Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary aim of this study was to establish normative data regarding the fears expressed by and coping mechanisms in a selected group of middle childhood children living in a children's home with respect to content, number, level and pattern of fears and the coping mechanisms as well as their perceived efficacy. Children living in a children's home were referred to as children who were removed from family care as a result of lawful intervention and were thus seen as a special population. The secondary aim was to ascertain whether any differences in the fears expressed were found with respect to the independent variables of a special population and gender. The three measuring instruments were the Free-Option Method (FOM), the Fear Survey Schedule for Children Revised (FSSC-R) and the Coping Strategy (CS). The FOM was used to determine the content and number of fears, the structured FSSC-R to establish the content, number, level and pattern of fears and the CS to obtain the coping mechanisms used and their perceived effectiveness. A predominantly quantitative method of data collection was used. This was also true for the data analysis. In all three questionnaires were completed by 141 children living in a children's home (70 boys and 71 girls) in the Western Cape between the ages of 8 and 13. The three questionnaires comprised of the FOM, FSSC-R and the CS and were administered in the above-mentioned order. The content of fears based on the results of the FOM yielded only a few similarities upon comparison to the findings of a recent study by. More similarities were apparent upon comparison of the results of the FSSC-R implying that the structuredness of the measuring instrument plays a role in how universal childhood fears really are. The number as well as level of fear was higher for the children living in a children's home in comparison to the results of normative populations. This also holds true for the level of fear on all of the fear factors of the FSSC-R Gender differences that were apparent, were consistent with previous research with girls expressing a higher number and level of fears than boys. The girls in comparison to the boys also displayed a higher level of fear on all the five factors. The coping strategy most often used as well as perceived effective was the secondary coping strategy. This was followed by the primary coping strategy and finally the relinquished control coping strategy. Specific coping strategies, which were utilised, were support seeking and avoidance and these are associated with a higher level of intemalising symptoms. Overall, the coping strategies utilised were found to be effective in reducing the fear experienced. Only a few similarities were apparent upon companson of the results of the two measunng instruments, the FOM and the FSSC-R, emphasising the need for the development of an South African Fear Schedule. Lastly, recommendations for future studies are provided. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die primêre doel van die onderhawige studie was die insameling van ·normatiewe data omtrent die uitgesproke vrese van 'n geselekteerde groep kinderhuiskinders in die middelkinderjare met betrekking tot die inhoud, aantal, vlak en patroon van vrese en die hanteringstrategieë, sowel as die waargenome effektiwiteit daarvan. Kinders wat in kinderhuise woon is kinders wat van hulle gesinne verwyder is as gevolg van 'n wetlike ingreep en hulle word om hierdie rede as 'n spesiale populasie beskou. Die sekondêre doel van die onderhawige studie was om vas te stelof daar verskille was in die uitgesproke vrese met betrekking tot die onafhanklike veranderlikes van 'n spesiale populasie en geslag. Die drie meetinstrumente wat toegepas is, is die "Free Option Method" (FOM), die ''Fear Survey Schedule for Children Revised" (FSSC-R) en die "Coping Strategy"(CS). Die FOM is gebruik om die inhoud en aantal vrese te bepaal, terwyl die FSSC-R gebruik is om die inhoud, aantal, vlak en patroon van vrese te bepaal. Die CS is gebruik om die hanteringstrategieë en hul effektiwiteit te bepaal. 'n Oorwegend kwantitatiewe metode van data insameling, sowel as dataverwerking is vir hierdie studie gebruik. Drie vraelyste is beantwoord deur 141 kinders (70 seuns en 71 meisies) tussen die ouderdomme van 8 en 13 jaar wat in kinderhuise in die Wes-Kaap woon. Die FOM, FSSC-R en die CS is gebruik en in hierdie volgorde toegepas. Die inhoud van vrese wat op die resultate van die FOM gebaseer is, het weining ooreengestem met die navorsingsbevindings van 'n onlangse studie. Meer ooreenstemming is gevind met betrekking tot die inhoud van vrese wat gebaseer is op die FSSC-R resultate. Dit impliseer dat die gestruktureerdheid van die meetinstrumente 'n rol speel in hoe universeel vrese is. Die aantal sowel as vlak van vrese, was hoër vir die kinders wat in 'n kinderhuis woon vergeleke met die resultate van normatiewe populasies. Die bogenoemde is ook van toepassing ten opsigte van die vlak van vrese op al vyf faktore van die FSSC-R. Geslagsverskille wat voorgekom het, is in ooreenstemming met ander navorsingsresultate waar meisies, in vergelyking met seuns, meer vrese sowel as 'n hoër vlak van vrese op al vyffaktore van die FSSC-R getoon het. Die hanteringstrategieë wat die meeste deur die kinders gebruik is is die sekondêre hanteringstrategieë. Dit is gevolg deur die primêre hanteringstrategieë en laastens die opgegeë beheer hanteringstrategieë. Spesifieke hanteringstrategieë wat gebruik is, is ondersteuning en vermyding. Hierdie strategieë word geassosieer met 'n hoër vlak van geïnternaliseerde simptome. Oor die algemeen is die hanteringstrategieë as effektief beskou in die vermindering van vrese. Daar was min ooreenstemming tussen die resultate van die twee vrees meetinstrumente, die FOM en die FSSC-R, wat die behoefte aan die ontwikkeling van 'n vrees meetinstrument vir Suid-Afrikaanse omstandighede beklemtoon. Ten slotte word enkele riglyne vir toekomstige navorsing gegee.

