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Acts of eating : the everyday eating rituals of female farm workers of color in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this qualitative study the significance of the everyday eating rituals of female farm workers of color in the Western Cape is explored. Eating and its associated activities are understood as embodied, ... -
Adolescent dating violence and identity development : a South African perspective
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This assignment attempts to explore how certain factors that play a role in the perpetration of dating violence among South African male adolescents are related to identity development. While there has ... -
After the act : women's experience of abortion in one South African community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-07)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Abortion is a universal phenomenon which has occurred in every society throughout history and which evokes extreme reaction. In South Africa, until the acceptance of the "Choice of Termination Act 92 ... -
Comparing prevalence rates of depressive symptoms in postpartum and nonpostpartum samples in a low-income community
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)Within the medical models, postpartum depression is constructed as a mental illness, that women are predisposed to during the postpartum period because of the biological and physiological changes that occur before, during ... -
Depressed women's emotional experiences of the mother-child relationship : perspectives from a low-income South African community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present research study formed part of a larger longitudinal project concerned with low-income South African women’s subjective experiences of depression (Lourens & Kruger, 2013). The present study ... -
Die eb en vloei van binding en skeiding
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores patterns of separation and/or connection in the narratives of the respondent, a female farm worker living and working in the Western Cape, South Africa. The major objective of this ... -
The experience of postpartum distress in the transition to motherhood: A study of one group of low-income mothers in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The aim of this study was to explore a group of low-income South African mothers’ experience of maternal distress during the transition to motherhood. Research on mental illness in motherhood has largely ... -
The impossibility of ideal motherhood : the psychological experiences and discourse on motherhood amongst South African low-income coloured mothers specifically in the Kylemore community
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)This study aimed to determine whether there is a dominant discourse on motherhood in one semi-rural, low-income, Coloured community. It investigated the personal and individual meanings that this group of mothers attach ... -
Lesbian mothers' lived psychological experience of planned motherhood in three South African cities : an exploratory study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of what constitutes a “normal” family has changed within recent years. This is because various family forms have been found viable. The current study is exploratory and focuses on the planned ... -
The loneliness of HIV-infected low-income mothers : implications for health workers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a qualitative study, a convenience sampling technique was used to ensure a study population of eleven HIV-infected low-income women. These participants were all direct referrals from municipal clinics ... -
Low-income women and mental health care : an exploratory study of non-governmental mental health services in the west coast/winelands region of South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at exploring mental health services for low-income women in the West Coast I Winelands Region of South Africa. In order to understand the extent to which such services are empowering, ... -
The meaning of pregnancy loss : implications for health professionals
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: In a qualitative study, eight participants were selected to represent the range of circumstances faced by women who have experienced pregnancy loss(es). Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted, ... -
Postpartum mood disorders : a feminist critique with specific reference to postnatal depression
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This review examines the medical model's conceptualisation of postnatal depression (pND) from a feminist perspective. The arguments are fourfold: Firstly, it argues that the fundamental problem underlying ... -
The prevalence of depressive symptoms in the prepartum and postpartum period : a study of low-income women in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-03)This study aimed to determine whether low-income women residing in a rural community in South Africa experienced any significant difference in the prevalence rates of depressive symptoms postpartum as compared to depressive ... -
Psychodynamic therapy with low-income women : the 'talking cure' as a desirable and alternative intervention
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study reviews the literature regarding psychodynamic therapy with low-income women. Low-income women are at psychological risk for developing emotional distress as a result of their deprived living ... -
Rocking the hand that rocks the cradle : exploring the potential of group therapy with low-income South African mother-infant dyads
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The transition to motherhood represents a critical period in a woman's life. It presents the mother with the opportunity for personal development, while simultaneously rendering her vulnerable to ... -
Small meetings : the application of psychodynamic thought in community work with South African children
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Community psychology in South Africa has been defined in antithesis to more traditional psychotherapies such as psychoanalysis. It has been necessary, in the formative stage of community psychology, to ... -
The Subjective Experience of Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Epidemiological research highlights the severity of the symptoms and outcomes associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia; the burden of which is increasing substantially in many developing countries such ... -
Taking the psychology of pregnancy seriously : implications for intervention : a review of the psychoanalytic literature
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pregnancy has evolved from being predominantly understood as a medical phenomenon to what psychoanalytic theorists would regard as a holistic experience encompassing both physiological and psychological ... -
The transition into womanhood : a feminist, social constructivist analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To address the research question of how young women themselves experience the transition into womanhood, by looking at the articulated subjective experiences of young women involved in negotiating the ...
