Shazly Savahl
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4595472 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Shazly Savahl |
| PRENOMES | Shazly |
| SOBRENOME | Savahl |
| ASSINATURA | SAVAHL S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3909-3836 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 46 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 125 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Examining the relation between children’s satisfaction with their time-use and subjective well-being
This study investigated the relation between children’s satisfaction with their time use and their subjective well-being (SWB) using data from a nationally representative sample of South African children aged 10 to 12 years. Drawing on UNICEF’s multilevel systems framework, the study examined how satisfaction with various aspects of time use, such as free time, choice, and enjoyment, relates to their SWB. Structural equation modelling revealed th…
A Qualitative Exploration of Children’s Psychological Well-Being from a Eudaimonic Perspective in South Africa
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
Positive and Negative Emotional Experiences in Adolescents across 32 Countries
Adolescent Flourishing in South Africa
The measurement of flourishing as an indicator of social progress has gained global recognition as a priority for governments. Adolescents, in particular, have been empirically identified as a population requiring more focused research on flourishing. In South Africa, understanding adolescent flourishing is especially critical given the country’s unique socio-cultural, economic, and historical context. This study examines flourishing among a samp…
A Systematic Review of Children’s Psychological Well-Being from a Eudaimonic Perspective
Understanding children’s psychological well-being (PWB) from a eudaimonic perspective is crucial given its impact on children’s overall well-being and quality of life. This perspective denotes PWB as the realisation of one’s true potential and attaining meaningful goals that lead to personal growth and fulfilment. Despite the recent increasing interest in children’s PWB, there is limited literature in this area. This may be due to the abstract na…
A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perceptions and Understandings of Flourishing in the Western Cape, South Africa
Adolescence is a transitional period characterised by puberty, physical growth, and the capacity to complete life tasks. During this period, adolescents are faced with various challenges in completing various life tasks. Flourishing is defined as a state in which an individual functions optimally, and has a good level of well-being in all aspects of their life. Previous studies on adolescent flourishing have focused on measuring flourishing quant…
Alcohol Use as a Predictor of Risky Sexual Behaviour among Young Adults in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour (RSB). This study further aimed to examine whether alcohol use, gender, and employment status predicted RSB among young adults in the Cape Flats. A better understanding of these predictors could potentially lead to a more thorough comprehension of the relation between alcohol consumption and RSB among young adults within the South African …
Children’s Experiences of Bullying Victimization and the Influence on Their Subjective Well-Being
Bullying is both a major public health concern and a violation of children’s right to safety from violence. Within the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in the relation between bullying and children’s subjective well-being (SWB). Empirical research has unequivocally demonstrated the significant negative influence of bullying on children’s SWB. Within the South African context, violence and aggressive behaviour is widespread. The …
Considering a Bifactor Model of Children’s Subjective Well-Being Using a Multinational Sample
In the current study, we consider the viability of a bifactor model of children’s subjective well-being (SWB) by contributing to the discussion on the dimensionality of children’s SWB. We specify a general factor of SWB and four group factors (context-free cognitive life satisfaction, domain-based cognitive life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) using structural equation modelling and parceling. We used data from the Children’s …
Recovery and Substitute Addictions
Substitute addictions – addictions that replace terminated substance use disorders ( sud s) – involving addictive behaviours such as a new substance, food/eating, gambling, shopping, or sex, have implications for recovery but remain poorly understood. While extant studies suggest a multifaceted aetiology, research is needed to illuminate the nature, dynamics/mechanisms, motives and risk factors of substitute addictions. This multiple-methods stud…
Youth and Adolescents’ Perceptions of Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Youths’ Perceptions Of The Relation Between Alcohol Consumption And Risky Sexual Behaviour in the Western Cape, South Africa
Substitute addictions in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
The global spread of COVID-19, subsequent stay-at-home requirements, spatial distancing measures, and long-term isolation present additional challenges for persons in recovery. Using an illustrative case from South Africa, we discuss COVID-19 related pornography use through the lens of relapse and substitute addiction. South Africa is the epicenter of the pandemic in Africa, and has issued an alcohol and cigarette ban. Historical examples suggest…
Substitute Addictions in Persons with Substance Use Disorders
