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The influence of acculturation on the self-concept of black adolescentsRebelo, Marcia Anne 18 October 2005 (has links)
The goal of the research was to explore the influence of acculturation on the self-concept of black adolescents. Only since 1994 have black South African children become more exposed to the previously white only privileged culture, based on westernized norms and values. This has come about through the schooling system and alternate care. The process of assimilating ideas of a new culture into one’s existing cultural framework is known as the process of acculturation. In South Africa this has happened in a relatively brief space of time. Adolescence is also one of the most difficult developmental stages to negotiate successfully and the dramatic physical, emotional and psychological changes which occur during this time have a significant influence on the self-concept of the adolescent. Much of the developmental energy of adolescence is devoted to identity issues which is an integral part of the self-concept. The researcher believed that it must be that much more difficult for the adolescent who is placed in a diverse cultural setting and is confronted with confusion about his ethnic identity, his present cultural milieu and the physical and psychological changes which challenge him in forming a new adult identity. Overseas studies and some local counseling centres have highlighted the negative impact of acculturation in terms of psychological and emotional adjustment problems in relation to acculturated youth. The objectives of the study included making conclusions and recommendations regarding the influence of acculturation on black adolescents in terms of therapy interventions, guidelines for schools in terms of life-orientation programmes and guidelines for organizations involved in placement of children in trans-racial care. As there was also very little literature on the subject of acculturation within the South African context, another objective of the study was to compile a theoretical frame of reference regarding acculturation within the South African context. Six adolescent black youth in trans-racial adoptive and foster care placements were identified as respondents. They were of mixed gender and between the ages of twelve and twenty. The researcher used a qualitative research approach of an applied nature and a phenomenological strategy of enquiry. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to select six respondents for the study. A semi-structured interview, with an interview schedule as a guideline was used as well as gestalt play therapy techniques as means of information collection. Various domains of the adolescent self-concept were explored on a physical, psychological, social level. The research findings showed that black adolescent youth in trans-racial care who had some connection and knowledge about their cultural roots were more able to begin the process of ethnic identity achievement which led to the development of a positive self-concept. This in turn led to better psychological and emotional adjustment and healthy ways of coping with problems and life in general. In contrast those adolescents who had relinquished their own culture for the new white culture they were emerged in, led to the development of a negative self-concept, poor adjustment and negative ways of coping with problems. For expediency, the male pronoun is used to refer to either sexes and the term family refers to foster family unless otherwise stated. / Dissertation (MA (Play Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Social Work / unrestricted
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A Study of Black Adolescent Females Writing in an Urban Public SchoolHill, Heather 23 May 2017 (has links)
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Self-evaluation by the Venda adolescentRamalebana, Masilo Euclid 30 September 2004 (has links)
The fact that an understanding of the self determines one's self-esteem and that self-esteem is an important contributor to one's achievements is seemingly undisputed. Self-esteem is not only a product of how others evaluate an individual but also, and most importantly, how an individual evaluates himself or herself. At times people tend to evaluate themselves unrealistically while at other times they evaluate themselves realistically. Unrealistic self-evaluation is mostly a characteristic of adolescence and if this is not managed properly it can have a dire consequence for the adolescent's future.
Adolescence is an important but also a difficult stage in the development of an individual. During this stage profound physical, emotional, psychological and cognitive changes occur. It is a period during which decisions about careerpaths and the demands that such decisions will place on the individual are made. It is therefore during this stage that realistic self-evaluation becomes critical.
This research study was undertaken in order to determine how the Venda-speaking adolescents evaluate themselves and whether such self-evaluation is realistic or not. The research was motivated by an observation that the school drop-out rate is high and that an increasing number of girl learners fall pregnant before completing Grade 12. It is assumed that these tendencies and behaviours are a product of the learners' self-evaluation.
A theoretical background on self-evaluation was then given through a literature review. In the process a link was established between self-evaluation and constructs such as self-concept, self-esteem, self worth, self-identity as well as personality. Different theories used to explain present and expected future behaviour were also discussed. After this review question items were drawn and compiled into questionnaires to be administered to randomly selected learners, teachers and parents. The question items, sixty in number, were categorised into the following dimensions of self-evaluation:
* Physical self
* Academic self
* Social self
* Value self
* Family self
* Psychological self
Each dimension was covered by ten question items which were tested for validity and reliability. The research study came up with the following findings:
* Parents and teachers agree in their evaluation of adolescents regarding the dimensions mentioned above
* Adolescents rate themselves significantly more favourably than teachers and parents evaluate them.
* Venda-speaking adolescents evaluate themselves unrealistically.
It is hoped that the findings and recommendations of this research will be beneficial to schools, policy-makers and parents. Learning areas such as Life Orientation can be used to help learners evaluate themselves more realistically. Programmes can also be developed to ensure that adolescent self-evaluation is congruent with present behaviour. / Educational Studies / D. Ed (Psychology of Education)
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The Morality of the Black adolescent in a multicultural situationMabena, Esther Ntombana 11 1900 (has links)
This study deals with the problem of moral development discontinuity prevalent
in today's multicultural societies. Black adolescents are confronted by many
obstacles in their situatedness in the home, school and society. It has been
revealed that the black adolescent in the multicultural situation is exploited,
dehumanised and exposed to impersonal situations when he should be offered
moral guidance and challenging moral dilemmas in order to develop his moral
sense, however he is consequently reduced to an object that is tossed to and fro
by his fellow human beings. The black adolescent, it has been shown, needs his
fellow human beings, as transmitters of moral values to help him to achieve a
moral-self.
