David Maree
Biographic Data
| ID | 1051034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Maree |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Maree |
| SIGNATURE | MAREE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9742-9468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring a General Construct underlying Quality of Life and Well-Being with Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
Numerous studies have examined the tripartite model of mental well-being, which comprises subjective, psychological, and social well-being. However, few studies have investigated the overlap of these constructs with quality of life despite considerable overlap at face value. Looking through a quality of life lens, Skevington and Böhnke (2018) identified a general life quality and well-being factor people use when evaluating their overall well-bei…
A systematic exploratory review investigating the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation
Working memory training (WM-T), as an intervention strategy to improve emotion regulation (ER), has become popular in cognitive psychology. However, it poses many different challenges for researchers, and far-transfer effects on subsequent ER have been debated. This systematic exploratory review investigates how the WM-ER dyad is implicated in WM-T as an intervention strategy for improving ER. Systematic review protocols were followed for the sel…
Roll Up Your Sleeves
The South African educational system has challenges regarding learner outcomes of previously disadvantaged schools. New thinking is mandatory, and school leadership needs to play an significant role to improve the status quo. The servant leadership paradigm may be a substantial factor to counter the challenges. A quantitative approach measured the covariation between the servant leadership paradigm and its influence on the organizational climate …
Student factors affecting academic success among undergraduate students at two South African higher education institutions
This study explored student factors affecting academic success among undergraduate students at a historically Black and a historically White South African public higher education institution. Qualitative methodology was used. Data were collected through five focus group discussions from 31 undergraduate students. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The following student factors affected participants’ academic success: academic self-ef…
The prevalence of hope, subjective well-being, and psychopathology among trauma survivors at community-based clinics in Gauteng
This study examined the prevalence of hope and subjective well-being as well as symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors at community-based clinics in Gauteng. We further explored traumatic events and help-seeking behaviour in this context. Using a cross-sectional survey design, we collected demographic information and administered questionnaires measuring hope, well-being, depression, and post-traumatic st…
A Coat of Many Colours
Many African higher education entrants have an African language as a first language, whereas English and Afrikaans are default media of instruction in South African higher education institutions (HEIs). This precludes equivalent chances of academic success for students. Linguistic diversity in HEIs might also influence students’ experiences in these institutions. This paper explores the perspectives of undergraduate students at a historically Bla…
Servant School Leadership and Organisational Climate in South African Private Schools
The leadership of companies influences the organisational climate of companies by creating a cycle of continuous improvement or failing to do so. The same applies to educational leadership in their search for favourable teaching and learning conditions for all learners, especially those of underperforming schools whose academic results are not up to standard. Critical dialogue and new thinking regarding school leadership are mandatory to improve …
Exploring the factors of the English Comprehension Test
The empirically designed English Comprehension Test was initially developed as a means of assessing individual’s English comprehension skills. The test development of the English Comprehension Test led to the piloting of two test versions of the English Comprehension Test, namely, version 1.2 and version 1.3. The purpose of this study was to statistically explore the factors emerging from the two test versions of the English Comprehension Test. T…
The Psychological Society of South Africa, its 25 years of achievements and the challenges ahead
Multiple Imputation for Dichotomous MNAR Items Using Recursive Structural Equation Modeling With Rasch Measures as Predictors
Missing Not at Random (MNAR) data present challenges for the social sciences, especially when combined with Missing Completely at Random (MCAR) data for dichotomous test items. Missing data on a Grade 8 Science test for one school out of seven could not be excluded as the MNAR data were required for tracking learning progression onto the next grade. Multiple imputation (MI) was identified as a solution, and the missingness patterns were modeled w…
Gender outlaws or a slow bending of norms? South African bisexual women's treatment of gender binaries
A monosexual configuration of sexuality assumes that sexual desire is directed at either men or women. Bisexuality resists a choice between oppositional categories and is often theorised as having a transgressive potential to destabilise binary logic, not only in relation to sexuality but also to gender. There is, however, a lack of empirical work exploring how this potential might be realised in the accounts of bisexual individuals. Drawing on i…
Evaluating anchor items and reframing assessment results through a practical application of the Rasch Measurement Model