本研究主要目的在探討有學業上拖延習慣的大學生之「防禦性悲觀」、「主動性拖延」、「自我設限」、「因應策略」對「幸福感」影響之探討。依此目的，本研究先探討不同背景變項的大學生在「防禦性悲觀」、「主動性拖延」、「自我設限」、「因應策略」及「幸福感」的差異情形，並建構「防禦性悲觀、主動性拖延、自我設限、因應策略對幸福感影響」之模式。研究採問卷調查法，以台灣15所大學922位有拖延習慣的大學生為對象。並以隨機方式將之分為兩組，用以驗證模式及探究不同背景變項的受試在各研究變項上的差異。研究工具包括防禦性悲觀量表、主動性拖延量表、自我設限量表、因應策略量表、及幸福感量表。資料分析方法為因素分析、信度分析、t考驗、單因子變異數分析及結構方程模式。 / 本研究以第一組樣本探討初始模式與觀察資料間的適配情形，並依據修正指標及相關理論進行模式修正，修正後的模式與資料適配後，再以第二組樣本驗證模式的穩定性，經驗證後模式具相當穩定性。 　　主要研究結果如下： 一、在背景變項方面：(一)不同性別有拖延習慣的大學生在「防禦性悲觀」、「自我設限」及「幸福感」等方面都有顯著差異。(二)不同年級有拖延習慣的大學生在「主動性拖延」及「幸福感」等方面都有顯著差異。 二、在模式方面：（一）防禦性悲觀對幸福感有負向直接效果；(二) 主動性拖延對自我設限有正向直接效果；（三）自我設限對因應策略有負向直接效果；(四) 自我設限對幸福感有正向直接效果；（五）因應策略對幸福感有正向直接效果。(六)主動性拖延經由自我設限及因應策略的中介影響而對幸福感有正向效果。 　　最後，根據研究結果，針對個人、學校輔導單位及未來相關研究提出建議，以供參考。 / The main purpose of this research was to study the relationships among Defensive-pessimism, Active-procrastination, Self-handicapping, Coping-strategy and Well-being of college student who had the habit of procrastination. The researcher first investigated the differences in terms of “Defensive-pessimism”, “Active-procrastination”, “Self-handicapping”, “Coping-strategy” and “Well-being” among the participants who had the different background variables, also studied the relationships among Defensive-pessimism, Active-procrastination, Self-handicapping, Coping-strategy and Well-being of college students who had the habit of procrastination by using the model of “The relationships among Defensive-pessimism, Active-procrastination, Self-handicapping, Coping-strategy and Well-being.” The study employed five questionnaires to collect data . The participants of the study were 922 Taiwan college students who had the habit of academic procrastination from 15 universities, and were randomly divided into two groups, to test model and study the differences in regards of different research variables among the participants who had the different background variables. The participants were evaluated by Defensive-pessimism scale, Active-procrastination scale, Self-handicapping scale, Coping-strategy scale, and Well-being scale. The data were analyzed by factor analysis, Cronbach α analysis, t-test，one-way ANOVA and SEM. / The initial models tested by group one did not fit well with the observed data. Therefore, applying the modification index and the theories, the researcher modified the model till the model fit the observed data, then tested the models’ stability by group two, and came to confirm the stability of model. The researcher found the model fit the observed data, and could effectively explain the relationships among the variables. The main results of this study were as follows: First, about the background variables: 1.The scores of “defensive-pessimism”, “self-handicapping”, and “well-being” had the differences between boys and girls. 2. The scores of “active-procrastination” and “well-being” had the differences between difference grades. Second, about the model: 1. Defensive-pessimism could directly negative affect well-being. 2. Active-procrastination could directly affect self-handicapping. 3. Self-handicapping could directly negative affect coping-strategy. 4. Self-handicapping could directly affect well-being. 5. Coping-strategy could directly affect well-being. 6. Active-procrastination could through the self-handicapping and coping-strategy to affect he well-being. Finally, based on the results of the study, the researcher made some further suggestions for individuals, school counseling and future researchers.

