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The antecedents of resilience among street children
(North-West University, 2009)The chief focus of this study was on unearthing the antecedents of resilience in children on the street and street children in institutional care. This study was motivated by the desire to understand what made some street ... -
An exploration of the socio–ecological antecedents of youth resilience : a visual study
(North-West University, 2012)The purpose of this study was to identify and understand the social-ecological resources which encouraged resilient Basotho youth in the rural areas of the Thabo Mofutsanyana district of the Free State province towards ... -
An improved support program for Free State educators affected by the HIV
(North West University, 2010)The main focus of this study was on making recommendations towards the refinement of REds that should increase its effectiveness in supporting educators affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic towards coping resiliently with ... -
The phenomenon of resilience among adolescents with learning difficulties in the Vaal Triangle area
(North-West University, 2009)The purpose of this study was to document, by means of a literature review and empirical research, the phenomenon of resilience among adolescents with learning difficulties (LD). My study was motivated by a gap in current ... -
The phenomenon of resilience among black adolescents from divorced families in the Vaal Triangle Area
(North-West University, 2009)In South Africa today many adolescents are faced with having to cope with their parents' divorce. There are many risks that occur when adolescents are faced with divorce. Of late research has suggested that parental divorce ... -
The Read–me–to–Resilience intervention : an exemplar of the resilience–promoting value of providing Educators–as–lay–counsellors with ready–made interventions
(North-West University, 2013)The study reported in this thesis explores the experiences of Educators-As-Lay-Counsellors (EALCs) of the Read-me-to-Resilience (Rm2R) intervention strategy with black South African orphans in order to theorise about the ... -
REds: bemagtiging van lewensoriëteringonderwysers in Sasolburg wat deur MIV
(North-West University, 2009)The negative impact of HIV/Aids, internationally and nationally; as well as on the education system of South Africa, is well-documented and cannot be ignored. The latest statistics indicate that South Africa currently has ... -
Resilience among middle–born children
(North-West University, 2011)Existing literature on resilience portrays middle-born children as vulnerable. Middle-born children have to face many risks, such as a tendency towards delinquent behaviour, having poor relations with family members, being ... -
Resilience in the presence of fragile X syndrome : a multiple case study
(North-West University, 2011)The purpose of this study was to explore what contributes to resilience in females diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome. Fragile X Syndrome can be defined as an inherited (genetic) condition that causes mental impairment, ... -
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 ... -
Support needs of high school educators directly affected by the HIV
(North-West University, 2009)This study focuses on the impact of HIV/Aids on secondary school educators who are affected by the HIV/Aids pandemic. The study seeks to understand how the pandemic has impacted on educators and identify support needs of ... -
Support needs of primary school educators directly affected by the HIV
(North-West University, 2008)This study focuses on how the HIV and Aids pandemic affects educators in primary schools and how these educators need to be supported to cope more resiliently with the challenges posed by the HIV/Aids pandemic. This study ... -
Targeting educator resilience : an intervention program for Free State primary school educators affected by the HIV
(North West University, 2010)The aim of this study was to explore how effectively educators in primary schools in the Thabo Mofutsanyana district (rural QwaQwa area, Free State province) affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic can be supported to cope more ... -
When white Afrikaans-speaking adolescents from divorced families function resiliently : an overview of the protective antecedents
(North-West University, 2008)Divorce is an ever-present phenomenon in society. This is also true for white Afrikaans-speaking adolescents. Some of these adolescents seem to cope resiliently with the risk inherent in divorce while others struggle to ...