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Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26768 Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment Moletsane, Mokgadi Kekae nerinepsych@gmail.com Odendaal, Nerine Daphne Psychological assessment Projection medium Play media Positive psychology Indigenous knowledge Indigenous psychology Asset-based approach Masekitlana-stone play UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The purpose of my study was to investigate an indigenous form of stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment. My theoretical framework was grounded in indigenous psychology. My literature study consulted theory relating to indigenous psychology, indigenous knowledge, play, assessment, asset-based approach and positive psychology. I followed a qualitative research approach, guided by an interpretivist epistemology. I employed an intrinsic case study design and purposefully selected the participant. My data collection methods consisted of interviews with the participant’s mother and observations of the participant during the Masekitlana sessions. I relied on audio-visual methods and a self-reflective journal as methods of data documentation. Six main themes emerged as the result of thematic analysis and interpretation that I have completed. Firstly, I found that during the Masekitlana sessions, the participant mentioned a desire or a huge need for food. Secondly, the participant also experienced conflict in the neighbourhood as a result of living conditions and poverty. This included experiences of peer conflict as well as indirect conflict among adults in the community. Thirdly, environmental factors in the informal settlement came to the foreground, like infrastructure, water supply and housing. In the fourth instance the participant expressed her daily routine of bathing, going to school, doing school work and going home. Fifthly, the participant projected her belief system by mentioning indigenous concepts, such as ‘Naka’ which refers to a sangoma (traditional healer). Lastly positive qualities within the participant are identified as a theme. Masekitlana poses to be a valid projection medium to conduct a psychological assessment with the participant because it provides an authentic psychological image. The standardization of Masekitlana as an assessment medium is suggested. Further research to develop psychological assessment media for children from African origin and culture is needed in South Africa. Copyright Educational Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T07:53:31Z 2010-07-28 2013-09-07T07:53:31Z 2010-04-29 2010-07-28 2010-07-28 Dissertation Odendaal, ND 2010, Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26768 > E10/289/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26768 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07282010-153018/ © 2010, 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 | Psychological assessment Projection medium Play media Positive psychology Indigenous knowledge Indigenous psychology Asset-based approach Masekitlana-stone play UCTD Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| title | Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| title_full | Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| title_fullStr | Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| title_short | Investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| title_sort | investigating indigenous stone play as a projection medium in child psychological assessment |
| topic | Psychological assessment Projection medium Play media Positive psychology Indigenous knowledge Indigenous psychology Asset-based approach Masekitlana-stone play UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26768 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07282010-153018/ |