INTRODUCTION : The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship
between satisfaction with life and mathematics achievement among a nationally
representative sample of Grade 9 learners in South Africa.
METHODS ...
Bandeira, Monica; Graham, Marien Alet; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel)(Frontiers Media, 2023-08-17)
INTRODUCTION : Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are exposed to several
challenges and risk factors, linked to historical legacies. Sub-Saharan Africa has
one of the highest rates of poverty and inequality in the ...
BACKGROUND : Studies elsewhere show that benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) have protective mental health value. However, this protective value has never been investigated in an African context. Given the need to ...
This paper discusses silent group Sandplay (SP) with early adolescents in circumstances of deprivation, neglect and trauma. SP offered in multiple layers of temenos in a children’s home environment provided a conducive ...
This article reports on career construction counselling with a purposefully selected, mid-career, midlife woman. A single-case study research design was implemented. Data were gathered using an integrative qualitative and ...
Teacher education programmes are developed around the theoretical and practical understanding
of child development, learning, assessment, behaviour management and motivation, which
are areas of expertise in educational ...
Theron, Linda C.; Holtge, Jan; Ungar, Michael(Cambridge University Press, 2023-12)
In sub-Saharan countries, like South Africa, there is scant understanding of adolescent resilience to depression over time; the multisystemic
resource combinations that support such resilience; and whether more diverse ...
Ungar, Michael; Theron, Linda C.; Holtge, Jan(Cambridge University Press, 2023-12)
As our understanding of the process of resilience has become more culturally and contextually grounded, researchers have had to seek innovative
ways to account for the complex, reciprocal relationship between the many ...
Matsopoulos, Anastassios; Theron, Linda C.(Sage, 2023-04)
This special issue is focused on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 health crisis, showcasing new cross-cultural research from different countries, such as rural/urban US, South Africa, and Australia. The aim οf the ...
Critical agency (CA) refers to an individual’s feeling of power in relation to social inequalities. Research has demonstrated
that high CA is associated with positive adolescent outcomes, however, less is known about what ...
This study examined the effects of life design counselling on secondary students with career indecision in a resource-constrained community. Non-probability, purposive sampling was utilized to select 91 secondary students ...
Theron, Linda C.; Ungar, Michael; Cockcroft, Kate; Fouche, Ansie(Sage, 2023-08)
This article interrogates the continuing emphasis on personal sources of resilience; it also amends the inattention to the protective factors and processes (PFPs) that support the mental health resilience of African emerging ...
Young people living in low-income settlements face numerous challenges ranging from violence to polluted environments. However, many of them find ways in which to overcome these challenges for their own growth and development. ...
Haffejee, Sadiyya; Hassan, Sajida; Vostanis, Panos(Taylor and Francis, 2023-07-25)
Children living in resource-constrained environments have
high levels of unmet psychosocial needs. Through participatory
focus groups, we juxtaposed the views of 55 children
aged 7–10 years from resource-constrained ...
Human resilience to COVID-19 related stressors remains a pressing concern following the aftereffects of the pandemic and
in the face of probable future pandemics. In response, we systematically scoped the available ...
Jude, Che; Maree, J.G. (Kobus)(Education Association of South Africa, 2024-02)
In the study reported on here we explored the influence of life-design counselling intervention on high school learners with
career indecision who hail from resource-poor contexts in rural South Africa. Purposeful sampling ...
Manis, Maesala; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng; Ferreira, Ronel(AOSIS, 2024-01)
BACKGROUND : This study evaluates the interface between expert multistakeholder engagement
and the development of Advanced Diploma in Visual Impairment Studies (VIS). Additionally,
the study validates the content included ...
Wilson Fadiji, Angelina; Khumalo, I.P.(Springer, 2023-02)
This study explored the extent to which the relationship between family values and social well-being is explained by well-being orientations. We investigated whether hedonic and eudaimonic motives for activities mediate ...
Wilson Fadiji, Angelina; Luescher, T.; Morwe, K.(Stellenbosch University, 2023-05)
Violence has become a regular occurrence in the context of the South African student movement. However, to date there are no studies that investigate student wellbeing in the context of student movement violence. How are ...