AFRIKAANS: Die primêre doel van my studie was om die onderhandeling van swart identiteit binne ‘n wit skoolkonteks te ondersoek, en die toepaslikheid van emosionele intelligensie in terapeutiese intervensie met ‘n swart adolessent binne ‘n wit skoolkonteks krities te evalueer. Die studie is uitgevoer deur middel van ‘n gevalstudie waar ‘n swart adolessent wat ‘n wit skool bywoon se emosionele intelligensie met behulp van die BarOn EQ-i:YVTM-vraelys gemeet is. Die bevindinge is by die terapiesessies geïntegreer en laasgenoemde is kwalitatief geïnterpreteer. Die studie is gemotiveer deur vorige navorsing wat bevind het dat emosionele intelligensie ‘n belangrike rol in ‘n individu se optimale funksionering speel. Emosionele intelligensie sluit die individu se vermoë in om sy/haar eie emosies te verstaan en uitdrukking daaraan te gee, om ander se emosies te verstaan, om beheer oor emosies uit te oefen, om probleemoplossingsvaardighede in verhoudings te toon en om selfmotiverend te wees. ENGLISH: The primary goal of my study was to investigate the negotiation of black identity within a white school context, and to critically evaluate the application of emotional intelligence as a means of therapeutic intervention to a black adolescent within a white school context. The study was conducted by means of a case study in which the emotional intelligence of a black adolescent attending a white school was measured by the administration of the BarOn EQ-i:YV™. The findings were integrated into the therapy sessions. The study was motivated by previous research results showing that emotional intelligence contributes significantly to the optimal functioning of an individual. Emotional intelligence includes an individual’s ability to understand and express one’s own emotions, to understand the emotions of others, to exercise control over one’s emotions, to apply problem-solving skills in relationships and to be self-motivated. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psycholgy))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

The aim of this phenomenological qualitative study was to capture and understand the essence of the lived experiences of individuals after participating in equine facilitated psychotherapy (EFP). In that the experiences of participants after exposure to EFP have not previously been examined, this study adds to the literature on this innovative therapy. Theoretical viewpoints on animal assisted therapy and solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) were explored, as well as how the SFBT methodology compares to techniques used in EFP. Using interviews, the study involved capturing participants' experiences by collecting their descriptions of their involvement with EFP, identifying the specific experiences they noted, ascertaining what the participants did with these experiences, and discerning themes or patterns in the interview data. A purposive sample of 10 adults who had participated in EFP participated in interviews, the data from which were analyzed by hand coding. Analysis showed improved quality of life with improvements in overall well-being and in participants' relationships. The findings of this research study may lead to additional research in this area and may promote the establishment of consistent techniques in EFP, proper credentialing of those who use EFP, and applicable regulatory standards. By exploring the lived experiences of individuals who have participated in EFP, providers may be able to delve more deeply into the curative factors that may be at work with this type of therapy.

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents a significant mental health challenge for many veterans, prompting interest in innovative interventions such as the use of service dogs. Despite this, there remains a gap in understanding the specific impact of service dogs on the mental well-being of veterans who served in combat zones. Aim: This integrative review aims to explore the associations between service dog exposure and the mental health of veterans following deployment to combat zones, focused on those with PTSD. Through a systematic literature search, review, and synthesis, the study seeks to identify gaps in knowledge to inform future research efforts and interventions. Design: Adopting an integrative review design, the review explores existing literature to uncover insights into the associations between service dog exposure and veterans' mental well-being. The study ensures a comprehensive examination of relevant research articles by employing a systematic literature search methodology and rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria. Methods: Inclusion criteria involve selecting research articles published in peer-reviewed journals focusing on veterans' participation with service dogs or canine exposure and their subsequent mental health outcomes. Exclusion criteria are non-U.S. research, abstracts without full-text articles, grey literature, and non-research articles. This rigorous approach aims to assemble reliable evidence to enhance understanding and inform future research and interventions supporting veterans' mental well-being. Results: This study examines the demographics, characteristics, challenges, and benefits associated with veterans with PTSD and their service dogs. Veterans in the studies ranged from 36.8 to 50.9 years old, were predominantly male, and mostly white, with significant portions being honorably discharged and married. The service dogs were mostly male, mixed-breed, or Labrador Retrievers sourced from shelters. Veterans faced challenges obtaining and training their dogs, such as demanding training processes and adjusting to public attention. Despite these challenges, service dogs provided substantial benefits, including reduced PTSD symptoms, improved sleep, increased physical activity, and emotional reconnection. Studies showed a reduction in PTSD severity, improved quality of life, and enhanced social participation for veterans with service dogs. However, veterans also experienced drawbacks like increased public attention and misconceptions about service dogs. The bond between veterans and their dogs was associated with lower anxiety and higher positive affect, highlighting the overall positive impact of service dogs on veterans' mental health and daily life. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the substantial benefits of service dogs for veterans with PTSD, including reductions in stress, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms and improvements in depression management, safety, and quality of life. Unexpected challenges with nonobedience issues arose, but they did not diminish the overall positive impact. Future research should explore the cost-effectiveness of service dog programs, their effects on different veteran demographics, and standardized training protocols. The findings emphasize the need for continued support and refinement of service dog programs to optimize their benefits and improve the well-being of veterans with PTSD.

