An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction
| dc.contributor.advisor | Long, Wahbie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kara, Tashmira | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-06T06:43:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-06T06:43:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-07-06T06:43:02Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study aims to explore how substance users from poor and working-class backgrounds in the Western Cape, South Africa, understand the development of their patterns of substance use. Using a mono-method qualitative research design under an intersectional theoretical framework, 11 face-to-face interviews were conducted. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Six themes were identified: addiction and agency; substance use as a coping mechanism; unmet attachment needs; societal factors influencing substance use; the psychology of active addiction; and recovery. The results of this study correspond to existing literature on substance abuse; however, this study is unique in that it relates problematic substance use to violence and poverty, through the mechanism of shame, in a South African context. Future research should aim to conduct interviews in participants' home languages to aid in capturing more nuanced narratives. Moreover, a more gender-balanced sample should be interviewed which would allow the female voice to come through more consistently. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Kara, T. (2023). <i>An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38027 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Kara, Tashmira. <i>"An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38027 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kara, T. 2023. An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38027 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Kara, Tashmira AB - The study aims to explore how substance users from poor and working-class backgrounds in the Western Cape, South Africa, understand the development of their patterns of substance use. Using a mono-method qualitative research design under an intersectional theoretical framework, 11 face-to-face interviews were conducted. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Six themes were identified: addiction and agency; substance use as a coping mechanism; unmet attachment needs; societal factors influencing substance use; the psychology of active addiction; and recovery. The results of this study correspond to existing literature on substance abuse; however, this study is unique in that it relates problematic substance use to violence and poverty, through the mechanism of shame, in a South African context. Future research should aim to conduct interviews in participants' home languages to aid in capturing more nuanced narratives. Moreover, a more gender-balanced sample should be interviewed which would allow the female voice to come through more consistently. DA - 2023_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Clinical Psychology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2023 T1 - An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction TI - An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38027 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38027 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Kara T. An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2023 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38027 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Psychology | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.subject | Clinical Psychology | |
| dc.title | An Exploration of How Working-Class Substance Users in the Western Cape Understand Their Addiction | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters |