David J Edwards
Biographic Data
| ID | 6311234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Edwards |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Edwards |
| SIGNATURE | EDWARDS D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zululand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9727-6000 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Development of a human-centric pedagogical ethos for construction management education amidst industry 5.0
Purpose Pedagogical and andragogical research within higher education (HE) is ubiquitous throughout a diverse range of academic disciplines. However, pedagogical ethos with an increasingly digital curricula has attracted scant academic attention and Construction Management Education (CME) programmes are no exception. Hence, this research seeks to enhance contemporary CME models for teaching student preparedness to capitalise upon advanced digital…
Building Green Intellectual Capital in Construction Organisations for Environmental Sustainability
Green intellectual capital (GIC) is required to effectively improve environmental performance (EP) of construction organisations. However, the lack of an appropriate GIC model impedes environmental sustainability efforts. To bridge the existing practice gap, this study employed a partial least squares structural equation modelling method to develop a GIC model for the construction industry. The model confirmed a positive significant impact of gre…
Report on a Case Study Process Evaluation of a HeartMath Intervention and Faith Following a Traumatic Experience
An initial study [1] was undertaken on a HeartMath intervention, focusing on coherence, resilience and faith following a traumatic experience. Quantitively, there were significant post-intervention positive improvements in physiological coherence, and improvements in resilience and faith, and, qualitatively, positive integrated thematic changes in experiences of sense of coherence, resilience and faith. Correlations revealed various Sense of Cohe…
Contemplation and Transmission of Love via the HeartMath Global Coherence Application
"The great wisdom traditions typically emphasize various forms of love, especially cosmic, agape type love. The African value of Ubuntu implies essential humanity, developed through the ongoing evolutionary event of humanization, socialization, enculturation, and communal spirituality. In addition to cosmic love and everyday caring practices, Ubuntu includes human essentials such as compassion, empathy, and respect. This contribution adopts a nar…
Evaluation of HeartMath meditation explorations with a longer breath cycle
This article constitutes a short report on HeartMath meditation explorations with a longer breath cycle. Five HeartMath practitioners unanimously reported significant and meaningful increases in coherence and performance data using longer breath cycles. This finding is discussed in relation to the HeartMath coherence model, and other heart rate variability based models, with special reference to meditation phenomena and practices
Analysis of risks factors associated with construction projects in urban wetlands ecosystem
Within some developing countries, wetlands have long been regarded as dumping grounds. However, there has been a gradual paradigm shift in societal attitudes towards recognising their importance as landscape features that provide benefits for humans and wildlife. Unfortunately, construction activities have continually plagued their existence. Therefore, this present research examines the risks factors associated with construction projects in wetl…
Analysis of urban slum infrastructure projects financing in Ghana
Are university “living labs” able to deliver sustainable outcomes? A case-based appraisal of Deakin University, Australia
Purpose Universities have recognized their rich endowments in research, academic skills and facilities, as uniquely suited to finding “green” solutions. Moreover, the campus setting itself presents as a microcosm of greater society through which to investigate and test innovations. Thus, the “living lab” was born, a means of coupling sufficient resources and active stakeholders in the pursuit of practical, sustainable solutions. Much of the work …
The Exposure of Workers at a Busy Road Node to PM2.5
The link between air pollution and health burden in urban areas has been well researched. This has led to a plethora of effective policy-induced monitoring and interventions in the global south. However, the implication of pollutant species like PM 2.5 in low middle income countries (LMIC) still remains a concern. By adopting a positivist philosophy and deductive reasoning, this research addresses the question, to what extent can we deliver effec…
To build or not to build, that is the uncertainty
Pension reforms, risk transfer and housing finance innovations
Weak housing creditor protection, accentuated by weak landed property rights and underdeveloped credit information systems constitute major constraints to housing finance development in many developing countries. Improving housing creditor protection require further institutional development and financial innovation. As a trigger of financial innovation, regulation has spawned pension reforms leading to the global shift from defined benefit to de…
Propaganda Blitz
A critical forest art practice
The Black Wood of Rannoch is the most significant Caledonian forest in the Southern Highlands. Working from within the tradition of environmental art research, the authors sought to make a contribution to ideas about cultural ecology and the value of forests such as the Black Wood. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of the steps taken to both experience the visual/sensual conditions and understand the social/cultural aspects of a …
Exploratory study of mindfulness in modern-day sport psychology consulting relationships
This study explored sport psychology practitioners’ mindfulness in relation to the quality of consulting relationships and value within contemporary practice. A total of 34 sport psychology practitioners from South Africa (n = 22, females = 41%) and the United Kingdom (n = 12, females = 25%) (Private practice = 68%; 15+ years’ experience = 44%) participated in this study. Data were gathered, using the Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-S…
