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Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups
(Springer, 2020)
Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate
parenting, including effective parent–adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven ...
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from the Longitudinal Parenting Across Cultures Project
(Policy Press, 2021)
empirical findings from PAC are summarized to illustrate implications for six specific SDGs
related to child and adolescent development in relation to education, poverty, gender, mental
health, and well-being. Then the ...
Choice Shifts in School Disciplinary Decision Making: Analysis of Age Differences of Panel Members
(The Open Psychology Journal, 2020-06-11)
Background:
Decision making is critical to each organization and it requires the ability to find a possible balance between risky and cautious decisions. The Kenyan secondary schools are mandated by the Ministry of Education ...
Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures
(Society for Research on Adolescence, 2020)
We investigated the effects of parental warmth and behavioral control on externalizing and internalizing symptom trajectories from ages 8 to 14 in 1,298 adolescents from 12 cultural groups. We did not find that single ...
A confirmatory factor analysis of the career locus of control scale with secondary school students in Kenya
(Elixir International Journal, 2021)
This article presents the confirmatory factor analysis of the 20 item career locus of
control scale with a sample of 370 secondary school students. The instrument consists of
4 subscales measuring Internality, Luck, ...
Opportunities and Peer Support for Aggression and Delinquency During Adolescence in Nine Countries
(New directions for child and adolescent development, 2020)
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural ...
Effect of career counseling on the career development of secondary school students in Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2021)
The purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of career counseling on students’ career development
in secondary schools in Kenya. The study sample consisted of 341 (158 males and 183 females) secondary ...
Examining the internalizing pathway to substance use frequency in 10 cultural groups
(Pergamon, 2020)
Use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs (i.e., substance use) is a leading cause of global health burden
for 10-to-24-year-olds, according to the World Health Organization’s index of number of years of
life lost, leading ...
INTEREST AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA: GENDER AS A MODERATOR
(Research and Analysis Journal, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to establish the moderating role of gender in the influence of interest on science performance among secondary school students in Migori county. A sample of 327 Form Four students in Migori ...
Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups
(Springer US, 2020-03-12)
Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate
parenting, including effective parent–adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven ...