Karina Mostert
Biographic Data
| ID | 6030744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karina Mostert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mostert |
| SIGNATURE | MOSTERT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5673-5784 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Strengths use and deficit improvement of first-year university students
This study aimed to examine first-year students’ proactive behaviour towards strengths use (PBSU) and deficit improvement (PBDI), their relationship with students’ social support and essential student outcomes (student burnout, student engagement, life satisfaction, satisfaction with studies, study–course fit and intention to drop out). A sample of first-year students (N = 776; 19–20 years = 67%; female = 62%; black = 58%) from a large South Afri…
Testing a structural model for study demands and resources, study engagement and well-being of first-year university students
This study investigated the relationships between study demands, study resources, engagement, and subjective well-being (including social-, emotional- and psychological well-being) for first-year university students. The students (n = 773; females = 65.7%; black = 60.7%; mean age = 20.24, SD = 2.71) completed the following measures: the Student-Stress Questionnaire (SSQ), an adapted version of the Questionnaire on the Experience and Assessment of…
The moderating effect of social support on the relationship between burnout, intention to drop out, and satisfaction with studies of first-year university students
This study investigated the relationships between student burnout, intention to drop out, and satisfaction with studies, considering their self-reported social support from parents and significant others. First-year black African students from a peri-urban South African university campus (n = 452; females = 58.63%; mean age = 20.08 years, SD = 2.70 years) completed burnout, intention to drop out, satisfaction with studies, and social support meas…
Exploring indicators of subjective well-being for first-year university students
This study aimed to explore indicators of subjective well-being among first-year university students attending a South African university (N = 11; female = 6, black = 6, age range = 19 to 22). Participants shared their experiences of university life by participating in group sessions using the Mmogo method® and semi-structured interviews. Following thematic analysis, findings showed subjective well-being in the student population to be indicated …
Strengths use and deficit improvement
This study sought to test a model of students’ proactive behaviour to use their strengths and improve their deficits and how this relates with their self-reported perceptions of their fit with a study course and engagement. Participants were 692 first-year students from a higher education institution in South Africa (females=60.3%; blacks=71.3%; mean age=19.71; SD=1.93). They completed measures of strengths use, deficit improvement, perceptions o…
The psychometric properties of the Recovery Experiences Questionnaire of employees in a higher education institution
The objective of this study was to investigate the factorial validity and reliability of scores from the Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ) in a higher education institution. As part of the measure validation, the relationships of the four recovery dimensions (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery and control) to other variables in the nomological network (work-home interference, home-work interference and ill health) were investigat…
Organisational and individual strengths use as predictors of engagement and productivity
This study sought to determine whether Perceived Organisational Support for Strengths Use (POSSU) and Proactive Behaviour towards Strengths Use (PBSU) predict engagement and productivity in a sample of South African call centre operators. Participants were 218 call centre operators within the financial services sector (females=51%, males = 49%), representative of the South African population, and predominantly holding secondary educational qualif…
Predictors of student burnout and engagement among university students
This study investigated influences of core self-evaluation traits, career decision-making difficulties and social support on student burnout and engagement. A cross-sectional design was used with a non-probability quota sample. In the multiple regression analyses, self-efficacy, inconsistent information due to internal conflict and (lack of) parental support were significant predictors of exhaustion, cynicism, vigour and dedication. Self-esteem w…
Examining significant predictors of students’ intention to drop out
The objective of this study was to determine if core self-evaluation traits, burnout, disengagement, social support and career decision making difficulties are significant predictors of university students' intention to drop out. A cross-sectional design and non-probability sample (N=782) was used. The participants were grouped as students with no intention to drop out (n=501) and students with the intention to drop out (n=280). These two groups …
Burnout and Work Engagement for Different Age Groups
This study examined age-related differences of burnout and engagement levels among employees in the South African financial sector, including influences of perceived job characteristics and personal sense of coherence. Data on burnout and work engagement, job characteristics and sense of coherence were collected from a convenience sample of 582 of junior managers (females = 55.50%, majority language was English, 54.1%). The results from this stud…
Burnout and work engagement
This study among 528 South African employees working in the construction industry examined the dimensionality of burnout and work engagement, using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. On the basis of the literature, we predicted that cynicism and dedication are opposite ends of one underlying attitude dimension (called "identification"), and that exhaustion and vigo…
The Psychometric Properties of a Translated Version of the Survey Work-Home Interaction — Nijmegen (SWING) Instrument
In this study we examined (1) the construct validity, construct equivalence, and reliability of two translations of the Survey Work-Home Interaction — Nijmegen (SWING); (2) the prevalence of work-home interaction; and (3) validity evidence based on relations with theoretically relevant external variables (i.e. job characteristics and indicators of well-being). The SWING questionnaire and a biographical questionnaire were translated into Afrikaans…
