January 2012
Leigh Adams Tucker > Other Awards
Funding in support of doctoral studies. Renewed for a period of three years.
July 2013
Leigh Adams Tucker > Other Awards
Merit award for postgraduate students at doctoral level.
September 2017
Leigh Adams Tucker > Other Awards
Funding for emerging child and adolescent mental health researchers from Africa to attend the 2017 SAACAPAP Congress and Pre-congress Emerging Researcher Workshop.
November 2018
Leigh Adams Tucker > Other Awards
Grant awarded for international travel to develop international research partnerships and collaboration.
March 2019
Leigh Adams Tucker > Other Awards
Project Title: Exploring psychosocial and behavioural outcomes for at-risk youth, and shelter dog wellbeing, within a humane education programme, South Africa. Project Completed.
July 2020
Leigh Adams Tucker > Other Awards
A professional development programme for young scholars in Psychology, of which only 40 individuals are selected globally, linked to the International Congress of Psychology (ICP). Award transferred to 2021 due to COVID-19.
Full Member
Dr. Leigh Adams Tucker
Membership since:
2018
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
Pets as Therapy (NPO)
Degrees:
2018
Doctorate
Social and Economic Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
Cowden, R.G., Tucker, L.A., & Govender, K. (2020). Conceptual pathways to HIV risk in Eastern and Southern Africa: An integrative perspective on the development of young people in contexts of social-structural vulnerability (pp. 31-47). In K. Govender and N. Poku (Eds.), Preventing HIV among young people in Eastern and Southern Africa. New York, NY: Routledge.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2019). Delivering sexuality education: A review of teaching pedagogies within South African schools. Perspectives in Education, 37(1), 75-87.
Davids, E., Tucker, L.A., et al. (2019). Child and adolescent mental health in Africa: A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of emerging mental health clinicians and researchers using an online platform. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 31(2), 93-107.
Govender, K., Tucker, L.A., & Coldwell, S. (2019). Sense and Sensibilities: Schoolboys talk about sex in the private conversational space. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 36(4), 391-398.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2018). Challenges facing life orientation educators in the delivery of sexuality education in South African schools. Southern African Review of Education, 24(1), 43-57.
Tucker, L.A. (2017). Underdogs on top: Troubling positions for boys and a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2017). Ethical considerations for research involving boys diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Early Child Development and Care, 187(7), 1147-1156.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2016). Sexuality education in South African schools: The challenges for Civil Society Organisations. Health Education Journal, 76(1), 77-88.
Tucker, LA., Govender, K., Kuo, C., Casale, M., & Cluver, L. (2016). Child prosociality within HIV-affected contexts: The impact of carer ill-health and orphan status. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 11(4), 352-362.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2016). Stick and Stones: Masculinities and Conflict Spaces. Gender and Education, 29(3), 352-368.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2015). ‘Learning the basics’: young peoples’ engagement with sexuality education at secondary schools. Sex Education, 16(4), 337-352.
Adams, L.A., & Govender, K. (2008). “Making a Perfect Man”: Traditional Masculine Ideology and Perfectionism among adolescent boys. South African Journal of Psychology, 38(3), 551-562.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2019). Delivering sexuality education: A review of teaching pedagogies within South African schools. Perspectives in Education, 37(1), 75-87.
Davids, E., Tucker, L.A., et al. (2019). Child and adolescent mental health in Africa: A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of emerging mental health clinicians and researchers using an online platform. Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 31(2), 93-107.
Govender, K., Tucker, L.A., & Coldwell, S. (2019). Sense and Sensibilities: Schoolboys talk about sex in the private conversational space. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 36(4), 391-398.
George, G., Tucker, LA., Panday, S & Khumalo, F. (2018). Challenges facing life orientation educators in the delivery of sexuality education in South African schools. Southern African Review of Education, 24(1), 43-57.
Tucker, L.A. (2017). Underdogs on top: Troubling positions for boys and a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2017). Ethical considerations for research involving boys diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Early Child Development and Care, 187(7), 1147-1156.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2016). Sexuality education in South African schools: The challenges for Civil Society Organisations. Health Education Journal, 76(1), 77-88.
Tucker, LA., Govender, K., Kuo, C., Casale, M., & Cluver, L. (2016). Child prosociality within HIV-affected contexts: The impact of carer ill-health and orphan status. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 11(4), 352-362.
Tucker, LA. & Govender, K. (2016). Stick and Stones: Masculinities and Conflict Spaces. Gender and Education, 29(3), 352-368.
Tucker, LA., George, G., Reardon, C., & Panday, S. (2015). ‘Learning the basics’: young peoples’ engagement with sexuality education at secondary schools. Sex Education, 16(4), 337-352.
Adams, L.A., & Govender, K. (2008). “Making a Perfect Man”: Traditional Masculine Ideology and Perfectionism among adolescent boys. South African Journal of Psychology, 38(3), 551-562.
International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
2025
Durban, South Africa.
A tablet a day keeps naughty boys at bay.
International Congress of Psychology
2025
Cape Town, South Africa
“Boys are like Rocks”: Negotiating masculine identities in a co-educational secondary school.
Animal Assisted Therapy Conference
2025
Durbanville, Cape Town
Developing Human Animal Interaction (HAI) Curricular for Public Tertiary Education (Poster).
Cape Town Animal Conference
2025
University of Cape Town, Cape Town
Animal-Assisted Therapies and Emotional Support Animals: Developing Guidelines and Competencies for Practice.
23rd Congress of the International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
2025
Prague, Czech Republic
Mapping Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) in Africa (Poster).
South African Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (SA ACAPAP) 2017 Congress
2025
Stellenbosch, South Africa
International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
2025
Durban, South Africa
International Congress of Psychology
2025
Cape Town, South Africa
Animal Assisted Therapy Conference
2025
Durbanville, Cape Town
Cape Town Animal Conference
2025
University of Cape Town, Cape Town