The monitoring of learning over time is critical for determining progression within and across cohorts of learners. This research investigated the use of the Rasch Measurement Model to determine the functioning of anchor items as well as an application of the model to convert the results to the same metric. A group of 321 Grade 8 learners and the same in the following school year wrote English Additional Language Comprehension Tests aimed at moni…
Psychological skills and mindfulness training effects on the psychological wellbeing of undergraduate music students
This study explored the efficacy of psychological skills and mindfulness training intervention \non the psychological well-being of undergraduate music students. Participants were \nundergraduate music students (n = 36) from the Department of Music at a South African \nuniversity, 21 of whom were elected to take the psychological skills and mindfulness training \nintervention. Data on their self-reported psychological well-being, psychological sk…
A realist approach to science and practice in psychology
The possibility of uniting science and practice in psychology is considered. The main aim is to explore the ability of a realist approach to address the various dichotomies prevalent in psychology. The multileveled demands of the society, government, and tertiary training are briefly discussed. The multitude of mental health needs in South African society is addressed by government with a number of policies and legislative processes. In addition,…
Negotiating heteronormativity
Although heteronormativity remains firmly in place in many contexts, challenges to a construction of heterosexuality as natural and superior increasingly emerge. However, despite increasing visibility of such challenges, bisexuality remains largely absent from such debates. Bisexual women occupy a potentially interesting position in discourses around heteronormativity and this paper explores how heteronormativity functions in the accounts of 13 S…
Measuring Readiness and Success at a Higher Education Institution
This study investigated readiness as a correlate of academic success among beginning university students. A total of 829 first-time entering students from a large business sciences faculty were participants (males = 319, females = 510, mean age = 19, SD = 0.50 years). They completed the Academic Readiness Questionnaire (Lemmens, 2010) during the first-year orientation week. Data on academic success, consisting of subject marks and credits were co…
Revisiting Core Issues in Dynamic Assessment
Dynamic assessment is currently poised at a juncture where theoretical and practical assessment resolutions are necessitated. Such issues concern theoretical approaches towards psycho-educational assessment. In order to partially explore these basic assessment approaches, a questionnaire was delivered via electronic mail to 100 international, currently active, dynamic assessment researchers and practitioners. The findings from the responses forme…
The Relationship Between Hope And Goal Achievement
The aim of this study was to explore the psychological resource structure of students as assessed by the Hope Orientation Measure or HOME instrument. The aim was also to find what the relationship between this resource structure and goal achievement is. The HOME has five separate dimensions, namely, (a) Goal Achievement Resources, (b) Ineffectually, (c) Future Vision, (d) Despondency and (e) Agency. Along with two other tests focusing on goals an…
Constructing a South African Hope Measure
An instrument to assess levels of hope was developed. From a qualitative analysis of what students regarded as hope, items were constructed and a questionnaire was applied to 474 undergraduate social sciences students. The results were calibrated across gender and ethnic groups using item response theory, specifically Rasch analysis. Five unidimensional constructs were identified (goal achievement resources, ineffectuality, future vision, despond…
Teaching Research Methodology
This article examines the ways in which academics who teach undergraduate research methodology courses conceptualise research and scholarship and the role these aspects play in the way they construct their courses. In-depth interviews were conducted with nine academics who have been intimately involved in constructing social science research courses at South African universities. Carspecken's (1996) critical hermeneutic method was adapted and app…
A Review of South African Research in the Field of Dynamic Assessment
Dynamic assessment, and in particular the learning potential approach, are receiving increasing attention from educators and research practitioners worldwide. This article reports on the status of dynamic assessment in South Africa, with particular reference to its use in higher education. A review of local studies and an informal survey of 36 institutions revealed that it is widely recognised that fair selection of students from a variety of dif…
Change Detection in a Change Blindness Flicker Paradigm
This study explored trends in change detection within the change blindness (CB) flicker paradigm. A sample comprising 92 university students was tested for speed in change detection. A number of alternating photographic scenes with and without changes in objects were shown in a computer laboratory. There were significant differences between males and females for central and marginal interest changes on different change types, which included chang…
Negotiating heteronormativity
Although heteronormativity remains firmly in place in many contexts, challenges to a construction of heterosexuality as natural and superior increasingly emerge. However, despite increasing visibility of such challenges, bisexuality remains largely absent from such debates. Bisexual women occupy a potentially interesting position in discourses around heteronormativity and this paper explores how heteronormativity functions in the accounts of 13 S…
The prevalence of hope, subjective well-being, and psychopathology among trauma survivors at community-based clinics in Gauteng