La paralysie cérébrale, cause la plus fréquente des déficiences motrices de l’enfant, affecte entre 2,08 et 3,60 enfants/1000 naissances en Europe et aux Etats Unis. La lésion initiale du cerveau immature sur un squelette en croissance est responsable, selon la CIF, d’altération des structures anatomiques et fonctionnelles avec une limitation des activités et de la participation. La toxine botulinique est aujourd’hui le traitement de référence de la spasticité focale chez l’enfant PC car elle est sélective, réversible, sûre et dose dépendante. Toutefois s’il est clair que les injections de TB diminuent les troubles du tonus, la question des indications et des bénéfices fonctionnels mérite encore d’être investiguée. La mise en œuvre de ce traitement se heurte à la difficulté de l’évaluation pour déterminer les indications et les bénéfices, du fait des présentations cliniques très hétérogènes et du contexte de maturation neurologique et de croissance osseuse, et à la dynamique environnementale particulière entre l’enfant et ses parents. Avec pour objectif d’aborder l’évaluation du traitement par TB de manière multidimensionnelle, nous apportons dans ce travail diverses études permettant d’appréhender une approche globale. Cela prend en compte la déficience du MS, du MI, du complexe spino-pelvien, des capacités et de la performance fonctionnelle, et du comportement. Ceci permet d’appréhender in fine la participation et de proposer par des outils standardisés une analyse personnalisée , des conséquences à moyen et long terme des traitements chez un sujet en croissance et en développement. / Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of motor impairment in children, affecting 2.08 to 3.60 children/1000 births in Europe and the United States. Initial injury on an immature brain and a growing skeleton is responsible of altering body functions and structures with a limitation of activities and an impact on participation, according to the ICF. Botulinum toxin has become the standard treatment for focal spasticity in children with CP, as it is selective, reversible, safe and dose dependent. However, while it is clear that BT injections decrease tone disorders, the question of indications and benefits in terms of functional improvement still needs to be investigated. Indeed, the implementation of this treatment meets different issues, including the difficulty of the evaluation to determine the indications and benefits, because of very heterogeneous clinical presentations and the context of neurological maturation and bone growth, but also the difficulty to take into account the particular environmental dynamics between the child and his parents.In order to approach the evaluation of BT treatment in a multidimensional way, we bring with this thesis several studies contributing to a global approach to understand the different aspects of disability in UL, LL or spine, but also to understand the field of activity for the UL in terms of capacities and functional performance, and finally on the level of behavior to better understand ultimately participation. In this context, the main aim of this work is to propose a personalized analysis, using standardized tools, of the medium- and long-term consequences of treatment for a subject in growth and development.

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The aim of the study was to determine the extent of the psychological influence that human cadaver dissection has on Homoeopathy and Chiropractic students. Changes in axiety levels, appraisals (of the self, the situation and the environment), coping strategies and behavioural changes were investigated during the following four dissection phases: (i) before the dissection started (preparation); (ii) the first dissection period (exposure); (iii) two weeks after dissection started (development of resources) and (iv) three months after dissection started (stabilisation). Anxiety levels were measured using the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale and the Templer Death Anxiety Scale. The remaining sections of the self-administered questionnaire included open and closed ended sections. Anxiety levels were found to be low, possibly due to students being previously exposure to the dissection hall, during peer tutoring sessions. Although active coping strategies were used most often, no clear pattern emerged with regard to which coping strategy was more effective in dealing with dissection anxiety. / Psychology / M. Sc. (Psychology)

The aim of this thesis is mapping the protective factor problems of pupils of the 6th to 9th grades and their meaning. It follows mostly social support, resiliency and self-efficacy as an important protective factors. It also defines protective and risk factors. The thesis focuses on the influence of different protective factors on the life style and well-being of the secondary degree of a primary school in the context of child development, with the emphasis on perception of social support from parents, teachers and classmates, using the standardized research CASSS-CZ.

