This Social Constructionist study originated from the researcher’s exposure to a significant loss and her unanswered questions about other cultures’ experience of grief. Literature is scarce from a social constructionist ...
This thesis illuminates the phenomenon of the emergent needs post-grief experienced by Adventitiously Visually Impaired (AVI) adults following loss of sight. The research focuses on specific experiential areas related to ...
The aim of the study was to investigate the neurobiological and psychosocial factors
that influence neuropsychological test performance in children with epilepsy from a
non-Western rural background. The sample comprised ...
The role of executive functioning in substance dependence and addiction has received
increased attention in recent years; however, the findings of empirical studies are at times
contradictory and difficult to compare at ...
Flow is a mental state characterised by a feeling of energised focus, complete involvement and success when fully immersed in an activity. The dimensions of and the conditions required for flow to occur have been explored ...
The present study aimed at investigating the neuropsychological sequelae of transient ischaemic
attacks. Transient ischaemic attacks are defined as those neurological disorders in which there
is complete ...
This exploratory study creates a post-modern narrative context for psychotherapy and extends these ideas to an individual living with a psychiatric disorder, namely obsessive-compulsive disorder. The present study explores ...
Communication can be divied into two broad areas namely, the verbal and nonverbal levels.
While attention has been paid to nonverbal communication in the literature, few studies address
the nonverbal communication ...
The phenomenon of age-disparate relationships between younger men and older women is relatively
under- researched and therefore open to misunderstanding. The common assumption is that the younger
men enter these relationships ...
This study explored the Object Relations of a sample of 45 subjects who were using alcohol and were diagnosed with co-morbid Depressive or Bipolar disorders and/or Personality disorders. All subjects were receiving treatment ...
The context of this research is the occupational wellbeing of employees in the healthcare industry in South
Africa. The purpose of this study was to identify occupational wellbeing types that cluster as a result of ...
Derived from a marxist/liberal humanist view of power, conventional
critiques and historical accounts of the socio-medical sciences in
South Africa see only their power to repress and negate the true
bodily attributes ...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence and quality of on-line
friendships, to find which individual characteristics differentiate people who look for
and form on-line friendship(s) from those who ...
This thesis constitutes a narrative that explores an alternative meaning construction for the experience of loss. During the telling of this story, I consider the appropriateness of adopting the 'new paradigm' approach for ...
Die tradisionele Newtoniaanse wetenskapsbeskouing berus op drie basiese aannames, naamlik lineere oorsaaklikheid, reduksionisme en objektiwiteit. Ernstige kritiek word al hoe meer teen hierdie basiese aannames van die ...
Namibia continues to face an ongoing struggle in protecting the rights and civil liberties of its LGBT population with LGBT rights-based organisations in the country strongly relying upon their volunteers to take advantage ...
This research was executed as three separate studies. Study 1 focused on the perception of pain and the semantic aspects of pain. Study 2 focused on the measurement of acute pain and mood states. Study 3 focused on the ...
The purpose of this study is to examine parent-adolescent relationships as perceived by adolescents and its relationship with adolescents’ adjustment. In order to measure parent-adolescent relationships psychological ...
The main purpose of this study was to assess parental usage of and attitude towards corporal punishment. To achieve this purpose, the study utilized a cross-sectional survey design. Using a self-administered questionnaire, ...
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the potential mediating effect of TEI on the relationship between parenting style/dimension and first year students’ university adjustment in higher education institutions ...