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Positive Adaptation in a Community of Postgraduate Students: Applying the Mmogo-method™
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Grant Strong --- North-West University, South AfricaThis study explored the experiences of postgraduate psychology students exposed to continuous challenges and described their positive adaptation as a community. Three males and 14 females (age range: 23–30 years; 1 black, 3 coloured, 2 Indian and 11 white) took... -
Global forest research, science education and community service positively impacted by a unique Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: EmmaT Steenkamp --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology, South Africa MichaelJ Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, DST–NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology, South AfricaDespite their importance in ecosystems and biodiversity, very little is known about the health of trees in the native environments of South Africa. The vision and primary goal of the Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) is therefore... -
Community-based education for registrars in family medicine at Walter Sisulu University
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: P Yogeswaran --- Department of Family Medicine, D O'Mahony --- Department of Family Medicine, K Mfenyana --- Faculty of Health Sciences, -
Outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: I Couper --- Department of Family Medicine, B Mash --- Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, S Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, B Schweitzer --- Division of Family Medicine, -
Presenting a PhD research proposal: A guide for commerce students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Richard Shambare --- , South AfricaThis paper provides commerce PhD students with advice on how to structure research proposals. In particular, the paper addresses the question: How should a PhD candidate in entrepreneurship (or another commerce discipline) present a research proposal? The paper guides students... -
Exploring the psychological well-being of postgraduate accounting students at a South African university
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Corlia Janse van Vuuren --- , South Africa Karen Bodenstein --- , South Africa Marsha Oberholzer --- , South AfricaThe challenges associated with higher education studies can impact significantly on the psychological well-being of students and can influence their academic success, even leading to anxiety, stress and depression. Factors influencing academic success in postgraduate accounting students have been well... -
It’s a journey … Emerging adult women’s experiences of spiritual identity development during postgraduate psychology studies in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Luzelle Naudé --- University of the Free State, South Africa Lara Fick --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe spiritual identity development of six South African, emerging adult, female, postgraduate psychology students (21 to 22 years old) was explored using reflective writing exercises and individual interviews. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed that spiritual identity exploration occurs continuously across the... -
The “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, China --- Xiangtan University, ChinaBased on the social media use theory and goal orientation theory, this study explored the “double-edged sword” effect of social media usage on postgraduate student creativity. Participants in the study were 262 postgraduate students from Xiangtan University in China (females...