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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Social anxiety and problematic social network site use: The sequential mediating role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity18
Gratitude to nature and pro-environmental behaviour: A moderated mediated model13
How do consumers react to big data-based personalised pricing? A cognition–affect–behaviour perspective12
Servant leadership and work performance of public servants: Exploring the mediating role of public service motivation and job satisfaction11
Mindfulness and meaning in life: The mediating effect of self-concept clarity and coping self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic10
A psychological contract for the digital mindset: Factor analysis of the Psychological Contract Inputs-Outcomes Inventory (PCIOI)10
Mental health literacy in black South African communities10
Community social capital and mental health participation: Test of psychosocial mediators in two resource-poor urban communities in Ghana10
Spatiotemporal expectations of apparent motion and the effect of attentional control9
Disasters are not cute: Cute expressions increase dehumanisation9
Heavy episodic alcohol use among adults: Prevalence and correlates in Central African Republic9
Impact of workplace adversity on well-being of Ghanaian bankers: Do resilience and psychological safety matter?9
Tourism graduate students’ employability skills: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study8
The quality of care in correctional facilities in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review of literature8
Wellness needs of academic employees: A case study of a South African university8
Interpersonal violence experienced by nurses caring for persons with intellectual disability: A phenomenological study7
Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness6
Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa6
Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced Collation from Africa , Ann Shuttleworth-Edwards 6
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
Teacher support and student engagement in mathematics: The chain mediating role of academic self-efficacy and achievement goal orientation6
Strengths mindset and job satisfaction: The mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of authentic leadership6
Behavioural and psychological control during adolescence: An ecological systems perspective6
Hope and its relation to grit and subjective well-being among first-year South African university students6
How and when does employees’ learning goal orientation contribute to taking charge behaviour? The roles of empowering leadership and work-related flow6
Mothers’ perceptions of children’s emotional behaviour problems and parenting sense of competence: The mediating role of maternal meta-emotion philosophy6
The classroom environment and college students’ being silent/hidden dropouts: The chain of mediating effects of college identification and academic achievement5
The role of career wellness in living and studying for South African first-year university students5
Identity processing styles and personal growth initiative in college students: The mediating role of cultural tightness–looseness5
A latent class analysis of adverse childhood life events in Ugandan adolescents5
Paradoxical leader behaviour effects on employee taking charge: A moderated – mediating model5
Aspirations and meanings of lighter skin tone in the African context: A rapid review5
Call centre support staff job crafting and employee engagement: Controlling the effects of sociodemographic characteristics5
Prevalence and psychological correlates of anxiety symptoms in subthreshold depressive adolescents with a high level of rumination response style5
Problem drinking among a cross-sectional national sample of adolescents in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors5
Upward social comparisons on social networking sites (SNSs) and subjective well-being: The mediating role of envy4
The experience machine: How our minds predict and shape reality4
Socio-demographic characteristics as predictors of psychosocial resources of call centre agents4
Cultural Models of Emotions4
Linking exploitative leadership and employees’ work–family conflict: The roles of employees’ power distance orientation and emotional exhaustion4
Health provider administration functions, patient satisfaction, and loyalty: Their mediation by patient healthcare service quality perceptions4
How perspective taking influences obesity stereotypes: The mediating effect of intergroup contact4
Business organisation performance behaviour indicators in Ghana and Kenya: A comparative analysis4
Validation of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index in the Arab context: Results and implications of a Moroccan study4
Flourishing versus languishing amongst female academics during the national lockdown in South Africa: “Sink or swim” lived work lives4
“It’s just like a waiting room”: The lived experiences of psychology students seeking professional training programme admission in South Africa4
Employee followership predispositions: Their perceptions of narcissistic traits in supervisors4
Servant leadership and employee attitudes within a South African state-owned enterprise: Mediation by employee motivation4
Linking servant leadership to work strains: The mediating effect of strengths use4
Purposeful rumination on childhood trauma and post-traumatic growth among college students: A moderated mediation model4
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, China4
Transition experiences of candidate attorneys in South African law firms3
The psychological well-being of schoolteachers in South Africa: A critical review3
Relational importance in early and middle adulthood age groups in South Africa3
Physical exercise and aggressive behaviour among rural children: Cognitive flexibility mediation and peer relationship quality moderation3
Exploring the process of harsh parenting on online aggressive behaviour: The mediating role of trait anger3
Defender self-efficacy and defender behaviour in school bullying of primary school pupils: The role of perceived responsibility and sex3
Areas of work–life and psychological reward satisfaction among new Chinese graduate nurses: The moderating role of psychological capital3
To err is human; to forgive, divine: A scoping review of workplace forgiveness experiences3
Achieving career marketability through helping others: A moderated mediation model3
Correlates of job search behaviour among unemployed job seekers in Ghana: A mediation model3
Kindergarten teachers’ objective career success and subjective well-being: The mediating role of professional identity3
Factor structure in Raven’s Progressive Matrices Plus in sub-Saharan Africa – Benin and Djibouti3
Validation of Learning Transfer Inventory System (LTIS) in Cameroon teachers: Measurement invariance and latent mean difference across sex3