Text in Afrikaans / The purpose of this study is to describe a gestalt technique for therapists who are involved with children who are experiencing loss. A play therepeutic approach is described and the underlying principles integrated and applied. In the first chapter the details of the the research methodology is described. In the second chapter the gestalt approach and how it relates to play therapeutic intervention is discussed. The third chapter is a literature study which describes the child's conceptualization of death. In the fourth chapter the technique which is developed is discusssed. This technique comprises six themes which are projected by way of instructions on a card. The child chooses a card during every session and it is therapeutically played out. There is a central theme of a treasure box, and a box is made to keep memorabilia of the deceased. The therapeutic intervention helps the child to make a treasure box of memories in their hearts. / Social work / M. Diac (Play Therapy)

Text in Afrikaans / Selfmoord is 'n kontroversiele aangeleentheid wat beide omstanders en agterblywendes met onsekerheid vervul. 'n Belangrike rede hiervoor is dat dit 'n onnatuurlike afsterwe is wat teen baie mense se norme en waardes indruis. ldiografiese navorsing is onderneem om die belewenisse van agterblywende gesinslede te ondersoek aangesien hulle die eintlike slagoffers van 'n selfmoord is wat met 'n komplekse realiteit gelaat word. Die doel van die navorsing was om riglyne daar te stel vir die hantering en ondersteuning van hierdie mense. Vanuit 'n in-diepte literatuurstudie, het dit geblyk dat die grootste probleme waarmee agterblywendes gekonfronteer word, wentel random problematiese emosies, veroordeling deur omstanders en belewings van persoonlike onvermoe om te midde van intense rousmart selfaktualisering optimaal te volvoer. 'n Vraelys wat aspekte (socs dit uit die literatuurstudie geblyk het) inkorporeer, is opgestel en aan agterblywendes gegee om te beantwoord. Van die belangrikste elemente wat na vore gekom het, is dat intense verhoudingskomplikasies na 'n selfmoord figureer, dat agterblywendes 'n behoefte het om rouverwerking teen hul eie tempo te doen, dat agterblywendes verkies dat omstanders nie voortdurend die gebeure sal ontleed en soek na oorsake in die teenwoordigheid van agterblywendes nie en dat elke agterblywende persoon se roubelewing persoonlik en uniek is. 'n Hoofstuk is gewy aan 'n wye verskeidenheid terapeutiese tegnieke wat geimplementeer kan word tydens hulpverlening aan agterblywendes. Die studie beskryf ook 'n gevallestudie en die verloop van sestien individuele terapeutiese sessies. In die terapeutiese insette is daar hoofsaaklik gebruik gemaak van hipnoterapie as 'n vorm van ontspanningsterapie waartydens daar gelokus word op problematiese emosies en persepsies wat voortgesette kwalitatiewe selfaktualisering belemmer. In die studie word Opvoedkundige Sielkundige riglyne vir hulpverlening aan agterblywendes, wat benut kan word deur hulpverleners (soos sielkundiges, onderwysers en ander ondersteuningsisteme). verskaf. Die studie bevestig dat die agterblywendes as die werklike slagoffers na 'n selfmoord agtergelaat word, maar dat sinvolle intervensie hierdie persone in staat kan stel om ten spyte van die gebeure weer optimaal te selfaktualiseer. / Suicide is a controversial topic. It causes both bystanders and survivors to feel insecure. An important reason for this is that it is an unnatural death which directly opposes the norms and values of the majority of people. ldiografic research has been undertaken to closely examine the experiences of suicide survivors as they are the real victims who are left to cope with a complex reality after a suicide. The objective of this study was to provide guidelines to effectively manage and render assistance to survivors. From an in depth review of available literature it appeared that troubled emotions, being denounced by bystanders and the inability to proceed with continued qualitative self-actualization are some of the most important problems survivors have to cope with. A questionnaire, incorporating significant aspects reported in literature, was compiled and given to survivors to complete. From their responses certain facets seemed to be problematic. Among the more problematic aspects were complicated interpersonal relations, the basic need to grieve at their own pace, the preference that bystanders avoid analysing the suicide and possible contributing factors (especially in the presence of survivors) and the recognition that each survivor's grief is personal and unique. A chapter has been devoted to a wide range of therapeutic techniques that can be implemented to facilitate the support given to survivors. The study also describes a case study as well as the progression of sixteen individual therapy sessions. Therapeutic intervention was mainly based on hypnotherapy as a form of relaxation therapy during which the focus is placed on problematic emotions and perceptions which prevent continued qualitative self-actualization. Educational Psychological guidelines along which assistance can be rendered by psychologists, teachers as well as other support services are given. This study not only confirms that the survivors are the actual victims of a suicide, but also that it is possible to assist these people to achieve optimal self-actualization through meaningful intervention. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Sielkundige Opvoedkunde)

