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61	Probace a mediace jako forma práce s mladistvými pachateli trestné činnosti / The probation and mediation as a form of work with juvenile offenders Benešová, Pavla January 2012 (has links) The aim of diploma thesis "Probation and mediation as a form of work with juvenile offenders" is to elaborate the social pedagogic aspects of probation and mediation activities. It is intended to be a theoretic study and is divided into five chapters. The opening chapter is concerned for causes of delinquent beaviour and offers an enumeration of factors causing the uprise of this kind of behaviour among youth. The second chapter aims at possibilities of juvenile criminality prevention. The third chapter is employed with an institution of Probation and Mediation Services, which plays an important role on the field of terciary prevention of juvenile criminality. Fourth chapter treats with concrete ways of work of probation officers with their clients. Their work is analysed in the last chapter emphasising the social pedagogic potential of probation and mediation activities. It also mentions a possibility of social support in the work of probation officers.
62	Divorce as bifurcation: redefining a nuclear system Ferreira Da Costa, Talita Maria 30 April 2007 (has links) The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of dynamic relationships within families, and indicating how the decision to divorce may result from a family's difficulty in adjusting to new changes and stressors. Thus, divorce results in the redefinition of a nuclear system. This study made use of social constructionism as its epistemological framework. By means of in-depth one-on-one interviews, the researcher was able to hear the narratives of all six participants. Hermeneutics was used to analyze the data. The participants' stories were reencountered through the researcher's own frame of reference in which common themes of the divorce process were co-constructed. These themes were later elaborated on and a comparative analysis was undertaken to link them to the available literature. The information gained from the study could contribute to existing research on the impact of divorce, family reorganization following a divorce, and offer a new perspective in understanding family systems. / Clinical Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Divorce Family system Family reorganization Relationships Couples Consequences and adjustment Resilience Chaos theory Change Bifurcation Methodology Post Modernism Social Constructionism Qualitative research Hermeneutics Ethics 155.93 Divorce Family systems Systemic therapy (Family therapy) Spouses -- Interpersonal relationships Family reconstitution Social constructionism Postmodernism Qualitative research
63	The effect of a child with a cleft lip and palate on family functioning Rich, Eileen Patricia 31 October 2003 (has links) The present study explored the effect of the birth of a child with a cleft lip and palate on family functioning within the context of family systems theory. Five families, each with a child who was born with a cleft lip and palate, were included in the study. The five couples were all married and they were the biological parents of their children whose ages ranged from two months to five years. All five sets of parents were initially interviewed together and then had separate individual interviews where the Family Assessment Measure-III was administered. The results reflected each family's distinctive patterns of interaction and how they adapted to the birth of a child with an orofacial cleft. Factors found to affect family functioning included: External support systems, individual coping skills, family rules and boundaries, open communication and cohesion among family members. / Psychology / M. A. (Psychology) Family functioning Family structure Family systems theory Coping behaviour Task Accomplishment Role Performance Communication Involvement Orofacial cleft Cleft lip and palate Cleft lip Cleft palate children Systemic therapy (Family therapy) Cleft palate -- Psychological aspects Family Assessment Measure-III Family counseling Family assessment Life skills
64	Towards the training of psychology tutors : an ecosystemic approach Stylianou, Nitsa 06 1900 (has links) This study explores the training of Psychology tutors at the University of South Africa's (UNISA) learning centres with a view to providing a paradigm shift in tutor training and contributing towards new ways of thinking about education and training in South Africa. It furthermore opens up alternative ways of thinking about the process of facilitation in general. Although the study focuses on tutor training within the discipline of Psychology, the outcomes of the study are applicable to tutor training and tutoring in general, and make a valuable contribution in identifying the basic principles underlying tutor training in other disciplines as well. An ecosystemic approach encourages the trainer-trainee system to become aware of how they affect each other's thinking and behaviour. The basic principles underlying the process of facilitation that emerge in the study, therefore apply equally to the training of tutors and the tutoring of learners by others. These principles provide guidelines in terms of the processes involved in tutor development, as well as inform the issues and themes around which the sharing of ideas can be choreographed in the field of tutor training and tutoring. In conclusion, the information generated in the study focuses specifically on student support in the form of face-to-face tutorials in the distance education setting, the form of tertiary education which is most accessible to many historically disadvantaged learners in South Africa today. More generally, it will make a valuable contribution in the current educational context in South Africa, where student support is of the utmost importance in striving for equality in education, and where the focus is on outcomes-based education. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology) Tutor training Tutorial programme Distance education Open learning Face-to-face tutorials Learning centres Ecosystemic theory Outcomes-based education Facilitation 371.3940968 Group facilitation -- South Africa Systemic therapy (Family therapy) Tutors and tutoring -- South Africa Distance education -- South Africa Ecosystemic psychology
