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Research Articles (Psychology): Recent submissions
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(Routledge, 2012-03)A model for the psychological processes that culminate in positive viewing experiences and audience loyalty to a soap opera is presented. The research was based on a secondary analysis of a qualitative market research study ...
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(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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(Routledge, 2012-11)Media reports are emerging on the phenomenon of young girls who travel with older mini-bus taxi drivers, and who are thought to have sex with the drivers in exchange for gifts and money. The extent to which such relationships ...
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(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2012-12)The aim of this study was to explore differences between the executive performance profiles in second order temperament trait configurations consisted of levels of harm avoidance (HA) and novelty seeking (NS). These trait ...
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(Routledge, 2005-11)Women living with HIV in a stigmatising community need support to cope with their HIV status. In a process of action research, a structured support group programme was designed to meet the needs of women to cope with ...
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(Springer, 2013-02)To identify psychosocial variables related to the use of coping strategies by HIV-positive South African women diagnosed during pregnancy, structured interviews were conducted with 224 HIV-positive women at antenatal ...
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(Routledge, 2012-02)This research endeavours to voice the told and untold stories of adolescents who have been living with HIV and have to adhere to chronic disease management at the Kalafong Hospital’s Paediatric HIV Clinic in Pretoria, South ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2012)OBJECTIVE: The interaction between teachers, classroom strategies and learners experiencing emotional and behavioural barriers to learning and development in a system of inclusive education results in multiple dynamics ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-11)This paper describes the process of developing a parallel intervention for HIV-positive mothers and their youngchildren (6–10 years) with a view to strengthening the relationship between them. Strong mother–child relationships ...
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(Routledge, 2012)This study examined the experiences and perceived benefits of support group participation among HIV-infected women in South Africa. From a qualitative analysis of responses, key psychological processes through which support ...
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(Ammons Scientific, 2012-06)This study examined the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and identity development in a sample of 108 undergraduate students with an average age of 18.7 yr. from University of Limpopo in South Africa. ...
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(Psychological Society of South Africa, 2012-06)Various economic and socio-political reasons are usually given to explain people’s decisions to emigrate from South Africa, and violent crime is often cited as the most compelling factor. By contrast, little attention ...
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Ethnic identity, collective self-esteem and academic self-efficacy among tertiary education students (Unisa Press, 2011)This study examined the relationships between ethnic identity, collective self-esteem and academic self-efficacy among students at a higher learning institution. These relationships were examined among a sample of 144 ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011)The 'taxi queen' phenomenon in which young women become involved with older male taxi drivers while taking public transport has received little attention as an area of research. However, there are concerns that the ...
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(Elliot & Fitzpatrick, 2011)This study investigated readiness as a correlate of academic success among beginning university students. A total of 829 first-time entering students from a large business sciences faculty were participants (males = 319, ...
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(Elliot & Fitzpatrick, 2011)This exploratory study aimed to investigate the influence of specific socio-demographic variables on a computerized test of non-verbal neuropsychological performance. Six hundred and thirty South African first year students ...
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Impact of structured support groups for pregnant South African women recently diagnosed HIV positive (Routledge, 2011-08)The authors of this study evaluated a structured 10-session psy- chosocial support group intervention for newly HIV-diagnosed pregnant South African women. Participants were expected to display increases in HIV disclosure, ...
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(NISC (open access journal), 2011-05)Statistics from both South Africa and the United States of America indicate that the phenomenon of violence amongst youths is increasing. This implies that a larger number of youths are being exposed to the experience of ...
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(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2011-12-01)Scuba diving, an expensive form of extreme sport, remains popular despite the world wide economic recess. Part of its popularity is ascribed to the fact that it allows for sensation seekers to experience novel experiences. ...
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