Appreciative inquiry evaluation of child and adolescent community interventions in South Africa and United Kingdom
This international, qualitative study comparatively evaluated South African and United Kingdom child and adolescent community interventions. Appreciative inquiry information was gathered from five staff members in community centres in each country. South African practitioners represented various psychology categories, student, educational, counselling and clinical. United Kingdom multi-disciplinary practitioners comprised correctional officers an…
Mindfulness
This article probed and contextualised the strong parallels between meditation derived mindfulness and Rogers's humanistic person-centred (PC) approach. This was done through a conceptual and evaluative literature review of the PC framework in relation to definitive descriptions of mindfulness. Elements of mindfulness within the core conditions of PC therapy were explored and verified. Quotations, pragmatic, behavioural descriptions and explicati…
Real estate infrastructure financing in Ghana
Resilience and coping experiences among master's professional psychology students in South Africa
A longitudinal, five year study, with a qualitative, phenomenological approach, investigated resilience and coping experiences of 47 professional psychology master's degree students in their first year of training in South Africa. There were 12 men and 31 women, with a mean age of 26 years and an age range from 21 to 51 years. Findings revealed four main resilience themes of struggle experiences, personal resilience experiences, life management e…
Phenomenological and neurophysiologic investigation into contemplating umoya (Spirit) and its psychological applications
This study explored subjective and objective perspectives on uMoya, Spirit consciousness and/or spirituality, from a heuristic phenomenological and neurophysiologic perspective. Contemplative reflective data on uMoya and its neurophysiologic correlates were gathered from a culturally diverse group of eight researcher-participants aged 32 to 63 years. The data were analyzed using exploratory, integrative, thematic and small sample statistical appr…
The Marikana Violence in South Africa
This study applies psychoanalytic concepts in making sense of the individual, group and collective factors that may have contributed towards the Marikana violence. Speculatively, individual factors might include the death instinct, repetition compulsion, and intra-psychic splitting. Related group dynamics such as identification with the aggressor, group and projective identification might be relevant as would the collective psychological influenc…
Young Women who Have Experienced Unwanted Pregnancy
Qualitative approaches were used to understand the experience of pregnancy in a group of young Xhosa women (N =10, M age = 19.70, SD = 3.20). Data is provided on their retrospective accounts of factors which contributed towards unwanted pregnancy. Thematic content analysis revealed a range of influences on pregnancy including: background, parenting and restrictions; stigma towards contraception; carelessness and ignorance; power and pressure from…
Counselling for Psychological Well-Being in Persons Living with HIV/Aids
A psychological well-being counselling program, which provided person centered, group counselling interventions for inpatients infected with HIV/AIDS was evaluated at Amangwe therapeutic village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The aim was to improve the psychological well-being of participants (9 male, 21 female; age range 26 to 63 years; Zulu ethnicity). Outcome data were collected using the Ryff (1989) Psychological Well-being Scale and analyze…
Jung's Breath-Body and African Spiritual Healing
Psychology essentially refers to the study and use (logos) of the breath, soul or spirit of life (psyche) that leaves a person at death and continues in some other form. From such a fundamental perspective, all forms of ancient and modern caring, helping and healing have their foundations in breath-based behaviour, experiences and spirituality. This article examines Jung's image of the breath-body or spirit-body in relation to various spiritual h…
Bulimic Pathology in Black Students in South Africa
A high frequency of behaviours and attitudes associated with bulimia nervosa among black respondents, including males, has recently been reported in South Africa. The aims of the present study were to replicate these findings using a sampling procedure which would yield few refusals or dropouts, and to interview black males with bulimic symptoms to gain an understanding of their behaviour and motivation. In total, 40 black females, 39 black males…
Jacobean Gentleman
Real estate infrastructure financing in Ghana
The Challenge of Hypertension to South African Health Psychology. 1. The Potential Contribution of Educational, Cognitive and Behavioural Strategies to Prevention and Treatment
This is the first of two papers on the potential contribution of health psychology to alleviating the problem of hypertension in South Africa. Educational, cognitive and behavioural strategies that can be employed as an adjunct to, or in place of, medication include: improving patients’ adherence to treatment regimens; educating and training in weight reduction, smoking cessation; healthy dietary and exercise habits; and a range of cognitive and …
Building Green Intellectual Capital in Construction Organisations for Environmental Sustainability
Green intellectual capital (GIC) is required to effectively improve environmental performance (EP) of construction organisations. However, the lack of an appropriate GIC model impedes environmental sustainability efforts. To bridge the existing practice gap, this study employed a partial least squares structural equation modelling method to develop a GIC model for the construction industry. The model confirmed a positive significant impact of gre…
