Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Wissing, Marié P."
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Guidelines with strategies for enhancement of resilience and psycho-social will-being in professional nurses
Koen, Magdalena P.; Van Eeden, Chrizanne; Wissing, Marié P.; Koen, Vicki (Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 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 ... -
Meaning as Perceived and Experienced by an African Student Group
Wissing, Marié P.; Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Chigeza, Shingairai C. (Taylor & Francis, 2014)This qualitative study explored what a Batswana group of African students (N = 73) find most meaningful in their life and why those sources of meaning are important to them. Findings showed that, in line with previous ... -
Measurement invariance of the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC–SF) across three cultural groups
Joshanloo, Mohsen; Wissing, Marié P.; Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Lamers, Sanne M.A. (Elsevier, 2013)This study investigated the factorial structure and invariance of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) across cultural groups from three nations, namely, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Iran (N = 1120). The ... -
Presence of meaning and search for meaning as mediators between spirituality and psychological well-Being in a South African sample
Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Wissing, Marié P.; Schutte, Lusilda (Taylor & Francis, 2014)Spirituality and meaning in life are important pathways to well-being. Research has conceptually and empirically linked spirituality, religiousness and meaning in life. The present study was concerned with investigating ... -
Self-efficacy, work, and psychological outcomes in a public service context
Williams, Shelley-Ann; Wissing, Marié P.; Rothmann, Sebastiaan; Temane, Michael (Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick], 2010)The study examined the prediction of psychological outcomes (conceptualized as psychological well-being and engagement) by general self-efficacy (GSE) and work context (conceptualized as job demands and job resources). The ... -
The stories of resilience in a group of professional nurses in South Africa
Koen, Magdalena P.; Van Eeden, Chrizanne; Wissing, Marié P.; Koen, Vicki (Springer, 2013)The objective of this study was to identify resilient characteristics, strengths, and other protective factors in professional nurses by means of validated questionnaires measuring aspects of resilience, as well as written ... -
Validation of the meaning in life questionnaire in a South African context
Temane, Lesego; Khumalo, Itumeleng P.; Wissing, Marié P. (Taylor & Francis, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) in a South African sample. A multi-cultural group of undergraduate students (N = 326) completed the MLQ and ...