Self-consciousness and grit in rural adolescents: Moderation by self-esteem and mediation by achievement motivation3
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity3
Family quality of life of Ghanaian families raising people with intellectual disability3
Teaching and researching motivation3
Self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties of college students: Influences of self-control and self-concept3
Prevalence and predictors of comorbid current alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco use among school adolescents in Liberia and Mauritius3
Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets3
Psychological empowerment and professional well-being of Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of professional pressure3
Childhood traumatic grief counselling: A South African case study2
“Just smile and wave”: Workplace requirements and emotional labour of academic staff at a South African university2
Online risk exposure and mental health in Chinese junior high school students: A latent profile analysis2
How textual and picture cues influence motor skill learning in short instructional videos: Evidence from eye-tracking experiments2
Incident and persistent poor sleep quality and associated factors among a rural ageing population in South Africa: A longitudinal study2
Exploring educators’ and support staffs’ experiences regarding crises containment management in South African schools2
Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students2
Effects of materialism and perceived social support on the mental health of college students2
Social support and self-concept clarity as mediators between college students’ passive social network site use and loneliness2
Influence of career orientations and career guidance need on students’ employability attributes2
Social exclusion and social anxiety among Chinese undergraduate students: Fear of negative evaluation and resilience as mediators2
Academic researchers’ work stress and work engagement: Hindrance stress appraisal mediation and psychological resilience moderation2
Authenticity, self-control, and smartphone dependence in adolescence: Path analysis and latent profile analysis2
Proactive personality and career success of higher education teachers: The mediating effects of job crafting2
Women offenders’ experiences of rehabilitation in a South African correctional centre2
“I’m angry with my mother”: Lived psychosocial experiences of adolescents with peri-natal-acquired HIV in Limpopo, South Africa2
Mental health, lifestyle factors and subsequent falls among ageing adults in South Africa2
Childhood emotional abuse and gamebullying among Chinese youths: The mediating roles of mindfulness and Machiavellianism2
Business innovation intent among college students: Contributions of psychological capital and entrepreneurial self-efficacy2
Attachment and general well-being in breast cancer patients: Mediation of body esteem and social support2
Self-control mediation on the relationship between personal growth initiative and smartphone addiction among Chinese university students2
The qualitative methodology: Preparedness and experiences of journal reviewers2
Parental marital quality and adolescents’ online social addiction: Influences of adolescents’ interpersonal sensitivity and peer relationships2
Sense of power and online trolling among college students: Mediating effects of self-esteem and moral disengagement2
Alexithymia and mobile phone addiction among college students: Mediation by boredom proneness and anxiety2
Purpose in life and academic performance: Grit mediation among Chinese college students2
Sustainable early literacy outcomes for young children of poverty: Influences of attendance, social competence, and problem behaviour2
Sustainable person-environment fit and subjective career success: The moderating role of resilience2
Group membership, social identification and mental health: A test of social cure or curse narrative in resource-poor communities in Ghana2
Corporate ethical values and ethical work climate influences on employees’ helping behaviour in a developing country’s banking sector setting2
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
Sibling relationship qualities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief report of protective effect2
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students2
Temporary academics in South African higher education institutions: Their lived precarity experiences2
How loneliness influences the city identity of Chinese migrant children: A moderated mediation model2
Inclusive leadership and employee innovative work behaviours: Testing a psychological empowerment and leader-member exchange moderated-mediation model2
Proactive personality and academic procrastination in graduate students: Their chain-mediation by research self-efficacy and learning adaptability2
Employee turnover intention: The predictive role of work-related burnout and psychosocial climate among university workers2
Is happiness based on psychological harmony? Exploring the mediating role of psychological harmony in the relationship between personality characteristics and occupational well-being2
Humble leadership and work fatigue: The roles of self-efficacy and perceived team autonomy-support2
Cultural knowledge and perceptions of students towards mental illness in South Africa2
Overqualification perception and employee voice: Mediation by dual path autonomous and controlled motivation2
Linking servant leadership to customer-oriented organisational citizenship behaviour: The moderating role of perceived interactional justice2
Pay satisfaction and work–life balance among Nigerian bank employees: The roles of psychological empowerment and gender1
Work engagement mediation of job security, job embeddedness, and turnover intention within the South African mining sector1
How can work improve family life quality? The influence of thriving at work on family role performance and work–family balance satisfaction1
Structural validity and measurement invariance of the Psychological Career Resources Inventory Short Form as a predictor of career satisfaction1
Recruitment managers’ emotional intelligence and employment discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS: The mediating role of stigma1
A framework for digital talent assessment: Guidelines and applications1
Graduate student challenge-hindrance scientific research stress and creativity: Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy1
Is mindfulness associated with lower online trolling among adolescents? Mediating effects of self-esteem and depression and moderating effect of dark personality traits1
Alcohol misuse prevalence and correlates among school adolescents from national surveys in Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
Are fathers involved in diabetes management? A rapid review1
