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Recovery after completion of inpatient substance abuse treatment program in the Western Cape: An exploratory study on self-efficacy differences
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Recent increases in intellectual, social, infrastructural and economic resources available for the treatment of substance related mental disorders in the Western Cape reflects the national surge towards health promotion ...
Experiences of gender role assignment by women in transitional marriages
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Global female workforce participation has increased rapidly over the past few decades, and the majority of marriages are now dual-earning. Marriages were therefore expected to shift from traditional to egalitarian, ...
Community leaders' perception of risk factors that influence methamphetamine addiction in two low socio-economic status communities
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Substance abuse is a global epidemic which is internationally recognised as an illness, characterised as being primary, chronic, progressive and terminal. Methamphetamine in South Africa is now drawing the interest of ...
Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted infections in Selected Primary Health Care Centres in the Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
An epidemiological study was conducted with the main goal of describing the occurrences of the various STTs in the Eastern Cape province as well as biographical factors such as age, gender, and geographical location ...
Internalisation of the research supervisor : experiences and perceptions of psychology masters students at a historically disadvantaged university
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Knowledge-based competition within a globalising economy is prompting a fresh
consideration of the role of higher education in development and growth. Previously, it was often viewed as an expensive and inefficient public ...
A systematic review of interventions for children presenting with dyscalculia in primary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Background: The acquisition of numerical competency is imperative for individuals in society for quality of life and economic well-being. Many children have significant
mathematical learning difficulties, this is known ...
Interventions aimed at enhancing supervision capacity : a systematic review (2000-2013)
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Literature suggests that novice supervisors are not adequately trained or equipped with the skills required in research supervision or to become productive researchers, and recommend that intervention strategies aimed ...
The experiences of vicarious trauma and its related coping strategies among a group of South African psychologists : a phenomenological study
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Significant research efforts have focused on developing treatments for trauma survivors and evaluating their effectiveness. However, little attention has been given to understanding the impact of working with trauma survivors ...
A systematic review : student and supervisor variables affecting completion of postgraduate research requirements
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
South Africa has one of the highest postgraduate dropout rates in the world. One of the main contributing factors to the high number of unfinished Master’s and Doctorate degrees is incomplete theses and dissertations. ...
Youth violence perpetration : a systematic review of community-level protective factors and community resilience
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This study aimed to (1) establish the conceptualization of youth violence perpetration within the literature; (2) explore identified community-level protective factors, (3) establish whether the interaction between ...