Text in Afrikaans / The young learner is in the developmental phase where he wants to master tasks successfully. When the learner experiences problems at school it influences his motivation and how he views himself. Learning disabled learners are exposed to academic failures and form negative views about their abilities and functioning. The effect of Gestalt play therapy on the self-esteem of the learning disabled learner was explored. The study was done through a baseline consisting of an adjusted Rosenberg's Self-esteem Questionnaire that was completed by educators and learners before and after the therapeutic program. Because of the learners' learning disability, they used an aid namely "Talking-Mats". Although learning disabilities influenced the learners' self-evaluations substantively, the learners' circumstances at home further substantively influenced their self-esteem. It seems that Gestalt play therapy did have a positive effect on the self-esteem of learning disabled learners. / Social work / M. Diac.

The aim of this study was to explore the self-concept of battered South African women. The ecosystemic approach was used to ground the battering experience. This qualitative framework was exploratory and also included an in-depth analysis of the battering experiences as narrated by abused women. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the data obtained were analysed through the use of the hermeneutic method. The following were the themes that emerged out of the narratives: dominance, control versus loss of control, connection versus disconnection, security versus insecurity, and feelings of degradation. The study provides a holistic understanding of battering and its impact on women’s selfconcept. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

The aim of the research was to establish how accurate an Objective Thematic Apperception Test can measure typical behavioral constructs of adolescents such as anxiety, stress, aggression, interpersonal relations and self-concept. An empirical investigation was carried out using a newly developed questionnaire, the Structured Objective TAT (SOTAT) as well as a control questionnaire (CQ). The items of the SOTAT were based on a selection of TAT cards and the CQ measured certain affective variables in the traditional way. Both questionnaires were completed by 378 adolescents. The SOTAT was found to be reliable but not construct valid since low correlation coefficients between the SOTAT and CQ were obtained. There is the possibility that projection did not occur during completion of the SOTAT. / Psychology / M. Ed. (Voorligting)

Text in English / Due to the fact that many adolescents do not follow a balanced diet, an investigation into the eating habits of adolescents was undertaken. Much research has been done on eating disorders but little research has been done on the concomitants and possible precursors to unhealthy eating habits among adolescents. A literature study was done to clarify which factors cause unhealthy eating habits. The developmental aspects of adolescence and the reciprocal effect on eating habits was also investigated. A valid and reliable measuring instrument was developed in order to measure eating habits of adolescents. This instrument was used in an empirical investigation including 340 respondents with the aim of determining the most important factors, which relate to the eating behaviour of adolescents. Educational implications of the findings are discussed in order to provide curriculum developers, teachers, parents, counsellors and the media with guidelines to help children to adopt healthy eating habits. / M.Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

Summaries in English and Afrikaans / Text in English / Children with learning disabilities often exhibit emotional problems. Conversely, children experiencing emotional upsets cannot achieve scholastically. The exact nature of the relationship is difficult to elucidate. Most aid programmes deal with one aspect of the problem, placing little or no emphasis on the child in totality. This study focuses on the learning disabled child as a whole from a relation theory perspective. The aim is to ascertain how the child's difficulties affect his relation structures. Once the interaction between the relation structures had been established a programme was devised to assist the child emotionally and scholastically. Play therapy has proved one of the most successful methods of child psychotherapy. This study attempts to incorporate the essential elements of play therapy into a remedial programme. It was found that the children benefitted from both components of the programme and that it had a positive influence on their relation structures / Kinders met leerprobleme toon dikwels ook emosionele probleme. Omgekeerd kan kinders met emosionele versteurings dikwels nie skolasties presteer nie. Die presiese aard van hierdie verwantskap is nie duidelik nie. Die meerderheid hulpprogramme fokus op enkele aspekte van die probleem, ,met min of geen klem op die kind·in-totaliteit nie. Hierdie studie is daarop gerig om die leergestremde kind vanuit die relasieteorie waar te neem en van hulp te wees. Die doel is om te bepaal hoe die kind se probleme sy relasies be"invloed. Nadat die interaksie vasgestel is, is 'n hulpprogram ontwerp om emosionele sowel as skolastiese hulp te verleen. Spelterapie. blyk een van die mees geslaagde metodes in kinderpsigoterapie te wees. Die studie poog om die essensiele elemente van spelterapie by 'n remedierende hulpprogram in te sluit. Daar is bevind dat die proefpersone by hierdie program gebaat het en dat hulle relasies positief be"invloed is. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (with specialisation in Guidance and Counselling)

