Fred J van Staden
Biographic Data
| ID | 6052961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fred J van Staden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fred J |
| FAMILY NAME | van Staden |
| SIGNATURE | VAN STADEN F J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Counseling People of African Ancestry
This volume advances a uniquely Afro-centric, sociocultural understanding of health maintenance and risk reduction in African cultural heritage populations. It unites a diverse group of leading African and Africanist scholars in an exploration of common cultural values in African heritage communities and their practical applications in contemporary counseling. The chapters highlight the prominent health issues faced in Africanist settings today a…
Rapoport's Foreword to the Sajp Issue on Human-Environment Relations
A Cross-Cultural Study of Children's Cognitive Maps
This cross-cultural study was designed to investigate children's development of spatial representation as measured by the sketch map technique (cognitive mapping). The sample ( N = 526) consisted of white, black, Asian and coloured South Africans of both sexes varying in age from 5 to 13 years. The maps were assessed according to a Piagetian constructivist framework and the quality of accompanying verbal descriptions was evaluated. The sketch map…
A Decade of Environmental Psychology in South Africa
A brief summary is provided of the development of environmental psychology in South Africa. Discussion focuses on contributions to human -environment theorizing, completed research, and university training in environmental psychology. In conclusion it is argued that the development of a socially responsive environmental psychology in South Africa is dependent upon the extent to which attention is paid to sociopolitical factors influencing human —…
Die verband tussen houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite en intrapsigiese faktore
In hierdie vraelysondersoek is daar van die veronderstelling uitgegaan dat blanke houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite verband hou met 'n aantal psigologies gefundeerde faktore. Die steekproef het uit 1 062 tweede- en derdejaar sielkundestudente aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika gedurende 1985 bestaan. Deur middel van 'n tweegroep diskriminantontleding is bevind dat die metings van Outoritarisme, Aanvaarding van Ander, en…
Developments in Defining the Experience of Crowding
Developments in the attempt to define the experience of crowding is traced from its original inception in psychological literature. It is concluded that contemporary conceptualizations of crowding point to its description as a transactional process
Hanteringsmeganismes tydens ruimtelike oorbesetting
Coping mechanisms in spatial crowding This study focused on the importance of the coping process in crowding. It was predicted that the induction of a coping mechanism such as situation-redefinition would alleviate the experience of stress during crowding. The results support this hypothesis. It was found that situation-redefinition has a strong effect on interpersonal behaviour and subjects' experience of the physical conditions in the experimen…
Die verband tussen houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite en intrapsigiese faktore
In hierdie vraelysondersoek is daar van die veronderstelling uitgegaan dat blanke houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite verband hou met 'n aantal psigologies gefundeerde faktore. Die steekproef het uit 1 062 tweede- en derdejaar sielkundestudente aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika gedurende 1985 bestaan. Deur middel van 'n tweegroep diskriminantontleding is bevind dat die metings van Outoritarisme, Aanvaarding van Ander, en…
A Decade of Environmental Psychology in South Africa
A brief summary is provided of the development of environmental psychology in South Africa. Discussion focuses on contributions to human -environment theorizing, completed research, and university training in environmental psychology. In conclusion it is argued that the development of a socially responsive environmental psychology in South Africa is dependent upon the extent to which attention is paid to sociopolitical factors influencing human —…
Developments in Defining the Experience of Crowding
Developments in the attempt to define the experience of crowding is traced from its original inception in psychological literature. It is concluded that contemporary conceptualizations of crowding point to its description as a transactional process
Hanteringsmeganismes tydens ruimtelike oorbesetting
Coping mechanisms in spatial crowding This study focused on the importance of the coping process in crowding. It was predicted that the induction of a coping mechanism such as situation-redefinition would alleviate the experience of stress during crowding. The results support this hypothesis. It was found that situation-redefinition has a strong effect on interpersonal behaviour and subjects' experience of the physical conditions in the experimen…
Hanteringsmeganismes tydens ruimtelike oorbesetting
Coping mechanisms in spatial crowding This study focused on the importance of the coping process in crowding. It was predicted that the induction of a coping mechanism such as situation-redefinition would alleviate the experience of stress during crowding. The results support this hypothesis. It was found that situation-redefinition has a strong effect on interpersonal behaviour and subjects' experience of the physical conditions in the experimen…
Developments in Defining the Experience of Crowding
Developments in the attempt to define the experience of crowding is traced from its original inception in psychological literature. It is concluded that contemporary conceptualizations of crowding point to its description as a transactional process
Die verband tussen houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite en intrapsigiese faktore
In hierdie vraelysondersoek is daar van die veronderstelling uitgegaan dat blanke houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite verband hou met 'n aantal psigologies gefundeerde faktore. Die steekproef het uit 1 062 tweede- en derdejaar sielkundestudente aan die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika gedurende 1985 bestaan. Deur middel van 'n tweegroep diskriminantontleding is bevind dat die metings van Outoritarisme, Aanvaarding van Ander, en…
A Decade of Environmental Psychology in South Africa
A brief summary is provided of the development of environmental psychology in South Africa. Discussion focuses on contributions to human -environment theorizing, completed research, and university training in environmental psychology. In conclusion it is argued that the development of a socially responsive environmental psychology in South Africa is dependent upon the extent to which attention is paid to sociopolitical factors influencing human —…
A Cross-Cultural Study of Children's Cognitive Maps
This cross-cultural study was designed to investigate children's development of spatial representation as measured by the sketch map technique (cognitive mapping). The sample ( N = 526) consisted of white, black, Asian and coloured South Africans of both sexes varying in age from 5 to 13 years. The maps were assessed according to a Piagetian constructivist framework and the quality of accompanying verbal descriptions was evaluated. The sketch map…
Rapoport's Foreword to the Sajp Issue on Human-Environment Relations
Counseling People of African Ancestry
This volume advances a uniquely Afro-centric, sociocultural understanding of health maintenance and risk reduction in African cultural heritage populations. It unites a diverse group of leading African and Africanist scholars in an exploration of common cultural values in African heritage communities and their practical applications in contemporary counseling. The chapters highlight the prominent health issues faced in Africanist settings today a…
Psychology (6 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Crowding (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Spatial Cognition and Navigation (2 works) · Academic Research and Education Studies (1 work)