Browsing Masters Degrees (Psychology) by Title
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Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) : what is it?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on existing research into the field of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and attempts to provide a clear answer as to what animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is. In addition, the limitations ... -
Anxiety symptoms and behavioural inhibition in young south african children: a follow-up on parent and teacher reports
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The present study is a first follow-up assessment by means of parent and teacher reports in a cohort study conducted by Wege (2014). The study examined the long-term relationship between anxiety symptoms ... -
Anxiety symptoms in South African youths : their assessment and relationship with stressful life events
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The first objective of the study was to explore whether a correlation exists between anxiety symptoms and stressful life events within a sample of marginalised South African youths. The second objective ... -
The applicability of the theory of planned behaviour in predicting adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among a South African sample
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary aim of the study was to determine the applicability of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in predicting adherence to ART among South African patients attending public health clinics. The ... -
Application of a nomological model of selection validity
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of a nomological model for the assessment of psychological measurement validity with reference to personnel selection. The model, which can ... -
Aspects of middle childhood fears : reports by children and their parents from a South African farming community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Fear is a normal, expected human emotion, and as such it is also part of children’s normal development. South African research indicates that fear is context related. However, little is known regarding ... -
Aspects of parenting styles and the expressed fears of a selected group of pre-school children
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main aim of the present study was to explore the nature of pre-school parenting in a low to average socio-economic target suburb in the Goodwood Municipal area. Specific attention was given to the ... -
Aspects of social support associated with adaptation in middle-class, single-mother families: a mixed-methods approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: In the fast-changing societies around the world, the incidence of single-mother families continues to grow at a steady rate. The demanding and stressful nature of single-motherhood is well documented. ... -
Assessing behavioural intention of small and medium enterprises in implementing a HIV/AIDS policy and programme
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The relentless progression of HfV /AIDS epidemic has made it imperative that measures are put in place to minimise its impact on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). mv is set to have a significant ... -
Assessment of research criteria for exposure-based outcome studies of PTSD
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Treatment outcome research strives towards objective estimates of disorder-specific treatment efficacy and has been applied to most psychiatric disorders. However, due to shortcomings in outcome ... -
Assessment of visual-motor integration functioning in a selected South African middle childhood sample
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During middle childhood, cognitive, social, emotional and self-concept development is of importance, and prepares the child for the adaptation and challenges awaiting the child in adolescence. ... -
Attachment theory and adult intimate relationships
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)Close relationships are essential to health and well-being. There is clear evidence that problems in intimate relationships contribute to both health and psychological problems (Cassidy, 2001). In order to understand and ... -
Attitude and empathy generalisation as mediators of the secondary transfer effect amongst white South African students at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Intergroup contact has proven to be one of the most effective ways to reduce prejudice and improve attitudes towards an outgroup (e.g., Allport, 1954; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). The present study investigated ... -
Attitude and intergroup anxiety generalisation as mediators of the secondary transfer effect of the contact-prejudice relationship among white South African Stellenbosch University students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Intergroup contact has been found to be one of the most effective ways of reducing prejudice (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006) and its effects generalise beyond the outgroup involved in the ... -
Attitudes, beliefs and myths about suicidal behaviour : a qualitative investigation of South African male students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Suicidal behaviour is a serious public health problem. Globally and in South Africa a gendered pattern of suicide rates has been observed, with males being more likely to kill themselves than females. ... -
Barriers and facilitators to physical and mental health help-seeking among Congolese male refugee survivors of conflict-related sexual violence living in Kampala
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Background. Armed conflicts place ordinary people at risk of injury, displacement, sexual violence, and hunger among other challenges. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) states that ... -
Barriers and facilitators to the use of the mental health information system in Ghana: A qualitative study amongst users at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : One of the most successful modes of record-keeping and data collection is the use of health management information systems, where patient information and management plans are uniformly entered into a ... -
Beneath: skin, body and interior in South African twentieth century mining photography
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In South Africa, documentary photographs are met with suspicion in critical psychology scholarship either for their connivance with colonial and postcolonial classificatory strategies or their epistemic ... -
Die bepaling van die psigometriese eienskappe van die Gesinskoherensie-vraelys en die Gesinsfunksioneringsvraelys vir gebruik onder Noord-Sothos
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Family Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (FSoC) for use among Northern Sothos. Antonovsky and Sourani developed the ... -
Bereaved parents : central issues of bereavement
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)With the aim of identifying central issues of bereavement, a literature study was undertaken and 22 bereaved participants were interviewed. The transcribed interviews of the participants were loaded on the Atlas ti. (2004) ...
