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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The relationship between perceived parenting styles and resilience during adolescence
(University of the Free State, 2002-11)
The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between perceived parenting
styles and resilience in adolescence. The respondents were a sample of 360 English
speaking, multi-cultural subjects, with a mean ...
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 ...
Personality traits and resilience as predictors of job stress and burnout among call centre employees
(University of the Free State, 2009-11)
English: Research has shown that staff members of call centres are experiencing high levels of job stress due to the demands of their jobs. Employees frequently have no control over their work environment and external ...
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 ...
Die verband tussen emosionele intelligensie en posttraumatiese stressimptome by kinders
(University of the Free State, 2005-10)
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 ...
Die verband tussen emosionele intelligensie en posttraumatiese stressimptome by kinders
(University of the Free State, 2005-10-31)
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 ...
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 ...