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FAUSTINE B. MASATH

Lecturer, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

PhD in Psychology

Teaching:

  • Research Methods in Education
  • Measurement and Evaluation in Education
  • Social Psychology

Research:

  • Child violence and mental-health
  • Developmental psychology
  • Teacher satisfaction.

Projects:

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Publications:

  1. Masath, F. B., Scharpf, F., Dumke, L., & Hecker, T. (2023). Externalizing problems mediate the relation between teacher and peer violence and lower school performance. Child Abuse & Neglect, 135(November 2022), 105982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105982

  2. Scharpf, F., Masath, F. B., Mkinga, G., Kyaruzi, E., Nkuba, M., Machumu, M., & Hecker, T. (2023). Prevalence of suicidality and associated factors of suicide risk in a representative community sample of families in three East African refugee camps. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02506-z

  3. Masath, F. B., Mattonet, K., Nkuba, M., Hermenau, K., & Hecker, T. (2023). Reducing violent discipline by teachers: A matched cluster-randomized controlled trial in Tanzanian public primary schools. Prevention Science. http://doi:10.1007/s11121-023-01550-0

  4. Masath, F. B., Nkuba, M., & Hecker, T. (2022). Prevalence of and factors contributing to violent discipline in families and its association with violent discipline by teachers and peer violence. Child Abuse Review, e2799(October), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2799

  5. Hecker, Tobias and others (eds), 'Teacher Violence: A Global Perspective on Prevalence, Contributing Factors, Consequences, and Prevention', in Scott L. Moeschberger, and Laura Miller-Graff (eds), Psychological Perspectives on Understanding and Addressing Violence Against Children: Towards Building Cultures of Peace (New York, 2022; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Nov. 2022), https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780197649510.003.0011

  6. Masath, F. B. (2022). The moderating effect of mental health on the association between teachers’ stress and their professional attitude in Tanzania. Papers in Education, 40(2). https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ped/article/view/239782

  7. Scharpf, F., Kirika, A., Masath, F. B., Mkinga, G., Ssenyonga, J., Nyarko-Tetteh, E., Nkuba, M., Karikari, A. K., & Hecker, T. (2021). Reducing physical and emotional violence by teachers using the intervention Interaction Competencies with Children – for Teachers (ICC-T): study protocol of a multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11950-y
  8. Scharpf, F., Mueller, S. C., Masath, F. B., Nkuba, M., & Hecker, T. (2021). Psychopathology mediates between maltreatment and memory functioning in Burundian refugee youth. Child Abuse and Neglect, 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105165
  9. Masath, F. B., Hinze, L., Nkuba, M., & Hecker, T. (2021). Factors Contributing to Violent Discipline in the Classroom : Findings From a Representative Sample of Primary School Teachers in Tanzania. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211015219
  10. Hecker, T., Dumke, L., Neuner, F., & Masath, F. B. (2021). Mental health problems moderate the association between teacher violence and children’s social status in East Africa: A multi-informant study combining self- and peer-reports. Development and Psychopathology, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942000228X
  11. Masath, F. B., Hermenau, K., Nkuba, M., & Hecker, T. (2020). Reducing violent discipline by teachers using Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): Study protocol for a matched cluster randomized controlled trial in Tanzanian public primary schools. Trials, 21(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-019-3828-z 
  12. Scharpf, F., Mkinga, G., Masath, F. B., & Hecker, T. (2020). A socio-ecological analysis of risk, protective and promotive factors for the mental health of Burundian refugee children living in refugee camps. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1007/s00787-020-01649-7
  13. Masath, F. B. (2017). Youth and Violence in Tanzania. The case of Violent Groups in Musoma. Mkwawa Journal of Education (MJED), Vol. 1, 55-66, 2017.
  14. Masath, F. B. (2015). Job Satisfaction and Intention to Leave the Profession: Does Age Matters? Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences (JEHS) Vol. 4 (2), 66-75.
  15. Onditi, H. Z., Moses, I., & Masath, F. B. (2014). Psychosocial Stressors and Help-Seeking Behavior among Undergraduate Student Teachers in Tanzania. International Journal of Learning and Development, 4(1), 98-114.
  16. Masath, F. B. (2013). Moral Deterioration: The Reflection on Emerging Street Youth Gangs in Musoma, Tanzania. Academic Research International, 4(1), 101-111.
  17. Masath, F. B. (2012). Variation in Job Satisfaction between Public and Private Secondary School Teachers in Tanzania: A Comparative study at Kinondoni District. Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences (JEHS), 1(2) 27-38.