
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study2
“Just smile and wave”: Workplace requirements and emotional labour of academic staff at a South African university2
Group membership, social identification and mental health: A test of social cure or curse narrative in resource-poor communities in Ghana2
Online risk exposure and mental health in Chinese junior high school students: A latent profile analysis2
Correlates of job search behaviour among unemployed job seekers in Ghana: A mediation model2
“I’m angry with my mother”: Lived psychosocial experiences of adolescents with peri-natal-acquired HIV in Limpopo, South Africa2
To err is human; to forgive, divine: A scoping review of workplace forgiveness experiences2
Mental health, lifestyle factors and subsequent falls among ageing adults in South Africa2
The psychological well-being of schoolteachers in South Africa: A critical review2
Prevalence and predictors of comorbid current alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius2
Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism2
Self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students: Influences of self-control and self-concept2
Linking exploitative leadership and employees’ work–family conflict: The roles of employees’ power distance orientation and emotional exhaustion2
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability2
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity2
Understanding general pedagogical knowledge influences on sustainable teacher well-being: A qualitative exploratory study2
Cumulative risk and school bullying experiences: Effects of moral disengagement and gender2
Linking servant leadership to customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour: The moderating role of perceived interactional justice2
Overqualification perception and employee voice: Mediation by dual path autonomous and controlled motivation2
Transition experiences of candidate attorneys in South African law firms2
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students2
Self-consciousness and grit in rural adolescents: Moderation by self-esteem and mediation by achievement motivation2
Sense of power and online trolling among college students: Mediating effects of self-esteem and moral disengagement2
Achieving career marketability through helping others: A moderated mediation model2
Physical exercise and aggressive behaviour among rural children: Cognitive flexibility mediation and peer relationship quality moderation2
Women offenders’ experiences of rehabilitation in a South African correctional centre2
Validation of Learning Transfer Inventory System (LTIS) in Cameroon teachers: Measurement invariance and latent mean difference across sex2
Academic researchers’ work stress and work engagement: Hindrance stress appraisal mediation and psychological resilience moderation1
How can work improve family life quality? The influence of thriving at work on family role performance and work–family balance satisfaction1
Telecommuting and job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of psychological detachment from work1
Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships1
Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice1
Humble leadership and work fatigue: The roles of self-efficacy and perceived team autonomy-support1
Popular culture influences on national image and tourism behavioural intention: An exploratory study1
Exploring educators’ and support staffs’ experiences regarding crises containment management in South African schools1
Cultural knowledge and perceptions of students towards mental illness in South Africa1
Does parental education moderate the association between personal growth initiative, purpose in life and subjective well-being among Chinese college students?1
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences1
Are fathers involved in diabetes management? A rapid review1
Top management team cognition and strategic decision performance: The mediating role of team conflict1
Empowering women in South African law enforcement: Developing authenticity as best-self1
Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy1
Religiosity and well-being among Nigerians: Exploring the mediating role of fatalism1
Empathy and defender behaviour in bullying of young children: The mediating role of peer status1
Pay satisfaction and work–life balance among Nigerian bank employees: The roles of psychological empowerment and gender1
Alcohol misuse prevalence and correlates among school adolescents from national surveys in Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
The moderating role of emotional intelligence on the association between adverse childhood experiences and conduct problems of adolescents1
Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students1
The Job Demands Scale for Hearing-Impaired Employees: Development and preliminary analysis of internal validity1
Authenticity, self-control, and smartphone dependence in adolescence: Path analysis and latent profile analysis1
Exploring upbringing styles of highly resilient students in South Africa: A mixed methods study1
Work stressors and vicarious trauma among South African Police Service members1
Influence of career orientations and career guidance need on students’ employability attributes1
Grade 12 performance and academic performance in first-year psychology students: Influences of generational status and academic self-concept1
Psychosocial variables of the interactive mobile interface for geriatric persons in a Kenyan setting: An exploratory study1
Validity and reliability of the Compassion Fatigue Short Scale among nursing interns1
Inclusive leadership and employee innovative work behaviours: Testing a psychological empowerment and leader-member exchange moderated-mediation model1
Psychological well-being program efficacy on meaning-in-life in a sample of University of Jeddah students1
Sibling relationship qualities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief report of protective effect1
Effects of materialism and perceived social support on the mental health of college students1
COVID-related stressors on career insecurity: The moderating effects of family support and openness1
Self-control mediation on the relationship between personal growth initiative and smartphone addiction among Chinese university students1
Brand personality and purchase intention: The dual-mediating effects of brand attachment and nostalgia proneness1
School engagement mediation of the implicit self-entity theories and mental health problems among Chinese high school students: A longitudinal study1
A framework for digital talent assessment: Guidelines and applications1
Social exclusion and social anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students: Fear of negative evaluation and resilience as mediators1
Recruitment managers’ emotional intelligence and employment discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS: The mediating role of stigma1
How textual and picture cues influence motor skill learning in short instructional videos: Evidence from eye-tracking experiments1
Mental health among high school students in South Africa: Roles of childhood adversity, bullying behaviour, peer pressure, and self-esteem1
Business innovation intent among college students: Contributions of psychological capital and entrepreneurial self-efficacy1
The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development: Transdisciplinary perspectives1
Mindfulness and mental health in medical staff in the COVID-19 period: Mediating role of perceived social support and sense of security1
Self-efficacy and career resilience: The mediating role of professional identity and work passion in kindergarten teachers1
Social support and self-concept clarity as mediators between college students’ passive social network site use and loneliness1
Sense of belonging and academic persistence among undergraduate university students: The chain mediation effect of emotional and academic adjustment1
Social anxiety, maladaptive cognition, mobile phone addiction, and perceived social support: A moderated mediation model1
Sustainable early literacy outcomes for young children of poverty: Influences of attendance, social competence, and problem behaviour1
Older black rural South African adults’ perceptions on organ donation: An exploratory study1
Alexithymia and mobile phone addiction among college students: Mediation by boredom proneness and anxiety1
Who does better on life satisfaction and meaning in life? A Mixed-methods exploration of demographic characteristics and well-being in Ghana1
Employee turnover intention: The predictive role of work-related burnout and psychosocial climate among university workers1
College students’ aesthetic affection and prosocial behaviour: The role of empathy1
Sustainable person-environment fit and subjective career success: The moderating role of resilience1
Work method control of Nigerian armed forces personnel: Roles of psychological detachment and conscientiousness1
Racial relations and life satisfaction among South Africans: Results from the 2017 South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)1
COVID-19 restrictions lifting and the health of older adults: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment1
Evaluation of a masculinity and gender equality intervention for primary school boys1
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour: Influences of psychological safety1
Collective Efficacy among schoolteachers: Influences on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour1
How does social media use affect employee voice behaviour?1
Double-edged sword effect of servant leadership on employee creativity: Mediation–moderation analysis1
Assessing the construct validity of the Career Agility Scale for measuring adult workers’ digital era adaptive readiness1
Could transformational leadership predict employee voice behaviour? Evidence from a meta-analysis1
Is happiness based on psychological harmony? Exploring the mediating role of psychological harmony in the relationship between personality characteristics and occupational well-being1
Low self-esteem and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese adolescents: Mediation by catharsis and moderation by sex1
The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago1
Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Promoting child and youth resilience and related mental health outcomes1
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