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Theses and Dissertations (Psychology): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Previous international and local research confirms the prevalence of learner-to-teacher bullying. However, no study has investigated whether there is a relationship between learner-to-teacher bullying and teachers’ mental ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The benefits of participating in sports are well documented. Recent times have seen an increase in the participation in contact sports and the seemingly accepted forms of anger and aggression. Examples of these sports ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The research aimed to utilise an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) as method to explore themes that emerge from the hallucinations and delusions of Zulu men who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The theoretical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Advances in the pharmacological treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have resulted in an exponential increase in the number of older individuals living with HIV. However, despite a longer lifespan, milder ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Performance development approaches in cricket are often aimed at enhancing the individual performance of cricketers. The aim of my study was to move from an individualistic utilisation of resources to an ecological and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study aimed to determine the skills necessary to provide therapeutic services to the d/Deaf in the South African context. A triangulation mixed methods design was used which included both quantitative and qualitative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)There is a greater need to understand the neuropsychological profile of older HIV-infected individuals. Despite the inception of antiretroviral medication, milder forms of neuropsychological impairments appear to exist. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This research explores the beliefs and behaviour of individuals who have suffered a traumatic experience, specifically the violent crimes of assault, motor vehicle hijackings and armed robbery. The researcher focuses on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study is a qualitative exploration of the experiences of female executives in the financial sector of South Africa. It aims to explore the perceptions of the possible challenges which have been experienced by executive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This cross-sectional, exploratory study aimed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of self-harming behaviours among a sample of South African university students (N = 603), as well as the relationship between ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The current investigation is post-hoc in nature and is nested in a larger research project, which aimed to explore and compare the personality characteristics, coping mechanisms and psychological well-being of South African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This paper assesses the relationship between Social Networking Sites (SNS) and the effect of its excessive use on a user’s spelling capabilities and academic performance by using a single-factor, multi-level between subjects ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This qualitative investigation addresses the notion of using the film The Matrix (Silver, & Wachowski, Wachowski, 1999) as a fortigenic tool. Fortigenesis is a process of developing strengths. Within the relatively new ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The level of crime in South Africa as reflected by crime statistics affects a high number of adolescents. Trauma and stress associated with interpersonal violence can adversely affect the neurobiology of the individual, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The literature predicts a paradoxical effect on time perception under the influence of positive emotion and high cognitive load in the retrospective paradigm. High cognitive load is expected to increase time perception, ...
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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, 2013)This study explored the subjective interpretations of five adolescent athletes who experienced a sport-specific version of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach. The MAC approach is an alternative sport ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This study investigated the psychometric properties of the State Trait Personality Inventory (STPI-Y) with a South African student sample. Both classical test theory and item response theory (Rasch Model) were used. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Young adults are faced with many challenges, changes, demands and decisions as they grow up and become young adults. Emerging adulthood is a distinctive period of change, development and a foundation for future achievements, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This research explored the reproductive needs of people of low socio-economic standing living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and attending public health facilities in South Africa. A qualitative research design based on the ...
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