Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Relationships"
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The association of perceived conflict with sadness for long-term care residents with moderate and severe dementia
(Sage, 2018)Objectives Research into the lived experiences of long-term care residents with dementia has identified perceived conflict, and its impact on sadness, as priorities for quality of life from the perspectives of people with ... -
Important goals, meanings, and relationships in flourishing and languishing states: towards patterns of well-being
(Springer, 2019)Qualitative studies of lay people’s perspectives on facets of well-being are scarce, and it is not known how the perspectives of people with high and low levels of well-being dovetail or differ. This research explored the ... -
Lay definitions of happiness across nations: the primacy of inner harmony and relational connectedness
(Frontiers Media, 2016)In well-being research the term happiness is often used as synonymous with life satisfaction. However, little is known about lay people's understanding of happiness. Building on the available literature, this study explored ... -
Motivations for relationships as sources of meaning: Ghanaian and South African experiences
(Frontiers Media, 2020)Afrocentric paradigms reflect assumptions of the overarching importance of interconnectedness and social bonds in meaningful experiences. It is, however, not known if types of relatedness vary in importance as meaning ... -
Towards an understanding of mothers’ dream, design and destiny processes in their relationship with their children in a low socio-economic environment: an appreciative inquiry
(Univ Stellenbosch, 2017)This qualitative paper promotes the phenomenological understanding of how mothers from a low socio economic environment (LSEE) envision, design and implement their future perspective of their relationship with their children. ... -
“We help each other”: relational patterns among older individuals in South African samples
(Springer, 2019)The present study aimed to describe the reasons for the importance of relationships for older individuals living in urban and rural sites in South Africa. Participants were selected from urban (n = 50, males = 14, females = 36; ...