Die doel van voorligting is om 'n persoon tot selfaktualisering te lei, of anders gestel, om hom te help om sy volle potensiaal te verwesenlik. Die doel wat ook op 'n leersituasie van toepassing is, word moeilik bereik indien 'n leerling onbewus van of onrealisties oar sy potensiaal is. So 'n leerling sal baat vind by 'n voorligtingsprogram waarin realistiese prestasievlakke bepaal word. 'n Empiriese ondersoek waarby 124 graad 11- leerlinge betrek is, is uitgevoer. Veranderlikes soos intelligensie, aanleg, selfkonsep, motivering, belangstelling (brein voorkeur) en studieorientasie is met betroubare instrumente gemeet en deur middel van regressie-analises gekombineer ten einde variansie in prestasie te verklaar. Regressievergelykings is opgestel waarmee realistiese punte in die vernaamste vakke bepaal kan word. / The aim of guidance is to lead a person to self-actualisation or stated differently, to help him to develop his full potential. This aim, which is also applicable to a learning situation, is difficult to attain if a pupil is unaware of, or unrealistic about his potential. Such a pupil will benefit from a guidance programme in which realistic achievement levels are determined. An empirical investigation which involved 124 grade 11 pupils was carried out. Variables such as intelligence, aptitude, self­ concept, motivation, interest (brain preference) and study orientation were measured with reliable instruments, and by means of regression analyses combinations were found to explain the variance in achievement. Regression equations were formulated with which realistic scores could be determined in the most important subjects. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Voorligting)

本研究旨在探討臺北市國小高年級學童的線上遊戲玩家行為，期望能分析線上遊戲玩家行為與學童之人際關係、自我概念的關係，綜合歸納之後，提供教育主管機關、學校行政及老師、家長、學生等教育相關人員的參考。 本研究以九十七學年度就讀於臺北市公立國民小學之高年級國小學童為研究對象，採分層隨機叢集取樣，依照臺北市十二行政區，每區甲、乙組學校規模取樣，共計 48班，回收率80.6％。而本研究使用之研究工具為「國小高年級學童線上遊戲玩家行為及基本資料之調查」及「真實與網路人際互動問卷」、「兒童自我概念量表」，並根據調查結果採用敘述統計分析、卡方考驗、t考驗、單因子變異數分析等統計方法，得到如下之研究發現： 一、國小高年級學童線上遊戲玩家行為以「成就行為」最多，「對戰行為」最少。其中在線上遊戲玩家行為的偏好上，不同性別的高年級學童表現有顯著差異：在「社交行為」上女生高於男生，在「對戰行為」上，男生高於女生。 二、國小高年級女生在真實人際關係表現較男生更為良好，而性別的不同並未在網路人際關係及自我概念上有顯著差異。 三、父母對學童參與線上遊戲態度不同，對學童在線上遊戲玩家行為上沒有影響，但在真實與網路的人際關係有顯著的影響，其對學童的整體自我概念的影響不顯著，但對「心理自我」的自我概念層面上會有顯著的影響。 四、不同線上遊戲玩家行為的國小高年級學童在真實人際關係上有顯著差異，其中「成就行為」、「探險行為」及「社交行為」者，較「對戰行為」者的真實人際關係更為良好；在網路人際關係上亦有顯著差異，其中「社交行為」者，較「成就行為」、「探險行為」及「對戰行為」者的網路人際關係更為良好。 五、國小高年級學童的整體自我概念並未因為線上遊戲玩家行為之不同而有顯著差異，但自我概念在「能力自我」層面上，線上遊戲玩家行為是「成就行為」者，較「對戰行為」者的能力自我概念更為良好。 六、國小高年級學童的真實人際關係並未因為是否參與線上遊戲而有顯著差異，但有參與線上遊戲之國小高年級學童，其網路人際關係較未參與線上遊戲者更為良好，同時整體自我概念亦未因是否參與線上遊戲而有顯著差異。 依據本研究所得之主要發現，提出以下建議： 一、對教育主管機關之建議： （一）制訂並嚴格執行線上遊戲分級制度，避免不當的線上遊戲內容影響學童的自我概念發展與人際關係。 （二）結合線上遊戲之概念，研發結合各學習領域之數位遊戲式學習(Digital Game-Based Learning)線上自學教材。 二、對學校行政及教師之建議： （一）充實學務處、輔導室及教師線上遊戲相關資訊科技安全及輔導知能，在生活與課程中輔導學生認識線上遊戲、瞭解自我。 （二）多元面向的推廣親職教育，鼓勵家長充實線上遊戲安全相關知能。 （三）教師透過教學及活動，輔導學生認識自我，發展多元人際關係。 三、對家長及學生之建議： （一）家長應用正向的態度，指導學童進行線上遊戲。 （二）家長應具備基礎的線上遊戲安全常識，指導學童正確的進行線上遊戲。 （三）學生應多接觸線上遊戲之外的休閒活動，拓展生活經驗與人際關係。 / The purpose of the research is to investigate online game behavior of high grades elementary school students in Taipei city and to examine the relations among online game behavior, interpersonal relation, and self-concept. Personal variables such as sex , grade and Parents’ attitude of disciplining to the online game to the students to research the relations among online game behavior, and interpersonal relation, self-concept. There are 806 samples chosen from elementary school students in Taipei city area in the study. That adapt questionnaires are used in this research. The data obtained is analyzed with frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation , t-test , and one-way ANOVA, glm. The main findings of this research are as follows： 1. The most of online game behaviors of the high grades students of elementary school is “achievers”, and the fewest is “killers”. The partiality of online game behaviors differs from male and female students. Female is higher than male in the scores of “socilizers”; male is higher than female in in the scores of “ killers”. 2. The true interpersonal relation of high grades female students is better than male students. The internet interpersonal relation and self-concept have no difference of showing because of sex. 3. Different parents’ attitudes of disciplining to the online game to the high grades students has no effect on online game behavior, but do have obvious effect on true and internet interpersonal relation. And parents’ attitudes don’t have obvious effect on mass self-concept, but do have effect on psychological self-concept. 4. Different online game behaviors have obvious effect on true and internet interpersonal relations of the high grades students of elementary school ,the true interpersonal relation of “ achievers”, “explorers” and “socializers” is better than that of “killers”; the internet interpersonal relation of “socializers” is better than that of the others. 5. The mass self-concept of the high grades students of elementary school do not have difference of showing because of different online game behaviors, but do have effect on able self-concept, especially, the able self-concept of “achievers” is better than that of “ killers”. 6. The true interpersonal relation and the mass self-concept of the students of elementary school have no difference of showing because of whether the high grades students attends online game or not. But the students who attends online game has better internet interpersonal relation than those who doesn’t attend online game, at mean time. According to above findings, suggestions are offered for school guide and advanced researches.

