Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background

dc.contributor.advisorMampane, Motlalepule Ruthen
dc.contributor.emailesn.mahlangu@gmail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateMahlangu, Elsie Sibusisiween
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T12:55:20Z
dc.date.available2016-06-09T12:55:20Z
dc.date.created2016-04-22en
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore and understand the resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background living in a predominantly black township (Mamelodi). The study further aimed to assess how the participants’ experiences have shaped their perceptions of their society. Walsh’s family resilience framework (2003) served as a conceptual framework for the study. Two grandparent-headed households were selected from an ongoing study at a nongovernmental organisation and drop-in centre in Mamelodi. A qualitative methodology was suitable for this study, because it aims to understand how the participants derive meaning from the social and cultural contexts within which they live. The two focus group discussions were conducted in isiZulu, with a translator present during the grandmothers’ focus group discussion, because one of the grandmothers spoke Xitsonga. The sessions were audio-recorded and later transcribed. The transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis in order to deduce themes that emerged from the participants’ experiences. Based on the results, a better understanding of how families from low socio-economic backbackgrounds develop their resilience was established through the themes that emerged, which were as follows: belief system, flexibility of roles and connectedness, unsupportive environment, and self-empowerment. The results were related to existing literature and Walsh’s family resilience framework.
dc.description.degreeMEden
dc.description.departmentEducational Psychologyen
dc.identifier.citationMahlangu, ES 2015, Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52941>en
dc.identifier.otherA2016en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52941
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen
dc.subjectFamily resilience framework
dc.subjectFamily resilience
dc.subjectGrandparent-headed household
dc.subjectGrandparents
dc.subjectLow socio-economic status
dc.subjectTownships
dc.titleResilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic backgrounden
dc.typeDissertationen

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