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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"African Psychology"”.
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A history of 'relevance' : South African psychology in focus
… contours of the "relevance" debate in South African psychology. It begins by contextualizing the debate, detailing how appeals for "relevance" in the broader discipline proliferated during the sixties and seventies in American, European and "Third World" psychology. The thesis observes …
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The UCT Child Guidance Clinic : changing client profile and policies in the 1990s
… political turmoil and parallel crisis in South African psychology during the 1980s, this study investigates the effects of the ""new"" South Africa on CGC practice and clientele during the 1990s.
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An explorative study of the professional training experiences of black psychologists in the Western Cape region
… which shaped the professionalisation of South African psychology serves as background to the study. It is demonstrated with respect to historical background, that the profession had strong links with the implementation and maintenance of Apartheid policies. This development is followed through …
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The development and validation of the Whitlow Measure of Afrocentric Relationship Attitudes
… a vital contribution to the field of counseling psychology. 60 items were initially developed, relying on African psychology perspectives developed by Kambon (1998) and Asante (1981, 1987). There were 15 items developed for each hypothesized factor, derived from Asante's (1981) model of Black …
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#Blacktherapistsmatter: an autoethnographic study looking at black student experiences on psychological therapies training
… student studying a doctorate in counselling psychology but also my life. I used the approach of a collaborative-relational autoethnography, as it allows me to integrate the self (auto), culture (ethno) and research process (graphy) (Ellis, 2004) alongside the voice of others. As part of the …
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"It really kind of like cuts my existence into two": an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of adults with sickle cell disease receiving curative Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
… (NHS) in England. Rationale: The provision of psychology support is deemed important for patients undergoing HSCT, as studies have found a high prevalence of psychological distress is reported (Amonoo et al., 2019). Most research into HSCT have been in relation to haematological malignancies. I …
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Conceptualizations of ancestral calling: Symptoms of mental illness from the traditional healers’ viewpoint in villages around Tzaneen Municipality of Mopani District
… Africa. When an individual particularly Black/African has an ancestral calling they may sometimes present with symptoms similar to those of mental illness or disorder as outlined in the DSM (Statistical Diagnostic Manual). The discourse being that the perceived ‘sick person’ may need to go …
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Becoming grounded to grow: A model of traditional spiritual healing/care in the everyday context
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms