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dc.contributor.advisorKitching, A.E.
dc.contributor.authorJudeel, Lelanie
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T08:10:48Z
dc.date.available2014-08-15T08:10:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/11170
dc.descriptionMA (Research Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of adolescents, who have been exposed to violence, regarding the role of social support in their academic achievement. A qualitative, collective, within-site case study design was applied to obtain baseline data. The data was gathered through consecutive in-depth individual interviews with two male and six female adolescent learners (between 15 and 17 years of age) in a secondary school in Gauteng. Collages were furthermore used to assist participants with expressing their perceptions on the role that social support played in their academic achievement, despite being exposed to violence in their communities. The study was mainly informed by Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological systems theory, but in order to better understand the adolescent as an individual who functions within the ecological systems theory, Erikson’s psycho-social development theory as well as the theory of social support were integrated to understand this complex period of development. Interview data were analysed thematically, whilst shared analysis were utilised to give meaning to the visual data presented in the collages. The results indicate that encouragement to achieve, the provision of care and support to deal with problems in a proactive manner and enabling relationships with significant others facilitated academic achievement despite exposure to violence. Furthermore, positive self-talk, self-discipline and coping behaviours were identified as self-supportive behaviour that was perceived as enabling adolescents to achieve academically. The study indicates that adolescents who achieve academically despite exposure to violence, perceive social support as playing a significant role in the facilitation of academic achievement in these contexts of adversity. It is therefore recommended that significant others in the lives of adolescents should be informed about the important role that their supportive interactions play in the adolescent’s ability to maintain academic achievement. Further research could explore the viability of social support interventions in assisting adolescent learners to achieve their full academic potential, despite exposure to violence.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSocial supporten_US
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_US
dc.subjectAdolescenceen_US
dc.subjectViolence exposureen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectSosiale ondersteuningen_US
dc.subjectAkademiese prestasieen_US
dc.subjectAdolessensieen_US
dc.subjectBlootstelling aan gewelden_US
dc.subjectSuid-Afrikaen_US
dc.titlePerceptions regarding the role of social support in the academic achievement of adolescents exposed to violenceen
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.thesistypeMastersen_US
dc.contributor.researchID13151185 - Kitching, Ansie Elizabeth (Supervisor)


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