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The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale
Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27902 The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale Human, Lourens H. jroper@icas.co.za Roper, Jonathan Narratives Male scripts Femininity Masculinity Social constructionism Discourses Discourse analysis Way-of-seeing Way-of-being UCTD Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. The co-construction of helping services in the community of Ennerdale is a study that explores men’s reluctance to make use of helping and psychological services. Academic and informal literature informs us that men are often unwilling to seek medical or psychological assistance and that the male stereotypes view these services as utilised only by the weak and powerless. A great part of men’s unwillingness is furthermore related to historical male roles and the perception that the helping, and specifically the psychological services, are for the weak and insane. This research study was conducted in the Community of Ennerdale, a community south of Johannesburg. A focus group was conducted with adult male volunteers from the community and individual interviews were conducted with two psychologists, one medical doctor, and one church minister. The study was conducted from a social constructionist epistemology that falls within the qualitative research framework. The social constructionist epistemology views our (individuals) understanding and views of our world as a uniquely social process that is influenced by our gender, culture, language, and history. A discourse analysis was utilised to analyse the information obtained from both the focus group and individual interviews. The results from this research study indicate that a great part of men’s reluctance is related to the dominant male discourses and male scripts that construct men as superior and proud individuals who are not supposed to display weakness or inability. The helping and psychological services are constructed as services that assist the weak, insane and powerless, constructing an identity of weakness and insanity which men wait to avoid. The most common indicator for men’s reluctance is the historical constructs of the helping services and the historical constructs and discourses related to masculinity and appropriate male behaviour. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:34:15Z 2005-09-12 2013-09-07T12:34:15Z 2004-11-06 2006-09-12 2005-09-12 Dissertation Roper, J 2004, The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27902 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27902 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09122005-154250/ © 2004, 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 | Narratives Male scripts Femininity Masculinity Social constructionism Discourses Discourse analysis Way-of-seeing Way-of-being UCTD The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale |
| title | The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale |
| title_full | The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale |
| title_fullStr | The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale |
| title_full_unstemmed | The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale |
| title_short | The co-construction of helping services in Ennerdale |
| title_sort | co construction of helping services in ennerdale |
| topic | Narratives Male scripts Femininity Masculinity Social constructionism Discourses Discourse analysis Way-of-seeing Way-of-being UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27902 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09122005-154250/ |