Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Resilience"
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Brief report on a resilience workshop for professional rugby players
(Faculty of Education. University of Alicante, 2019)This brief report constitutes an evidence based, evaluation of a resilience workshop for 328 male professional rugby players, with mean age of 25 and standard deviation (SD) of 4.7 years. Quantitative findings revealed ... -
Exploring a group of South African psychologists’ well-being: competencies and contests
(Sage, 2018)The aim of this study was to establish the levels of well-being of South African psychologists by implementing a mixed method research design. Positive psychology was used as framework as psychosocial well-being is a core ... -
Guidelines with strategies for enhancement of resilience and psycho-social well-being in professional nurses
(Taylor & Franmcis, 2011)There are currently no guidelines available for enhancement of resilience in professional nurses. This study aims to provide broad guidelines with specific strategies that may enhance resilience and psycho-social well-being ... -
Increased stress-evoked nitric oxide signaling in the Flinders sensitive line (FSL) rat: a genetic animal model of depression
(Oxford Univ Press, 2010)Stress engenders the precipitation and progression of affective disorders, while stress-related release of excitatory mediators is implicated in the degenerative pathology observed especially in the hippocampus of patients ... -
Measuring resilience in competitive tennis players: psychometric properties of the Resilience Scale for Adults
(Sage Publications, 2016)he Resilience Scale for Adults is considered a valid and reliable measure of resilience resources and has received validation support across several populations. This study attempted to validate and examine the psychometric ... -
No strangers to adversity: resilience-promoting practices among South African women child protection social workers
(Sage, 2018)Globally the well-being of child protection social workers (CPSWs) is placed at risk by the taxing nature of their profession. In response, there have been international calls for the prioritization of CPSWs’ resilience. ... -
Resistance in the classroom - from dysfunctional to functional: a future necessary skill?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)This article reports on resistance in primary schools, more specific grade five learners as perceived by teachers. A qualitative phenomenological interpretative approach was followed utilising focus group discussions and ... -
The roots of Reds: a rationale for the support of educators affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic
(Health SA Gesondheid / RAU, 2008)The nature of educators' work has changed dramatically, in part because of the challenges of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Despite these multiple and relentless challenges which educators contend with, and despite numerous ... -
Teaching compassionate care to nursing students in a digital learning and teaching environment
(Elsevier, 2018)Background Healthcare that is technically excellent, but without compassion, fails to meet the expectations of patients. Ample evidence about teaching compassion to nursing students in classrooms exists; however, few ...