This study reviews literature regarding the antecedents of locus of control. The development of locus of control in children is found to be related to parent attitudes, behaviours and interactions between parents and children. Literature was further consulted to understand the relationship between parenting and locus of control development. It was decided, based on continued review of literature, that parent guidance based on a social cognitive learning approach was a valid therapeutic model to enhance internal locus of control in children. The parent guidance model proposed in this study was based on parenting guidelines to enhance internal locus of control in children. The aim is to bring about transformation of parent attitudes and behaviours through therapeutic means, which will produce change in the parent-child relationship. This interaction was expected to lead to enhanced internality in the child participants. The empirical study engaged a predominantly qualitative methodology, using an action research design. The sample consisted of 14 families representing various racial groups and family structures. Data collection methods included questionnaires, observation and focus groups to determine the effectiveness of the proposed therapeutic model. Results showed that group parent guidance based on a social cognitive learning approach and focussing on development, responsibility, consistency, home environment, parent style, emotional intelligence, modelling, discipline and roles of mothers and fathers is effective in enhancing internal locus of control in primary school children. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:29:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabiana Follador e Ambrosio.pdf: 1417245 bytes, checksum: 0c11b129d5b8408ca31d65f1d7dbb2bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-21 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas / This paper describes the Being and Doing Accompaniment Procedure of Psychotherapeutic Interventions and also demonstrates its heuristic potential. It is a proposal which can be considered a fertile alternative inside the qualitative investigation field, being a psychoanalytical method of operation strategy. Counteracting the point of view which considers the psychotherapies as intangible scientific experiments, this paper has its bases on the ethical and investigative perspective, according to which all clinical practices can be and must be examined according to its power to generate or not consistent benefits. It also demands that the terms used in the clinical efficiency researches be clear enough in order to establish the communication between psychologists, who refer to other theoretical and methodological sources, and professionals from other fields as well as the society. Methodologically, this study is realized through the Being and Doing Accompaniment Procedure of Psychotherapeutic Interventions and examining its usage, considering the clinical material produced from a scientific investigation, already published, independently conducted by other researchers. It can be shown that the clinical procedure is useful since it helps a comprehensive perception not only of mutative movements but also of any occasional difficulty that can be discussed. Therefore, it is settled an alternative to the clinical efficiency evaluation that, being as close as possible to the human event and the dramatic expressed here, is coherent with the psychoanalytical method and with the other qualitative perspectives which consider the human acting in terms of action and sense. / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo descrever o Procedimento Ser e Fazer de Acompanhamento de Interven??es Psicoterap?uticas e demonstrar sua potencialidade heur?stica. Trata-se de proposta que pode ser considerada uma alternativa fecunda no campo das investiga??es qualitativas, caracterizando-se como estrat?gia de operacionaliza??o do m?todo psicanal?tico. Contrapondo-se ao posicionamento daqueles que consideram as psicoterapias como experi?ncias cientificamente inabord?veis, este trabalho justifica-se a partir de perspectiva ?tica e investigativa segundo a qual toda e qualquer pr?tica cl?nica pode e deve ser examinada em termos de seu poder de gerar - ou n?o - benef?cios consistentes. Exige, tamb?m, que os termos usados nas pesquisas sobre a efic?cia cl?nica sejam suficientemente claros para que possam ser estabelecidas interlocu??es com psic?logos que se valem de outros referenciais te?ricometodol?gicos, com profissionais de outras ?reas e tamb?m com a sociedade. Metodologicamente, o presente estudo realiza-se por meio da apresenta??o do Procedimento Ser e Fazer de Acompanhamento de Interven??es Psicoterap?uticas e do exame de sua utiliza??o, efetuado considerando-se material cl?nico proveniente de uma investiga??o cient?fica, j? publicada, realizada independentemente por outro pesquisador. Pode ser demonstrado que o procedimento ? clinicamente ?til, na medida em que favorece uma percep??o compreensiva, tanto de movimentos mutativos, como de dificuldades eventuais que estejam em jogo. Fica assim firmada uma alternativa de avalia??o de efic?cia cl?nica que, mantendo-se maximamente pr?xima do acontecer humano e da dram?tica que neste se expressa, guarda coer?ncia com o m?todo psicanal?tico e com as demais perspectivas qualitativas, que consideram a conduta humana em termos de a??o e sentido.

