STAFF: Lecturer

Name : Dr Maurice Kwembeya
Designation : Acting Chairperson Department of Psychology
Faculty : Applied Social Sciences
Department : Psychology

Contact Details:

maurice.kwembeya@staff.msuas.ac.zw

Qualifications.

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, UNISA, South Africa
  • Masters of Science in Community Psychology, MSU, Zimbabwe.
  • Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Psychology
  •  Diploma in Education, Marymount teachers College.

Research Interests:Research areas:

Mental Health, Resilience, Social Psychology

 

Publications:

  1. Maurice Kwembeya& Dhlomo-Sibiya Rosemond Mbaliyezwe (2022). Resilience needs of retrenched workers in Harare and the need for mental health professionals. Social Work & Social Sciences Review 22(3) pp.1-19.
  2. Kwembeya, M. (2021). The efficacy of social capital in assisting survivors of natural disasters deal with distress: the case of survivors of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Work, 11(5), 283-289.
  3. Kwembeya, M. and Songo, S., (2021). COVID-19 psychological adjustment distress: the case study of professional health workers in Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe. Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 6(1), 131-140.
  4. Maurice Kwembeya&Julia Mutambara (2022). Enhancing girls’ resilience in the face of Covid-19 pandemic in Marange community, Zimbabwe. The Dyke 15(3) pp 1-20.
  5. Denboy Kudejira, Maurice Kwembeya, Sifikile Songo, Innocent Sifelani & Memory Matsikure (2022). The Psycho-Anthropological Perspectives of Natural Hazards: Applicability of the Protection Motivation Theory’ in Explaining Behavioral Responses Towards Tropical Cyclone Idai in the Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe. Journal Of Culture & Psychology, Vol. 0(0) 1–20
  6. Innocent Sifelani, Memory Matsikure, Sifikile Songo, Maurice Kwembeya& Denboy Kudejira. (2022). Cyclone Idai–related losses and the coping strategies of adolescent. Survivors in the Odzi community of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Psychology pp 1–13.
  7. Sibanda T, Sifelani I, Kwembeya M, Matsikure M and Songo S (2022) Attitudes and perceptions of teachers toward mental health literacy: A case of Odzi High School, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. Front. Psychol. 13:1003115. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1003115
  8. Memory Matsikurea, Innocent Sifelani, Sifikile Songo, Maurice Kwembeya, Theresi Sibanda (2022). Psychological and social impact of the corona virus disease on girls in a marginalised Odzi community in Zimbabwe.The Dyke 16(1) pp 1-20.

Membership to Professional Bodies

Work in progress