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Browsing Psychology by Type "Article"
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Mohamed, Ahmed Riaz; Sterkenburg, Paula; Van Rensburg, Esme; Schuengel, Carlo
(Wiley, 2023-01)
Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) is an intervention targeted at
enhancing the socioemotional and regulatory functioning of at-risk infants.
However, to use the ABC for infants/toddlers with intellectual ...
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Arendse, Danille Elize
(AOSIS, 2021-03)
ORIENTATION: The empirically designed English Comprehension Test (ECT) is theorised to measure verbal reasoning and is currently undergoing validation. The test development produced two versions of the ECT, namely, ECT ...
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Human, Lourens H.
(Psychological Society of South Africa, 2012)
Postgraduate counselling psychology training at the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa (SA), is
done according to the researcher-practitioner model. An important aspect that is addressed during the
unfolding of ...
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Diteweg, Hilde; Van Oostwaard, Adinda; Tempelman, Hugo; Vermeer, Adri; Appels, Melanie; Van der Schaaf, Marieke F.; Maree, David J.F.
(2013-05-24)
In order to limit the expansion of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in South Africa, it is important
to develop targeted prevention strategies. The voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT)
programme appears to be effective ...
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Morison, Tracy; Mtshengu, Amanda; Sandfort, T.G.M. (Theo); Reddy, Vasu
(Psychology in Society, 2016)
Several qualitative researchers using discursive methodologies have noted how opposition to homosexuality has not necessarily diminished, despite the general expression of liberal tolerance in many settings. Instead, ...
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Li, Chengchen; Wang, Zeyuan; Hardy, Theresa; Huang, Yunfeng; Hui, Qin; Crusto, Cindy A.; Wright, Michelle L.; Taylor, Jacquelyn Y.; Sun, Yan V.
(International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019-09)
African American women are a ected by earlier onset of age-associated health deteriorations
and obesity disproportionally, but little is known about the mechanism linking body mass index
(BMI) and biological aging among ...
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Perez, Nicole Beaulieu; Vorderstrasse, Allison A.; Yu, Gary; Melkus, Gail D’Eramo; Wright, Fay; Ginsberg, Stephen D.; Crusto, Cindy A.; Sun, Yan V.; Taylor, Jacquelyn Y.
(Sage, 2022-06)
Background : African American women (AAW) have a high risk of both cardiometabolic (CM) illness and depressive symptoms. Depressive
symptoms co-occur in individuals with CM illness at higher rates than the general population, ...
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Du Preez, Mathilda; Wagner, Claire; Cassimjee, Nafisa
(Unisa Press, 2008)
The paucity of literature on the perceptions and attitudes of South Africans
on recycling, reusing, and reducing the number of resources used
suggests the need for an exploration of these environmental issues. The
current ...
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Jordaan, W.J.
(Plus 50 Media (Pty) Ltd, 2018-12)
Nou die dag ná kerk hoor ek iemand vra aan ’n bejaarde man wie se lewensmaat ’n paar maande tevore oorlede is: “Hoe gaan dit nou met jou?” En hy antwoord: “Goed - as ek my vriende sien.”
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Lopez, Belem G.; Vaid, Jyotsna; Rao, Chaitra
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017-09-25)
Previous work has shown that prior experience in language brokering (informal translation) may facilitate the processing of meaning within and across language boundaries. The present investigation examined the influence ...
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Motileng, B.B. (Barnard Buti); Wagner, Claire; Cassimjee, Nafisa
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2006)
Affirmative action remains one of the most highly sensitive, emotive and hotly debated subjects in South Africa. It
is nevertheless an important legislated strategy that needs to be thoroughly researched and constructively ...
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Van Wijk, Charles H.; Martin, Jarred H.
(AOSIS, 2019-10-17)
Resilience constructs and measures in the military context are of particular interest because of
their association with general performance and mental health outcomes. However, in spite of
the reported advantages, the ...
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Human, Lourens H.; Kriek, H.S. (Drikus); Bezuidenhout, Theo
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2009-03)
Technology has entered many spheres of modern
day society. The sport context has also been
infiltrated by technology, as can be seen in how
video-footage is used in coaching, biomechanics,
as well as umpiring/refereeing. ...
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Van Wyk, Charles H.; Martin, Jarred H.; Meintjes, W.A.J.
(South African Society of Occupational Medicine, 2021-09)
BACKGROUND : The presence of common mental disorders (CMDs) in the workplace is associated with high costs. However, there are limited current data available on the mental health disease burden in South African workplace ...
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Thurman, Tonya Renee; Nice, Johanna; Luckett, Brian; Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna)
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-04-01)
Let’s Talk is a structured, family-centered adolescent HIV prevention program developed for use in
South Africa using key components adapted from programs successfully implemented in the US
and South Africa. It is designed ...
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Dlamini, Bongekile C.; Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna)
(Remedy Open Access, 2017-06-12)
Primary health care nurses play an important role as the first and often the only contact providing
primary health care services in rural disadvantaged communities. However, in spite of high levels of
stress, physical ...
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Cassimjee, Nafisa; Maree, David J.F.
(Psychological Society of South Africa, 2004)
This study explored trends in change detection within the change blindness (CB) flicker paradigm. A sample comprising 92 university students was tested for speed in change detection. A number of alternating photographic ...
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Van Wijk, Charles H.; Martin, Jarred H.; Maree, David J.F.
(AOSIS, 2021-08)
ORIENTATION: South Africa carries a high burden of mental ill-health. Screening to identify
individuals for further referral is emerging as one pathway to promote access to mental health
interventions. Existing occupational ...
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Arendse, Danille Elize
(Bridgewater State College, 2022-05-01)
The prevailing geopolitical situation has perpetuated epistemic and ontological violence against the citizens of Africa. This indicates that geopolitics have an impact on socio-spatial relations and human interactions that ...
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Van Wijk, Charles H.; Martin, Jarred H.; Firfirey, Nazneen
(South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society and the European Underwater and Baromedical Society, 2020-12)
INTRODUCTION : A recent article reported on common mental health conditions among recreational scuba divers, and observed that the prevalence mirrored national population figures. This raised the question of the extent to ...