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Student Development and Support using a Logotherapeutic Approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, Juan A. Nel --- University of South Africa,This study reports on participants' meaning-centred experiences and perspectives after attending a logotherapy-based student development and support programme. Thirteen students who were enrolled in the first year of the academic programme, in health science programme at a South Africa university,... -
A Case of Tragic Optimism: Volunteer Counsellors' Experience of Meaning
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, Juan A. Nel --- University of South Africa,This study applied concepts from logotherapy to construct the meaning that volunteer crisis counsellors experienced by working with victims of crime. Data were collected from seven participants who delivered services at community-driven crisis centre using a qualitative approach. The data... -
Meaning in Life Within an African Context: A Mixed Method Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Henry D. Mason --- Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaThis article reports on a mixed method study that described and explored meaning in life among 179 university students (53.63% female). Data on their sense of meaning in life were collected using the Life Purpose Questionnaire (Hutzell, 1989), supplemented with...