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Alcohol consumption amongst young adults living in a low socioeconomic status community in Cape Town
(Society for Personality Research, 2013)
Our aim was to ascertain the extent of risky alcohol consumption amongst young adults
living in a low socioeconomic status community in Cape Town, South Africa. We used a
cross-sectional survey design and the street ...
Group polarization effect on decisions by selected Kenyan secondary school disciplinary panels
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)
This study investigated social group phenomenon of group polarization effects on disciplinary hearing decisions in
selected Kenyan secondary school. The participants were 78 school personnel (females = 42%and males 58%) ...
Victimisation in the lives of lesbian-identified women in South Africa: implications for clinical assessment and treatment
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2013)
Few clinical studies have examined victimisation in the lives of lesbian women in South Africa and whether there are
distinct implications for psychological treatment. This paper presents the assessment and treatment of ...
An item and construct bias analysis of two language versions of a verbal analogies scale
(SAGE Publications, 2013)
The Woodcock Muñoz Language Survey is a test of cognitive academic language proficiency that has been adapted from English into Xhosa by a South African team of researchers. This study was primarily concerned with the ...
Clinical psychology training in South Africa: a call to action
(Sage Publications, 2013)
With the profession of clinical psychology and its formal training programmes less than 40 years old in South Africa, it is important that efforts are made to critically examine its challenges and the extent to which it ...
Influences on life aspirations among adolescents in a low-income community in Cape Town, South Africa
(Routledge, 2015)
The aim of this study was to determine the influences on adolescents’ aspirations from a low-income community in Cape
Town. A sequential mixed method exploratory design was used following two distinct phases. The qualitative ...
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 ...