2014年，台灣FOX頻道播出美國長青諷刺卡通《辛普森家庭》，以其台味十足的配音風格而紅極一時。台灣《辛普森家庭》揉合了在地當時流行的時事話題，與原版內容大相逕庭，卻深受台灣觀眾喜愛。然而，即使廣受歡迎，台版《辛普森家庭》也為部分觀眾所批評，認為其喪失原版樣貌，在網路上亦興起一波攻擊與護航熱議。過去研究指出，人們傾向接觸與自己相近的事物，也比較喜歡這樣的內容（Markus & Wurf, 1987; Chang, 2002, 2005, 2008a, 2011）。 據此，本研究以雜揉兩種文化的影視文化產品出發，試圖於自我一致性理論（Self Congruency Theory）版圖中加入影視消費一環。因此，本研究以「知覺影片文化」與「既存文化認同」之交互作用切入，欲了解兩者之間的關係。此外，本研究亦試圖剖析閱聽人觀影時的心理機制，加入閱聽人觀影後的認知反應（自我參照、自我－影片連結、心理距離）與情感反應（正向情緒、觀影享受），測試其對於影片態度的效果。 本研究採單因子實驗設計，以「知覺影片文化」為自變項，以「文化認同」為調節變項，兩者之交互作用項作為分析之用；此外，亦探討自我參照、自我－影片連結、心理距離、正向情緒、觀影享受等五概念對於影片態度之中介效果。研究結果指出，知覺影片文化與文化認同之交互作用並未能顯著預測影片態度，文中討論研究限制所在與未來研究建議。

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was that of determining the effects that an achievement motivation program had on changing the self-concepts and academic achievement among ninth-grade students in a triethnically mixed junior high school. The subjects for this study were ninth-grade students from a large southwestern city. The experimental program was conducted in a junior high school composed of Anglo, Mexican-American, and Negro students of approximately 30 per cent, 40 per cent, and 30 per cent ratios, respectively. The comparison school was an adjoining area with approximately the same ethnic mixture. In measuring changes in self-concept, the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale was used. Teacher-assigned grades converted to numerical equivalents were used in measuring changes in academic achievement. All hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of confidence by using two by three analysis of covariance. All data were entered on computer cards, using computer services of North Texas State University.

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between self-concept, expressed sexual knowledge, and attitude toward sex education of a group of experienced elementary teachers. A second dimension of the problem was to investigate the relationship of the three variables above with certain other factors that could possibly influence the effectiveness of the elementary teacher of sex education. These factors were age of the teacher, sex of the teacher ,grade level of teaching, educational level of the teacher, teaching experience, marital status of the teacher, number of siblings of the teacher, and church preference or affiliation of the teacher.