Browsing Magister Artium - MA (Child and Family Studies) by Author "Roman, Nicolette"
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Adjustment of first year university students and the effect of a psychosocial intervention on their mental health and adjustment over an interrupted time series
Stroud, Candice (University of the Western Cape, 2017)First-year students face an array of challenges, ranging from financial, to academic and psychosocial problems. Research suggests that first-year students require student support structures to enable student retention. ... -
An exploration of emotion-focused parenting of parents living in low and high socioeconomic communities, Kleinmond, Western Cape
Februarie, Doreen (University of the Western Cape, 2022)A parent is responsible for caregiving to a child and is a significant other with whom a child has a long-term, unique, and irreplaceable emotional bond. Emotion-focused parenting is described as a practice in which an ... -
An exploration of human capabilities of parents with children (0-8 years) with disabilities
Magidigidi, Lumka (University of the Western Cape, 2021)Parenting a child with a developmental disability has a significant impact on the lives of parents and/or caregivers as well as how the family functions. This is often due to the changes in life routines that are necessary ... -
An exploration of parental connection and the human capability of emotion in the first 1000 days of life
Marshall, Chalmaine C. (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Emotions play an important part in our well-being and connections with others. It contributes to the connection between the caregiver and the baby in the first 1000 days. Experiences provided through the interactions between ... -
An exploration of school strategies enabling teachers in mainstream schools to support learners with Asperger’s Syndrome
Goliath, Charlene (University of Western Cape, 2021)Having good educational policies that are in-line with international inclusive standards is a positive step in addressing previous educational inequalities in South Africa. The Department of Education’s White Paper 6 policy ... -
An exploration of the management systems supporting learners affected by HIVAIDS in schools
Mitchell, Frederick Rudolf (University of the Western Cape, 2023)Learners affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), are particularly vulnerable to poor nutrition, mental and physical health abuse, and poverty. This negatively impacts ... -
Exploring the help-seeking behaviour of mothers with premature babies in public sector hospitals
Safi, Nazeefah (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Help-seeking behaviour is important so that an individual does not reach a stage of helplessness and hopelessness. For mothers, who had premature babies, this becomes very important because the mother is potentially ... -
Exploring the practical implementation of two of the evidence-based parenting programmes in a small rural community.
Dippenaar, Wilmi (University of the Western Cape, 2023)Many parents in South Africa face difficult obstacles when it comes to parenting. Evidence-based parenting programmes are a key to success to help parents to work in a more positive way with their children. In Touwsranten, ... -
The role of a fathers' intervention group in the caregiving and involvement with their families
Nkurunziza, Jean-Marie Vianney (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The father-child relationship, either negative or positive, at any stage in the life of the child, has a profound and wide-ranging impact on the child that lasts a lifetime irrespective of culture or ethnic association. ...