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MODERATING ROLE OF AGE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREER READINESS AND CAREER INDECISION.
(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 ...
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education
(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 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 ...
Relationship between perceptions of Inter-parental conflicts and involvement in delinquent behaviours among selected Kenyan adolescent students
(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 ...
Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self‐reports
(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 ...
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 of Parent-Adolescent Communication on Adolescent Peer Relations and Gender Implications
(Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2015)
This study was conceptualized against a backdrop of Kenya’s a troubled secondary school
system; characterized by incidences of students’ unrests, drug abuse, examination cheating,
school dropouts and other forms of ...
Using Written Tests to assess Holistic Development of Lower Primary School Learners in Kenya
(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 ...
Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries
(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 ...