Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Nell, Werner"
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An assessment of perceptions, sources and uses of water among six African communities in the North West Province of South Africa
Coetzee, Hendri; Bezuidenhout, Carlos; Nell, Werner (Water Research Commission, 2016)The aim of this study was to assess perceptions, sources and uses of water among African residents of six different impoverished communities in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa. A sequential exploratory ... -
Artisanal fisheries in the Ndumo area of the Lower Phongolo River floodplain, South Africa
Coetzee, Hendri C.; Nell, Werner; Van Eeden, Elize S.; De Crom, Engela P. (AOSIS, 2015)The aim of this study was to investigate the status of artisanal fisheries in the lower Phongolo River floodplain in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A cross-sectional quantitative survey design was used that included ... -
Environmental attitudes among undergraduate students at a South African university
Evert, Madeline; Coetzee, Hendri; Nell, Werner (ediPUCRS [University Publisher], 2022)Understanding environmental attitudes (EAs) has been viewed as prerequisite to changing environmental behaviour and is a particularly salient topic in the context of higher educational institutions which play an important ... -
Exploring the relationship between religious fundamentalism, life satisfaction, and meaning in life
Nell, Werner (Taylor & Francis, 2014)This study explored the relationship between life satisfaction, meaning in life, and religious fundamentalism among 420 participants (28.8% male, 88.4% African, 8.4% White) residing in the Gauteng province of South Africa. ... -
Mindfulness and psychological well-being among black South African university students and their relatives
Nell, Werner (Taylor & Francis, 2016)This study investigated the relationship between mindfulness and psychological well-being in a convenience sample of black South African students (n = 203) and their parents and other relatives (n = 204) (66.1% = female; ... -
Religion and spirituality in contemporary dreams
Nell, Werner ("OASIS [OpenJournals Publishing/ © 2009. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. / For older articles Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria (before 2009)]", 2012)This article examines the spiritual value and role of dreams in the lives of South African Christians, based on the findings of a qualitative research project in which semistructured interviews were used to examine the ... -
Sources of life meaning among South African university students
Nell, Werner (Taylor & Francis, 2014)This study explored the sources of meaning in life among a group of 243 South African university students, using a sequential exploratory mixed methods design. First, data from semi-structured questionnaires (n=40) were ... -
The religious lives of students at a South African university
Nell, Werner (AOSIS, 2016)Whilst significant research has been conducted on religious affiliation and on general levels of religiosity in the South African context, few studies specifically investigated the religious lives of South African university ...