Background Substitute addictions, addictive behaviors that sequentially replace each other’s functions, have implications for recovery trajectories but remain poorly understood. We sought to scope the extent, range, and characteristics of research on substitute addictions in persons with substance use disorders. Method: Using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework for scoping reviews, a systematic search was conducted to identify publications that refer…
Substitute Behaviors following Residential Substance Use Treatment in the Western Cape, South Africa
The dynamics of substitute behaviors and associated factors remain poorly understood globally, and particularly in low- and middle-income contexts. This prospective study describes the prevalence and types of substitute behaviors as well as predictors, correlates, and motivations associated with substitution in persons (n = 137) admitted to residential substance use treatment in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The brief assessment of r…
Preliminary structural validation of the Afrikaans version of the Children’s Hope Scale
This study aimed to test the overall fit structure and reliability of scores from the Afrikaans version of the Children’s Hope Scale. The validation sample comprised of 899 adolescent learners selected from 12 schools located in the Western Cape province of South Africa (female = 54%, male = 46%; age range = 13 to 16, M = 13.12, SD = 2.01). Confirmatory factor analysis yielded a unidimensional structure and acceptable fit indices and reliability …
Children’s Perspectives on Scale Response Options of Subjective Well-Being Measures
The relation between subjective well‐being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town
The study aimed to determine the relation between adolescents’ subjective well‐being and career aspirations. The study further aimed to determine the extent to which social support mediates this relation. The sample comprised 1082 adolescents in Grades 8–11, selected from schools located in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The overall model demonstrated a nonsignificant relation between adolescents’ subjective well…
Examining the Relationship Among Bullying, School Climate and Adolescent Well-Being in Chile and South Africa
The Relation Between children’s Participation in Daily Activities, Their Engagement with Family and Friends, and Subjective Well-Being
Addiction treatment providers’ perceptions of publicly-funded treatment services in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study explored addiction treatment implementation effectiveness of publicly-funded services in the Western Cape, South Africa, as perceived by service providers. Informants were six service providers from state-subsidised and public outpatient treatment services for substance use disorders (SUDs) (social workers = 4, registered counsellor = 1, psychologist = 1). Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analysed by means of th…
Using the RE‐AIM framework to identify and describe best practice models in family‐based intervention development
The family unit carries with it a responsibility of possibly being the most important predictor of positive child development. The aim of this systematic review is to identify and describe best practice models or processes in family‐based intervention development. The following databases were included in the review: PsychArticles, Academic Search Complete, ERIC, SocIndex, Sage, Sabinet, and Pubmed. Peer‐reviewed, English language, qualitative, qu…
Considering the Natural Environment in the Creation of Child-Friendly Cities
The Relationship Between Hope and Life Satisfaction Among Children in Low and Middle Socio-Economic Status Communities in Cape Town, South Africa
Discourses on Well-Being
Considering the Natural Environment in the Creation of Child-Friendly Cities
Children's perceptions of the natural environment
This qualitative study explored the ways in which adolescents perceive the natural environment. Focus group interviews were conducted with 32 participants between the ages of 13 and 14 attending a school in a low-income area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The findings revealed five key meanings which emerged from the themes the participants discussed, i.e. nature as a threatened place, ‘culture of inconsideration’ towards nature, n…
An Exploration into the Impact of Exposure to Community Violence and Hope on Children’s Perceptions of Well-Being
A qualitative inquiry investigating adolescents' sense of hope within a context of violence in a disadvantaged community in Cape Town
Violent crime has proven to have profound negative effects, especially on children and adolescents residing in high violence communities in South Africa. Many studies in the field have identified the need to focus on hope, one of the factors which can protect children and adolescents from the harmful effects of exposure to violence. The aim of the research study is to explore the sense of hope in adolescents, who are living in communities known t…
The Relation Between children’s Participation in Daily Activities, Their Engagement with Family and Friends, and Subjective Well-Being
Children’s Subjective Well-being
Examining the Relationship Among Bullying, School Climate and Adolescent Well-Being in Chile and South Africa
Adapting and Validating the Family Resilience Assessment Scale in an Afrikaans Rural Community in South Africa
Subjective Well-Being Amongst a Sample of South African Children
Children’s Discursive Constructions of the ‘Self’
Children’s Discourses of Natural Spaces
The relationship between children's perceptions of the natural environment and their subjective well-being
