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This study explored psychosocial need experiences of South African adolescents with perinatal-acquired HIV. Using a descriptive phenomenological approach, we interviewed a convenience sample of 20 adolescents living with perinatal-acquired HIV on their psychosocial survivorship experiences (female =10, male =10; age range 18= 19 years). Thematic analysis of the interview data applying Giorgi's method of phenomenological analysis yielded evidence to suggest anger, anxiety and fears about premature death, disclosure and stigma, medication fatigue, and resilient living. Interventions aimed to support and promote successful health for adolescents with perinatal-acquired HIV should seek to address their psychosocial vulnerabilities and assets transitioning into young adulthood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of self-injury among adolescents and young adults within the South African context. The participants were twelve university students who had self-injured in their adolescence (females = 92%). The data were collected through interviews, personal writings and collages and analysed using phenomenological data analysis. The findings indicate that self-injury is a strategy used to alleviate intense intrapersonal and interpersonal distress. To understand the complexity of self-injury, an integrative theoretical approach, encompassing a developmental and biopsychosocial perspective was used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study explored and described the experiences of workplace aggression by managers in a northern South African district. Participants were seven managers from two medium sized companies. One of the companies was from the dairy Industry and the other from the auditors' Industry. These participants held managerial positions over other workers for at least one year, were from the same district and could converse fluently in Afrikaans and English. Data were gathered using In-depth phenomenological Interviews and analysed by means of open coding. Findings suggest that work place aggression could be confused with ambition, the quality of discipline and conflict, and power play. Managers also observed that while an aggressive management style was effective to get the job done, it could also hamper constructive communication and the quality of work life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research was to explore and describe the experience of women after a spontaneous abortion to facilitate the mental health of these women in future. The participants in this study were seven white South African ( ages range 24 to 36 years). Data were collected using in-depth interviews and analysed using a descriptive method of open coding. The results suggest that a spontaneous abortion have physical-, emotional-, social- and spiritual effects on women. Participants identified community resources that helped them cope with the experience of loss from the spontaneous abortion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report the results of a phenomenological study on the experiences of newly married black women staying with extended family in South African townships. Our goals for the study included in-depth interviews on experiences and guidelines to facilitate these women's mental health. We interviewed six newly married women (age range 20 to 30 years; mean period in marriage = 3 years) staying with the extended families in an urban South African township. An open central question was posed to the newly married black women who fitted the inclusion criteria and this was followed by probing questions to explore and describe the experiences of staying with the extended family in an urban township. Newly married black women who do not follow the expected practices from the teachings of the extended family experienced victimisation by the extended family. The mental health of newly married black women staying with the extended family in an urban South African township could be facilitated by empowering these women with communication skills to enable them to express their feelings and concerns effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]