Reports

The Department of Psychology at Unisa publishes a series of research reports under the above title, at irregular intervals. The series was initiated in 1977 and is edited by Prof. J M Nieuwoudt.  Most of the reports are written by individual lecturers, sometimes in collaboration with one or more of our senior students.

Copies of the reports are available free on request to Mrs Christa Barrich, for as long as the supplies last.

1. Mynhardt, J.C. & Plug, C. (1977). A shortened F-scale for South African conditions.
2. Plug, C. (1977). Afrikaanse vertalings van Eysenck se persoonlikheidsvraelys en Rotter se I-E skaal.
3. Fourie, D. P. & Coetzee, C. H. (1978). Astrology and personality: A replication and extension.
4. Plug, C. (1978). Speed Reading: An evaluation.
5. Lachenicht, L. (1981 ). Explaining polite language.
6. Plug, C (1981 ). The moon illusion: Annotated bibliography.
7. Le Roux, H.J. (1982)   Die gebruik van diskriminantontleding in sielkundige navorsing.
8. Plug, C. & Niewoudt, J. M. (1983). South African ethnic attitudes: 1973-1978.
9. Visser, J.D. (1983). Attitudes to mathematics.
10. Mynhardt, J.C. & Plug, C. (1983). A bilingual South African prejudice scale.
11. Van Staden, F.J. (1984). The experience of stress: an analysis of stressors, mediating factors and outcomes.
12. Nell, V. (1985). The hypnotic situation - a systems approach .
13. Lifschitz, S. & Fourie, D.P. (1985). The hypnotic situation - a systems approach.
14. Grieve, K.  (1985).  A survey of user preferences for study facilities from an environmental psychological  perspective.   
15. Van Staden, F.J. (1986). Demografiese veranderlikes en houdings teenoor die desegregasie van openbare fasiliteite.
16. Van Staden, F .J. (1986). ' n Oorsig van die ontwikkeling van omgewingsielkunde in Suid-Afrika.
17. Plug, C. (1988). Two techniques for estimating proofreader efficiency and the number of errors in a text.
18. Van Staden, F.J. & Nieuwoudt, J.M. (1989). The contextualization of self-attitudes: an investigation of adolescents in a South African children's home.
19. Mynhardt, J.C. & Du Toit, A.N. (1989). Behavioural intentions regard-ing the desegregation of white residential areas in South Africa: an exploratory investigation.
20. Lifschitz, S. & Fourie, D.P. (1990). Hypnosis - beyond Newton, towards ecosystem.
21. Ferns, I. (1991). Vereensaming, die selfkonsep, lokus van kontrole en die ervaring van negatiewe gevoelens tydens vroeere volwassenheid.
22. Plug, C. (1991). South African serial publications in psychology.
23. Van Staden, F.J. & Visser, J.D. (1991). A comparative analysis of three South African Social science journals: contribution to theory and research.
24. Viljoen, H.G. (Compiler) (1992). Methodological issues in the social sciences.
25. Dunstan, L.V. & Nieuwoudt, J.M.. (1992). Training children for social competence.
26. Burger, Linde  (1992).  Coping with repetitive natural disasters: a study of the Ladysmith floods.
27. Els, R. K. & Plug, C. (1993).  The effective transfer of managerial training to the work environment.
28. Lowis, M.J. & Nieuwoudt, J.M. (1993). A humour workshop programme to aid coping with life stress (1993).
29. Jordaan, J.J. (1993).  'n Ondersoek na radiolesings en die inluisteraarstudent.
30. Viljoen, H.G. (Samesteller) (1994). Ontologie en mensbeskouings in die sielkunde.
31. Fourie, DP.  (1994)    The research/practice "gap" in psychotherapy: from discovering
               reality to making sense.
32. MA Group project (1998).  Exploring recidivism in SA (Prof JM Nieuwoudt)
33. MA Group project  (1998). Employment opportunities for post-graduates in research psychology.       [This document can be viewed in HTML: report33.html]
34. MA Group project  (1999). Living with internal dialysis (Editor: C Plug)
35. Rademeyer, G.  (1999).  Unblocking creative research potential.
36. Lifschitz, S.   (2000)  Notes on rituals and collectivities.
37. MA Group project  (2000). Exploring the world of paramedics in the South African context.
38. Moore, C.  (2001).  "Cracking" the meaning code in higher education.  (Inaugural lecture)
39. Ochse, C. (2001).   Gender and race differences in Academic expectations in relation to actual achievement.
40. Nefale, M.  (2001).  Parents and adolescents in the struggle against HIV/AIDS - the SA experience.
41. MA Group project  (2001). Children's homes: A comparison of approaches
42. Van Staden F. J.  (2002)   Concern and reactions to environmental issues: South African respondent characteristics.
43. Baloyi, L.  (2002)   Teddy bear therapy.
44. Harper, M. L., Harper, M. M. & Nieuwoudt, J.  (2004)   Teaching street children.
45. Kruger, P.  (2004)  The vicissitudes of mind:  changing perspectives on the nature of 
               thought.