This study examined the prevalence of hope and subjective well-being as well as symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors at community-based clinics in Gauteng. We further explored traumatic events and help-seeking behaviour in this context. Using a cross-sectional survey design, we collected demographic information and administered questionnaires measuring hope, well-being, depression, and post-traumatic st…
Revisiting Core Issues in Dynamic Assessment
Dynamic assessment is currently poised at a juncture where theoretical and practical assessment resolutions are necessitated. Such issues concern theoretical approaches towards psycho-educational assessment. In order to partially explore these basic assessment approaches, a questionnaire was delivered via electronic mail to 100 international, currently active, dynamic assessment researchers and practitioners. The findings from the responses forme…
Change Detection in a Change Blindness Flicker Paradigm
This study explored trends in change detection within the change blindness (CB) flicker paradigm. A sample comprising 92 university students was tested for speed in change detection. A number of alternating photographic scenes with and without changes in objects were shown in a computer laboratory. There were significant differences between males and females for central and marginal interest changes on different change types, which included chang…
A Review of South African Research in the Field of Dynamic Assessment
Dynamic assessment, and in particular the learning potential approach, are receiving increasing attention from educators and research practitioners worldwide. This article reports on the status of dynamic assessment in South Africa, with particular reference to its use in higher education. A review of local studies and an informal survey of 36 institutions revealed that it is widely recognised that fair selection of students from a variety of dif…
Teaching Research Methodology
This article examines the ways in which academics who teach undergraduate research methodology courses conceptualise research and scholarship and the role these aspects play in the way they construct their courses. In-depth interviews were conducted with nine academics who have been intimately involved in constructing social science research courses at South African universities. Carspecken's (1996) critical hermeneutic method was adapted and app…
The Relationship Between Hope And Goal Achievement
The aim of this study was to explore the psychological resource structure of students as assessed by the Hope Orientation Measure or HOME instrument. The aim was also to find what the relationship between this resource structure and goal achievement is. The HOME has five separate dimensions, namely, (a) Goal Achievement Resources, (b) Ineffectually, (c) Future Vision, (d) Despondency and (e) Agency. Along with two other tests focusing on goals an…
Constructing a South African Hope Measure
An instrument to assess levels of hope was developed. From a qualitative analysis of what students regarded as hope, items were constructed and a questionnaire was applied to 474 undergraduate social sciences students. The results were calibrated across gender and ethnic groups using item response theory, specifically Rasch analysis. Five unidimensional constructs were identified (goal achievement resources, ineffectuality, future vision, despond…
Revisiting Core Issues in Dynamic Assessment
Dynamic assessment is currently poised at a juncture where theoretical and practical assessment resolutions are necessitated. Such issues concern theoretical approaches towards psycho-educational assessment. In order to partially explore these basic assessment approaches, a questionnaire was delivered via electronic mail to 100 international, currently active, dynamic assessment researchers and practitioners. The findings from the responses forme…
Measuring Readiness and Success at a Higher Education Institution
This study investigated readiness as a correlate of academic success among beginning university students. A total of 829 first-time entering students from a large business sciences faculty were participants (males = 319, females = 510, mean age = 19, SD = 0.50 years). They completed the Academic Readiness Questionnaire (Lemmens, 2010) during the first-year orientation week. Data on academic success, consisting of subject marks and credits were co…
Negotiating heteronormativity
Although heteronormativity remains firmly in place in many contexts, challenges to a construction of heterosexuality as natural and superior increasingly emerge. However, despite increasing visibility of such challenges, bisexuality remains largely absent from such debates. Bisexual women occupy a potentially interesting position in discourses around heteronormativity and this paper explores how heteronormativity functions in the accounts of 13 S…
A realist approach to science and practice in psychology
The possibility of uniting science and practice in psychology is considered. The main aim is to explore the ability of a realist approach to address the various dichotomies prevalent in psychology. The multileveled demands of the society, government, and tertiary training are briefly discussed. The multitude of mental health needs in South African society is addressed by government with a number of policies and legislative processes. In addition,…
Psychological skills and mindfulness training effects on the psychological wellbeing of undergraduate music students
This study explored the efficacy of psychological skills and mindfulness training intervention \non the psychological well-being of undergraduate music students. Participants were \nundergraduate music students (n = 36) from the Department of Music at a South African \nuniversity, 21 of whom were elected to take the psychological skills and mindfulness training \nintervention. Data on their self-reported psychological well-being, psychological sk…
Evaluating anchor items and reframing assessment results through a practical application of the Rasch Measurement Model
