Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Psychology) by Title
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Underdogs on top : troubling positions for boys and a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
(2017)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) accounts for one of the largest number of health referrals amongst children. As a mental health diagnosis, it has undergone multiple conceptual revisions over the years, where ... -
Understanding the factors that contribute to happiness at work within the South African financial, retail and medical corporate sectors.
(2020)This study aims to explore the factors that contribute to happiness in financial, retail and medical institutions within South Africa. The study used a qualitative approach to gather and interpret data which resulted in a ... -
Understanding variability in child development outcome in resource-constricted settings : the contribution of the home environment.
(2015)The main purpose of the present study was to establish the manner in which children’s home environments (proximal processes) and family household wealth (distal contexts) individually and collectively influence child ... -
The unsaid : an interpretative phenomenological analysis to understanding non-disclosure in clinical supervision from trainee and supervisor perspectives.
(2016)This dissertation explores trainee and supervisor experiences of non-disclosure in psychotherapy supervision utilizing three self-contained qualitative studies. Whilst the first and second phases of the research sought to ... -
The use of mindfulness breath meditation with University of KwaZulu Natal students as a tool in reducing Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms and enhancing positive emotions.
(2017)This study explored the management of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms experienced by ADHD students at University of KwaZulu-Natal and examined the use of Mindfulness Breath Meditation as a ... -
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 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 ... -
Witness to everything: representations of precarity in selected works of four South African poets.
(2019)This dissertation identifies and analyses representations of precarity in selected poems of Mxolisi Nyezwa, Seitlhamo Motsapi, Angifi Dladla and Ike Mboneni Muila, revealing how precarity is conveyed through their innovative ... -
Xenophobia, social change and social continuity: changing configurations of intergroup allegiance and division among farm workers and farmers in De Doorns, 2009-2013.
(2017)This thesis is about continuity and change in South African intergroup relations, especially group relations implicated in xenophobia, as new African migrants have arrived on a scene dominated by long-established, but also ...