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A clinical investigation of the role of family functioning in childhood learning disorders

Author: Madden, Alison Mary Date: 1984 The lack of clarity both of definition and of aetiology of the Learning Disability Syndrome prompted this clinical research. The family unit served as the focal point of analysis and various aspects of family functioning were investigated in ... Read more
A comparative analysis of outcome with various psychotherapeutic methods

Author: Shamley, Dorothy Antoinette Frances Date: 1977 The University of Cape Town Child Guidance Clinic had never evaluated its efficacy as a community service nor its efficacy as a training ground for trainee clinical psychologists. Furthermore, client satisfaction with services offered had not ... Read more
Complementarity and the practice of psychotherapy : an alternative to eclecticism

Author: Jordan, Ann Burns Date: 1984 The problem of competing theories in psychology presents major difficulties for the practicing psychotherapist. These difficulties have traditionally been addressed in mono-theoretical, eclectic and integrative approaches. This work critically ... Read more
The difficulties of stepmotherhood : a comparison between stepmothers who have no children of their own and stepmothers who have their own children

Author: Price, Ruth Nanette Date: 1987 Relatively few studies have examined the difficulties of the stepmother, but research suggests that compared to other stepparents, stepmothers without their own children have the most difficult task. This preliminary study describes the ... Read more
The effects of altering respiratory parameters upon certain autonomic and somatic variables

Author: Gibson, Mary Ann Date: 1978 Psychophysiological research has shown that high physiological arousal in the autonomic and somatic nervous system is associated with emotionality, e.g. anxiety. It was the aim of the present research to investigate the use of a deep breathing ... Read more
An experimental and qualitative investigation of the relationship between archetypal imagery in waking fantasies and nocturnal dreams

Author: Faber, Phillip A Date: 1987 In On the Nature of the Psyche (1946), Jung proffers what is probably his most systematic and articulate formulation of the theory of archetypes. A pivotal role is ascribed to his clinical observations of the interrelationships between waking ... Read more
An exploratory study of the families of bulimics from a systems perspective

Author: Ing-van der Poel, Lilian Date: 1987 Previous research into the families of eating disordered individuals appears to have focused almost exclusively on the families of anorexics. In view of the problems associated with the conceptualization of bulimia as a syndrome distinct from ... Read more
Family-functioning, sex-role ideology, psychological androgyny and self-actualisation in dual-career and traditional families

Author: Singer, Vivien Sorelle Date: 1984 The steadily increasing numbers in employed married women and the rise of feminist sex-role ideology are factors indicating change in the role and status of women in Western society. There is movement away from the traditional gender-based ... Read more
A Jungian formulation of incest as revealed in a clinical case study of an incest perpetrator

Author: De Kock, Yvonne Date: 1987 The aim of the present study is to provide a psychological understanding of the issues pertinent to the perpetration of father-daughter incest. An analysis of incest in the context of Jungian theory provides the theoretical basis. To elucidate ... Read more
Meditation and nocturnal dreams in the psychology of C. G. Jung : an experimental investigation

Author: Faber, Phillip Anthony Date: 1977 Meditational practices and sleep states have been viewed as related in the traditional doctrines of Yoga. Recent research on the physiological correlates of meditation has tended to confirm this relationship, although some controversy has ... Read more
A methodological study of the effect of experimentally induced demand characteristics in research on nocturnal dreams

Author: Stern, Derek Alan Date: 1977 This experiment tested the hypothesis that demand characteristics, as outlined by Orne (1962), may affect dream content. Twelve subjects, allocated to two matched groups balanced for age and sex, were selected on the basis of good dream recall ... Read more
A psychophysiological investigation of the effects of a psychotropic agent (clozapine) upon sleep parameters of normal young adults

Author: Touyz, Stephen William Date: 1976 Hypnotic and sedative drugs have been regarded as the most expedient method for the treatment of insomnia in contemporary western culture and their prescription has increased dramatically (Karacan and Williams 1971; Oswald 1968). However, ... Read more
The role of prenatal auditory stimulation in the development of filial behaviour in the domestic duckling

Author: De Wet, John Manning Date: 1974 The aim of the first three experiments was to delineate the physical characteristics of an artificial call for which naive Peking X Aylesbury ducklings show the greatest natural preference. In each experiment SO ducklings were tested at 20 ± ... Read more
Wilderness experience : a Jungian model

Author: Petrie, W J Date: 1989 The aim of the present study is to produce, and to begin to illustrate the use of, a theoretical model by which varying attitudes to, and experiences of, wilderness may be understood. A classical Jungian developmental framework is utilised ... Read more