65	The physical and emotional victimisation of the male partner within a heterosexual marriage or cohabitating relationship : an explorative study Barkhuizen, Merlyn 06 1900 (has links) This study aimed at exploring the impact of emotional and physical abuse that a male partner experiences “at the hands” of his female partner within a marriage or cohabitating relationship. This is accomplished by giving each respondent a “voice” with which he shares his victimisation experiences. Each case is individually analysed and interpreted according to an integrated systems model of abuse of the male victim of domestic violence which forms the theoretical foundation for this study. Through a process of in-depth personal interviews with the participants, researcher was able to compile a qualitative study, using the purposive snow ball sampling method. This information was used in collaboration with supportive literature to assist researcher in gaining a deep understanding of this form of domestic violence. It is hoped that this study will contribute to further research initiatives with regards to the male victim of domestic violence in South Africa. It is also researcher’s aim to inform victimology students and the helping professions about male battering and the unique circumstances surrounding it. / Criminology / Thesis (D. Litt. et Phil. (Criminology) Physical abuse Emotional abuse Sexual abuse and rape Husband battering Domestic violence Victim 362.82920968 Abused husbands -- South Africa Husbands abuse -- South Africa Family violance -- South Africa Violence in woman -- South Africa Psychological abuse -- South Africa Sexual abuse -- South Africa Sexual abuse victims -- South Africa Family psychotherapy -- South Africa Marital psychotherapy -- South Africa
66	The physical and emotional victimisation of the male partner within a heterosexual marriage or cohabitating relationship : an explorative study Barkhuizen, Merlyn 06 1900 (has links) This study aimed at exploring the impact of emotional and physical abuse that a male partner experiences “at the hands” of his female partner within a marriage or cohabitating relationship. This is accomplished by giving each respondent a “voice” with which he shares his victimisation experiences. Each case is individually analysed and interpreted according to an integrated systems model of abuse of the male victim of domestic violence which forms the theoretical foundation for this study. Through a process of in-depth personal interviews with the participants, researcher was able to compile a qualitative study, using the purposive snow ball sampling method. This information was used in collaboration with supportive literature to assist researcher in gaining a deep understanding of this form of domestic violence. It is hoped that this study will contribute to further research initiatives with regards to the male victim of domestic violence in South Africa. It is also researcher’s aim to inform victimology students and the helping professions about male battering and the unique circumstances surrounding it. / Criminology and Security Science / Thesis (D. Litt. et Phil. (Criminology) Physical abuse Emotional abuse Sexual abuse and rape Husband battering Domestic violence Victim 362.82920968 Abused husbands -- South Africa Husbands abuse -- South Africa Family violance -- South Africa Violence in woman -- South Africa Psychological abuse -- South Africa Sexual abuse -- South Africa Sexual abuse victims -- South Africa Family psychotherapy -- South Africa Marital psychotherapy -- South Africa
67	"Dancing with change": evaluating an ecosystemic substance abuse intervention programme for youth Ashdown, Deborah Anne 31 March 2006 (has links) The "Dancing with Change" Programme (DWCP) is an ecosystemically informed substance abuse intervention programme that was developed by the participants and myself with the aim of building resilience towards substance abuse among youth. The DWCP was conducted in the school setting, with ten volunteer Grade 7 learners over a ten-week period for an hour a week. The learners' parents participated in an initial needs assessment and in a feedback session at the end of DWCP, together with the life skills teacher and headmaster who observed and contributed to the process. An independent observer, present at each session, served to increase the dependability and confirmability of the evaluation findings. The DWCP appeared to have achieved its goals as defined by the participants. The evaluation findings are presented as a guide for people working in the field of adolescent substance abuse that synthesises best practice and lessons learnt in the field. / Psychology / M.A.(Clinical Psychology) South African context programme facilitation skills lessons learnt resilience best practice adolescent drug abuse adolescent substance abuse Ecosystemic approach Intervention prevention programme evaluation school-based 362.290835 Family psychotherapy -- South Africa Drug abuse counseling -- South Afric Drug abuse -- South Africa -- Prevention Youth -- Psychology Adolescent psychotherapy -- South Africa
68	"Dancing with change": evaluating an ecosystemic substance abuse intervention programme for youth Ashdown, Deborah Anne 31 March 2006 (has links) The "Dancing with Change" Programme (DWCP) is an ecosystemically informed substance abuse intervention programme that was developed by the participants and myself with the aim of building resilience towards substance abuse among youth. The DWCP was conducted in the school setting, with ten volunteer Grade 7 learners over a ten-week period for an hour a week. The learners' parents participated in an initial needs assessment and in a feedback session at the end of DWCP, together with the life skills teacher and headmaster who observed and contributed to the process. An independent observer, present at each session, served to increase the dependability and confirmability of the evaluation findings. The DWCP appeared to have achieved its goals as defined by the participants. The evaluation findings are presented as a guide for people working in the field of adolescent substance abuse that synthesises best practice and lessons learnt in the field. / Psychology / M.A.(Clinical Psychology) South African context programme facilitation skills lessons learnt resilience best practice adolescent drug abuse adolescent substance abuse Ecosystemic approach Intervention prevention programme evaluation school-based 362.290835 Family psychotherapy -- South Africa Drug abuse counseling -- South Afric Drug abuse -- South Africa -- Prevention Youth -- Psychology Adolescent psychotherapy -- South Africa

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