Assessing sources of resilience in orphans and vulnerable children in Amajuba District schools

IF 1.9 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

South African Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI:10.1177/00812463211062771

K. Lawrence, L. Makhonza, Thanduxolo. T. Mngomezulu

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Abstract

The main aim of the study was to assess the sources of resilience in orphans and vulnerable children in district schools in the local communities of Amajuba. The study has drawn insight from the social ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner. Being a mixed-method research approach, its design is grounded within the post-positivism paradigm. A self-administered questionnaire and individual interviews were used to collect data from 303 orphans and vulnerable children purposively sampled from schools within the Amajuba district KwaZulu-Natal for the quantitative phase, while eight orphans and vulnerable children were interviewed for the qualitative phase. Frequency distributions and a thematic analysis were employed to analyse the data. The findings establish that apart from HIV/Aids related deaths of parents, poverty, disabilities, abandonment or neglect, and COVID-19 are found to be other causes of vulnerability among the participants. Conversely, future expectations, religion or spirituality, and an extraverted personality type were found to be the sources of resilience in the participants. The inclusion of resilience in the education/school curriculum across all levels as well as resilience booster interventions are recommended for African children.

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评估阿马朱巴区学校孤儿和弱势儿童的复原力来源

这项研究的主要目的是评估Amajuba当地社区地区学校的孤儿和弱势儿童的复原力来源。本研究借鉴了布朗芬布伦纳的社会生态学理论。作为一种混合方法的研究方法，其设计基于后实证主义范式。在定量阶段，采用自我问卷和个人访谈的方式，从夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省Amajuba地区的学校中有目的地抽样了303名孤儿和弱势儿童，并对8名孤儿和弱势儿童进行了定性阶段的访谈。使用频率分布和专题分析来分析数据。调查结果表明，除了与艾滋病毒/艾滋病相关的父母死亡外，贫困、残疾、遗弃或忽视以及COVID-19被发现是导致参与者脆弱的其他原因。相反，研究发现，对未来的期望、宗教或精神信仰以及外向的性格类型是参与者恢复力的来源。建议将复原力纳入各级教育/学校课程，并为非洲儿童提供复原力增强干预措施。

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South African Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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3.40

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Psychology publishes contributions in English from all fields of psychology. While the emphasis is on empirical research, the Journal also accepts theoretical and methodological papers, review articles, short communications, reviews and letters containing fair commentary. Priority is given to articles which are relevant to Africa and which address psychological issues of social change and development.