Browsing Department of Psychology by Issue Date
Now showing items 81-100 of 203
-
Mothers', fathers' and children's perceptions of parents' expectations about children's family obligations in nine countries
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016-10-01)Children's family obligations involve assistance and respect that children are expected to provide to immediate and extended family members and reflect beliefs related to family life that may differ across cultural ... -
Personality as a Predictor of Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour: A Study Conducted Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science publishing group, 2016-11-23)Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in the world, but its relation with personality has not been explored exhaustively, especially in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship ... -
Extraversion and Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2016-11-24)Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in the world, but its relation with extraversion has not been explored exhaustively, especially in Kenya. The study aimed at establishing relationship between ... -
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 ... -
Relationship between attitude towards guidance and counseling programme and adjustment of re-admitted teenage mothers in Kenyan Secondary Schools
(Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2017)Teenage motherhood is a worldwide problem with 36.4 million girls giving birth before the age of 18 years in developing world. The present study investigated the relationship between attitude towards guidance and counseling ... -
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, ... -
Influence of self-esteem on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2017)This study investigated the influence of self-esteem on job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Kisii Central Sub-County, Kenya. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Herzberg’s two factor theories informed the present ... -
Parenting and Positive Adjustment for Adolescents in Nine Countries
(Springer, Cham, 2017)This chapter describes the theoretical background, methodology, and select empirical findings from the Parenting Across Cultures project, a longitudinal study of mothers, fathers, and youth in nine countries (China, Colombia, ... -
Parenting, environment, and early child development in sub-Saharan Africa
(Springer, New York, NY, 2017)This chapter describes the contemporary situation of children in sub-Saharan Africa with successive foci on child growth, the home environment, parenting, and discipline using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey ... -
Effect of cognitive behaviour therapy on depressive symptoms among HIV-infected outpatients in Kenya
(Universidad de Almería, 2017)Timely diagnosis and treatment of depression among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa which is home to about 70% of global HIV infection is disproportionately low. In Kenya, the effect of cognitive ... -
Relationship between Attitude Towards Guidance and Counseling Programme and Adjustment of Re-admitted Teenage Mothers in Kenyan Secondary Schools
(Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2017)Teenage motherhood is a worldwide problem with 36.4 million girls giving birth before the age of 18 years in developing world. The present study investigated the relationship between attitude towards guidance and counseling ... -
Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation
(2017-01-01)The dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking portrays the period as one characterized by a combination of heightened sensation seeking and still-maturing self- regulation, but most tests of this model have been ... -
Severity and justness do not moderate the relation between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes: A multicultural and longitudinal study
(Sage Publications, 2017-07)There is strong evidence of a positive association between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes, but previous studies have suggested that the manner in which parents implement corporal punishment moderates the ... -
‘Mixed blessings’: parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017-08)Most studies of the effects of parental religiousness on parenting and child development focus on a particular religion or cultural group, which limits generalizations that can be made about the effects of parental religiousness ... -
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 ... -
Reward sensitivity, impulse control, and social cognition as mediators of the link between childhood family adversity and externalizing behavior in eight countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-12)Using data from 1,177 families in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States), we tested a conceptual model of direct effects of childhood family adversity on ... -
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 ... -
Relationship between self-esteem and indulgence in behavior problems among secondary school students in Kenya
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2018)The study investigated the relationship between students’ self-esteem and indulgence in behavior problems in Kenya. The Theory of Planned Behaviour by Ajzen, and Person Centered Theory by Carl Rogers were employed to guide ... -
Strategies for enhancing teachers’ self-efficacy in secondary schools
(Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2018)Aim: To determine strategies for enhancing self-efficacy among secondary school teachers. Sample: The study population was 1790 teachers in 143 public secondary schools from which a sample of 12 teachers was drawn using ... -
Influence of Teachers’ Status of Digital Literacy on Integration of Digital Technologies in Early Years of Education in Kenya.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)Today’s children are growing up in a rapidly changing digital age that is different from that of their parents and grandparents with variety of technologies all around their homes and schools. One of the Kenyan national ...