Browsing Humanities by Subject "Mental health"
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Corporate social responsibility towards mental health care in South African mining communities
(North-West University, 2009)Mining activities have impacted on the health and safety of mining communities for many decades. Despite the economic contributions of mining to its surrounding communities, there is also a huge amount of environmental ... -
Factors contributing to the negation of therapeutic services by emerging adults in a South African university
(2013)This study was informed by a phenomenon observed by a variety of members from the multidisciplinary team at an acute psychiatric facility, where the researcher works daily. It appeared to clinicians as if the individual ... -
General self–efficacy as a moderator between stress and positive mental health in an African context
(North-West University, 2010)The aim of this study was to explore whether general self–efficacy would moderate the relationship between stress and positive mental health in participants from an African context. Literature supported the concept that ... -
Hulpbronne wat ouers nodig het om adolessente met intellektuele gestremdhede te begelei
(2013)The researcher is of the opinion that parents find it difficult to handle an adolescent with an intellectual disability and to cope effectively with the challenges that emerge. The adolescent with an intellectual disability ... -
Psychological well–being, race and school setting : a comparative study among South African teachers in the SABPA study
(2013)Teaching is a stressful occupation. Teacher stress can be described as the experiences by teachers of psychological distress such as anxiety, depression and nervousness and languishing, resulting from aspects of their ... -
The relationship between perceived social support, gender, age and mental health of the unemployed in the Mahikeng Area
(North-West University (South Africa), 2013)This study was an investigation of the relationship between perceived social support, gender, age and mental health of the unemployed in Mahikeng Area of the North West Province in South Africa. A cross-sectional research ... -
Resilience in professional nurses
(North-West University, 2010)Research on human resilience has attempted to uncover how certain individuals, even when faced with adverse working conditions can bounce back without serious psychological harm and continue their development. There is ... -
Role of self-concept in the relationship between emotional abuse and mental health of employees in the North West Province, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) Mafikeng Campus, 2015)Objectives: The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine the relationship between emotional abuse and mental health of employees, (2) measure the role that self-concept plays in moderating the relationship between ... -
Sense of coherence (SOC), personality, and mental health
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1996)This research is concerned with the relationships among SOC, personality, and mental health. In previous research it has been indicated that a strong SOC is negatively correlated with physical illness, depression, anxiety, ... -
Sexual values, attitudes, behaviour and the psychosocial well-being of a group of African adolescent males
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)In this quantitative study, the relationships of sexual values, attitudes, decision making and ease of communication, with self-esteem, coping strategies and mental health and well-being of a group (N=552) of African ...