This study examines the three multicultural situations, the home, the school and
the society and shows that morals are not inherited but acquired through mutual
contact. The acquisition of morals manifests itself under conditions characterised
by respect, modelling, imitation, indoctrination, reward and punishment,
conformity, loyalty, communication, exemplification, socialisation, experience
and learning as determined by the home, school and society. It was also found
that in their acquisition of morals in a multicultural society, black adolescents
experience confusion brought about by the cultural differences of their society.
\\!hat they previously regarded as the right thing to do in their cultural background
receives negative responses in the multicultural situation. It was further found that
black adolescents in a multicultural situation are not provided with sufficient
opportunities to participate meaningfully in moulding their new moral
environment. The multicultural environment is cold and unfriendly, as a result
black adolescents are barred from expanding and anchoring themselves in their
new situation to face the challenges confronting them with confidence.
The empirical research revealed that in the home parents are too busy with their
professional upgrading and the positions they hold at work to bother about the
moral upbringing of their children. In school teachers emphasise scholastic
achievement above moral development. The society does not provide black
adolescents with moral role models to imitate. Society has become to
technocratic, with devices such as the TV, radio, Internet and video games, to
guide black adolescents in their moral intemalisation. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)
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Self-evaluation by the Venda adolescentRamalebana, Masilo Euclid 30 September 2004 (has links)
The fact that an understanding of the self determines one's self-esteem and that self-esteem is an important contributor to one's achievements is seemingly undisputed. Self-esteem is not only a product of how others evaluate an individual but also, and most importantly, how an individual evaluates himself or herself. At times people tend to evaluate themselves unrealistically while at other times they evaluate themselves realistically. Unrealistic self-evaluation is mostly a characteristic of adolescence and if this is not managed properly it can have a dire consequence for the adolescent's future.
Adolescence is an important but also a difficult stage in the development of an individual. During this stage profound physical, emotional, psychological and cognitive changes occur. It is a period during which decisions about careerpaths and the demands that such decisions will place on the individual are made. It is therefore during this stage that realistic self-evaluation becomes critical.
This research study was undertaken in order to determine how the Venda-speaking adolescents evaluate themselves and whether such self-evaluation is realistic or not. The research was motivated by an observation that the school drop-out rate is high and that an increasing number of girl learners fall pregnant before completing Grade 12. It is assumed that these tendencies and behaviours are a product of the learners' self-evaluation.
A theoretical background on self-evaluation was then given through a literature review. In the process a link was established between self-evaluation and constructs such as self-concept, self-esteem, self worth, self-identity as well as personality. Different theories used to explain present and expected future behaviour were also discussed. After this review question items were drawn and compiled into questionnaires to be administered to randomly selected learners, teachers and parents. The question items, sixty in number, were categorised into the following dimensions of self-evaluation:
* Physical self
* Academic self
* Social self
* Value self
* Family self
* Psychological self
Each dimension was covered by ten question items which were tested for validity and reliability. The research study came up with the following findings:
* Parents and teachers agree in their evaluation of adolescents regarding the dimensions mentioned above
* Adolescents rate themselves significantly more favourably than teachers and parents evaluate them.
* Venda-speaking adolescents evaluate themselves unrealistically.
It is hoped that the findings and recommendations of this research will be beneficial to schools, policy-makers and parents. Learning areas such as Life Orientation can be used to help learners evaluate themselves more realistically. Programmes can also be developed to ensure that adolescent self-evaluation is congruent with present behaviour. / Educational Studies / D. Ed (Psychology of Education)
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The Morality of the Black adolescent in a multicultural situationMabena, Esther Ntombana 11 1900 (has links)
This study deals with the problem of moral development discontinuity prevalent
in today's multicultural societies. Black adolescents are confronted by many
obstacles in their situatedness in the home, school and society. It has been
revealed that the black adolescent in the multicultural situation is exploited,
dehumanised and exposed to impersonal situations when he should be offered
moral guidance and challenging moral dilemmas in order to develop his moral
sense, however he is consequently reduced to an object that is tossed to and fro
by his fellow human beings. The black adolescent, it has been shown, needs his
fellow human beings, as transmitters of moral values to help him to achieve a
moral-self.
This study examines the three multicultural situations, the home, the school and
the society and shows that morals are not inherited but acquired through mutual
contact. The acquisition of morals manifests itself under conditions characterised
by respect, modelling, imitation, indoctrination, reward and punishment,
conformity, loyalty, communication, exemplification, socialisation, experience
and learning as determined by the home, school and society. It was also found
that in their acquisition of morals in a multicultural society, black adolescents
experience confusion brought about by the cultural differences of their society.
\\!hat they previously regarded as the right thing to do in their cultural background
receives negative responses in the multicultural situation. It was further found that
black adolescents in a multicultural situation are not provided with sufficient
opportunities to participate meaningfully in moulding their new moral
environment. The multicultural environment is cold and unfriendly, as a result
black adolescents are barred from expanding and anchoring themselves in their
new situation to face the challenges confronting them with confidence.
The empirical research revealed that in the home parents are too busy with their
professional upgrading and the positions they hold at work to bother about the
moral upbringing of their children. In school teachers emphasise scholastic
achievement above moral development. The society does not provide black
adolescents with moral role models to imitate. Society has become to
technocratic, with devices such as the TV, radio, Internet and video games, to
guide black adolescents in their moral intemalisation. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)
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Invloed van televisie op die verwestersingsproses by die Swart adolessentCarstens, Christoffel 01 1900 (has links)
Text in Afrikaans / Psychology / D.Litt. et Phil (Psychology)
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Invloed van televisie op die verwestersingsproses by die Swart adolessentCarstens, Christoffel 01 1900 (has links)
Text in Afrikaans / Psychology / D.Litt. et Phil (Psychology)
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