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The validation of the Heimler Scale of Social Functioning (HSSF) for client groups in South Africa.
(1986)The problem identified as the focus of this study is the absence of a scale that measures social functioning with validated norms for any population group in South Africa. The need for such an instrument is highlighted by ... -
The validity of a test battery used in the selection of apprentice electricians.
(1999)The purpose of this study is to assess the suitability of a psychometric test battery that is used by a large service department of the Durban City Council in the selection of apprentice electricians. The essence of the ... -
The value of ongoing peer support group participation for supporting tertiary level student mothers in South Africa.
(2019)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Values and achievement motivation as barriers to upward mobility of women.
(1995)The aim of the present study was to compare the values and achievement motivation of managerial and non-managerial female employees within the banking industry in South Africa.This research investigation was primarily aimed ... -
The viability of a national healthcare system for South Africa : a KwaZulu-Natal case study.
(2004)This research is an endeavour to highlight the state of healthcare in South Africa as seen through the eyes of professional health care workers who are at the cold face of healthcare. Having worked in an environment of ... -
"Vicarious traumatization in therapists working with trauma : do defences make a difference?"
(2017)Vicarious traumatization presents a significant concern for therapists around the globe. In South Africa, research around therapist wellbeing appears lacking. Despite various international studies on vicarious trauma, there ... -
A victimological analysis of physically disabled children as victims of violence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
(2018)This study focused on a victimological analysis of physically disabled children as victims of violence in the Eastern Cape. The researcher proposed four objectives for the purpose of the study as follows: to explore forms ... -
A victimological analysis on the role and function of the International Criminal Court with specific reference to the participationrights of victims.
The International Criminal Court (hereinafter ICC) is a permanent international judicial tribunal which plays a vital role in combating international crimes. It was established in 1998 by the international community after ... -
A victimological exploration of the programmes and services available to victims of trio-crimes in Durban Metropolitan Area.
(2015)This research was aimed at exploring and giving insight into the programmes and services available to victims of trio-crimes in the Durban Metropolitan Area. The motivation behind the study is that as a recently constitutional ... -
A victimological exploration of the victimisation vulnerability of a group of foreign nationals in the city of Durban.
(2015)The reasons for leaving home are complex, but the majority of respondents acknowledged political-economy as one of the major reasons for leaving their home to search for a better life. In South Africa, the country, is ... -
The views of primary caregivers on HIV/AIDS life skills education programme implemented in schools.
(2007)Social workers are faced with the huge challenge of HIV and AIDS. The increasing number of HIV infected people requires professional intervention. The National Integrated Plan is currently the strategy that social workers ... -
Violence in schools : a correlational study into the relationship between an Afrocentric orientation and attitudes towards violence among African secondary school learners in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)This correlation study investigated the relationship between Africentric values (Collective work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics and Self determination) as measured by the Children’s Africentric Value Scale (CAVS) ... -
Violence, care and justice : investigating the association between exposure to violence and moral development in Black South African students.
(2009)Two moral orientations in men and women‟s reasoning about moral dilemmas have dominated the literature: an orientation to rights, fairness, and justice and another based on care, compassion and concern for others. It is ... -
Voluntariness of consent to HIV clinical research : a conceptual and empirical study.
(2015)While obtaining voluntary informed consent for research participation is an ethical imperative, there appears to be little consensus regarding what constitutes a voluntary consent decision. As a result, considerable ... -
Voluntary care workers' perceptions of the effectiveness of their training to provide psychosocial care and support to children affected and infected by HIV/AIDs.
(2006)The AIDS epidemic has a severe impact on South Africa's population. One of the most disastrous consequences is the thousands of children affected and infected by HIV / AIDS. Various non-government organizations (NGO) ... -
Voluntary medical male circumcision and condoms for HIV prevention among school youth: marginal voices for a coherent sexual and reproductive school health policy in Zimbabwe.
(2018)Background: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a component of HIV prevention. It is important to the HIV prevention agenda in priority settings; characterised by hyper endemic and generalised epidemics coupled ... -
"We are not fully humans, we are half-humans” : the study of how Nhlalakahle informal residents construct their own-group infrahumanization.
(2016)Informal settlements are sites of oppression where residents yearn for social, political and economic change. Informal residents live under harsh conditions, deprived of basic resources including water, electricity, ... -
“We designed the job we love”: investigating job crafting behaviors and work stress amongst public and private school teachers in Durban, South Africa.
(2019)Education in South Africa is in a transitional phase. Economic deficiencies and inequality arising from apartheid have impacted significantly on the provision of education for learners and have consequently placed immense ... -
What motivates to medicate? : a qualitative study exploring the factors that influence a parent's decision to select psycho-stimulants as first-line treatment for their ADHD child.
(2012)This research seeks to explore and identify the factors that influence a parent’s decision to initiate psycho-stimulant treatment for their ADHD child. It is the intention of this research to gain insight into how parents ...