Browsing by Subject "Social ecology"
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A review of quantitative studies of South African youth resilience: Some gaps
(ASSAf, 2015)Resilience (positive adjustment to hardship) relies on a socioecologically facilitated process in which individuals navigate towards, and negotiate for, health–promoting resources, and their social ecology, in return, ... -
Read me to resilience : exploring the use of cultural stories to boost the positive adjustment of children orphaned by AIDS
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The study explored whether and how culturally sensitive stories can encourage resilience in young children orphaned by AIDS. The purpose of the investigation was allied to the paradigm of positive psychology, which focuses ... -
Resilience processes in adolescents with intellectual disability : a multiple case study
(2015)The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of resilience by means of a literature review (to obtain a theoretical view) and empirical research, particularly to understand why some adolescents with Intellectual ... -
Resilience research with South African youth: caveats and ethical complexities
(Sage, 2012)Studies of resilience, or the process of adjusting well to major challenges commonly associated with negative outcomes, have proliferated in recent years. Despite the popularity of this research focus, there are suggestions ... -
Resilient black South African girls in contexts of adversity : a participatory visual study
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Resilience refers to a process involving positive outcomes in the face of exposure to significant adversity. The Social Ecology of Resilience Theory outlines four principles that guide how resilience processes are ... -
Towards a deeper understanding of resilience: Resilient South African township-dwelling adolescents’ understanding of positive adjustment to hardship
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)The purpose of this study was to understand what youths living in townships experience as risks, and how they cope constructively with these difficulties. As a teacher working with township-dwelling youths, I was interested ... -
A visual participatory exploration of the resilience processes of Black African girls who have been sexually abused
(North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2018)Background: While much is written about childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in South Africa, most of this literature addresses the deleterious impact of CSA. There are limited international studies on resilience processes of ... -
When schooling experiences are respectful of children's rights: A pathway to resilience
(Sage, 2014)This article reports findings from the Pathways to Resilience study, South Africa. Rooted in a social ecological understanding of resilience, this mixed-methods study investigated resilience processes of black South African ...