Martha Alida Jacoba Olivier
Biographic Data
| ID | 6806507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Alida Jacoba Olivier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha Alida Jacoba |
| FAMILY NAME | Olivier |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVIER M A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nelson Mandela University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—Dilemmas and Solutions
We investigated the efficacy of the Coping Skills Programme to address dilemmas and solutions for parents of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Participants were purposively sampled parents of children diagnosed with ADHD in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Data was collected by means of personal interviews and was analysed using the coding model of Guba (Creswell, 2003; Guba & Lincoln, 1994). The findings i…
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)
Accurate diagnosis and the subsequent support for parents of a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is vital to ensure that the child's specific needs are met. The primary objective of the research conducted in South Africa was to highlight effective strategies for parents with an ASD-diagnosed child. A qualitative research approach was used. This article presents the findings of the research, which can be used by educational psychologists…
Coping with Life's Challenges in the 21 st Century
The demands and challenges of life in the 21st century are such that an ‘academic-rationalistic’ view of intelligence needs to be replaced with a more holistic view of intelligence as a multi-faceted construct. However, merely replacing the traditional view with the relatively new one that presents intelligence as multi-faceted, has little pedagogical significance in itself. The potential inherent in the various facets of intelligence has to be e…
A Group of Sexually Abused Adolescents' Perceptions of their Future Life-Roles
Sexual abuse of adolescents can have detrimental effects on their perceptions of their different future life-roles. We investigated such perceptions of students with a history of sexual abuse (n=163) as well as typically developing others (n=237). Participants completed the Life-role Inventory of the then called Human Sciences Research Council (Langley, 1990). Between-group comparisons were carried out. Adolescents with a history of sexual abuse …
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)
Accurate diagnosis and the subsequent support for parents of a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is vital to ensure that the child's specific needs are met. The primary objective of the research conducted in South Africa was to highlight effective strategies for parents with an ASD-diagnosed child. A qualitative research approach was used. This article presents the findings of the research, which can be used by educational psychologists…
Coping with Life's Challenges in the 21 st Century
The demands and challenges of life in the 21st century are such that an ‘academic-rationalistic’ view of intelligence needs to be replaced with a more holistic view of intelligence as a multi-faceted construct. However, merely replacing the traditional view with the relatively new one that presents intelligence as multi-faceted, has little pedagogical significance in itself. The potential inherent in the various facets of intelligence has to be e…
A Group of Sexually Abused Adolescents' Perceptions of their Future Life-Roles
Sexual abuse of adolescents can have detrimental effects on their perceptions of their different future life-roles. We investigated such perceptions of students with a history of sexual abuse (n=163) as well as typically developing others (n=237). Participants completed the Life-role Inventory of the then called Human Sciences Research Council (Langley, 1990). Between-group comparisons were carried out. Adolescents with a history of sexual abuse …
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—Dilemmas and Solutions
We investigated the efficacy of the Coping Skills Programme to address dilemmas and solutions for parents of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Participants were purposively sampled parents of children diagnosed with ADHD in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Data was collected by means of personal interviews and was analysed using the coding model of Guba (Creswell, 2003; Guba & Lincoln, 1994). The findings i…
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)
Accurate diagnosis and the subsequent support for parents of a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is vital to ensure that the child's specific needs are met. The primary objective of the research conducted in South Africa was to highlight effective strategies for parents with an ASD-diagnosed child. A qualitative research approach was used. This article presents the findings of the research, which can be used by educational psychologists…
Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Coping (psychology (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Asset (computer security (1 works) · Attention deficit disorder (1 works)