A review of measurement tools for child wellbeing

EYN Cho, FY Yu - Children and Youth Services Review, 2020 - Elsevier
There have been increasing efforts to monitor the wellbeing of children around the world
using systematic tools, such as indicators and indices. Invaluable lessons for the …

Youth and adolescents' perceptions of violence in post-apartheid South Africa: A systematic review of the literature

P Hoosen, S Adams, H Tiliouine, S Savahl - Child indicators research, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The history of South Africa is embedded in violence. Exposure to various forms of
violence is a consistent experience of children, adolescents, and young people in this …

Children's experiences of bullying victimization and the influence on their subjective well‐being: A multinational comparison

S Savahl, C Montserrat, F Casas, S Adams… - Child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The study used data from the second wave of the Children's Worlds Survey to explore the
relation between children's experiences of bullying victimization (physical and …

Hope and stress resilience

AD Ong, T Standiford, S Deshpande - 2017 - academic.oup.com
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Empathy and aggression in group music therapy with teenagers: A descriptive phenomenological study

A Dos Santos - Music Therapy Perspectives, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This descriptive phenomenological study examined the experiences of teenagers in group
music therapy at a school in Eersterust, South Africa. The study focused on participants' …

Validation of the Children's Hope Scale amongst a sample of adolescents in the Western Cape region of South Africa

S Savahl, F Casas, S Adams - Child Indicators Research, 2016 - Springer
A growing body of research has provided evidence for the cognitive-motivational construct of
hope as a psychological strength, particularly for adolescents confronted with ensuing …

Stress and coping: considering the influence of psychological strengths on the mental health of at-risk South African adolescents

C Harrison, H Loxton, NZ Somhlaba - Child Care in Practice, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In South Africa, many adolescents are affected by socio-economic adversity,
which increases their susceptibility to experiencing stress that negatively affects their mental …

The use of visual methods to explore how children construct and assign meaning to the “self” within two urban communities in the Western Cape, South Africa

E Benninger, S Savahl - … journal of qualitative studies on health …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to explore how children construct and assign meaning to the “self” within
two urban communities of Cape Town in South Africa. Using a child participation …

A literature review on the role of hope in promoting positive youth development across non-WEIRD contexts

RM Bowers, EP Bowers - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Theoretical and empirical evidence has identified hope as a key adolescent strength that is
linked to positive youth developmental outcomes. Although hope must be understood from a …

The relationship between hope and life satisfaction among children in low and middle socio-economic status communities in Cape Town, South Africa

C Raats, S Adams, S Savahl, S Isaacs… - Child Indicators …, 2019 - Springer
The overarching aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between hope and life
satisfaction among a sample of children in Cape Town, South Africa. More specifically, the …