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Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52941 Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth esn.mahlangu@gmail.com Mahlangu, Elsie Sibusisiwe UCTD Family resilience framework Family resilience Grandparent-headed household Grandparents Low socio-economic status Townships Education theses SDG-01 Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015. The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background living in a predominantly black township (Mamelodi). The study further aimed to assess how the participants’ experiences have shaped their perceptions of their society. Walsh’s family resilience framework (2003) served as a conceptual framework for the study. Two grandparent-headed households were selected from an ongoing study at a nongovernmental organisation and drop-in centre in Mamelodi. A qualitative methodology was suitable for this study, because it aims to understand how the participants derive meaning from the social and cultural contexts within which they live. The two focus group discussions were conducted in isiZulu, with a translator present during the grandmothers’ focus group discussion, because one of the grandmothers spoke Xitsonga. The sessions were audio-recorded and later transcribed. The transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis in order to deduce themes that emerged from the participants’ experiences. Based on the results, a better understanding of how families from low socio-economic backbackgrounds develop their resilience was established through the themes that emerged, which were as follows: belief system, flexibility of roles and connectedness, unsupportive environment, and self-empowerment. The results were related to existing literature and Walsh’s family resilience framework. es2026 Educational Psychology MEd SDG-01: No poverty SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2016-06-09T12:55:20Z 2016-06-09T12:55:20Z 2016-04-22 2015 Dissertation Mahlangu, ES 2015, Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52941> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52941 en application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Family resilience framework Family resilience Grandparent-headed household Grandparents Low socio-economic status Townships Education theses SDG-01 Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-10 Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background |
| title | Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background |
| title_full | Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background |
| title_fullStr | Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background |
| title_short | Resilience processes employed by families from a low socio-economic background |
| title_sort | resilience processes employed by families from a low socio economic background |
| topic | UCTD Family resilience framework Family resilience Grandparent-headed household Grandparents Low socio-economic status Townships Education theses SDG-01 Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52941 |