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The purpose of the current study is to examine the experiences of social workers who have worked with violence in close relationships during the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the study aims to investigate how social workers felt that their approach and discretion were affected during the pandemic's restrictions. The previous research as well as the theoretical concepts Discrection and Coping Strategy have formed the study's theoretical basis which has been used to analyze the study's results through a thematic analysis. The study has a qualitative approach with five semi-structured interviews whose respondents work on various supportorganizations that work with violence in close relationships. The results of the study showed that the social worker's experiences clarified that the organizations have followed the restrictions and designed new approaches to be able to reach victims of violence who need support and help. The social workers' personal competence and discretion were decisive factors as to whether the social workers' approach was shaped during the pandemic. The results also showed that it varied in the experiences around the pandemic's impact. The organizations had to adapt to the digitalization of social work, which in turn resulted in varying challenges in social work. / Den aktuella studiens syfte är att undersöka erfarenheter hos socialarbetare som har arbetat med våld i nära relationer under Covid-19 pandemins restriktioner. Dessutom syftar studien till att undersöka hur socialarbetare upplevde att deras tillvägagångssätt och handlingsutrymme påverkades under pandemins restriktioner. Den tidigare forskningen samt de teoretiska begreppen Handlingsutrymme och Copingstrategi har utgjort studiens teoretiska underlag som har använts för att analysera studiens resultat genom en tematisk analys. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats med fem semistrukturerade intervjuer vars respondenter arbetar på olika stödverksamheter som arbetar med våld i nära relationer. Studiens resultat visade att socialarbetarens erfarenheter synliggjorde att verksamheter har tillämpat restriktionerna och utformat nya tillvägagångssätt för att kunna nå våldsutsatta personer som behöver stöd och hjälp. Socialarbetarnas personliga kompetens och handlingsutrymme var avgörande faktorer till huruvida socialarbetarnas tillvägagångssätt formades under pandemin. Resultatet visade dessutom att det varierade i upplevelserna kring pandemins påverkan. Den främsta påverkan som verksamheterna fick anpassa sig efter var digitaliseringen av det sociala arbetet som i sin tur resulterade i varierande utmaningar i det sociala arbetet.

In Sweden, the statistics show how women are underrepresented in organisational hierarchies; as managers, executive managers, CEOs and board of directors. Qualitative research reveals that women in management positions perceive the working life in Sweden as unequal and how men and women have different terms for making a career. Previous career studies told from women's narratives with a gender perspective caught our interest to examine how women reason and relate to their careers in 2019. The purpose of this study is to examine what emerges in stories about career and gender by women with management experience. We seek to understand how women relate to their career stories and how dilemmas are handled and how strategies are being used. We applied a narrative research design to obtain women's own stories about their careers. Ten narrative interviews were conducted with women with management experience within different companies and across several industries. The findings reveal how women in their career find themselves in minority positions in an environment imprinted by men's homosociality, including a language and toughness, that is difficult to relate to for the women. The minority position gives grounds to multiple approaches for women. The narratives show the urge to prove oneself, to legitimise one's position and to make oneself visible by showing will-power and determination. We found three strategies that women use in order to sustain self-esteem while coping with gender structures. We have named these strategies the individualistic strategy, the positive strategy and the explicit structure strategy. The individualistic strategy makes gender invisible by focusing on individual characteristics and traits. The positive strategy focuses on the advantages of being a woman and, the explicit structure strategy relates the meaning of gender to structures rather than to oneself. A central finding in our material is how the women switch between coping strategies. Switching between the individualistic strategy and the explicit structure strategy unveils two different themes. The first I don't want to generalise, but, illustrates how women relate gender to structures while they at the same time do not want to generalise between the genders. The second switch the Trojan horse explains how women are aware of gender structures and conform to men to sustain control and thereby sustain their self-esteem. Finally, to switch between stressing the benefits of being a woman and the burden of being a woman, we interpret as efforts to unburden the weight of gender structures. These switches between strategies give rise to contradictive reasoning, which we find entirely understandable as a means for women to make sense of their own reality. / I Sverige visar statistik hur kvinnor är underrepresenterade i organisationshierarkier; som chefer, VD, i ledninggrupper och styrelser. Kvalitativ forskning visar att kvinnor på chefspositioner upplever arbetslivet i Sverige som ojämnställt och att män och kvinnor har olika villkor att göra karriär. Tidigare karriärsstudier med ett genusperspektiv, berättade från kvinnors narrativ fångade vårt intresse att undersöka hur kvinnor resonerar kring och förhåller sig till sin karriär 2019. