Staff Directory

Dr Jacques Jordaan
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Psychology
Address
7 5
Psychology
IB 40
UFS
Telephone
0514012890
Office
Psychology Building 5
Information

Short CV


Publications


Publications (Short List)

De Oliveira, J. D., Jordaan, J., & Cronjé, M. (2024) Morality, self-control, age, type of offence and sentence length as predictors of psychopathy amongst female incarcerated offenders in South Africa. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0299847. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299847

Du Plessis, J., & Jordaan, J. (2024). The impact of Virtual Reality on the psychological well-being of hospitalized patients: A critical review. Heliyon, 10, e24831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24831

Lomberg, E. N., & Jordaan, J. (2024). Emotional intelligence, adjustment, media and technology usage, and sex as predictors of psychological well-being amongst undergraduate university students. Sage Open, Online first, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241256539

Mahlako, G. M., Jordaan, J., & Cronjé, M. (2023). Exploring perpetrator trauma amongst a cohort of violent juvenile offenders. International Criminal Justice Review, Online First, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/10575677231201800

Duba, S. C. M., & Jordaan, J. (2023). Coping, perceived social support, stress, and age as predictors of correctional adjustment amongst South African incarcerated female offenders. Psychology, Crime and Law, Online first, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2023.2201502

Van Tonder, I., Jordaan, J., & Esterhuyse, K. (2023). Self-esteem, interpersonal communication competence, and media and technology usage as predictors of loneliness among university students. Sage Open, Online First, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221148379

Jordaan, J., & Hesselink, A. (2022). Predictors of aggression amongst a sample-specific young adult offenders: Continuation of violent behaviour within South African correctional centres. International Criminal Justice Review, 32(1), 68–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057567721998431

Rogers, C., Jordaan, J., & Esterhuyse, K. (2022). Coping, aggression, perceived social support and demographic variables as predictors of prison adjustment among male incarcerated offenders. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 24(2), 339-361. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221106610

Pretorius, S. E., Jordaan, J., & Esterhuyse, K. (2022). Decision-making, aggression, age and type of crime as predictors of coping amongst young adult male maximum-security incarcerated offenders. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24(1), 121–143. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958211067916

Naude, L., Jordaan, J., & Bergh, L. (2019). “My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story”: South African Psychology students’ reflections on tattoo practices. Current Psychology, 38, 177–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9603-y

Jordaan, J., Beukes, R. B., & Esterhuyse, K. G. F. (2018). The development and evaluation of a life skills programme for young adult offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(10), 3077–3096. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X17737682

Jordaan, J., & Hesselink, A. E. (2018). Criminogenic factors associated with youth sex offenders: A qualitative interdisciplinary case study evaluation. Acta Criminologica, 31(1), 206–217.

Hesselink, A., & Jordaan, J. (2018). Coping with victimisation through crime: An explorative view of child and juvenile sex offenders. Child Abuse Research: A South African Journal (CARSA), 19(2), 49–61.

Bergh, L., Jordaan, J., Lombard, E., Naude, L., & Van Zyl, J. (2018). Social media, permanence and tattooed students: The case for personal, personal branding. Critical Arts, 31(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2017.1345972

Jordaan, J., & Le Roux, A. (2004). Morality as a predictor of loneliness: A cross-cultural study. Denosa Curationis, 27(4). https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v27i4.1031"

Research


Area(s) of Interest

Psychocriminology focusing on topics such as coping, adjustment, aggression, psychopathy, victimization, trauma, risk behaviors, and recidivism among offender populations.

Programme Development and evaluation

 

 

Courses Presented

PSY124: The Psysiological Basis of Behaviour

PSSO2614: Social Psychology

PSY312: Social Psychology

PSY324: Research Methodology

PSRM3714: Research Methodology

PSHM6804: Advanced Research Methodology

PSHR6808: Applied Research Methodology

Masters:

  • First Interview and Treatment Planning
  • Group psychotherapy
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Person centered therapy
  • Transtheoretical model
  • Quantitative research workshops

 

Community Service


Service Learning


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