Exploring the sense of coherence and psychological symptomatology of teachers in under-resourced schools in Cape Town

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the psychological symtomatology, sense of coherence and the relationship between these two factors, of teachers from under-resourced schools in Cape Town. The sample consisted of 58 male and female teachers. Data was collected by means of three measures including a Biographical Questionnaire, Symptomatology Check List Revised (SCL-90-R) and the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-29) also known as the Orientation to Life Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and the Spearman Rank Order Correlation was utilised to meet the aims of the study. Of the nine sub-dimensions of psychological symptomatology measured on the SCL-90-R, results revealed that the teachers scored high in the three dimensions of obsessive compulsive, paranoid ideation and depression.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Tape, Widaad

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Louw, Johann

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11387

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11387