Nicole M. Monteiro

Chestnut Hill College · Clinical and Counseling Psychology

This study explores perceptions of mental illness in a sample of Ethiopian community members, healthcare workers and traditional healers. Specifically, the attitudes, beliefs and practices associated with the symptoms, causes and treatment of mental illness were investigated. A total of 115 participants were interviewed using a semi-structured ques...

Mental health is often given low priority in health policy planning, particularly in developing countries. Several international health bodies, including the World Health Organization, recommend integrating mental health into primary care settings to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with mental illness, particularly in low-resource setting...

In this article we discuss culturally congruent methods for conducting mental health research in Africa, with a focus on field work in Ethiopia and Senegal. Our goal is to emphasize the centrality of culture to carrying out mental health research and to present community-participatory and qualitative approaches as frameworks for mental health resea...

Research shows that stigma toward mental illness is widespread across the world, particularly in developing countries and throughout Africa, and even among university students. Studies also demonstrate that teaching about mental illness has the potential to significantly decrease stigma about mental illness. In this study I explored students' perce...

Research has shown that in many developing countries, where the healthcare infrastructure is inadequate, patients lack access to basic medication to treat acute and chronic pain. This reality begs the question, what is the state of pain medication availability and use in such countries and how do patients who are not able to access them cope with p...

We used collective analytical autoethnography (CAAE) to investigate experiences of academic bullying and mobbing in our study. Specifically, four autoethnographers shared and analyzed personal experiences of being mobbed and bullied, described their perceptions of workplace bullying, its manifestations, and explored the emotional, social, psycholog...

This work was motivated by research findings, suggesting that the prevalence of workplace bullying is increasing across the world. The workplace bullying research further suggests that the basic risk determinants of bullying lie in an organization’s work environment and that prevalence of workplace bullying may vary by occupation, sector, and count...

Mental illness is considered a silent epidemic throughoutAfrica due to substantial financial and systemic challenges. In this article, I discuss the infrastructure, psychosocial and socioeconomic contributors to the global mental health disparities in Africa, which include: low priority/lack of clear mental health policy; poor health infrastructure...

This study investigated the influence of age, gender, and emotional intelligence (EI) on conflict management styles among dating age adults in Botswana. A mixed survey and quasi-experimental design was used to assess the relationship between age and gender and the mediating influence of EI on participants’ preferred conflict management strategies (...

Many students in Botswana migrate from small rural villages and towns to the larger urban centres to attend university, and are subsequently required to adapt or acculturate to their new environments. However, the existing literature and research on acculturation experiences of students who migrate from rural-to-urban centres in Botswana is almost...

This study focused on the influence of gender, age and emotion regulation on coping strategies among university students in Botswana. Sixty-four males and 64 females, ranging in age from 18 to 29 years completed the Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale and the Coping Strategy Inventory. Female students used wishful thinking and problem-focused di...

This study investigated stationary tailgating in Gaborone, Botswana. We observed and measured the distance between 722 vehicles (541 male drivers, 181 female drivers) stopped at three traffic intersections in Gaborone during rush-hour and non-rush hour. Gender of driver, type of vehicle (private, commercial, government or company), whether it was r...

This study examined the use of child safety restraints by drivers transporting children in Gaborone, Botswana. We observed 518 vehicles (329 male drivers, 189 female drivers) carrying children at four different locations in Gaborone over four days. A team of 2-4 trained observers recorded whether the child was restrained or not, where they were sea...

The current study investigated the prevalence of tailgating behaviour among drivers in Gaborone city, Botswana. The study further explored gender differences among drivers who tailgate. Data were collected at three sets of traffic lights situated in the north, west and east sides of Gaborone. At any given time data was collected by at least one tea...

The main aim of this review was to compile and review the development and research output by the academic psychologists at the University of Botswana. The secondary objective was to discover current trends in research, and also identify gaps in research. This was done in light of broader developments and paradigms in psychology and related fields,...

Equivocality on the influence of music on task performance led to the present study investigating the effects of music genre and music language on task performance. Using 60 students who were randomly assigned to a 2 X 3 ANOVA design under two conditions of music genre (Pop, Gospel) and three music language conditions (English, French, Setswana), t...

This study explores the impact of social environment on perceptions of mental illness in Ethiopia. Specifically, urban and rural Ethiopians' attitudes, beliefs and practices associated with the symptoms, causes and treatment of mental illness were compared. One hundred and fifteen participants were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire...

This study examined the use of child safety restraints by drivers transporting children in Gaborone, Botswana. We observed 518 vehicles (329 male drivers, 189 female drivers) carrying children at four different locations in Gaborone over four days. A team of 2-4 trained observers recorded whether the child was restrained or not, where they were sea...

The main aim of this review was to compile and review the development and research output by the academic psychologists at the University of Botswana. The secondary objective was to discover current trends in research, and also identify gaps in research. This was done in light of broader developments and paradigms in psychology and related fields,...

Nicole Monteiro (drnmonteiro@gmail.com) is a psychologist and owner of the Center for Healing and Development, a psychology research and consulting practice. She has a wide range of international work and research experience, including throughout Africa. Her professional and research interests include African dance, global mental health, Muslim and...

Thesis (M.S.)--Howard University, 1998. Includes bibliographical references.