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The relationship between sex role orientation and rape victim blame among police officers in the Cape Peninsula
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Despite community policing interventions, rape incidence in South Africa reflects a consistent increase over the past decade. Victim blame continues to be a pervasive aspect of this trauma - where society blames the victim ...
An exploratary study of involuntarily childless women's experience from potential parenthood to the acceptance of their non-parenthood status
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
We live in a society that continually reinforces the connection between femininity and maternity and for the majority of women, attempts to experience motherhood are successful. However, for others the world of motherhood ...
Single and married mother pre-adolescent relationships: understanding and comparing the interaction between self-esteem and family functioning
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The main purpose of this study was to assess the psychological well-being of mothers and their pre-adolescent children (aged 10-12). Specifically, the study used a mixed methods sequential explanatory design to compare and ...
An analysis of health promoting and risky behaviours of health science students of the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Assessing and understanding the health needs and abilities of university and college students is vital in creating healthy campus communities. Student learning is a central part of the higher education academic mission, ...
"Pull" factors in international migration of health professionals
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)
This secondary data study, framed in social constructionism theory, descibes and analyses the "pull" factors influencing migration of health professionals developing to developed countries. The literature review sets the ...
Recidivism: an exploration of juvenile prison inmates subjective perception of their return to prison
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Despite the unpleasant living conditions in prison, recidivism seems to be an uncontrollable phenomenon. It is evident that prison life is harsh with inmates having to sleep on the floors due to overpopulation, frequently ...
The impact of HIV/AIDS on under-five mortality in Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Although the under-five mortality rate in Malawi has been declining since 1960, it still remains one of the highest in the world. In order to appropriately target interventions to achieve substantial reductions in deaths ...
Aggression as a form of power with the incarceration of youth
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This thesis examined the use of aggression by youth in Pollsmoor Prison during incarceration. Though the incarceration of children and youth is a problem internationally, it is particularly problematic in South Africa where ...
Gang members' experiences of victimization and perpetration of rape in prison
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
People outside of prison tend to imagine sex in prison as violent gang attacks on defenceless individuals, but in actual fact, sex in prison is more complicated than the isolated gang rapes that take place. For the purpose ...
Symbolic work with clay as a technique with a difficult to reach patient: a Jungian perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This thesis explored the potential of clay work and its symbolic representations as a means to facilitate the integration and individuation of the self in psychotherapy, using a Jungian theoretical framework. A case study ...