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Early intervention programmes and parenting deaf children: parental experiences of stress.
(2018)When confronted with a child recently diagnosed as deaf, parents can find themselves in a foreign and stressful situation. Parenting stress can have detrimental effects (e.g., socio-emotional problems) on the family and ... -
Early maladaptive schemas : the relationship with anxiety patterns, and perceived parental rearing behaviours.
(2013)Since 2008 the prevalence rate of anxiety disorders has increased to 15,8%, thus putting them as the most prevalent class of psychiatric disorders in South Africa. This research firstly aimed to examine the relationship ... -
Eat your heart out : a narrative approach to understanding anorexia nervosa in nine adult women.
This study attempted to explore anorexia nervosa (AN) narratively using the writing and reading of self-reflexive stories of 9 adult women participants independently diagnosed with AN. The literature was organised using ... -
An ecological analysis of the stories of fourteen HIV infected and affected individuals.
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Educational psychologists' experiences in the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) leaners in KwaZulu Natal region.
(2013)Educational psychologists encounter great controversies with regard to the use of traditional clinical and psycho-educational assessment tools to evaluate individuals from diverse communities. In order to gain a meaningful ... -
Educational psychologists' perceptions of their role in the Pietermaritzburg area.
(2008)With vast changes occurring in the South African context since 1994, it is clear that the role of educational psychologists has also shifted. While changes have occurred, numerous difficulties still exist within the education ... -
The educators' perceptions and experiences of inclusive education in selected Pietermaritzburg schools.
(2008)After the first democratic elections in 1994 the South African government was faced with the enormous challenge of blending a sophisticated First World education system for the minority with an underdeveloped Third World ... -
Educators' perceptions of learners' intelligences.
(2006)Educators from schools located in the Midlands region of KwaZulu Natal were approached to participate in the present study with the aim of investigating educators' perceptions of their learners' intelligence. School type ... -
The effect of aversive racism on mock legal decision making.
(2008)The present study experimentally examined the effect(s) of aversive racism on mock legal decisions made by university students. The experiment adopted a 3 (Evidence quality: low, ambiguous or high) x 2 (race stereotype ... -
The effect of changes in group boundary permeability on the stereotype threat or lift effect.
(2010)Stereotype Threat and Lift have been well established in demonstrating the effects that stereotypes have on task performance outcomes. However, these phenomena inadequately explain why not all in group members succumb to ... -
The effect of participation in an aerobic dance exercise program on body satisfaction in normal adolescent females.
(1995)To determine the effect of participation in an aerobic dance exercise program on body satisfaction and perceived physical fitness, the Body Esteem Scale (Franzoi & Shields, 1984) and the Perceived Physical Fitness Scale ... -
Effective leadership within South Africa : a study of the perceptions, experiences and practices of effective leadership within South African organisations.
(2005)The notion of leadership has taxed the minds of philosophers, politicians, the military, religious thinkers and business for thousands of years. It is recognised that those who have the ability to influence the hearts, ... -
The effectiveness of a centre-based early intensive behavioural intervention in a young child with autistic disorder.
(2008)While there is considerable evidence that applied behaviour analysis (ABA) is an efficacious treatment for Autistic Disorder (AD) in a controlled research setting, the effectiveness of current applications of ABA in the ... -
The effectiveness of the N.P.A.T. KwaZulu-Natal Midlands ecotherapy programme.
(2003)There is much support for ecotherapy as a psychological intervention within the current literature. Research has indicated that ecotherapy does have a detectable therapeutic effect, particularly for programmes that run for ... -
The effects of 'no-fault' termination on employees of organisations where 'living the brand' is advocated as an HR strategy.
(2010)Living the Brand has become a useful Human Resources strategy in post-Fordist organisations. This is due to globalized competition and decreased control structures leading to organisations needing to obtain ever higher ... -
The effects of a modified TAT in South Africa.
(2008)This study proposed to assess the effects of a modified TAT in a multi racial South African sample. More specifically, it aimed to measure how different race groups responded to a variation of the TAT, as opposed to the ... -
The effects of alcoholic hangover on human performance
(2000)This dissertation aims at determining the possible effects of alcoholic hangover on human behaviour by examining the effects of acute alcohol consumption (> 1g/kg) 14-16 hours following alcohol ingestion on simple and ... -
The effects of coping, social support, attribution and cognitive illness representation on outcome measures of pain, disability and psychological well-being in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
(2002)This study investigates the psychosocial aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA),a chronic debilitating disease. It explores the quality of life in a low socio-economic group of clinic-based adult RA patients. The aims of the ... -
The effects of endometriosis on South African women's perceived quality of life.
(2005)Endometriosis is a painful and debilitating chronic gynaecological condition experienced by women in their reproductive years. This illness impacts on their fertility rate and on their general quality of life. Current ... -
Effects of iron deficiency on the cognitive functioning of primary school children in southern KwaZulu-Natal.
(1998)The aim of this study was to assess the performance of the children in the study on some psychometric tests and to find out whether iron deficiency had any effect on cognitive skills as measured by the selected psychometric ...