Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Most research in South Africa with regard to HIV/AIDS focuses on the HIV counseling
and testing of university students while little attention has been paid to how HIV-positive
students cope in the support groups within the institutions of higher learning. The study
aimed at determining and describing the sense of coherence and the resilience of HIVpositive
students in a university in the Eastern Cape Province and exploring the differences
between the demographics, using the subscale of the sense of coherence (SOC-29) and the
resilience assessment questionnaire (RAQ). The students who were registered with the
university were chosen as participants by means of non-probability purposive sampling
technique. The sample consisted of 40 students (Males = 10; Females = 30).
A t-test analysis revealed statistically significant differences between demographics
(language) and comprehensibility subscale of the sense of coherence (SOC). Furthermore,
statistically significant differences between languages, interaction and problem-solving
scales of RAQ were noted. The Cronbach‟s Alpha for SOC and RAQ yielded 0.74 and
0.94 respectively in this study. The results show that the participants were coping fairly
well with a chronic disease like HIV/AIDS and that their resilience was also average. The
main recommendation is that the university should increase HIV/AIDS coping be done on a larger scale in an institution that has different race groups. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die meeste navorsing oor MIV/Vigs in Suid-Afrika fokus op MIV-voorligting en toetsing.
Baie min aandag word egter gegee aan die mate waartoe MIV-positiewe student waarde
vind binne die ondersteuningsgroepe wat binne Suid-Afrikaaanse Universiteite bestaan.
Hierdie navorsingsprojek poog om 'n beskrywing te gee van twee konstrukte naamlik
“sense of coherence” en “resilience” en te beskryf hoe dit manifesteer binne 'n groep MIVpositiewe
studente aan 'n Universiteit in die Oos-Kaap.
'n Steekproef van 40 student ( 20 manlik en 20 vroulik) is vir die studie gebruik en die
SOC-29 en Rao vraelyste is by hulle geadministreer ten einde onderskeidelik “sense of
coherence” en “resilience” te meet.
Die t-toets is in die analise van data gebruik . Resultate toon aan dat deelnemers oor die
algemeen goed vaar in hulle die hantering van kroniese siektes soos MIV/Vigs en dat
hulle vermoë om hulle lewe te normaliseer ( resilience) redelik goed is.
Die aanbeveling wat uit die studie gemaak word is dat universiteite MIV/Vigs
hanteringsprogramme moet verbeter en dat daar gepoog moet word on beter
ondersteuningsmeganismes vir studente met MIV/Vigs daar te stel.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/96048 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Hoho, Veliswa Nomfundu |
| Contributors | Augustyn, Johan C. D., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 88 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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