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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Supervisor "Wagner, Claire"
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-01-25)Affirmative Action remains one of the most highly sensitive, emotive and hotly debated subjects in South Africa. It is nevertheless an important legislated program that needs to be fully researched and constructively debated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Death is a drastic event in one’s life. Through grief, mourning and bereavement, people heal the hurt of their loss of a loved one. Little research exists on bereavement in Black transitional societies of South Africa. As ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-21)The ever-changing demands of working life pose considerable challenges to higher education. The literature indicates that traditional forms of university instruction positioned a deficit model of teaching and learning, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Climate change has become a pressing issue for humanity. If action is not taken to curb the effects of this phenomenon, climate change will have a significantly negative impact on human lives and livelihood. The repercussions ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The aim of the current study was to compare the behavioural patterns of top achievers from diverse work environments, as measured by the Shadowmatch worksheet. The study set out to explore the possibility of similarity ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Due to the ever-growing crisis of orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa, research into strategies of care remains a crucial pursuit. Models of care in the country currently range from informal to formal, including ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This study aimed to collate and analyse academic literature with regards to possible African perspectives on psychological distress. The purpose of conducting the literature review was to explore thirty years of critical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-09)The aim of this project was to identify discourses of traditional African and African Christian women in a Tshivenda speaking community regarding the bereavement rituals performed after the death of a husband. Six focus ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Literature on marriage shows that in the span of a single generation it has become the norm for both spouses to work outside the home. The inception of dual career marriages in the 1970s has created challenges and complications ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This multiparadigm inquiry sought to investigate music therapy group processes aimed at facilitating empathic interactions between adolescents referred for aggression in a relatively under-resourced school in Eersterust, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Several studies have highlighted the perspectives and insights of healthcare workers and caregivers involved in ensuring the well-being of adolescents with epilepsy. Research from the perspective of the adolescent living ...
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The experiences of primary school teachers who have children diagnosed with ADHD in their classrooms (University of Pretoria, 2008-12-08)As children with ADHD are typically diagnosed at school entry level, when problems with especially reading and writing occur, primary school teachers are directly affected by a pressing need to become more educated on the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-10)Depression is known to be one of the most common mental health disorders, which, if severe, may predispose sufferers to suicidal ideations as well as suicidal attempts. There are approximately 804 000 completed suicides ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and My Space have experience rapid worldwide growth. It is crucial that this global phenomenon be investigated within the South African context. Social networking is a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-12-15)As the Internet and online shopping is growing at a very fast pace worldwide, investigating this phenomenon within a South African context is crucial considering that it is a relatively new trend in this country. Typical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The world-wide problem of increasing greenhouse gas emissions has received considerable attention in recent decades. In South Africa, several factors necessitate residential energy efficiency research. These include the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-17)Communication has been identified as an essential part of a successfully perpetuating system. In conjunction with systemic feedback processes, communication, by its very nature, plays an integral role in the way that the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)In South Africa, transracial adoption continues to be an option for many parents wanting to adopt a child. Previous research on transracial adoption has focused mainly on the psychological implications and the racial ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)In this study, the accuracy of predicted psycho-socio-economic impacts resulting from mining and infrastructure projects is investigated by comparing it to impacts shown to actually occur. A systems theoretical approach ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-05)The research was based on a secondary analysis of a qualitative market research study conducted for the SABC on the soap opera Isidingo. The data used in the study includes 10 focus groups, five diaries of loyal soap opera ...
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