v ABSTRACT Nurses working in acute inpatient psychiatry experience high rates of violence perpetrated by patients. Their perspectives, attitudes and feelings towards the phenomena are essential to understand the phenomena of patient violence the purpose of this study was to explore and describe in detail the experiences of patient violence directed towards staff in acute inpatient psychiatric unit at Gweru Provincial Hospital. This study particularly explore the registered mental nurses` atti...
ABSTRACT This study sought to explore the experiences of siblings with a brother or sister with autistic challenges, for the presence of such a challenge in one child can affect the sibling experiences perhaps bringing them close together or pushing them further apart. The researcher observed that little is known when it comes to the sibling’s experiences when one has autism though it is of heightened importance, so this dissertation sought to bridge this gap. This is a qualitative study us...
ABSTRACT Hypertension now largely affects low and middle income countries with a higher prevalence of 46% in African adults of 25 years and above. In Zimbabwe the prevalence of hypertension ranges from 30% and 40% regardless of the cut off and this has been consistent and high in the urban areas than rural areas mostly due to urbanization. The increase in the prevalence rates reported is mostly thought to be attributable to certain unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors such as smoking, excessive...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to examine the psychological and social predictors of burnout among nurses employed at the public hospital in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The primary aim was to determine the relationship between occupational and demographic stress factors and burnout levels among nurses. Burnout is defined with the human service as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment that occurs among individuals who work with people in some...
ABSTRACT The HIV and AIDS virus has continued to portend the livelihood of many young adults undermining their right to psychological wellbeing. Therefore the study was aimed at exploring the views and experience of infected youth aged between 18 to 24 years in Senga, Gweru. Thus revealing the problems which the young adults met in forming and maintaining intimate relationships in the context of the HIV adversity and how it impacted on psychological resilience. This qualitative research was g...
ABSTRACT Studies conducted in recent times have indicated that women’s advancement into top echelon positions in organizations has been hindered by the glass ceiling barrier. The present study sought to identify the authenticity of this finding among managerial women in the Ghanaian context and how these barriers can be overcome. Using the Miles and Huberman’s approach, the in-depth interview responses of twelve women managers from four organizations in middle and senior levels were cont...
ABSTRACT Road traffic accidents in Nigeria have been on the increase in recent years despite the various programme designed to reduce the carnage on Nigerian roads. Various factors have been implicated in accident aetiology and these include personal predilection to risky driving behaviour, accident proneness and alcohol use. Personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism have been implicated in accident proneness based on several studies carried out in developing countries. Therefore, th...
INTRODUCTION This dissertation is about the well-being of Namibian secondary school educators as well as the employee and organizational outcomes thereof. Chapter 1 focuses on the background and motivation for the study, the problem statement, justification for the study, as well as research objectives and methodology used in this study.
ABSTRACT This study explored social constructions of gratitude among orthopaedic patients in Southern Ghana and investigated how gratitude relates to post-traumatic experience in this sample. The sequential mixed method was used in this study. Study 1 was a qualitative study where sixteen (N=16) participants took part in an in-depth individual interview on their constructions of gratitude in relation to their experience. Thematic analysis revealed that gratitude emanated from the feeling of ...
Abstract The major objectives of the study were to determine if Occupational stress existed amongst Ghanaian workers, and if there was a relationship between Occupational Stress and Health. It was also the objective of the study to collect normative data for the Ghanaian Population. Four hundred and sixteen Government employees in both managerial and non managerial positions were selected from key Government Organizations, including the security Services. These employees completed two invento...
ABSTRACT This study attempts to find out the factors that affect the job satisfaction of teachers of some selected senior high schools in Accra, Ghana. A cross-sectional design was used to collect data. Simple random sampling was used to select the population, and stratified sampling was used to select the respondents from each of the schools according to the various departments. A total of 155 questionnaires were administered to teachers of three selected senior high schools but 120 questi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the relationship between the Self-Esteem, Needs Satisfaction and the Psychological Well-Being of prisoners. The study employed the correlation survey design method to solicit information from respondents who are prisoners in the James Camp Prison in Accra. The random sampling technique was used to select 155 male prisoners from an estimated population of 347 as at the time of data collection. Data collected was analysed using descriptive sta...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the psychosocial factors contributing to anxiety among the police in Ghana Police Service. The purpose was to determine, identify and describe psychological and social factors responsible for anxiety among the police. One hundred and seventy police officers were conveniently selected from four police stations, namely, Nima, Legon, Airport and Kotobabi police stations respectively to participate in the study. A questionnaire was administered to gather relevant ...
ABSTRACT The obligation towards handling of offenders with mental impairment has been a long battle among stakeholders. With the overrepresentation of Mentally Disordered Offenders (MDOs) in the Criminal Justice System (CJS), many of the affected individuals go unnoticed, undiagnosed, untreated and have poorer health outcomes. In spite of the various researches conducted about MDOs, little is known about them in Ghana. For example, little is known about the attitude of police officers towards...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating how organizational culture directly and indirectly (via worker autonomy) affects employees’ innovative behavior. Data for this study was collected from 165 employees, working in the service sector (banks, insurance companies and media) in Ghana. All participants were made to respond to questionnaires on organizational culture, worker autonomy and employee innovative behavior. Four hypotheses were tested using correlation and regression analysis. T...