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dc.contributor.advisor | Bouwer, A.C., 1946- | en |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Parsons, Joreta | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-07T12:12:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2005-09-05 | en |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-07T12:12:30Z | |
dc.date.created | 2005-07-15 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2006-09-05 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2005-09-05 | en |
dc.description | Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to develop a way of identifying resilient and non-resilient middle-adolescent learners, by means of an instrument or otherwise, in a former Model C-school. The research paradigm is pragmatism and a methodology of mixed methods was used. A questionnaire was developed and qualitative interviews were conducted to verify the results of the questionnaire. The theoretical framework of resilience as well as the developmental phase of middle-adolescence were studied. After conducting a pilot study, the necessary changes were made and an experimental version of the questionnaire was compiled on the basis of Kumpfer’s Transactional Model. This framework includes both processes and outcomes and six main constructs were specified, viz. stressors or challenges, the environmental context, person-environment-transactional process, internal resilience factors, resilience processes and outcomes or means of reintegration. Focus was placed on internal resilience factors. The “Veerkragtigheidsvraelys vir Middel-adolessente (toets)” (VVM-A(t)) (Resilience Questionnaire for Middleadolescents (test)), was compiled consisting of forty two self-evaluation questions using a continuum scale. This self-evaluation scale gives the respondent the opportunity to respond on a continuum line between not like me at all and exactly like me. The place of research, a secondary school in an area reflecting the diversity of the South-African population, was selected by means of convenience sampling and all the grade 8 and 9 learners (294 participants) completed the VVM-A(t). Two factors were identified by means of factor analysis viz. internal locus of control and external locus of control. The VVM-A, consisting of 22 items, was finalised from these results and the participants’ scores were recalculated for the selected items. Interviews for the purpose of verification or rejection of the VVM-A were conducted with twelve participants, four from the group with high scores, four from the group with low scores and four learners that grouped near the median. The in-depth interviews confirmed the results on the VVM-A. This instrument can therefore be regarded as valid and reliable to identify the resilient and non-resilient middle-adolescent learner. | en |
dc.description.availability | unrestricted | en |
dc.description.department | Educational Psychology | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Parsons, J 2005, Die identifisering van veerkragtigheid en nie-veerkragtigheid by die middel-adolessent in ‘n voormalige Model C-skool (Afrikaans), MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27754 > | en |
dc.identifier.upetdurl | http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09052005-114645/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27754 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | en |
dc.subject | Interne self-eienskappe | en |
dc.subject | Persoonomgewing-interaksie | en |
dc.subject | Uitdagings/stressors | en |
dc.subject | Eksterne lokus van beheer | en |
dc.subject | Interne lokus van beheer | en |
dc.subject | Middel-adolessensie | en |
dc.subject | Nie-veerkragtigheid | en |
dc.subject | Veerkragtigheid | en |
dc.subject | External locus of control | en |
dc.subject | Internal locus of control | en |
dc.subject | Person-environment-interaction | en |
dc.subject | Stressors/challenges | en |
dc.subject | Middle-adolescence | en |
dc.subject | Non-resilience | en |
dc.subject | Resilience | en |
dc.subject | Internal resilience factors | en |
dc.subject | UCTD | en_US |
dc.title | Die identifisering van veerkragtigheid en nie-veerkragtigheid by die middel-adolessent in ‘n voormalige Model C-skool (Afrikaans) | en |
dc.type | Dissertation | en |