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Hermann, Caroll

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Psychology
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7224-8297
Scopus ID: 57222329915
Research Interest(s): Ecopsychology, Interventions, Developmental psychology, Terminal lucidity and illnesses.
Biography: Dr. Caroll Hermann is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zululand. She holds a doctoral degree in Psychology from University of Zululand (UNIZULU). The title of her thesis is: Integral ecopsychological investigation of bonsai principals, meaning and healing. Dr. Hermann has experience and knowledge of research in psychology and community outreach. Her research interests include among others the broad field of Psychology and Community interventions; ecopsychology, terminal lucidity and illnesses and practices within context of community interventions and preventions; and clinical psychology. Dr. Hermann has teaching experience at undergraduate and post graduate levels. She has successfully supervised postgraduate students and acted as external examiner of postgraduate studies and moderated external examinations and modules. Dr. Hermann has published in accredited peer reviewed journals and serves on the review board of a journal. Currently, she published chapters in a Community Psychology text book along with other authors. Dr. Hermann has extensive practice experience as a Clinical Psychologist, before joining the University of Zululand she was involved in several entrepreneurial businesses.
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    Practitioners’ experiences of the influence of bonsai art on health
    2021
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    Bonsai art refers to the cultivation of a miniature tree. This study was motivated by the hypothesis that bonsai art may also be an ecopsychological, therapeutic practice that can have meaningful healing qualities. An international online survey elicited the meaning of bonsai art for 255 skilled bonsai practitioners. Questionnaires and interviews were used to elicit the experiences of participants. The findings supported the hypothesis that, for skilled practitioners, bonsai art was associated with meaningful healing experiences. In particular, the evidence suggests that bonsai art facilitates improved ecological, spiritual, and emotional awareness, as well as various healing dimensions, including aesthetic creativity, resilience, adaptability, and social, physical, and personal health. It is viewed as an intervention technique that requires few resources, is easy to apply, and has a minimal impact on any environmental setting. The conclusions drawn point to the ethically sound health promotion value of bonsai art in various settings, such as psychiatric hospitals, retirement homes, rehabilitation centers, and prisons.
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    eHealth engagement on Facebook during COVID-19: simplistic computational data analysis
    2022
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    Understanding social media networks and group interactions is crucial to the advancement of linguistic and cultural behavior. This includes how people accessed advice on health during COVID-19 lockdown. Some people turned to social media to access information on health when other routes were curtailed by isolation rules, particularly among older generations. Facebook public pages, groups and verified profiles using keywords “senior citizen health”, “older generations”, and “healthy living” were analyzed over a 12-month period to examine engagement with social media promoting good mental health. Crowd Tangle was used to source status updates, photo and video sharing information in the English language, which resulted in an initial 116,321 posts and 6,462,065 interactions. Data analysis and visualization were used to explore large datasets, including natural language processing for “message” content discovery, word frequency and correlational analysis as well as co-word clustering. Preliminary results indicate strong links to healthy aging information shared on social media, which showed correlations to global daily confirmed cases and daily deaths. The results can identify public concerns early on and address mental health issues among senior citizens on Facebook.
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