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Childrearing violence and child adjustment after exposure to Kenyan post-election violence.

Ann T Skinner, Paul Oburu, Jennifer E Lansford, Dario Bacchini (Educational Publishing Foundation, 2014-01)

This study examines parents' and children's exposure to short-term political violence and the relation between childrearing violence and child adjustment following widespread violence that erupted in Kisumu, Kenya after ...
Neighborhood danger, parental monitoring, harsh parenting, and child aggression in nine countries

Ann T Skinner, Dario Bacchini, Jennifer E Lansford, Jennifer W Godwin, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Maria Concetta Miranda, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2014-03)

Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative effects that permeate multiple dimensions of childhood. The current study examined whether mothers’, fathers’, and children’s perceptions of neighborhood danger ...
Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: A longitudinal study in eight countries

Jennifer E Lansford, Chinmayi Sharma, Patrick S Malone, Darren Woodlief, Kenneth A Dodge, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Suha M Al-Hassan, Liane Peña Alampay, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta (Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-07-01)

Two key tasks facing parents across cultures are managing children’s behaviors (and misbehaviors) and conveying love and affection. Previous research has found that corporal punishment generally is related to worse child ...
A longitudinal examination of mothers’ and fathers’ social information processing biases and harsh discipline in nine countries

Jennifer E Lansford, Darren Woodlief, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Suha M Al-Hassan, Liane Peña Alampay, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge (Cambridge University Press, 2014-08)

This study examined whether parents’ social information processing was related to their subsequent reports of their harsh discipline. Interviews were conducted with mothers (n = 1,277) and fathers (n = 1,030) of children ...
Correlates between levels of education in relation to marital satisfaction in KISII township of KISII county, Kenya

Samson Barongo, Peter Onderi, Zachary Kebati, Michael Okwara, Edward Bantu (International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 2014-11-01)

Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which ...
Gender differences in the predictors of career indecision of secondary school students in Kenya

Mbagaya, Catherine; Migunde, Quinter; Othuon, Lucas (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 ...
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education

Pamela A Raburu (MCSER Publishing, 2015)

Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ...
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education

Pamela A Raburu (MCSER Publishing, 2015)

Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ...
Relationship between perceptions of Inter-parental conflicts and involvement in delinquent behaviours among selected Kenyan adolescent students

N Scolastica Kariuki, Peter JO Aloka, Haniel Nyaga Gatumu, Ciriaka Gitonga (Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-01-09)

This study examined the relationship between adolescents’ perceptions of parents’ behaviours and their involvement in nonillegal and minor illegal delinquent behaviours in Secondary Schools, Nairobi Kenya. The study adopted ...
Career Decision Making Status of Adolescents in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya

Mbagaya, Catherine; Othuon, Lucas; Migunde, Quinter (Scholarlink Resource Centre Ltd, 2015-02-01)

The purpose of this study was to establish the decision making status of adolescents in Kisumu municipality across various demographic variables. The sample consisted of 359 (162 males and 197 females) secondary school ...
Assessment of factors related to academic achievement in Mathematics among Secondary school students in Kenya.

Peter Omae Onderi (2015-05)
Teachers’ Perceptions on Oral Questioning as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among Kenyan Lower Primary Schools Learners

Violet R Otieno, Peter JO Aloka, Benson Charles Odongo (Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-05-03)

The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers’ Perception on Oral Questioning as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among lower public primary school learners in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya. The ...
Using Written Tests to assess Holistic Development of Lower Primary School Learners in Kenya

Violet R Otieno, Benson Charles Odongo, Peter JO Aloka (Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-05-03)

The present study investigated the use of written tests to assess holistic development of Lower Primary school Learners in Kenya. The Concurrent Triangulation Design was employed. The sample size comprised 184 respondents ...
MODERATING ROLE OF AGE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREER READINESS AND CAREER INDECISION.

MBAGAYA, Catherine; MIGUNDE, Quinter; OTHUON, Lucas (2015-06)

The purpose of this study was to determine the moderating role of age in the association between career readiness and career indecision. A sample of 369 secondary school students was surveyed on career indecision and ...
Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self‐reports

Marc H Bornstein, Diane L Putnick, Jennifer E Lansford, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Paul Oburu (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015-06)

We assessed 2 forms of agreement between mothers’ and fathers’ socially desirable responding in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand and the United States (N =1110 families). Mothers ...
The influence of students’ interpersonal nature on adjustment to loss and grief on Kenyan orphaned Secondary school students

Judith Anyango Owaa, Peter JO Aloka, Pamela Raburu (Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-07-03)

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of students’ interpersonal nature on adjustment to Loss and Grief on orphaned Kenyan secondary school students.The study was informed by Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory ...
Hostile attributional bias and aggressive behavior in global context

Kenneth A Dodge, Patrick S Malone, Jennifer E Lansford, Emma Sorbring, Ann T Skinner, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli (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 ...
Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

Diane L Putnick, Marc H Bornstein, Jennifer E Lansford, Patrick S Malone, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Paul Oburu (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-08)

: It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have ...
The influence of emotional progression factors on adjustment to loss and grief on Kenyan orphaned secondary school students

Judith Anyango Owaa, Peter JO Aloka, Pamela Raburu (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 ...
Teachers’ perception on progress monitoring record as a method of assessment of holistic development among Kenyan lower primary schools learners

Violet R Otieno, Benson Charles Odongo, Peter JO Aloka (Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-09-04)

The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers’ Perception on progress monitoring record as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among lower public primary school learners in Kisumu Central Sub-County Kisumu ...

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