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The construction of a group test of cognitive processes for use in education.
(1980)
While there is increasing emphasis in education on the learning of intellectual
processes, relatively little attention has been given to the rigorous assessment
of these processes.
An attempt was made to construct a ...
Marital conflict among Hindus in the Durban metropolitan area.
(1985)
This is a thesis on marital conflict among Hindu South Africans, a community in which the divorce rate is steadily rising. This study aims to gather objective and scientific information on some of the more important factors ...
Type A behavior pattern and dependency in the adjustment of post-myocardial infarction patients.
(1986)
The World Health Organization (1969) has declared that heart
disease is the largest plague that ever faced humanity. Myocardial
Infarction (MD, in addition to causing more deaths than all other
diseases of the heart ...
Township families and social change : a pilot study.
(1989)
On-going research into township family life in Natal has pointed to the need to develop a conceptualisation of the family that is appropriate to local historical and material conditions. In particular, such a conceptualisation ...
A meta-analysis of the process of interpretation.
(1987)
The present study is part of a larger project currently in progress, which addresses the interface between epistemology and method. The work of the philosophers Paul Ricoeur, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Jurgen Habermas constitute ...
The effects of schistosomiasis on the behaviour of children.
(1981)
An ethological study was undertaken in two primary schools in Natal to assess the effect of schistosome infections on the ordinary behaviour
of schoolchildren in endemic areas. The following topics are discussed :- 1. The ...
An investigation into the classification abilities of South African Indian children.
(1980)
No abstract available.
Parole in South Africa.
(1982)
While imprisonment developed as a more humanitarian alternative to the brutal forms of punishments which prevailed throughout history, it became increasingly evident that it had dysfunctional consequences in respect of the ...
Stressful life situations of duodenal ulcer patients and the role of the medical social worker.
(1983)
A study was undertaken of the stressful life situations of 87 duodenal ulcer patients (50 Indian and 37 Black males) and a control group of 75 non-ulcer patients (43 Indian and 32 Black males). The majority of the control ...