The monitoring of learning over time is critical for determining progression within and across cohorts of learners. This research investigated the use of the Rasch Measurement Model to determine the functioning of anchor items as well as an application of the model to convert the results to the same metric. A group of 321 Grade 8 learners and the same in the following school year wrote English Additional Language Comprehension Tests aimed at moni…
Multiple Imputation for Dichotomous MNAR Items Using Recursive Structural Equation Modeling With Rasch Measures as Predictors
Missing Not at Random (MNAR) data present challenges for the social sciences, especially when combined with Missing Completely at Random (MCAR) data for dichotomous test items. Missing data on a Grade 8 Science test for one school out of seven could not be excluded as the MNAR data were required for tracking learning progression onto the next grade. Multiple imputation (MI) was identified as a solution, and the missingness patterns were modeled w…
Gender outlaws or a slow bending of norms? South African bisexual women's treatment of gender binaries
A monosexual configuration of sexuality assumes that sexual desire is directed at either men or women. Bisexuality resists a choice between oppositional categories and is often theorised as having a transgressive potential to destabilise binary logic, not only in relation to sexuality but also to gender. There is, however, a lack of empirical work exploring how this potential might be realised in the accounts of bisexual individuals. Drawing on i…
Exploring the factors of the English Comprehension Test
The empirically designed English Comprehension Test was initially developed as a means of assessing individual’s English comprehension skills. The test development of the English Comprehension Test led to the piloting of two test versions of the English Comprehension Test, namely, version 1.2 and version 1.3. The purpose of this study was to statistically explore the factors emerging from the two test versions of the English Comprehension Test. T…
The Psychological Society of South Africa, its 25 years of achievements and the challenges ahead
A Coat of Many Colours
Many African higher education entrants have an African language as a first language, whereas English and Afrikaans are default media of instruction in South African higher education institutions (HEIs). This precludes equivalent chances of academic success for students. Linguistic diversity in HEIs might also influence students’ experiences in these institutions. This paper explores the perspectives of undergraduate students at a historically Bla…
Servant School Leadership and Organisational Climate in South African Private Schools
The leadership of companies influences the organisational climate of companies by creating a cycle of continuous improvement or failing to do so. The same applies to educational leadership in their search for favourable teaching and learning conditions for all learners, especially those of underperforming schools whose academic results are not up to standard. Critical dialogue and new thinking regarding school leadership are mandatory to improve …
Roll Up Your Sleeves
The South African educational system has challenges regarding learner outcomes of previously disadvantaged schools. New thinking is mandatory, and school leadership needs to play an significant role to improve the status quo. The servant leadership paradigm may be a substantial factor to counter the challenges. A quantitative approach measured the covariation between the servant leadership paradigm and its influence on the organizational climate …
Student factors affecting academic success among undergraduate students at two South African higher education institutions
This study explored student factors affecting academic success among undergraduate students at a historically Black and a historically White South African public higher education institution. Qualitative methodology was used. Data were collected through five focus group discussions from 31 undergraduate students. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The following student factors affected participants’ academic success: academic self-ef…
The prevalence of hope, subjective well-being, and psychopathology among trauma survivors at community-based clinics in Gauteng
This study examined the prevalence of hope and subjective well-being as well as symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors at community-based clinics in Gauteng. We further explored traumatic events and help-seeking behaviour in this context. Using a cross-sectional survey design, we collected demographic information and administered questionnaires measuring hope, well-being, depression, and post-traumatic st…
A systematic exploratory review investigating the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation
Working memory training (WM-T), as an intervention strategy to improve emotion regulation (ER), has become popular in cognitive psychology. However, it poses many different challenges for researchers, and far-transfer effects on subsequent ER have been debated. This systematic exploratory review investigates how the WM-ER dyad is implicated in WM-T as an intervention strategy for improving ER. Systematic review protocols were followed for the sel…
Exploring a General Construct underlying Quality of Life and Well-Being with Bifactor Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
Numerous studies have examined the tripartite model of mental well-being, which comprises subjective, psychological, and social well-being. However, few studies have investigated the overlap of these constructs with quality of life despite considerable overlap at face value. Looking through a quality of life lens, Skevington and Böhnke (2018) identified a general life quality and well-being factor people use when evaluating their overall well-bei…
Psychology (20 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (8 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)