Analysis of urban slum infrastructure projects financing in Ghana
Pension reforms, risk transfer and housing finance innovations
Weak housing creditor protection, accentuated by weak landed property rights and underdeveloped credit information systems constitute major constraints to housing finance development in many developing countries. Improving housing creditor protection require further institutional development and financial innovation. As a trigger of financial innovation, regulation has spawned pension reforms leading to the global shift from defined benefit to de…
Bulimic Pathology in Black Students in South Africa
A high frequency of behaviours and attitudes associated with bulimia nervosa among black respondents, including males, has recently been reported in South Africa. The aims of the present study were to replicate these findings using a sampling procedure which would yield few refusals or dropouts, and to interview black males with bulimic symptoms to gain an understanding of their behaviour and motivation. In total, 40 black females, 39 black males…
The Challenge of Hypertension to South African Health Psychology. 2. The Epidemiological, Economic, Social and Political Context
This is the second of two papers which examine the contribution that health psychology can make to the problem of hypertension in South Africa. Essentially hypertension is a chronic medical condition that leads to increased susceptibility to life-threatening diseases. In this paper the author summarizes data on its high prevalence in the various South African race groups, and on the low rates of diagnosis and treatment. Research on the possibilit…
Treatment of Multiple Behavioural Problems in a Retarded Township Child a Case Study
In this article the successful behavioural treatment of a seven-year-old retarded black township girl is described. The girl presented with (a) pica (indiscriminate eating of non-food substances such as soap, earth, paraffin, candles, rubbish etc.), (b) hazardous unsupervised playing with matches, (c) aggressive behaviour and prolonged crying, and (d) poor development of self-care and participation in household tasks. Contact with the therapist i…
The Challenge of Hypertension to South African Health Psychology. 1. The Potential Contribution of Educational, Cognitive and Behavioural Strategies to Prevention and Treatment
This is the first of two papers on the potential contribution of health psychology to alleviating the problem of hypertension in South Africa. Educational, cognitive and behavioural strategies that can be employed as an adjunct to, or in place of, medication include: improving patients’ adherence to treatment regimens; educating and training in weight reduction, smoking cessation; healthy dietary and exercise habits; and a range of cognitive and …
The Challenge of Hypertension to South African Health Psychology. 2. The Epidemiological, Economic, Social and Political Context
This is the second of two papers which examine the contribution that health psychology can make to the problem of hypertension in South Africa. Essentially hypertension is a chronic medical condition that leads to increased susceptibility to life-threatening diseases. In this paper the author summarizes data on its high prevalence in the various South African race groups, and on the low rates of diagnosis and treatment. Research on the possibilit…
The Way of the Pathans . James W. Spain Pathans of the Latter Day . James W. Spain
The Evolution of the Shouldered Arch in Medieval Islamic Architecture
It is a general law of Islamic architecture that elements and features that evolved for a structural reason come, with the passage of time and refinement of the forms, to be transformed into decorative features; that is, non-structural embellishments or modifications of the forms begin to appear. The same process is common to other schools of architecture, but a specific characteristic of Islam has been its propensity to draw upon previous source…
Language, settlement and long-term history in Upper Nubia
This paper was published as Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2000, 35 (1), pp. 191-197. It is available from http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/00672700009511602. Doi: 10.1080/00672700009511602
Jacobean Gentleman
Bulimic Pathology in Black Students in South Africa
A high frequency of behaviours and attitudes associated with bulimia nervosa among black respondents, including males, has recently been reported in South Africa. The aims of the present study were to replicate these findings using a sampling procedure which would yield few refusals or dropouts, and to interview black males with bulimic symptoms to gain an understanding of their behaviour and motivation. In total, 40 black females, 39 black males…
Jung's Breath-Body and African Spiritual Healing
Psychology essentially refers to the study and use (logos) of the breath, soul or spirit of life (psyche) that leaves a person at death and continues in some other form. From such a fundamental perspective, all forms of ancient and modern caring, helping and healing have their foundations in breath-based behaviour, experiences and spirituality. This article examines Jung's image of the breath-body or spirit-body in relation to various spiritual h…
Counselling for Psychological Well-Being in Persons Living with HIV/Aids
A psychological well-being counselling program, which provided person centered, group counselling interventions for inpatients infected with HIV/AIDS was evaluated at Amangwe therapeutic village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The aim was to improve the psychological well-being of participants (9 male, 21 female; age range 26 to 63 years; Zulu ethnicity). Outcome data were collected using the Ryff (1989) Psychological Well-being Scale and analyze…
Young Women who Have Experienced Unwanted Pregnancy
Qualitative approaches were used to understand the experience of pregnancy in a group of young Xhosa women (N =10, M age = 19.70, SD = 3.20). Data is provided on their retrospective accounts of factors which contributed towards unwanted pregnancy. Thematic content analysis revealed a range of influences on pregnancy including: background, parenting and restrictions; stigma towards contraception; carelessness and ignorance; power and pressure from…
