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Job demands and job resources as antecedents of work engagement among school educators in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2012)The objective of this study is to assess the relationship between work engagement, job demands and job resources in a sample of educators. A cross-sectional survey design was used. Convenience samples (N = 157) were taken ... -
'Jy weet, jy kan jouself vandag in k*kstraat vind deur jouself 'n Afrikaner te noem ...' (You know, you can find yourself in sh*tstreet by calling yourself an Afrikaner today ... ') : Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2008)Afrikaner Nationalism and the discourse of Apartheid have always formed a central part of Afrikaner identity. The fact that Afrikaner Nationalism has now been publicly discredited has had a destabilising effect on Afrikaner ... -
Key barriers to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment adherence : Experiences of health care workers (HCW) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) clients in the uThukela district of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)In the fight against HIV and AIDS, the world managed to put more than 17 million people on anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in 2016. More than three million of the people on ART are in South Africa, and more than one million ... -
Knowledge of contraceptives, attitudes towards contraceptive use, and perceptions of sexual risk, among university students at a South African university.
(2017)University students form a high-risk group in relation to unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, hepatitis B, syphilis and HIV/AIDS, due to sexual exploration, unsafe sexual ... -
Knowledge of, and attitudes toward abortion in a sample of secondary school learners : exploring gender and religious differences.
(2011)A number of studies have attempted to describe and explain both the levels of and trend in support for abortion in the adult population and college students, yet there is a gap around abortion attitudes of adolescents. ... -
Knowledge, attitude and practices of traditional healers with regards to primary eye care (PEC) in KwaZulu Natal.
(2019)The title of the study: Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Of Traditional Healers With Regards To Primary Eye Care (PEC) In Kwazulu-Natal. Background: It is estimated that 80% of global blindness is avoidable (i.e. either ... -
Kohlbert's theory of moral development : a cross-sectional study of the relationship between social experience and moral reasoning.
(1992)The study was undertaken to assess the relationship between social experience and moral reasoning, and to examine two aspects of Kohlberg's universality claims. The participants were 81 South Africans; comprising 40 Blacks ... -
Lay persons' perceptions of intelligence : students' estimates of their own and their parents' overall and multiple intelligences.
(2013)Intelligence as a psychological construct has received vast attention from professionals and lay persons. The theory of multiple intelligences as a perspective of understanding intelligence has enjoyed extensive research. ... -
Leadership in the Southern African business context : towards an appropriate approach.
(2007)Enormous challenges face the African continent's quest to fulfil her great potential. The success of the African wealth creation project depends to a great extent on the quality of leadership driving this vital undertaking. ... -
Learning and development : an investigation of a neo-Piagetian theory of cognitive growth.
(1985)Within the framework of Pascual-Leone's Theory of Constructive Operators (TCO), 252 Zulu-speaking children in the 7-8 , 9-10 and 11-12 age-groups were tested four times on the FIT RAC 794, a measure of mental capacity or ... -
Learning during turbulent times: an exploration of high academic achievement in undergraduate students during protest action at UKZN.
(2019)#FeesMustFall: the nation-wide movement that spread across South African institutions of higher education, and resulted in what seemed to be an abnormal and turbulent learning environment. It is remarkable that in such ... -
Let's talk about it : an investigation of communicative parameters in sexuality discourse.
(2006)This study investigated communicative parameters in parent-adolescent and peer discussions about sex. While most sexual health interventions rely on communication and the dissemination of information, little research has ... -
Let's talk about sex : "a qualitative investigation into obstacles experienced by trainee psychologists assessing sexual history of a client during the first interview".
(2014)Despite adequate training and sound theoretical knowledge a trainee psychologist faces challenges whilst attempting to gather a vast amount of information from a new client. Sexual health information, although required for ... -
Liberated through submission? The Worthy Woman's Conference as a case study of Formenism.
(Indiana University Press, 2010)In this article, Nadar and Potgieter use the Worthy Women’s Conference as a case study, describing and analyzing how this movement creates and maintains what they call the formenist position. Formenism, like masculinism, ... -
The life scripts and object relations of adolescents in families and in residential substitute care.
(1988)The aim of this research was to compare the quality of parent- child relationships and child development in a group of 20 adolescents (aged 13-17) who were raised in intact families of origin (Family Group: N1 = 20, x ... -
The link between racial prejudice and racial policy attitudes : a meta-analytic study.
(2006)This meta-analytic study analyses the relationship between racial prejudice and racial policy attitudes. Specifically, it examines the effects of race attitudes (i.e., symbolic racism, oldfashioned racism, racial affect ... -
The lived experience of forgiveness/unforgiveness in victims of violent crime : an empirical phenomenological study.
(2010)The aim of this study was to investigate the lived experience of forgiveness or unforgiveness in individuals who had been victims of violent crime. 6 participants who had experienced violent crime underwent an in-depth ... -
The local knowledge of transactional sex in a sample of tertiary education students in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)Background: Transactional sex has been cited in considerable public health literature in terms of its critical role in HIV and STI transmission (Stoebenau et al., 2011). Much of this literature has focused on women’s ... -
Locus of control and schizophrenic adjustment : a dimensional analysis.
(1980)The literature indicates that: (i) locus of control is a multi-factorial construct; and (ii) psychological maladjustment is associated with a generalised perception that reinforcements are not personally controlled. ... -
Luria's neuropschological investigation for children : an adaptation from his work : manual.
(1989)No abstract available.