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Perceived parental control, restructuring ability, and leisure motivation: a cross-cultural comparison
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Leisure is viewed worldwide as an important developmental context for adolescents. As leisure research and programs are shared across nations, it is crucial to examine the cultural equivalence of leisure-related constructs ...
Predicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approach
(Education Association of South Africa, 2017)
Education is one of the strongest predictors of health worldwide. In South Africa, school dropout is a crisis where by Grade 12, only 52% of the age appropriate population remain enrolled. Survival analysis was used to ...
The use of the Model of Occupational Self Efficacy in improving the cognitive functioning of individuals with brain injury: A pre- and post-intervention study
(IOS Press, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Individuals diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) often experience major limitations in returning to work despite participating in rehabilitation programmes.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to ...
“The pen is a powerful weapon; it can make you change”: The value of using reflective writing with adolescents
(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2017)
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent programmes have been criticised for implementing activities but not allowing opportunities for reflection.
One way that reflection can be facilitated is through writing. This paper describes the ...
Parents' experiences of parenting an adolescent abusing substances
(Stellenbosch University, 2018)
Adolescent substance abuse is one of the most significant current discussions in social and public health (Wegner & Flisher, 2009). According to the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU), it ...
Occupational therapy students’ perspectives of ethics in two countries: South Africa and the United States of America
(International Journal of Health Sciences, 2019)
Objectives: Worldwide, health-care students, including occupational therapy students undergo ethics training. Ethics training facilitates students’ critical thinking, objective analysis and clinical reasoning skills to ...
The facilitators and barriers encountered by South African parents regarding sensory integration occupational therapy
(The Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2018)
Differences in parent perceptions regarding occupational therapy using a sensory integration approach to treatment have been noted. The various factors that may influence these perceptions, and how the perceptions may ...
Exploring occupational therapy graduates’ conceptualisations of occupational justice in practice: Curriculum implications
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. The concept of occupational justice was derived from a social justice perspective in response to a renewed commitment by the
occupational therapy profession to address the occupational needs of individuals, ...
Boys are victims, too: the influence of perpetrators’ age and gender in sexual coercion against boys
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
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 ...
Occupational therapy students’ experiences and perceptions of culture during fieldwork education
(Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Understanding a client’s culture allows practitioners to consider the planning of intervention and allows for a client
centred approach to be provided. During fieldwork education occupational therapy students ...