The Marikana Violence in South Africa
This study applies psychoanalytic concepts in making sense of the individual, group and collective factors that may have contributed towards the Marikana violence. Speculatively, individual factors might include the death instinct, repetition compulsion, and intra-psychic splitting. Related group dynamics such as identification with the aggressor, group and projective identification might be relevant as would the collective psychological influenc…
Resilience and coping experiences among master's professional psychology students in South Africa
A longitudinal, five year study, with a qualitative, phenomenological approach, investigated resilience and coping experiences of 47 professional psychology master's degree students in their first year of training in South Africa. There were 12 men and 31 women, with a mean age of 26 years and an age range from 21 to 51 years. Findings revealed four main resilience themes of struggle experiences, personal resilience experiences, life management e…
Phenomenological and neurophysiologic investigation into contemplating umoya (Spirit) and its psychological applications
This study explored subjective and objective perspectives on uMoya, Spirit consciousness and/or spirituality, from a heuristic phenomenological and neurophysiologic perspective. Contemplative reflective data on uMoya and its neurophysiologic correlates were gathered from a culturally diverse group of eight researcher-participants aged 32 to 63 years. The data were analyzed using exploratory, integrative, thematic and small sample statistical appr…
Appreciative inquiry evaluation of child and adolescent community interventions in South Africa and United Kingdom
This international, qualitative study comparatively evaluated South African and United Kingdom child and adolescent community interventions. Appreciative inquiry information was gathered from five staff members in community centres in each country. South African practitioners represented various psychology categories, student, educational, counselling and clinical. United Kingdom multi-disciplinary practitioners comprised correctional officers an…
Mindfulness
This article probed and contextualised the strong parallels between meditation derived mindfulness and Rogers's humanistic person-centred (PC) approach. This was done through a conceptual and evaluative literature review of the PC framework in relation to definitive descriptions of mindfulness. Elements of mindfulness within the core conditions of PC therapy were explored and verified. Quotations, pragmatic, behavioural descriptions and explicati…
Real estate infrastructure financing in Ghana
Exploratory study of mindfulness in modern-day sport psychology consulting relationships
This study explored sport psychology practitioners’ mindfulness in relation to the quality of consulting relationships and value within contemporary practice. A total of 34 sport psychology practitioners from South Africa (n = 22, females = 41%) and the United Kingdom (n = 12, females = 25%) (Private practice = 68%; 15+ years’ experience = 44%) participated in this study. Data were gathered, using the Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-S…
Propaganda Blitz
A critical forest art practice
The Black Wood of Rannoch is the most significant Caledonian forest in the Southern Highlands. Working from within the tradition of environmental art research, the authors sought to make a contribution to ideas about cultural ecology and the value of forests such as the Black Wood. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of the steps taken to both experience the visual/sensual conditions and understand the social/cultural aspects of a …
Pension reforms, risk transfer and housing finance innovations
Weak housing creditor protection, accentuated by weak landed property rights and underdeveloped credit information systems constitute major constraints to housing finance development in many developing countries. Improving housing creditor protection require further institutional development and financial innovation. As a trigger of financial innovation, regulation has spawned pension reforms leading to the global shift from defined benefit to de…
Are university “living labs” able to deliver sustainable outcomes? A case-based appraisal of Deakin University, Australia
Purpose Universities have recognized their rich endowments in research, academic skills and facilities, as uniquely suited to finding “green” solutions. Moreover, the campus setting itself presents as a microcosm of greater society through which to investigate and test innovations. Thus, the “living lab” was born, a means of coupling sufficient resources and active stakeholders in the pursuit of practical, sustainable solutions. Much of the work …
The Exposure of Workers at a Busy Road Node to PM2.5
The link between air pollution and health burden in urban areas has been well researched. This has led to a plethora of effective policy-induced monitoring and interventions in the global south. However, the implication of pollutant species like PM 2.5 in low middle income countries (LMIC) still remains a concern. By adopting a positivist philosophy and deductive reasoning, this research addresses the question, to what extent can we deliver effec…
To build or not to build, that is the uncertainty
Contemplation and Transmission of Love via the HeartMath Global Coherence Application
"The great wisdom traditions typically emphasize various forms of love, especially cosmic, agape type love. The African value of Ubuntu implies essential humanity, developed through the ongoing evolutionary event of humanization, socialization, enculturation, and communal spirituality. In addition to cosmic love and everyday caring practices, Ubuntu includes human essentials such as compassion, empathy, and respect. This contribution adopts a nar…
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