This dataset belongs to the following dissertation: Barend Johannes Geyser (2017). The model for the accompaniment of seekers with a Christian background into silence in their quest for wholeness. Radboud UniversityData gathering has taken place by means of phenomenological interviews , observations and making field notes during the interviews, as well as video-stimulated recall. The interview transcripts are written in the South African language.This dataset contains the interview transcripts.The researcher decided to select participants who were starting with their second half of life, thus from 40 to 55 years of age. The participants are all from a Christian background and they were all living in the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg, which means that they are from the socio- economic middle class and upper middle class. There are 3 women and 5 men interviewed. The interviews involve the conscious selection of certain participants. In this instance, the participants are seekers that ask for accompaniment into silence. They are all Christian seekers on a quest for wholeness and investigating the possibility of the practice of silence as an aid in their quest. They all attempted to practice silence in some or other way for at least three years.In addition to the eight interview transcripts, a read me text is added to explain the context of the dataset.

Objectives: The Texas Christian University Organisational Readiness for Change Scale (TCU-ORC) assesses factors influencing adoption of evidence-based practices. It has not been validated in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study assessed its psychometric properties in a South African setting with the aim of adapting it into a shorter measure.

Methods: This study was conducted in 24 South African primary health care clinics in the Western Cape Province. The TCU-ORC and two other measures, the Organisational Readiness to Change Assessment (ORCA) and the Checklist for Assessing Readiness for Implementation (CARI) were administered. The questionnaire was re-administered after 2 weeks to obtain data on test-retest reliability. Three hundred and ninety-five surveys were completed: 281 participants completed the first survey, and 118 re-completed the assessments.

Results: We used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to identify latent dimensions represented in the data. Cronbach’s...