Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613538511486976 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Finestone, Michelle |
| author_browse | Finestone, Michelle |
| author_facet | Finestone, Michelle |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2011 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
| description | Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23028 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:37:44.604Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23028 The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children Finestone, Michelle Eloff, Irma F. Ebersohn, L. (Liesel) groblera3@gmail.com Grobler, Adri Child behaviour checklist Cross-cultural assessment and measures Cross-cultural psychology Indigenization Düss fable Resilience Young children Hiv/aids in the south african context UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011. There is limited research on the utility of specific assessment measures for cross-cultural psychological and research measurement within the South-African context. In addition limited knowledge exists on cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children. This study analyses purposefully selected (existing) data from the Kgolo Mmogo project (which investigated psychological resilience in South African mothers and children affected by HIV/AIDS) with the aim of exploring the utility of a Düss fable as projective story-telling technique to measure resilience in young children. The primary research question that guided this study was: ‘What is the utility of a Düss fable as cross-cultural measure of resilience in young children?’ Using the ecological and social cross-cultural model as theoretical framework, the concurrent mixed method study compares inductively derived themes from the Düss fables (qualitative: content analysis) with quantitative scores obtained from secondary analysis of Child Behavior Checklist scores. Subsequent to the data analysis themes of resilience and non-resilience emerged from the Düss fables as well as from the CBCL. The themes of both resilience (protective resources) and non-resilience (risk factors) emerged and where significantly situated within the children’s environments. The core themes of resilience as expressed by the child-participants related to their coping strategies, their sense of belonging, the availability of material resources and their ability to navigate towards positive institutions. The most prominent themes of non-resilience that emerged from the participants’ Düss fables related to their coping strategies (maladaptive coping), their awareness of chronic risk, adversity and death. The CBCL was included in the study to provide insight into the perspective of the participants’ mothers with regards to their children’s functioning. Predominantly the mothers mostly perceived their children as well adjusted. The risk-related behaviours mostly reported by the mothers were externalising problems that manifested as rule-breaking and aggressive behaviour. The Düss fables provided meaningful insights into the life experiences of the children. There were instances where the participants’ responses were rich and detailed. The majority of the participants’ stories were age-appropriate and informative, while in some instances the participants gave limited responses. Nonetheless, the Düss fable provided valuable insights into the child-participants’ thoughts, emotions and life-experiences. Educational Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:23:00Z 2012-06-05 2013-09-06T14:23:00Z 2012-04-18 2011 2012-03-08 Dissertation Grobler, A 2011, The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children, MEd mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23028 > F12/4/280/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23028 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082012-225801/ © 2011 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Child behaviour checklist Cross-cultural assessment and measures Cross-cultural psychology Indigenization Düss fable Resilience Young children Hiv/aids in the south african context UCTD The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| title | The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| title_full | The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| title_fullStr | The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| title_full_unstemmed | The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| title_short | The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| title_sort | utility of a duss fable for cross cultural measurement of resilience in young children |
| topic | Child behaviour checklist Cross-cultural assessment and measures Cross-cultural psychology Indigenization Düss fable Resilience Young children Hiv/aids in the south african context UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23028 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082012-225801/ |