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Treatment of Gender-Nonconforming Learners in Namibian Schools1
(Directory of Open Access Journals, 2022)
This paper aimed at establishing the treatment of gender-nonconforming learners in Namibian schools. The provision of education in Namibia is based on the principles of non-discrimination and equal access to quality education ...
Non-cognitive support for postgraduate studies: A systematic review
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Retention of postgraduate students is a complex problem at higher education institutions. To address this concern, various forms of academic support are offered by higher education institutions to nurture and develop the ...
Identity matters: Validation of the professional identifcation scale in a sample of teachers in South Africa during the Covid 19 pandemic
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022)
Professional identity has been linked to organizational outcomes such as job performance and commitment, as well as health and well-being indices such as burnout
and depression. Professional identity is a powerful mechanism ...
The cost of caring : secondary traumatic stress and burnout among lay trauma counsellors in the Western Cape Province
(South African journal of psychology, 2020)
The psychological and emotional risks associated with providing care to traumatized populations have been largely overlooked in the literature on non-professional trauma counselling in South Africa. Non-professional or lay ...
The beneficial effects of professional identity: The mediating role of teaching identification in the relationship between role stress and psychological distress during the Covid-19 pandemic
(MDPI, 2022)
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and students rapidly transitioned to
remote teaching and learning. In South Africa, this initial transition was followed by periods of
reopening and closing of schools ...
Unintended positive consequences of development centres in University graduates
(Positive Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology, 2021-12-01)
This study investigated development centres as a method to improve the generalised self-efficacy of university graduates. This research was motivated by the various challenges, graduates face in order to successfully ...
Trauma nation: Exposure to traumatic events among South African university students
(Journal of Community Psychology, 2020)
The current study investigated exposure to past trauma among South African students at a historically disadvantaged institution (HDI). The student population at HDI's are typically from low-income communities that were ...
Stress and coping: considering the influence of Psychological strengths on the mental health of at-risk South African adolescents
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)
In South Africa, many adolescents are affected by socio-economic adversity, which increases their susceptibility to experiencing stress that negatively affects their mental health. The synthesis of international literature ...
Boys Are Victims, Too: The Influence of Perpetrators’ Age and Gender in Sexual Coercion Against Boys
(SAGE Journal, 2021-04)
Sexual coercion among adolescent boys in South Africa is an underresearched topic despite the frequency of such events. Although quantitative research has illuminated the prevalence of sexual coercion toward boys, it has ...
Developing an Anxiety Screening Tool for Children in South Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
(research gate, 2022)
Early childhood experiences such as trauma, exposure to violence, and poverty can significantly contribute to
childhood anxiety, which is viewed as the most common mental health issue among children. In South Africa, there ...