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Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/62896 Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention Human-Vogel, Salome linda.eatec@gmail.com Nienaber, Linda Resource-constrained communities Equine assisted interventions (EAI) Girl youth Resilience UCTD Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-05 Education theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Girl youth, especially those residing in resource-constrained communities such as Diepsloot, constitute a vulnerable population group because of the daily risks they face (Watts & Zimmerman, 2002). Researchers report that chronic exposure to risks can have a negative impact on girl youth’s ability to cope and adjust (Hawke, 2000). However, interventions focused on addressing risk draw on western paradigms of resilience, not accounting for cultural aspects of resilience. Therefore, understanding how girls in Diepsloot conceptualise risk and resilience is an important step in fostering resilience among girl youth. In the present study, I draw on an ecologically-oriented systemic approach to explore how girl youth from Diepsloot make meaning of risk and resilience during an equine assisted intervention called the Growing Great Girls program. Equine assisted interventions, in particular equine assisted interventions that follow an Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association model approach, has been found beneficial in promoting resilience among youth (Boyce, 2016). In the present study, equine assisted interventions played an important role in the process of gaining an understanding of risk and resilience from the perspectives of girl youth from Diepsloot. Using a qualitative exploratory case study design, I collected data from eight girl youth from Dieplsoot who attended the Growing Great Girls program over a period of eight weeks. From open-ended focus group interviews, photovoice, journal entries and observations as data sources, I used inductive thematic analysis to interrogate how girl youth make meaning of the risks they face to discover the source and nature of their resilience. Three themes emerged as the research results and included theme 1- individual psychosocial characteristics and family climate, theme 2- community related social issues and theme 3- broader societal issues. The findings of the present study contribute towards a broader understanding of risk and resilience that is ecologically relevant to the lives of girl youth from the Diepsloot community. es2026 Educational Psychology MEd Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2017-10-24T09:14:08Z 2017-10-24T09:14:08Z 2017-09-07 2017 Dissertation Nienaber, L 2017, Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62896> S2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62896 en © 2017 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 | Resource-constrained communities Equine assisted interventions (EAI) Girl youth Resilience UCTD Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-05 Education theses SDG-10 Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention |
| title | Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention |
| title_full | Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention |
| title_short | Perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine-assisted intervention |
| title_sort | perceptions of risk and resilience of girl youths during an equine assisted intervention |
| topic | Resource-constrained communities Equine assisted interventions (EAI) Girl youth Resilience UCTD Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-05 Education theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62896 |