Browsing School of Applied Human Sciences by Title
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S. African Politics: mapping the constituency.
(Program on Communication and Development Studies, Northwestern University., 1991)Reeling under the sanctions imposed by the community of nations and heightened internal struggles, the South African white government has begun the historic process of dismantling apartheid. The various democratic forces ... -
Same-sex couples and adoption : a study of two families.
(2007)Increasingly, same-sex couples are choosing to become parents. According to Patterson (1992, cited in Mallon, 1997), it is estimated that in the United States of America alone, there are between six and 14 million children ... -
Scared at home : a child-centred perspective on adolescent child fears and anxiety in the family context.
(2013)Children experience a multitude fears during their childhood. Fear is a normal part of children‟s development and is essential for their survival (Gullone, 2000; Nicastro & Whetsell, 1999). However, globally and in South ... -
Scared at school? : a child-centred perspective on fears and anxieties experienced by adolescents in South African schools.
(2013)South African children have been exposed to chronic adversity which has resulted in psychological distress and high levels of fear. Violence against children is ubiquitous and injury is common. Children have been found ... -
Schizophrenia and hemispheric brain functioning : a neuropsychological case study of a monozygotic twin case.
(2006)Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness which is complex and multifactorial in nature. Currently a full understanding of the exact aetiological and treatment pathways is yet to be understood, with effective treatment ... -
Schizophrenia in KwaZulu-Natal : a study of certified patients, accessibility to mental health services and risk.
(2002)Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness. The prevalence of schizophrenia is of concern and highlights the chronicity of the illness (Kaplan & Sadock, 1998; Warner & de Girolamo, 1995). It is therefore important that ... -
Schizophrenic rehospitalisation and expressed emotion in Zulu South Africans : a pilot study.
(2000)The impact of the emotional climate in the home of the schizophrenic on relapse has been researched extensively through the construct of Expressed Emotion (EE). Most often patients from high EE homes have a higher relapse ... -
School governing bodies in addressing issues of democracy and social justice : a case study of two rural primary schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013)This study investigated the role played by School Governing Bodies (SGBs) in addressing issues of democracy and social justice in schools. A case study was conducted in two rural primary schools from Ugu district in ... -
School of applied human sciences : understanding the lived experiences of teenage parents in a designated secondary school in a Durban township.
Irrespective of age, parenthood can be a life-changing event, which is filled with mixed feelings of anxiety and excitement for the journey ahead. There is increased anxiety and pressure for school-going teenagers that ... -
School social work service delivery : models for future practice.
(1993)The focus of this study was to develop an indigenous, relevant model of school social work for future practice in South Africa. This was accomplished by surveying policies governing school social work services, researching ... -
School-based violence : are strategies of preventing school-based violence effective in Umlazi high schools?
(2016)Literature suggest that high levels of school-based violence are possibly a reflection of social disintegration which has negative consequences to both learners and teachers. According to the latest National School Violence ... -
The schooling system and the reproduction of selves in the post-apartheid era in South Africa : a dialogic approach.
(2015)The mandate of the apartheid regime was to oppress the indigenous people of South Africa so that they would perpetually be subservient to white people. The education system was engineered to keep the binary of white ... -
Seasonal, monthly and weekly variation of suicide in Pietermaritzburg and the relationship between suicide and meteorological factors.
(2000)This study investigated the seasonal, monthly and weekly variation of fatal suicidal behaviour in Pietermaritzburg, as well as the relationship between fatal suicidal behaviour and climate. Secondary analysis was performed ... -
The secondary consequences of the helping profession : an exploration of trainee psychologist's attitudes and perceptions towards vicarious trauma.
(2017)The primary objective of this research was to initiate exploratory research in to the attitudes, perceptions, and experiences of trainee psychologists with regard to vicarious trauma. This research focused on exploring ... -
Secondary traumatic stress among telephone counsellors in South Africa.
(2014)This study explored Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) in a sample of telephone counselors in South African. The ultimate aim for the study was to provide baseline information for further research regarding the reduction of ... -
Self and culture : a dialogical perspective.
(2001)There is a growing library of literature on the relationship between self and culture. Most studies (Cousins, 1989; Markus & Kitayama, 1991; Sampson, 1989) in this area are quantitative and approach culture as a concept ... -
The self-concept of street children compared to that of placement children.
(1996)There has been a lot of research highlighting the plight of street children throughout the world in the past few years. A review of the literature on street children reveals that the problem is worse in developing ... -
Self-constructions of street kids situated in Lusaka (Zambia)
(2007)On one hand, Zambian street kids have been portrayed as needy victims of socio-economic · forces; on the other hand, they have been portrayed as a social menace that needs to be gotten rid of. In this study, I set out to ... -
Self-efficacy and locus of control as predictions of job search behaviour among unemployed individuals actively searching for employment in South Africa.
(2017)The observed increase unemployment especially after the 2008 global recession saw an increased interest in, particularly, the antecedents of job search behaviour. Job search literature indicates that psychological factors ... -
Self-help groups in the South African context : a developmental perspective.
(1989)The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of linking the formal social service delivery system, represented by professional social work services, with the informal system, represented by self-help/mutual aid ...