The overarching aim of the study was to ascertain the relationship between children's perceptions of the natural environment and their subjective well-being. More specifically the study aimed to fit a structural model depicting the nature of the relationship between children's environmental views and their global, and domain-specific life satisfaction. The sample included 1004 twelve-year-old participants randomly selected from 15 primary schools…
Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale Amongst a Sample of Adolescents in the Western Cape Region of South Africa
Adolescent self‐construal across cultures
Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14-19 years from 30 countr…
The Relationship Between Hope and Life Satisfaction Among Children in Low and Middle Socio-Economic Status Communities in Cape Town, South Africa
Considering a Bifactor Model of Children’s Subjective Well-Being Using a Multinational Sample
In the current study, we consider the viability of a bifactor model of children’s subjective well-being (SWB) by contributing to the discussion on the dimensionality of children’s SWB. We specify a general factor of SWB and four group factors (context-free cognitive life satisfaction, domain-based cognitive life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) using structural equation modelling and parceling. We used data from the Children’s …
The relation between subjective well‐being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town
The study aimed to determine the relation between adolescents’ subjective well‐being and career aspirations. The study further aimed to determine the extent to which social support mediates this relation. The sample comprised 1082 adolescents in Grades 8–11, selected from schools located in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The overall model demonstrated a nonsignificant relation between adolescents’ subjective well…
Adolescents’ perceptions of the ‘substance use-violence nexus’
The aim of the study was to explore adolescents’ perceptions of substance use as a contributing factor to community violence by employing a conceptual framework proposed by Goldstein. Data were collected from a sample of adolescents between the ages of 15 and 16 years by means of focus group interviews. Theoretical thematic analysis was used to analyse and interpret the findings. The participants’ perceptions indicated that substance use and with…
A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perceptions and Understandings of Flourishing in the Western Cape, South Africa
Adolescence is a transitional period characterised by puberty, physical growth, and the capacity to complete life tasks. During this period, adolescents are faced with various challenges in completing various life tasks. Flourishing is defined as a state in which an individual functions optimally, and has a good level of well-being in all aspects of their life. Previous studies on adolescent flourishing have focused on measuring flourishing quant…
Youth and Adolescents’ Perceptions of Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Children's subjective well-being in Africa
The Children's Delphi
This study is premised on the notion that intervention programmes aimed at improving children's well‐being should be inclusive of activities which promote children's self‐concept. Using a child participation framework, this study aimed to explore children's perceptions of the nature and content of intervention programmes aimed at improving children's self‐concept within two impoverished communities of the Western Cape, South Africa. The Delphi te…
Information and Communication Technology
The emergence of information and communication technologies as primary agents of socialisation has raised concerns for child practitioners and researchers alike. Recent findings which indicate that children and adolescents are using these technologies in relative isolation from adult influence are of particular concern. We investigated children's communication patterns with various people including parents, teachers, siblings, and peers. More spe…
Alcohol consumption amongst young adults living in a low socioeconomic status community in Cape Town
Our aim was to ascertain the extent of risky alcohol consumption amongst young adults living in a low socioeconomic status community in Cape Town, South Africa. We used a cross-sectional survey design and the street intercept method to administer the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). A key finding in this study was that 54.30% of male and 47.90% of the female participants were alcohol dependent, according to the classification cr…
An Exploration into the Impact of Exposure to Community Violence and Hope on Children’s Perceptions of Well-Being
Children's perceptions of the natural environment
This qualitative study explored the ways in which adolescents perceive the natural environment. Focus group interviews were conducted with 32 participants between the ages of 13 and 14 attending a school in a low-income area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The findings revealed five key meanings which emerged from the themes the participants discussed, i.e. nature as a threatened place, ‘culture of inconsideration’ towards nature, n…
A qualitative inquiry investigating adolescents' sense of hope within a context of violence in a disadvantaged community in Cape Town
Violent crime has proven to have profound negative effects, especially on children and adolescents residing in high violence communities in South Africa. Many studies in the field have identified the need to focus on hope, one of the factors which can protect children and adolescents from the harmful effects of exposure to violence. The aim of the research study is to explore the sense of hope in adolescents, who are living in communities known t…
