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Browsing Psychology by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-24)This study undertook to examine factors potentially contributing to a high rate of attrition experienced on the National Higher Diploma in Emergency Medical Care (EMC) at the Witwatersrand Technikon. The sample group ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-12)In this research a novel adaptation of Luborsky’s Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method was implemented within a phenomenological methodology. The Duquesne phenomenological research method (DPRM) provided the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)This research study explores the experiences of adolescent girls testifying in a criminal court in cases of sexual abuse and rape in South Africa. Private and public narratives, such as the participants’ experiences in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)No abstract available. Copyright
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(2011-05-28)The development of professional identity during professional counselling psychology education is seen as a cornerstone of the professional development of prospective counselling psychologists. This research project looked ...
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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, 2018)Previous studies have mostly focused on racial relations between black and white racial groups. This study focused on relations between members of one racial group, the black race. In South Africa, the black race comprises ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-08)The study of cognition as it relates to expert performance in sport is an area that has received increased attention over the last 25 years. This has been made possible by the fact that the domain of sport offers a rich ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-08)Chronic diseases are usually the result of complex interactions between various lifestyle factors, physiological processes and societal factors. While some of these factors are not modifiable, modification of several of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-10)The aim of this study was to investigate the attachment styles of children between the ages of six and twelve years of age who were admitted as inpatients in a children’s ward of a psychiatric hospital. Attachment theory ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-08)This study focuses on prisoners’ experiences of HIV/AIDS pre-and posttest counselling. The objective of this study was to explore and report on prisoners’ experiences, perceptions and views on HIV/AIDS pre- and posttest ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-05)Adolescents need to feel loved and cared for and they need to share their feelings with other people in their environment. As the school plays a significant role in the life of the adolescent, emotional support is an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009)This study embarked on exploring the experience of becoming and being a lay volunteer counsellor from a psychological perspective. Six participants were interviewed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-12-01)The focus of this dissertation is to explore contextually relevant ideas through conversation around behaviour problems, specifically bullying, experienced in primary schools situated in the township of Mamelodi. The study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-12-15)The goal of this research was to understand how South-African paralympic athletes experience being disabled athletes in an able-bodied world. These experiences of the paralympic athletes expanded the diversity of known ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-02)This study focuses on exploring the relationship between domestic workers and the children they help to raise from the child’s perspective, using attachment theory (Bowlby, 1988) and psychoanalytic theory (referring ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-21)Please read the abstract (Summary) in the section 00front of this document. Please note: The Errata list is included as last page of each chapter
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The topic of body image has become widely researched in the past thirty years, but preadolescents have been neglected in this area of research. This dissertation explores the body and dieting concerns of pre-adolescent ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-12)“The Perfect Body” is a dominant narrative in western culture which we are exposed to on a daily basis in the media and advertising. Individuals who have been physically traumatised may find difficulty in reclaiming their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-10-16)The focus for this research project was on the use of technology in bridging a perceived gap in sport psychology. This gap is present between the three main contexts in which sport psychology is practised, namely the ...
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