English: South Africa is currently regarded as one of the most violent countries in the world, with crime statistics increasing daily. It is distressing that the youth is growing up in a country where little respect is ...

English: Self-harm by adolescents is manifesting as one of the contemporary global mental health problems as incident rates are increasing worldwide. This self-harming trend is increasingly becoming a concern to South ...

English: South Africa is considered to be one of the countries with the highest crime rate in the world. It is disturbing to note that a large percentage of these crimes are perpetrated against children. A culture of ...

English: The current South African adolescent cohort grew up in a decade of sociopolitical transformation, a period which has been accompanied by inevitable and continuous instability in the economic, education and health ...

English: South Africa is currently regarded as one of the most violent countries in the world, with crime statistics increasing daily. It is distressing that the youth is growing up in a country where little respect is ...

English: In acknowledgement of the identified hiatus in existing research and literature, this study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a programme to promote internal resiliency among female adolescents by means of ...

English: The relationship between exposure to trauma and suicide ideation has been established in literature. It is thus important to gain a better understanding of the factors than can buffer the negative outcomes of ...

English: Adolescents are exposed to a variety of developmental and social challenges on a daily basis. Those who find it difficult to cope with these demands tend to present with behavioural and psychological problems. ...

English: Resilience and trauma exposure are well researched topics. There is extensive knowledge about the nature of traumatic events that adolescents are exposed to, as well as how they have coped with these experiences. ...

English: South African middle-adolescents are confronted daily with developmental and environmental challenges as well as risk factors. Consequently, there is a need for the empowerment and development of resiliency amongst ...