Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Psychology) by Title
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The governmentality of teenage pregnancy : scientific literature and professional practice in South Africa.
(1999)Teenage pregnancy is seen, on the whole, by researchers and service providers as a social problem. Various theoretical approaches have been utilised in the attempt to explain teenage pregnancy, and to find 'solutions' ... -
Grade four teachers’ language attitudes and lived teaching experiences in KwaZulu-Natal schools, South Africa.
(2018)The language of learning and teaching (LoLT) in South African primary schools poses a threat to quality teaching and learning, more importantly, access to the curriculum knowledge by African learners, particularly at Grade ... -
Health and well-being of homeless youth in Ghana.
(2015)Background: Homeless youth have been described as being resilient, and vulnerable to poor mental and behavioural health. However, literature on factors promoting resilience of these homeless youth in an African context, ... -
Health-related quality of life among women living with breast cancer in Ghana.
(2018)Background: Health-related quality of life has become an important determinant of the effectiveness of medical treatments among persons living with chronic illnesses including breast cancer. Living with breast cancer is ... -
Home-based care volunteer identity and participation in HIV/AIDS care and support in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2013)This thesis explores home-based care volunteer (HBCV) identity and how it is shaped by context in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The literature on home-based care in Africa is dominated by the "burden of care narrative" ... -
Homosexuality among black South Africans : a psychosocial ontological perspective.
(1996)This study attempts to provide pertinent insights into the experiencing of black South Africans who are gay or lesbian. The aims of the investigation were to provide more holistic information on the gay and lesbian worldview ... -
Identity construction of Roman Catholic religious sisters in the church in Nigeria.
(2012)This study was designed against the background of the vital need for a comprehensive research on religious sisters in Africa and Nigeria in particular to address the problems and challenges of identity construction by them ... -
Implications of the multi-male troop structure in vervet monkeys (cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus)
(1991)The aim of this study is to assess the advantages and disadvantages to all the troop members, of vervet males remaining in heterosexual groups outside the mating season. Extensive data on time budgeting and social interactions ... -
Information processing in high and low redundancy schizophrenics.
(1980)Cromwell's (1968, 1972, 1975) stimulus redundancy theory was tested on two levels: firstly, by examining the process-reactive and paranoid-nonparanoid dimensions which form the basis of identification of high and low ... -
Luria's neuropschological investigation for children : an adaptation from his work : manual.
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Maintaining inequality through 'being silent about' : a dyadic daily diary study establishing the presence of absence in domestic labour relationships.
(2015)Domestic labour relationships are structured by entanglement issues of gender, class, race and informal labour, producing profound inequality. This daily diary study accessed five domestic labour pairs, comprised of white ... -
Making practice visible : analysing the interactional tasks of voluntary counselling and testing.
(2008)Voluntary counselling and testing, the cornerstone of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts worldwide, is at the centre of a policy debate rega rding its effectiveness. Informed by social constructionism and drawing on various tools ... -
Marange diamond mining industry : socio-political environment and its role on psychological well-being and organisational citizenship of diamond miners in Marange, Zimbabwe.
(2017)This thesis aimed at finding comprehensive ways through which managers can foster psychological well-being and improve employees’ functionality in a turbulent business environment. The political dynamics and troubling ... -
Men's experiences of fathering sons : encountering difference and disappointment.
Previous research indicates that fathering can contribute to the psychological well-being of both men and their children, but that these benefits depend on the quality of relationship between father and child. Focusing on ... -
The modification of Luria's neuropschological investigation for use with white, English-speaking South African children aged eight to fourteen years.
(1989)Alexandria Luria's approach to neuropsychological assessment and his theory of brain functioning have been exploited in order to develop a neuropsychological evaluation procedure for children which incorporates a ... -
Mothers lived experiences and coping responses to adolescents with substance abuse problems : a phenomenological inquiry.
(2016)This thesis explored mothers’ experiences of living with an adolescent who has a substance abuse problem; an under-researched topic of inquiry globally and especially in South Africa. Specifically, I was interested in 1) ... -
Neuropsychological correlates of chronic fatigue syndrome.
(1997)Neuropsychological deficits have been implicated in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and there is some indication that cerebral efficiency is compromised in these patients. To further investigate the nature of this impairment, ... -
On the cusp of context and profession : an interpretive phenomenological analysis of identity negotiation and compromise amongst South African psychologists employed in student counselling.
(2016)Student counselling services are a recognizable feature of higher education both in South Africa and abroad. The service is globally acknowledged for the role it plays in supporting holistic student development as well as ...