Discourses on Well-Being
Influences on life aspirations among adolescents in a low-income community in Cape Town, South Africa
The aim of this study was to determine the influences on adolescents’ aspirations from a low-income community in Cape Town. A sequential mixed method exploratory design was used following two distinct phases. The qualitative phase comprised focus group interviews with 118 grade 12 learners attending a school in a low-income community (age range: 16–19 years) and focused on identifying factors influencing life aspirations. The quantitative phase w…
Adolescent Peer Pressure, Leisure Boredom, and Substance Use in Low-Income Cape Town Communities
The aim in this study was to determine whether or not peer pressure and leisure boredom influenced substance use among adolescents in low-income communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Nonprobability sampling was used to select 291 adolescents aged between 16 and 18 years who were attending schools in 2 low-income communities in Cape Town. The research instruments were the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test, the Resistance to Peer Influence m…
Subjective Well-Being Amongst a Sample of South African Children
Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale Amongst a Sample of Adolescents in the Western Cape Region of South Africa
Adolescents’ perceptions of health and well-being
The study aimed to explore adolescents’ perceptions of how urban contemporary music influences health and well-being among them. Data on health and well-being effects of music consumption were gathered from a convenience sample of 16 participants (male = 50%, females = 50%) between the ages of 15 and 17 in a series of two focus group interviews. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings suggest the adolescents to perceive both posi…
Children’s Discursive Constructions of the ‘Self’
Children’s Discourses of Natural Spaces
Children’s Subjective Well-being
The relationship between children's perceptions of the natural environment and their subjective well-being
The overarching aim of the study was to ascertain the relationship between children's perceptions of the natural environment and their subjective well-being. More specifically the study aimed to fit a structural model depicting the nature of the relationship between children's environmental views and their global, and domain-specific life satisfaction. The sample included 1004 twelve-year-old participants randomly selected from 15 primary schools…
Adolescents’ perceptions of the ‘substance use-violence nexus’
The aim of the study was to explore adolescents’ perceptions of substance use as a contributing factor to community violence by employing a conceptual framework proposed by Goldstein. Data were collected from a sample of adolescents between the ages of 15 and 16 years by means of focus group interviews. Theoretical thematic analysis was used to analyse and interpret the findings. The participants’ perceptions indicated that substance use and with…
The Children's Delphi
This study is premised on the notion that intervention programmes aimed at improving children's well‐being should be inclusive of activities which promote children's self‐concept. Using a child participation framework, this study aimed to explore children's perceptions of the nature and content of intervention programmes aimed at improving children's self‐concept within two impoverished communities of the Western Cape, South Africa. The Delphi te…
A Systematic Review of Children’s Construction of the Self
Children's subjective well-being in Africa
Adapting and Validating the Family Resilience Assessment Scale in an Afrikaans Rural Community in South Africa
Addiction treatment providers’ perceptions of publicly-funded treatment services in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study explored addiction treatment implementation effectiveness of publicly-funded services in the Western Cape, South Africa, as perceived by service providers. Informants were six service providers from state-subsidised and public outpatient treatment services for substance use disorders (SUDs) (social workers = 4, registered counsellor = 1, psychologist = 1). Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analysed by means of th…
Using the RE‐AIM framework to identify and describe best practice models in family‐based intervention development
The family unit carries with it a responsibility of possibly being the most important predictor of positive child development. The aim of this systematic review is to identify and describe best practice models or processes in family‐based intervention development. The following databases were included in the review: PsychArticles, Academic Search Complete, ERIC, SocIndex, Sage, Sabinet, and Pubmed. Peer‐reviewed, English language, qualitative, qu…
Considering the Natural Environment in the Creation of Child-Friendly Cities
The Relationship Between Hope and Life Satisfaction Among Children in Low and Middle Socio-Economic Status Communities in Cape Town, South Africa
The development of a family resilience‐strengthening programme for families in a South African rural community
The aim of this study was to develop a contextually based family resilience program. Also presented here is a literature review of family resilience interventions suggesting that these 3 processes are the basis for effective family functioning. A close collaboration with the community ensured an adequate understanding of the presenting family challenges and this article describes the process in developing a program based on these challenges. A 3‐…
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