The experiences of African students' cohabitating at Lovedale College, Alice Campus, Eastern Cape province
- Authors: Ndoyiya, Neziswa Faith
- Date: 2017-09
- Subjects: Unmarried couples -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Universities and colleges -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Sexually transmitted diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29182 , vital:77536
- Description: Cohabitation among college students in South Africa is on a rise, this could be attributed to an increase in globalisation which is associated with the cultural decadence and a loss of cultural norms and values. This is a qualitative study that uses the face to face interviews with the cohabiting students at Lovedale College, Alice campus, Eastern Cape. Face-to-face semi structured interviews were conducted with a volunteer sample of twenty cohabiting students at Lovedale College. Snowball sampling was used in identifying the participants and the data was analysed through thematic analysis. There were various psycho-socio-economic effects of cohabitation which included among others: stress, low self-esteem, antisocial, depression, financial conflicts and violence. It has also been find out that the students who cohabit are more likely to be exposed to sexually transmitted infections and some cited that they were a lapse in condom use due to time span that increases as the partners live. In concluding, participants shared their view on the nature of cohabiting tendencies at Lovedale College and admitted to the experiences. Noted importantly is the abnormal life experience which cohabiters go through as in psychosocial, economic and academic performance being affected especially to female students. The study exposed the weak institutional policy which is neither strict or regulate students cohabiting tendencies and further expose on the need for comprehensive intervention strategies to empower young students who are affected by cohabitation. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2017
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- Date Issued: 2017-09
- Authors: Ndoyiya, Neziswa Faith
- Date: 2017-09
- Subjects: Unmarried couples -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Universities and colleges -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Sexually transmitted diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29182 , vital:77536
- Description: Cohabitation among college students in South Africa is on a rise, this could be attributed to an increase in globalisation which is associated with the cultural decadence and a loss of cultural norms and values. This is a qualitative study that uses the face to face interviews with the cohabiting students at Lovedale College, Alice campus, Eastern Cape. Face-to-face semi structured interviews were conducted with a volunteer sample of twenty cohabiting students at Lovedale College. Snowball sampling was used in identifying the participants and the data was analysed through thematic analysis. There were various psycho-socio-economic effects of cohabitation which included among others: stress, low self-esteem, antisocial, depression, financial conflicts and violence. It has also been find out that the students who cohabit are more likely to be exposed to sexually transmitted infections and some cited that they were a lapse in condom use due to time span that increases as the partners live. In concluding, participants shared their view on the nature of cohabiting tendencies at Lovedale College and admitted to the experiences. Noted importantly is the abnormal life experience which cohabiters go through as in psychosocial, economic and academic performance being affected especially to female students. The study exposed the weak institutional policy which is neither strict or regulate students cohabiting tendencies and further expose on the need for comprehensive intervention strategies to empower young students who are affected by cohabitation. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2017
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- Date Issued: 2017-09
Patterns of early adolescent sex and implications for HIV/AIDS risk prevention : a contextual study in the Amatole Basin, Eastern Cape
- Authors: Ntlabati, Pumla L
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Teenagers -- Sexual behavior , Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Teenagers -- Diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Sexually transmitted diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , AIDS (Disease) in adolescence -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Attitudes , AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention -- South Africa --Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3176 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007814
- Description: This study involves an analysis of accounts of first and subsequent early sexual experiences in a deep rural area of the Eastern Cape in South Africa over the last forty years. Through interviews and focus group discussions, the enculturation of youth into sexual activity in the community of interest is explored. The study looks into sexual experiences from childhood, through early adolescence to adults of up to sixty five years old, allowing an analysis of the changing forms of sexual experimentation and sexual debut in this context. Contextual factors mediating these changes are explored, with special emphasis on the changing regulatory practices around early sexual experiences and the effect thereof on behaviors connected to HIV infection risk. Practices that were previously important mediators of sexual behavior were: anxiety about the social consequences of pregnancy, which was previously a significant disincentive to sexual intercourse; men's previous acceptance of the need to practice non-penetrative forms of sex and girls postponing sexual debut for as long as possible. All these were culturally endorsed, but are now noted to have changed due to changes in the regulatory practices surrounding youth sexuality. The context of early sexual experiences and the surrounding cultural practices have also changed significantly, and this needs to be taken into account in understanding receptivity to condom use messages. Implications for HIV/AIDS prevention are discussed. Among other interventions, the study describes a participatory, community-based, multi-sectoral approach that takes social conditions into account as a way of empowering the community to strengthen its response to the pandemic. This incorporates different sectors of the community, including youth, parents, religious and traditional leaders, and various other structures, services and institutions that make up the community.
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- Date Issued: 2003
- Authors: Ntlabati, Pumla L
- Date: 2003
- Subjects: Teenagers -- Sexual behavior , Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Teenagers -- Diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Sexually transmitted diseases -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , AIDS (Disease) in adolescence -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Attitudes , AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention -- South Africa --Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3176 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007814
- Description: This study involves an analysis of accounts of first and subsequent early sexual experiences in a deep rural area of the Eastern Cape in South Africa over the last forty years. Through interviews and focus group discussions, the enculturation of youth into sexual activity in the community of interest is explored. The study looks into sexual experiences from childhood, through early adolescence to adults of up to sixty five years old, allowing an analysis of the changing forms of sexual experimentation and sexual debut in this context. Contextual factors mediating these changes are explored, with special emphasis on the changing regulatory practices around early sexual experiences and the effect thereof on behaviors connected to HIV infection risk. Practices that were previously important mediators of sexual behavior were: anxiety about the social consequences of pregnancy, which was previously a significant disincentive to sexual intercourse; men's previous acceptance of the need to practice non-penetrative forms of sex and girls postponing sexual debut for as long as possible. All these were culturally endorsed, but are now noted to have changed due to changes in the regulatory practices surrounding youth sexuality. The context of early sexual experiences and the surrounding cultural practices have also changed significantly, and this needs to be taken into account in understanding receptivity to condom use messages. Implications for HIV/AIDS prevention are discussed. Among other interventions, the study describes a participatory, community-based, multi-sectoral approach that takes social conditions into account as a way of empowering the community to strengthen its response to the pandemic. This incorporates different sectors of the community, including youth, parents, religious and traditional leaders, and various other structures, services and institutions that make up the community.
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- Date Issued: 2003
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