Well-Being Research in South Africa

By Marie P. Wissing

Book Overview

Contributors.- Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction; Mari? P. Wissing.- Chapter 2. Toward Fortigenesis and Fortology: An Informed Essay; Deodandus J. W. Strumpfer.- Chapter 3. Positive Psychology and Education; Irma Eloff.- Chapter 4. Life Design: An Approach to Managing Diversity in South Africa; Jacobus G. Maree.- Chapter 5. Teacher Pathways to Resilience: Interpretations of Teacher Adjustment to HIV/AIDS-related Challenges; Linda Theron.- Chapter 6. Building generative theory from case work: The relationship-resourced resilience model; Liesel Ebersohn.- Chapter 7. From Happiness to Flourishing at Work: A Southern African Perspective; Sebastiaan Rothmann.- Chapter 8. Resilience and Thriving among Health Professionals; Henri?tte van den Berg.- Chapter 9. Measuring Happiness: Results of a Cross-National Study; Sebastiaan Rothmann.- Chapter 10. Further validation of the General Psychological Well-being Scale among a Setswana-speaking group; Itumeleng P. Khumalo, Q. Michael Temane and Mari? P. Wissing.- Chapter 11. Feeling Good, Functioning Well and Being True: Reflections on Selected Findings from the FORT Research Programme; Mari? P. Wissing and Michael Temane.- Chapter 12. Coping and Cultural Context: Implications for Psychological Health and Well-being; Marelize Willers, Johan C. Potgieter, Itumeleng P. Khumalo, Leon? Malan, Paul J. Mentz, and Suria Ellis.- Chapter 13. Aspects of Family Resilience in Various Groups of South African Families; Abraham P. Greeff.- Chapter 14. Psychological Well-being, Physical Health, and the Quality of Life of a Group of Farm Workers in South Africa: The FLAGH study; Sammy, M. Thekiso, Karel, F. H. Botha, Mari? P. Wissing and Annamarie Kruger.- Chapter 15. The Pivotal Role of Social Support in the Well-being of Adolescents; Henri?tte S. Van den Berg, Ancel A. George, Edwin D. Du Plessis, Anja Botha, Natasha Basson, Marisa De Villiers and Solomon Makola.-Chapter 16. Older Adults' Coping with Adversities in an African Context: A Spiritually Informed Relational Perspective; Vera Roos.- Chapter 17. Asset-based Coping as One Way of Dealing with Vulnerability; Ron?l Ferreira.- Chapter 18.Relational Coping Strategies of Older Adults with Drought in a Rural African Context; Vera Roos, Shingairai Chigeza and Dewald van Niekerk.- Chapter 19. The Stories of Resilience in a Group of Professional Nurses in South Africa; Magdalene P Koen, Chrizanne van Eeden, Mari? Wissing and Vicki Koen.- Chapter 20. Psychosocial Health: Disparities between Urban and Rural Communities; Mari? P. Wissing, Q. Michael Temane, Itumeleng P. Khumalo, Annamarie Kruger and Hester H.Vorster.- Chapter 21. Multi-cultural differences in hope and goal-achievement; David J. F. Maree and Marinda Maree.- Chapter 22. The Role of Gender and Race in Sense of Coherence and Hope Orientation Results; Sanet van der Westhuizen (n?e Coetzee), Mari? de Beer and Nomfusi Bekwa.- Chapter 23. Self-Regulation as Psychological Strength in South Africa: A Review; Karel Botha.- Chapter 24. Commitment as an identity-level regulatory process in academic and interpersonal contexts; Salom? Human-Vogel.- Chapter 25. Facilitating psychological well-being through hypnotherapeutic interventions; Tharina Guse and Gerda Fourie.- Chapter 26. Positive Psychology and Subclinical Eating Disorders; Doret Kirsten and Wynand F. Du Plessis.- Chapter 27. Evaluation of a Programme to Enhance Flourishing in Adolescents; Izanette Van Schalkwyk and Mari? P. Wissing.- Chapter 28. Conclusions and Challenges for Further Research; Mari? P. Wissing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400795483
• ISBN13: 9789400795488
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 639 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"