Browsing by Subject "Alcohol abuse"
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Binge drinking and interpersonal violence in the North-West Province : a social perspective
(North-West University, 2009)This study forms part of a larger study funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) -FA 2006041100003, stretching across five years within AUTHeR (Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research), in the Faculty of ... -
Case analyses of adolescents who were sexually abused while being intoxicated
(2013)South Africa is faced with a high rate of substance use and sexual abuse among both sexes of adolescents from a wide range of social backgrounds. So many cases have been reported in the Department of Social Development ... -
Evaluating the influence of alcohol advertising on alcohol consumption among the youth in the Vaal Region
(2015)The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between alcohol advertising and alcohol consumption among the youth in the Vaal triangle, south of Gauteng. The study was conducted in four high schools under Sedibeng ... -
Kinders van plaaswerkers in die Oudtshoorn distrik se belewenis van alkoholmisbruik in hul primêre gesinne
(North-West University, 2011)Alcohol abuse is a social dilemma in South Africa, as well as in the rest of the world. During the middle childhood years the child’s experience of alcohol abuse in his primary family is seen in different developmental ... -
Psychological predictors of alcohol abuse among students in a South African University
(2014)Objectives: the specific objectives of the study are identified as follows: 1) to determine the influence of impulsivity on alcohol abuse, (2) to determine the peer group influence on alcohol abuse, (3) To determine the ... -
The socio–economic effects of binge drinking on support networks in the North–West Province : a social perspective
(North-West University, 2009)Binge drinking as one of the alcohol consumption patterns, affects the quality of life of the drinker, significant others and the society in general. It contributes to negative social, economic and health effects on social ... -
Use of metabolomics to elucidate the metabolic perturbation associated with hypertension in a black South African male cohort: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2015)There is concern about the increasing burden of essential hypertension in urban–dwelling black South Africans, especially males. Several studies have investigated urbanization and hypertension in South Africans, but ...