Multi-generational workforce job retention: Coping strategy influences among South African engineers1
Sense of belonging and academic persistence among undergraduate university students: The chain mediation effect of emotional and academic adjustment1
Work stressors and vicarious trauma among South African Police Service members1
A meta-analysis of the relationship between burnout and psychological protective variables among Korean preschool teachers1
College students’ aesthetic affection and prosocial behaviour: The role of empathy1
Validity and reliability of the Compassion Fatigue Short Scale among nursing interns1
The Dark Side of Social Media: Psychological, Managerial, and Societal Perspectives1
Who does better on life satisfaction and meaning in life? A Mixed-methods exploration of demographic characteristics and well-being in Ghana1
The Job Demands Scale for Hearing-Impaired Employees: Development and preliminary analysis of internal validity1
Profiling the mental health fortitude of institutionalised children: A quantitative analysis of psychological resources1
Mental health among high school students in South Africa: Roles of childhood adversity, bullying behaviour, peer pressure, and self-esteem1
Perceived social support and sense of belonging: The mediating role of academic anxiety among first-generation students at a South African university1
Self-esteem mediation of perceived social support and depression in university first-year students: A longitudinal study1
Perceived social support and academic persistence among undergraduate students: Mediation of sense of belonging and intrinsic motivation1
COVID-related stressors on career insecurity: The moderating effects of family support and openness1
Psychological distress among a cross-sectional national sample of adolescents in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors1
Empathy and defender behaviour in bullying of young children: The mediating role of peer status1
How college students’ social media information overload affects sleep quality: The mediating effect of social fatigue and irrational procrastination1
Top management team cognition and strategic decision performance: The mediating role of team conflict1
Incivility experiences and mental health among college nursing students: The moderating role of rumination1
Racial relations and life satisfaction among South Africans: Results from the 2017 South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)1
Subjective well-being of college students: Developmental trajectories, predictors, and risk for depression1
The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development: Transdisciplinary perspectives1
Social psychology in action: Evidence-based interventions from theory to practice1
Fatigue and mind-wandering among Chinese adolescents: Moderation by rumination and mediation by Internet addiction1
Evaluation of a masculinity and gender equality intervention for primary school boys1
Work method control of Nigerian armed forces personnel: Roles of psychological detachment and conscientiousness1
Psychological empowerment and job burnout in Chinese kindergarten teachers: The mediating effect of occupational stress1
Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Promoting child and youth resilience and related mental health outcomes1
Mindfulness and mental health in medical staff in the COVID-19 period: Mediating role of perceived social support and sense of security1
Role of distress tolerance, meaning in life and social support in the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among Nigerian cancer patients1
Double-edged sword effect of servant leadership on employee creativity: Mediation–moderation analysis1
Self-efficacy and career resilience: The mediating role of professional identity and work passion in kindergarten teachers1
Work-related need satisfaction and job crafting: Mediation of psychological empowerment in a Nigerian setting1
Collective Efficacy among schoolteachers: Influences on the relationship between Trust and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour1
Short-video usage and female college students’ restricted diets: a chain mediation model1
Compulsory unethical pro-organisational behaviour and employees’ in-role performance: a moderated mediation analysis1
Religiosity and well-being among Nigerians: Exploring the mediating role of fatalism1
South African female sex workers’ interactions with law enforcement: An exploratory study1
Could transformational leadership predict employee voice behaviour? Evidence from a meta-analysis1
The association between internal migration and teenage fertility control: A South African study1
Does parental education moderate the association between personal growth initiative, purpose in life and subjective well-being among Chinese college students?1
Maladaptive cognition and problematic Internet use among Nigerian adolescent students: Role of social anxiety1
School engagement mediation of the implicit self-entity theories and mental health problems among Chinese high school students: A longitudinal study1
Work engagement and job-related well-being: The moderation by public service work motivation1
How does social media use affect employee voice behaviour?1
The moderating role of emotional intelligence on the association between adverse childhood experiences and conduct problems of adolescents1
Subjective socioeconomic status and envy in Chinese collectivist culture: The role of sense of control1
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour: Influences of psychological safety1
Give full play to the overqualified individuals: Do job crafting and leader–member exchange matter?1
Empowering women in South African law enforcement: Developing authenticity as best-self1
Brand personality and purchase intention: The dual-mediating effects of brand attachment and nostalgia proneness1
COVID-19 context and job insecurity among casual employees: The predictive value of education, financial stress, and coping ability1
Older black rural South African adults’ perceptions on organ donation: An exploratory study1
Telecommuting and job performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of psychological detachment from work1
Perceived organisational reputation and work engagement among Nigerian bank employees: The mediating role of transformational leadership style1
COVID-19 restrictions lifting and the health of older adults: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment1
Low self-esteem and cyberbullying perpetration among Chinese adolescents: Mediation by catharsis and moderation by sex1
Exploring upbringing styles of highly resilient students in South Africa: A mixed methods study1
Internet addiction and suicidal ideation in Chinese college students: The role of meaning in life and social support1
Physical and psychosocial aspects of healthy ageing and HIV status among older adults in South Africa1
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