Browsing Department of Psychology by Title
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A phenomenological study exploring the lived psychological and social support experiences of women during a past high risk pregnancy (pre-eclampsia) at a public hospital in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This research project can be defined as an in-depth qualitative study. The research question was: How does social support affect women's psychological experiences during a pre-eclamptic high risk pregnancy? The main ... -
Postnatal depression: exploring adolescent women's experiences and perceptions of being depressed
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Adolescent pregnancy has been of longstanding societal concern primarily because of the inability of most young mothers to provide adequately for their infants. Depression often results in disengagement from mother-child ... -
Postpartum depression and maternal adjustment: An investigation into some risk factors
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)The aim of the present study was to determine whether it was possible to identify changes in levels of postpartum depression and maternal adjustment and attitude in primiparae before and after birth. It aimed, furthermore, ... -
Preliminary construct validation of the brief Multidimensional students' life satisfaction scale amongst a sample of children in the Western Cape, South Africa: Multigroup analyses across three age groups
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The interest in researching children's well-being has increased substantially over the past few decades. The increasing body of knowledge within children's well-being has become known as the Child Indicator Movement. Further ... -
Preliminary validation and Afrikaans translation of the personal well-being index – school children amongst a sample of children in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The construct of subjective well-being within child well-being and quality of life research has become increasingly prominent in recent years. Central to such developments is the question of to what extent children’s ... -
Pretesting the revised version of the South African Substance Use Contextual Risk Instrument (SASUCRI)
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Substance use is a major problem in South Africa, particularly within the Western Cape. The problem of substance use is prominent amongst adolescents in low socio-economic-status communities, and these prevalence rates are ... -
Prevalence of suicidal ideations among first-year students at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This mini-thesis aims to gauge the extent of occurrences of suicidal ideations among a sample of first-year students at the University of the Western Cape. The study investigates whether differences among those with ... -
Professional quality of life: Compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and professional burnout in lay trauma counsellors in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)This study explored Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) among lay trauma counsellors in Cape Town, South Africa, with a secondary focus on the implications for task shifting. The study supplemented a broader project, ... -
Projective identification as a form of communication in the therapeutic relationship: A case study
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)This dissertation reviews the construct of projective identification and the ways in which it is used as a powerful form of communication by the patient within the therapeutic relationship. The particular model of projective ... -
The promotion of moral development: a case study of teachers' perceptions and practices in a rural, primary school in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)This research was undertaken to explore teachers' perceptions and practices as mediators of morals and values. Schools have an important role to play in developing future citizens as moral beings. This is variously named ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent learners attending public schools in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Due to various mitigation strategies implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19, nearly 1.2 billion school children had their education put on hold. In addition, the widespread nature of the COVID-19 pandemic came with ... -
The psychological impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on South African school teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Education falls under one of the vital services that was severely disrupted by the psychological aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, international research indicates that the pandemic has had a significant ... -
Psychology Masters students’ experiences of conducting supervised research in their non-mother-tongue
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Completion rates of postgraduate students are relatively low worldwide. Completion rates in South Africa are currently 20% for Masters students and 13% for Doctoral students. Differences between South African universities ... -
Psychology masters students’ perceptions of developing identities as researchers
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Research training is attracting more inspection as research itself is viewed as having greater importance in the global knowledge economy. Students in the social sciences particularly struggle with the research component ... -
Psychology students' perceptions of the extent to which group-based systematic review methodology at Honours level prepared them for further postgraduate studies.
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Honours students in Psychology typically form larger cohorts with numbers ranging from 20 to 40 students in comparison to other disciplines that have fewer than 10 students in a cohort. The National Qualifications Framework ... -
The psychometric properties of the child PTSD checklist in a sample of treatment-seeking children and adolescents from a youth stress clinic in the Western Cape
(2009)Exposure to severe trauma and resulting PTSD affects individuals of all ages, cultures and geographical areas. Epidemiological surveys reveal that approximately one third of the general population is exposed to a traumatic ... -
Psychosocial variables in the transmission of AIDS
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)In the decade since first identified, the Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become a serious global disease. The nature of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, whereby a carrier may be ... -
Psychotherapy for sequelae of trauma based on testimonies of victims at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)South Africans under the rule of Apartheid were exposed to torturous and traumatic experiences. The implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was all attempt to uncover these traumas and to begin the ...