Browsing Clinical Psychology by Title
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An ecological exploration of how South African university students negotiate their menstruation within the university system.
(2018)Objective of the study The purpose of this study is to contribute to the ‘demedicalisation” of menstruation among university students. It aimed to do this by using a socio-ecological model to explore the way in which a ... -
The efficacy of client-generated and therapist-generated metaphors in psychotherapy.
(1995)The purpose of the reported research was to determine the efficacy of client-generated and therapist-generated metaphors in psychotherapy. The aim of the study was to ascertain whether client-generated metaphors are ... -
Emerging masculinities: a qualitative analysis of the construction and practice of adolescent masculinities.
(2005)This study aimed to investigate how a sample of South African adolescent boys construct and negotiate their masculine identities from the different versions of being male available to them within their particular social ... -
An exploration of stigmatisation relating to the terms used to refer to HIV and AIDS amongst women in a rural area in the Eastern Cape.
(2016)This thesis explores the terms used by women in a rural area of the Eastern Cape Province to reference HIV/AIDS. Exploring whether these terms are stigmatising and investigating and describing how they are stigmatising ... -
An exploration of the psychosocial experiences of women who head households.
(2017)This study explored the psychosocial experiences of a sample of six females heading households in Imbali Township in the City of Pietermaritzburg (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). The term psychosocial is based on the idea ... -
An exploration of the psychosocial risk factors that lead to antisocial behaviour and delinquent group (gang) membership amongst a cohort of youth living in Wentworth, Durban, South Africa.
(2019)Researchers have identified a number of risk factors that increase vulnerability amongst young people, and coerce them towards engaging in antisocial behaviour, substance use, and gang membership. Drawing from an Ecological ... -
An exploration of the relationship between interpersonal needs and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents.
(2018)Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has become a worrying phenomenon amongst adolescents worldwide, emphasising the need for increasing public health awareness and exploration of the factors associated with this behaviour. The ... -
An exploration of the relationships amongst the constructs of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviour in an outpatient clinical population sample in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2016)Suicidal behaviour presents a significant global concern. Despite several global studies on suicide; there remains a lack of a comprehensive theory of suicidal behaviour. Several theories have been proposed over the years ... -
An exploratory investigation of the self esteem of preadolescent children in residential care.
(1980)Abstract available in PDF. -
Exploring how PLWHA with co-morbid depression perceive depression and mental health services.
(2015)Background: South Africa, like many low and middle income countries (LMICs) continue to bear the excessive burden of HIV/AIDS. This problem has been further compounded by the growing prevalence of common mental disorders ... -
Exploring resilience among South African female masters students : an ecological systems perspective.
(2019)Background: South Africa is a low-middle income country (LMIC) characterised by factors such as poverty, high teenage pregnancy, poor education and high levels of unemployment. However, recent South African Higher Education ... -
Exploring the demographic and mental health predictors of the constructs of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviour.
(2017)Suicidal behaviour is an increasingly serious public health concern across the world. There is limited research on suicidal behaviour in South Africa, particularly around theoretical models, which is required to improve ... -
The financial and psychological cost of raising a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder Spectrum Disorder: a qualitative study.
(2019)This is a qualitative research project looking at the financial and psychological challenges and needs of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Raising a child with ASD can be a very challenging and strenuous ... -
Help-seeking attitudes : a study of University of KwaZulu-Natal students.
(2015)The study examined the help-seeking attitudes and behaviour of students of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The aim was to explore the frequently encountered problems that students face, their preferred sources of help ... -
How treatment is possible in the absence of a concept of mental disorder.
(2015)Commonly it is accepted that one of the advantages of the concept of mental disorder is its necessity when it comes to practical treatment issues. It is for this and other practical reasons that the concept of mental ... -
Identity, PTSD, and psychotherapy with policemen during the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid South Africa.
(2013)Abstract available in PDF file. -
An interpretive evaluation of a positive rights based sexual health programme for Grade 11 learners in a secondary school in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)Advances in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the past 15 years have led to a reputable decline in the rate of new infections and a reduction of HIV related deaths. However, the prevalence rate in the Sub-Saharan ... -
Investigating the problem of underutilization of clinic-based prenatal services in rural communities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
(2017)In its response to the high maternal reproductive morbidity and frequent pregnancy wastage, as well as the general problem of reproductive vulnerability among child-bearing women in South Africa, the government of the ... -
Investigation into codependency in spouses of alcoholics: an exploratory study.
(1994)Abstract available in PDF.