Brendah Nakyazze

Summary

Brendah Nakyazze is a doctoral candidate at Åbo Akademi University Finland pursuing a doctoral degree in Social Sciences (Developmental Psychology). Her research aims to investigate intimate partner sexual aggression and its psychological concomitants in Uganda. The study encompasses measurements of victimisation from sexual aggression in intimate relationships, including marital rape, as well as connected factors such as victimisation due to denial of sex, and accepting attitudes towards marital rape. The connection between victimisation from intimate partner sexual aggression and other types of victimisation will also be studied. Her research also puts forward the psychological concomitants of intimate partner sexual abuse which are important to highlight in Africa where mental health is often misunderstood and not prioritized. Her published work includes;
1. Sexual abuse and accepting attitudes towards intimate partner rape in Uganda.
2. Victimisation from intimate partner rape in Uganda: Sex differences, psychological concomitants, and the effect of educational level.
3. Intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: An impending pubic Health crisis in Africa.

Profile

Researcher info

Institution

Åbo Akademi University

Department/faculty

Developmental Psychology

Contact information

brendah.nakyazze@abo.fi
+447939047478

Keywords
domestic violence gender based violence intimate partner sexual abuse intimate partner violence marital rape psychological concomitants.