Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging
Mini-dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613579397562368 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Scherman, Vanessa |
| author_browse | Scherman, Vanessa |
| author_facet | Scherman, Vanessa |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2015 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 | Mini-dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45899 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:38:23.596Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publishDateRange | 2015 |
| publishDateSort | 2015 |
| 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:2263/45899 The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging Scherman, Vanessa Wagner, Le-Vérne UCTD Adolescence Secondary data analysis Dr Math Text messaging Technology Fundamental psychological needs Mini-dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The advent of text messaging as a popular and cheaper form of communication has offered a new research perspective on adolescent development. Erikson’s identity formation theory, the core tenets of existentialism, and the developmental factors of adolescence provided a conceptual framework for the present investigation, which was guided by two research questions: What are the needs of adolescents seeking assistance through text-based messaging? How do the needs expressed align with the stage of development that adolescents are in? Since the data set had already been established from text messaging between learners and tutors in the Dr Math online tutoring programme, secondary data analysis was employed. A qualitative approach, rooted in an interpretivist paradigm, was used. In total 143, of the 5284, messages were included based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Thematic network analysis served to enable coding and grouping of the data into thematic networks for analysis. A bottom-to-top hierarchy of codes, basic themes, and organising themes led to the formulation of the global themes of romantic curiosity, emotional expression, academic and career concerns, personal counselling, and social interactions as central to arriving at a better understanding of adolescents’ psychosocial needs in an increasingly technological communication environment. Further research is recommended into ways in which training and development in technology can be used for aiding adolescents in South Africa, as well as into the role of technology in advancing practice and research for professionals. tm2015 Educational Psychology MEd Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:05:54Z 2015-07-02T11:05:54Z 2015/04/29 2014 Mini Dissertation Wagner, L 2014, The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging, MEd Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45899> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45899 en © 2015 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 | UCTD Adolescence Secondary data analysis Dr Math Text messaging Technology Fundamental psychological needs The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| title | The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| title_full | The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| title_fullStr | The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| title_full_unstemmed | The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| title_short | The counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| title_sort | counselling needs of adolescents expressed through text messaging |
| topic | UCTD Adolescence Secondary data analysis Dr Math Text messaging Technology Fundamental psychological needs |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45899 |