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Examining the relationship among bullying, school climate and adolescent well-being in Chile and South Africa: a cross cultural comparison
(Springer, 2019)
Bullying at school represents a major challenge in different school cultural contexts. As a result, victims of bullying experience negative consequences that influence their daily life and personal well-being. School climate ...
What happens when employees are furloughed? A resource loss perspective
(Sage, 2019)
Furloughs refer to placing employees on a temporary leave with no pay for the period of the leave. The
current study draws from conservation of resources (COR) theory to examine how furloughs affect
employees’ experiences ...
Contextualising school readiness in South Africa: Stakeholders’ perspectives
(AOSIS, 2019)
Preparing children for mainstream school occurs in systems that act as an overarching context. The perspectives of stakeholders influence how they prepare children for mainstream education.The aim of this study was to ...
The relationship between hope and life satisfaction among children in low and middle socio-economic status communities in cape town, South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2019)
The overarching aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between hope and life satisfaction among a sample of children in Cape Town, South Africa. More specifically, the study aimed to ascertain the moderating ...
Do state and trait measures measure states and traits? The case of community-dwelling caregivers of older adults
(SAGE Journal, 2019-11-26)
Spielberger’s state and trait anxiety and anger scales are widely used and documented, but there is little or no direct evidence that they actually measure their respective state and trait aspects as ...
The hegemonic role of biomedical discourses in the construction of pregnancy loss
(ScienceDirect, 2019)
Pregnancy is constructed as a joy-filled and natural experience with a taken-for-granted expectation that the outcome will be a healthy baby. However, in South Africa approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage and ...
An examination of the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the Aggression-Problem Behavior Frequency Scale in a sample of Black South African adolescents
(Sage Journals, 2019)
Advancing research into aggressive behaviour in South Africa necessitates a range of suitable measuring instruments. The Aggression-Problem Behavior Frequency Scale is one such instrument that has been extensively used in ...
An evaluation of a low-intensity cognitive behavioral therapy mhealth-supported intervention to reduce loneliness in older people
(MDPI, 2019)
There is a high prevalence of loneliness among older people, especially in residential care
settings. Loneliness is often accompanied by maladaptive cognitions which can a ect the maintenance
and establishment of meaningful ...
A trait-state model of trust propensity: Evidence from two career transitions
(Frontiers Media, 2019)
Trust propensity is typically conceptualized as a stable, trait-like, exogenous variable.
Drawing on the social investment principle of personality change, we argue that trust
propensity has situationally specific ...