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Theses and Dissertations (Psychology): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Attention enables us to experience the world around us and to prioritise relevant sensory information. Attentional capacity is, however, limited and the mechanisms underlying the ability to focus attention are not symmetrically ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-07)This study explored the lived experience of traumatisation manifesting as enduring undiagnosed post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the overall psychological functioning of members currently serving in the South African ...
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A journey of mixed-race identity development within the South African context : an autoethnography (University of Pretoria, 2021-06)The aim of this study was to contribute to the limited literature on Mixed-Race identity development in the post-apartheid context while providing a personal, evocative, and critical exploration of Mixed-Race identity. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-05)Considerable amounts of research, including research in psychology, has been produced to better understand the social constructions, dynamics, and relations of ‘race’, generally, and whiteness, in particular, within the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)Depression is a serious mental health condition which affects millions of people around the world. The biomedical model of illness categorises depression as a clinical disorder and primarily physiological in origin. However, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)People diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) drink to a point where their lives and those closest to them are impacted negatively. Research supports the relationship between chronic alcohol use and progressive cognitive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The prevailing increase in suicidal behaviour among university students across the world as well as the increased susceptibility of students to depression warrants the exploration of the mental health landscape found ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The main mission for young people in sport is to develop their potential to the highest level of excellence. The need to capture young people and to nurture their potential necessitates specialized sport schools to accommodate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The research study investigated the relationship between clothing advertisements, body image and the self-esteem of adolescent girls in the Boteti sub-district of Botswana. Consequently, the purpose of the study was to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)While psychotherapy constitutes psychologists’ primary form of intervention, psychotherapy research has evidenced a dearth of qualitative data surrounding the practise of psychotherapy as experienced from the perspective ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Child sexual abuse (CSA) affects children and their families daily in South Africa. Non-offending caregivers play an important role in their children’s recovery following CSA but there are no interventions to assist ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The purpose of this study is to qualitatively determine whether gender constructions influence gender relations in residences and the role these views have in the perpetuation of rape culture on campus, with a particular ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Many higher education institutions in South Africa have responded to the Fallist movement of 2015-2016 with increased securitization measures. The #FeesMustFall movement was characterized by students’ disdain with the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Temmincks pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal. This animal is unique to Southern Africa, and just as rare are the conservationists who are working against all odds to save this species from extinction. While ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Psychologists are a scarce resource in South Africa, making a high rate of retention to the profession vital. In addition, psychologists carry the ethical responsibility to provide a high standard of mental health care to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-10)Stress and anxiety are innate aspects of athletic competition, and often result in inhibited performance, and ultimately contribute to an unfavourable competition outcome. In order to perform optimally at high levels of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)International students generally face unique challenges when studying at university because they have to live in a country that may be completely different to what they are familiar with (Evivie, 2009; Goyol, 2002; Mudhovozi, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This dissertation focuses on exploring boys’ perspectives of masculinity and gender inequality before and after participating in the Hero Empathy Bystander Programme for Boys. The purpose of this research was to explore ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-11)South Africa’s corporate world is known to celebrate workaholics who spend the majority of their waking hours at work. Leaders in financial roles tend to fit this description as they work under the constant pressure of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The impostor phenomenon (IP) refers to a feeling of intellectual inadequacy which is especially prevalent in university contexts and leads to high attrition rates (Parkman & Beard, 2009), depression (McGregor, Gee, & Posey, ...
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