Elmien Lesch

442 total citations
39 papers, 255 citations indexed

About

Elmien Lesch is a scholar working on Social Psychology, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elmien Lesch has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 255 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Elmien Lesch's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (15 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 papers). Elmien Lesch is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (15 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 papers). Elmien Lesch collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Kenya. Elmien Lesch's co-authors include Lou‐Marié Kruger, Freda Scheffler, Soraya Seedat, Annerine Roos, Nasheen Naidoo, Georgina Spies, K Zeiler, Martin Kidd, Éric Bui and Reuven Mader and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders and Sex Roles.

In The Last Decade

Elmien Lesch

36 papers receiving 235 citations

Peers

Elmien Lesch

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Lina Guzman United States

Emily Wentzell United States

Terrinieka T. Williams United States

Heidi Lyons United States

Angus McLachlan Australia

Deana F. Morrow United States

Vincent E Mumford United States

Dani E. Rosenkrantz United States

Marie-Aude Boislard Canada

Nelson Pang Canada

Lina Guzman United States

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83 ×0.9

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44 ×0.9

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elmien Lesch

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20 of 20 papers shown

Blow, Adrian J., et al.. (2025). The Efficacy of the Hold Me Tight Relationship Education Program Delivered by Paraprofessionals in South Africa. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 51(3). e70048–e70048.

Plessis, Stéfan du, et al.. (2024). Hippocampus, amygdala, and insula activation in response to romantic relationship dissolution stimuli: A case-case-control fMRI study on emerging adult students. Journal of Affective Disorders. 356. 604–615. 3 indexed citations

Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2024). “These are His Rules, Our Rules”: Constructions of Fathers as Disciplinarians Within Low-Income Families of the Western Cape. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 54(4). 361–386.

Roos, Annerine, et al.. (2023). Factors associated with breakup distress following a romantic relationship dissolution among emerging adult students. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 33(2). 183–188. 4 indexed citations

Kidd, Martin, et al.. (2023). Romantic relationship dissolutions are significantly associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms as compared to a DSM-5 Criterion A event: a case-case–control comparison. European journal of psychotraumatology. 14(2). 2238585–2238585. 4 indexed citations

Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2023). Closeness in father-adolescent daughter relationships: a South African study. Journal of Family Studies. 30(1). 129–154. 1 indexed citations

Roos, Annerine, et al.. (2021). An Attachment Theory Approach to Reframing Romantic Relationship Breakups in University Students: A Narrative Review of Attachment, Neural Circuitry, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy. 21(2). 129–150. 4 indexed citations

Spies, Georgina, et al.. (2021). Functional Neuroimaging of Adult-to-Adult Romantic Attachment Separation, Rejection, and Loss: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 28(3). 637–648. 8 indexed citations

Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2021). Expanding our international reach: Trends in the development of systemic family therapy training and implementation in Africa. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 47(4). 815–830. 1 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2018). Living single: A phenomenological study of a group of South African single women. Feminism & Psychology. 28(3). 390–408. 8 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2016). Romantic relationships and loneliness in a group of South African postgraduate students. South African Review of Sociology. 47(4). 22–39. 4 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2016). Couples living with and around alcohol abuse: A study of a farmworker community in the Cape Winelands, South Africa. Social Science & Medicine. 156. 167–174. 10 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2016). Sexual Intimacy Constructions of Heterosexual Couples Living in a Low-Income, “Colored,” Farmworker Community in South Africa. The Journal of Sex Research. 53(9). 1082–1095. 10 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2015). ‘Drinking with respect’: Drinking constructions of men who live in a Cape Winelands farm community in South Africa. Journal of Health Psychology. 22(4). 409–421. 4 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2015). “In My Dream She Finds Me…And She Wants Me Just the Way I Am”. Men and Masculinities. 19(5). 503–523. 8 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2013). Positive and negative qualities of South African adolescents' parent and peer relationships. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 26(1). 1–14. 4 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2013). South African Adolescents’ Constructions of Intimacy in Romantic Relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research. 28(6). 619–641. 7 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2013). South African social workers' knowledge of attachment theory and their perceptions of attachment relationships in foster care supervision. Children and Youth Services Review. 35(7). 1101–1109. 5 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2009). ‘I am like a woman’: constructions of sexuality among gay men in a low-income South African community. Culture Health & Sexuality. 11(7). 717–729. 16 indexed citations

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Lesch, Elmien, et al.. (2007). Mothers and sex education: an explorative study in a low-income Western Cape community. Acta Academica Critical views on society culture and politics. 39(3). 129–151. 5 indexed citations

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