Work-related well-being in the South African Police Service
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Work-related well-being in the South African Police Service
The Psychometric Properties of a Translated Version of the Survey Work-Home Interaction — Nijmegen (SWING) Instrument
In this study we examined (1) the construct validity, construct equivalence, and reliability of two translations of the Survey Work-Home Interaction — Nijmegen (SWING); (2) the prevalence of work-home interaction; and (3) validity evidence based on relations with theoretically relevant external variables (i.e. job characteristics and indicators of well-being). The SWING questionnaire and a biographical questionnaire were translated into Afrikaans…
Burnout and work engagement
This study among 528 South African employees working in the construction industry examined the dimensionality of burnout and work engagement, using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. On the basis of the literature, we predicted that cynicism and dedication are opposite ends of one underlying attitude dimension (called "identification"), and that exhaustion and vigo…
Burnout and Work Engagement for Different Age Groups
This study examined age-related differences of burnout and engagement levels among employees in the South African financial sector, including influences of perceived job characteristics and personal sense of coherence. Data on burnout and work engagement, job characteristics and sense of coherence were collected from a convenience sample of 582 of junior managers (females = 55.50%, majority language was English, 54.1%). The results from this stud…
Organisational and individual strengths use as predictors of engagement and productivity
This study sought to determine whether Perceived Organisational Support for Strengths Use (POSSU) and Proactive Behaviour towards Strengths Use (PBSU) predict engagement and productivity in a sample of South African call centre operators. Participants were 218 call centre operators within the financial services sector (females=51%, males = 49%), representative of the South African population, and predominantly holding secondary educational qualif…
Predictors of student burnout and engagement among university students
This study investigated influences of core self-evaluation traits, career decision-making difficulties and social support on student burnout and engagement. A cross-sectional design was used with a non-probability quota sample. In the multiple regression analyses, self-efficacy, inconsistent information due to internal conflict and (lack of) parental support were significant predictors of exhaustion, cynicism, vigour and dedication. Self-esteem w…
Examining significant predictors of students’ intention to drop out
The objective of this study was to determine if core self-evaluation traits, burnout, disengagement, social support and career decision making difficulties are significant predictors of university students' intention to drop out. A cross-sectional design and non-probability sample (N=782) was used. The participants were grouped as students with no intention to drop out (n=501) and students with the intention to drop out (n=280). These two groups …
The psychometric properties of the Recovery Experiences Questionnaire of employees in a higher education institution
The objective of this study was to investigate the factorial validity and reliability of scores from the Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ) in a higher education institution. As part of the measure validation, the relationships of the four recovery dimensions (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery and control) to other variables in the nomological network (work-home interference, home-work interference and ill health) were investigat…
Strengths use and deficit improvement
This study sought to test a model of students’ proactive behaviour to use their strengths and improve their deficits and how this relates with their self-reported perceptions of their fit with a study course and engagement. Participants were 692 first-year students from a higher education institution in South Africa (females=60.3%; blacks=71.3%; mean age=19.71; SD=1.93). They completed measures of strengths use, deficit improvement, perceptions o…
Exploring indicators of subjective well-being for first-year university students
This study aimed to explore indicators of subjective well-being among first-year university students attending a South African university (N = 11; female = 6, black = 6, age range = 19 to 22). Participants shared their experiences of university life by participating in group sessions using the Mmogo method® and semi-structured interviews. Following thematic analysis, findings showed subjective well-being in the student population to be indicated …
Testing a structural model for study demands and resources, study engagement and well-being of first-year university students
This study investigated the relationships between study demands, study resources, engagement, and subjective well-being (including social-, emotional- and psychological well-being) for first-year university students. The students (n = 773; females = 65.7%; black = 60.7%; mean age = 20.24, SD = 2.71) completed the following measures: the Student-Stress Questionnaire (SSQ), an adapted version of the Questionnaire on the Experience and Assessment of…
The moderating effect of social support on the relationship between burnout, intention to drop out, and satisfaction with studies of first-year university students
This study investigated the relationships between student burnout, intention to drop out, and satisfaction with studies, considering their self-reported social support from parents and significant others. First-year black African students from a peri-urban South African university campus (n = 452; females = 58.63%; mean age = 20.08 years, SD = 2.70 years) completed burnout, intention to drop out, satisfaction with studies, and social support meas…
Strengths use and deficit improvement of first-year university students
This study aimed to examine first-year students’ proactive behaviour towards strengths use (PBSU) and deficit improvement (PBDI), their relationship with students’ social support and essential student outcomes (student burnout, student engagement, life satisfaction, satisfaction with studies, study–course fit and intention to drop out). A sample of first-year students (N = 776; 19–20 years = 67%; female = 62%; black = 58%) from a large South Afri…
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Cynicism (7 works) · Structural equation modeling (7 works) · Burnout (6 works) · Applied Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)