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Coping and resilience as predictors of adolescent self-harm
(University of the Free State, 2017-02)
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 ...
The integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies into wetlands management in the Eastern Free State, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2016-12)
English: This research examined the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change
adaptation strategies into wetlands management in the eastern Free State in South Africa. The
main identified problem was the ...
Challenges in mainstreaming learners with visual impairment in Botswana secondary schools
(University of the Free State, 2013-11)
This research explores the challenges experienced by learners with visual impairment in
Botswana mainstream schools. Data was collected from learners with visual impairment and
their teachers in Molefhi Senior Secondary ...
Understanding resilience pathways to climate change in a changing rangeland environment amongst pastoral societies of Afar Region, Ethiopia
(University of the Free State, 2017-06)
Change in climate and climate extremes are increasingly being acknowledged as a vital challenge to
pastoral production systems. The resilience of pastoral households to climate-induced shocks depends
on the knowledge, ...
The influence of risk and resilience factors on the life satisfaction of adolescents
(University of the Free State, 2014-01)
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 ...
The role of resilience in the relationship between exposure to trauma and suicide ideation
(University of the Free State, 2017)
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 ...
Impact of floods on rural livelihoods of people residing in flood prone areas: the case of Luhonono community in the Zambezi region of Namibia
(University of the Free State, 2015)
This study examined the impact of floods on the livelihoods of the community of the Luhonono area, formerly Schuckmannsburg, in the Kabbe constituency in the Zambezi region of Namibia. The problem identified is the persistent ...
A programme to promote internal resiliency among female adolescents: a cognitive-behavioural approach
(University of the Free State, 2014-01)
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 ...
Improving the climate change resilience of informal settlements in mountainous regions of Africa: comparative case studies of Qwaqwa in South Africa and Konso in Ethiopia
(University of the Free State, 2017-02)
The aim of this study is to search for the strategies to improve climate change resilience of informal settlements in mountainous regions of Africa. The multidimensional and dynamic fea-tures of resilience require the use ...
An assessment of practitioners opinions on the principle of spacial resilience
(University of the Free State, 2016-03)
Colonial and apartheid planning left a legacy of rigid, control-oriented, top-down
spatial planning and land use management and fragmented and inequitable
settlements. Despite many policies and the interim Development ...