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vad som framkommer i berättelser om karriär och kön av kvinnor med chefserfarenhet. Vi ämnade förstå hur kvinnor förhåller sig till sina berättelser och hur dilemman hanteras och hur strategier används. Vi tillämpade en narrativ forskningsdesign för att erhålla kvinnors egna berättelser om sin karriär. Tio narrativa intervjuer genomfördes med kvinnor med chefserfarenhet inom olika företag och branscher. Resultaten avslöjar hur kvinnor i sin karriär befinner sig i minoritetsposition i en miljö som präglas av mäns homosocialitet, inklusive ett språk och tuffhet som är svårt att relatera till för kvinnorna. Minoritetspositionen ger upphov till flera förhållningssätt bland kvinnorna. Berättelserna skildrar behovet att behöva bevisa sig själv, att legitimera sin ställning och att göra sig synlig genom att visa viljestyrka och beslutsamhet. Vi hittade tre strategier som kvinnor använder för att upprätthålla sin självkänsla medan de hanterar könsstrukturer. Vi har namngett dessa strategier: den individualistiska strategin, den positiva strategin och den explicita strukturstrategin. Den individualistiska strategin gör kön osynligt genom att fokusera på individuella egenskaper och förmågor. Den positiva strategin fokuserar på fördelarna med att vara kvinna och den explicita strukturstrategin relaterar betydelsen av kön till strukturer snarare än till individen. Ett centralt resultat i vårt material är hur kvinnorna växlar mellan strategierna. Växling mellan den individualistiska strategin och den explicita strukturstrategin avslöjar två olika teman. Den första jag inte vill generalisera, men, illustrerar hur kvinnor relaterar kön till strukturer medan de samtidigt inte vill generalisera mellan könen. Den andra växlingen den trojanska hästen förklarar hur kvinnor är medvetna om könsstrukturer och efterliknar män för att upprätthålla kontrollen och därigenom självkänslan. Slutligen, växlingen mellan att betona fördelarna med att vara kvinna och belastningen av att vara kvinna, tolkar vi som en stävan mot att avlasta bördan av könsstrukturer. Dessa växlingar mellan strategier ger upphov till motsägelsefulla resonemang som vi finner helt förståeliga som ett medel för kvinnor att begripa sin verklighet.

Объектом исследования являлись копинг-стратегии и самосознание. Предмет исследования: копинг-стратегии и самосознание (самооценка, самоотношение, локус контроля) у студентов, осуществляющих выбор индивидуальной образовательной траектории. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух разделов, заключения, списка литературы (109 источников) и приложений. Объем магистерской диссертации 157 страниц, на которых размещены 34 рисунка и 11 таблиц. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя теоретический анализ психологических особенностей личности. Представлены подразделы, посвященные исследованию феноменов: копинг-стратегий, самосознания, а также самоотношения, локуса контроля и самооценки, как компонентов самосознания, феномену выбора в психологической науке, и психологическим особенностям организации профессиональной подготовки с применением индивидуальных образовательных траекторий. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Вторая глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации и методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам: опроснику «Способы совладающего поведения» (Р. Лазарус, С. Фолкман), опроснику субъективной локализации контроля (С. Р. Пантелеев, В. В. Столин), опроснику самоотношения (С. Р. Пантелеев, В. В. Столин), тест-опроснику «Определение уровня самооценки» (С. В. Ковалев). Также во второй главе представлен описательный, сравнительный и корреляционный анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам, обоснована практическая значимость исследования и описаны возможные перспективы дальнейшей разработки данной проблематики. / The object of the study was coping strategies and self-awareness. Subject of study: coping strategies and self-awareness (self-esteem, self-attitude, locus of control) among students who choose an individual educational trajectory. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, a list of references (109 sources) and appendices. The volume of the master's thesis is 157 pages, which contain 34 figures and 11 tables. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, sets the goal and objectives of the research, defines the object and subject of research, formulates hypotheses, indicates methods and empirical base, scientific novelty, theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes a theoretical analysis of the psychological characteristics of the individual. The subsections devoted to the study of phenomena are presented: coping strategies, self-awareness, self-attitude, locus of control and self-esteem as components of self-awareness, the phenomenon of choice in psychological science, and psychological features of the organization of vocational training using individual educational trajectories. The conclusions of the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It describes the organization and methods of the study and the results obtained by all the methods used: the questionnaire "Methods of coping behavior" (R. Lazarus, S. Folkman), the questionnaire of subjective localization of control (S. R. Panteleev, V. V. Stolin), the questionnaire of self-attitude (S. R. Panteleev, V. V. Stolin), the test-questionnaire "Determining the level of self-esteem" (S. V. Kovalev). The second chapter also presents a descriptive, comparative and correlation analysis of the results of the study. The conclusions of Chapter 2 include the main results of an empirical study. In conclusion, the results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are summarized, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses put forward, the practical significance of the study is substantiated and possible prospects for further development of this problem are described.