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Exploring students’ understandings of a decolonised psychology curriculum at a South African university
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Discussions about decolonisation of the curriculum resurfaced after the #FeesMustFall movement in South African universities. Despite its long history, there’s little to no change in its implication. Decolonisation is ...
The relation between children’s environmental views and their subjective well-being across low and middle socio-economic status communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Subjective well-being (SWB) is conceptualised as a multidimensional concept that
encompasses both cognitive and affective judgements and evaluations that people make about
their lives. It comprises three main components, ...
Exploring children’s resilience growing up in low socioeconomic, single-parent households: A systematic review
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have been shown to affect children in many
areas of life, including that of their overall resilience. Due to the distinctive socio-political
history and diverse cultures in the South ...
The psychological effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental healthcare workers in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals both physically and mentally, and existing studies emphasise that mental healthcare workers are facing similar psychological struggles and are not immune to mental illness. ...
Parents’ perception of a burns intervention video
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Burn injuries are a common and leading cause of injury mortality and morbidity around the
world. Globally, child mortality, due to burn injuries, has been estimated to be around 2.5 per
100 000 in 103 countries, and 4.5 ...
An exploration of the subjective lived experiences of pregnant survivors of cyber intimate partner violence
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Focussing on interpersonal relations, this research project aimed to investigate subjective lived experiences of the newer form of gender-based violence (GBV), that is cyber intimate partner violence (cyber IPV) in the ...
The psychological impact of Covid-19 on university students in the Global South: A scoping review
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an outbreak of the highly transmittable virus, coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Given the rapid increase of infection amongst the global population, countries implemented ...