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Gender biases against women in labor division in Kenya’s Ministry of Education
(American Journal of Sociological Research, 2017)The study invstigated gender biases against women in labor division in Kenya’s Ministry of Education. The research study was guided by the African feminism as a theoretical frame work. The concurrent triangulation design, ... -
Gender Differences in Motivation and Teacher Performance in Core Functions in Kenyan Secondary Schools
(Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018-03-08)This study investigated gender differences in teacher motivation and performance of the core functions. A mixed method research approach was adopted and within it the concurrent triangulation design was used. The target ... -
Gender differences in response to motor skill training on the performance of dressing as an activity of daily living by pupils with cerebral palsy in Kisumu, Kenya
(MCSER Publishing, 2016)The study explored gender differences in response to motor skill training on curbing activity restriction of dressing by pupils with cerebral palsy in a special school in Kisumu, Kenya. Mixed method approach was adopted ... -
Gender differences in the predictors of career indecision of secondary school students in Kenya
(2015)The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of career indecision by gender. A sample of 359 (162 male and 197 female) secondary school students were surveyed on career indecision, career readiness, locus ... -
Head teachers’ Supervision of Curriculum Implementation: Implications on Provision of Quality Secondary Education in Kenya
(Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2016-01-18)This study sought to find out how the head teachers’ supervision of curriculum implementation influences provision of quality education in Kisumu East Sub-County Secondary schools, Kenya. The study population consisted of ... -
Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context
(National Academy of Sciences, 2015-07-28)We tested a model that children’s tendency to attribute hostile intent to others in response to provocation is a key psychological process that statistically accounts for individual differences in reactive aggressive ... -
Household income predicts trajectories of child internalizing and externalizing behavior in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
(Sage Publications, 2019-01)This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents’ education and children’s trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. ... -
Household income predicts trajectories of child internalizing and externalizing behavior in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
(Sage Publications, 2019)This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents’ education and children’s trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. ... -
How adolescents’ lives were disrupted over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal investigation in 12 cultural groups in 9 nations from March 2020 to July 2022
(Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-26)It is unclear how much adolescents’ lives were disrupted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic or what risk factors predicted such disruption. To answer these questions, 1,080 adolescents in 9 nations were surveyed 5 times from ... -
How international research on parenting advances understanding of child development
(The Society for Research in Child Development, 2016)International research on parenting and child development can advance our understanding of similarities and differences in how parenting is related to children’s development across countries. Challenges to conducting ... -
Impact of personal cultural orientations and cultural intelligence on subjective success in self-employment in multi-ethnic societies
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019-12-01)The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of personal cultural orientation and behavioral aspect of cultural intelligence on subjective success in self-employment in a multi-ethnic context. Based on Sharma (J Acad ... -
Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries
(NIH Public Access, 2015-11)This study advances understanding of predictors of child abuse and neglect at multiple levels of influence. Mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,432 families, M age of children = 8.29 years) were interviewed annually ... -
Influence Extrovert Personality Trait on Mathematics Achievement among Secondary School Students in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2019)The present study investigated the influence of extrovert personality trait on Mathematics achievement among secondary school students in Nyakach sub-county, Kenya. The study will be guided by Eysenck’s theory of Personality. ... -
Influence of age on adjustment of readmitted teenage mothers in secondary schools kenya: a case study of Ugenya sub-county
(International Journal of Current Research, 2017-11-30)Teenage motherhood is a worldwide problem with 36.4 million girls giving birth before the age of 18 years in developing Countries and Kenya is no exception. The current study investigated the difference in adjustment of ... -
Influence of assessment services on academic performance among pupils in Kenyan public Primary schools
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Many pupils do not perform well in school despite the concerted efforts to push the course forward. The study investigated the influence of assessment services on academic performance of class eight pupils in public primary ... -
Influence of efficacy expectation on mathematics achievement among students in secondary schools in Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)Achievement in Mathematics has remained a challenge to many students at secondary school level in Kenya, for example students in Vihiga Sub County. While most studies have focused on: school related factors, subject related ... -
Influence of Electronic Media on Behaviour Problems among Selected Kenyan Secondary School Students
(IJASSH, 2018-01-08)The study investigated the influence of electronic media on behaviour problems among Secondary School Students in Mukaa District, Makueni County of Kenya. The study adopted the Bandura’s Social Learning theory. The study ... -
The influence of emotional progression factors on adjustment to loss and grief on Kenyan orphaned secondary school students
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-08-18)The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of emotional progression factors on adjustment to Loss and Grief on orphaned Kenyan secondary school students.The study was informed by Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory ... -
Influence of gender on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2017)This study investigated the influence of gender on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Herzberg’s two factor theories formed the basis for the ... -
INFLUENCE OF HEADTEACHERS’AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STYLE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-04-04)Kenyan schools have been encouraged to the pressure of inclusion to embrace integration of all learners including those with disabilities. The problem is that, despite the adoption of this policy in Kenya (2009), realization ...