Introdução: Os distúrbios do espectro do autismo são caracterizados como quadros complexos que abrangem dificuldades nas áreas de linguagem, cognição, comportamento e interação social. Diversos autores apontam o comprometimento de linguagem como principal alteração nestes quadros, já que se trata do processo que permite a comunicação intra e interpessoal. A aquisição e o uso da linguagem é foco principal da terapia fonoaudiológica nos distúrbios do espectro do autismo, principalmente no que diz respeito às habilidades pragmáticas. Objetivo: verificar se há correlação entre a frequência nas terapias e a porcentagem de faltas com o processo de evolução terapêutica e se há uma quantidade mínima de frequência em terapia em um semestre para que haja evolução do quadro. Método: Foram analisados os dados de frequência semestral, avaliação pragmática semestral e avaliação sócio-cognitiva semestral dos prontuários de 50 sujeitos com idades entre 2 e 17 anos durante quatro semestres de tratamento de cada um. Resultados: Após a correlação entre todas as variáveis das avaliações pragmática e sócio cognitiva e os grupos de frequências, foi possível observar que é necessário mais do que 60% de frequência nas terapias fonoaudiológicas previstas durante o semestre para que haja evolução terapêutica. Conclusão: O presente estudo é relevante para os serviços que oferecem este tipo de tratamento fonoaudiológico, indicando que há um mínimo de frequência necessária para que haja melhora do quadro, contribuindo para a delimitação de parâmetros mínimos de frequência à terapia / Introduction: The autism spectrum disorders are characterized as a complex condition involving impairments in the areas of language, cognition, behavior and social interaction. Several authors suggest that language impairment is the main disorder in these cases, since it is essential to intra and interpersonal communication. Language acquisition and functional use is the main focus of speech-language therapy in autism spectrum disorders, particularly regarding pragmatic abilities. Objective: Verify if there is a correlation between frequency and percentage of absence in therapy sessions and therapeutic evolution and if there is a minimal amount of frequency in therapy necessary to this evolution. Methods: Data about frequency, pragmatic and social-cognitive assessment regarding four semesters of speech-language of the records of 50 individuals aged 2 to 17 years were analyzed. Results: After the correlation of all variables of pragmatic and socio-cognitive assessments with the frequency in therapy, it was observed that more than 60% of frequency in speech-language therapies during the semester is needed to result in observable therapeutic evolution. Conclusion: The present study is relevant to the services that offer this type of speech therapy, indicating that there is a minimum frequency necessary for there to be improvement, contributing to the definition of minimum parameters of frequency therapy

Text in Afrikaans / The purpose of this study is to describe a gestalt technique for therapists who are involved with children who are experiencing loss. A play therepeutic approach is described and the underlying principles integrated and applied. In the first chapter the details of the the research methodology is described. In the second chapter the gestalt approach and how it relates to play therapeutic intervention is discussed. The third chapter is a literature study which describes the child's conceptualization of death. In the fourth chapter the technique which is developed is discusssed. This technique comprises six themes which are projected by way of instructions on a card. The child chooses a card during every session and it is therapeutically played out. There is a central theme of a treasure box, and a box is made to keep memorabilia of the deceased. The therapeutic intervention helps the child to make a treasure box of memories in their hearts. / Social work / M. Diac (Play Therapy)

This study reviews literature regarding the antecedents of locus of control. The development of locus of control in children is found to be related to parent attitudes, behaviours and interactions between parents and children. Literature was further consulted to understand the relationship between parenting and locus of control development. It was decided, based on continued review of literature, that parent guidance based on a social cognitive learning approach was a valid therapeutic model to enhance internal locus of control in children. The parent guidance model proposed in this study was based on parenting guidelines to enhance internal locus of control in children. The aim is to bring about transformation of parent attitudes and behaviours through therapeutic means, which will produce change in the parent-child relationship. This interaction was expected to lead to enhanced internality in the child participants. The empirical study engaged a predominantly qualitative methodology, using an action research design. The sample consisted of 14 families representing various racial groups and family structures. Data collection methods included questionnaires, observation and focus groups to determine the effectiveness of the proposed therapeutic model. Results showed that group parent guidance based on a social cognitive learning approach and focussing on development, responsibility, consistency, home environment, parent style, emotional intelligence, modelling, discipline and roles of mothers and fathers is effective in enhancing internal locus of control in primary school children. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)