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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 ...
Culture and Social Change in Mothers’ and Fathers’ Individualism, Collectivism and Parenting Attitudes
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)
Cultures and families are not static over time but evolve in response to social transformations, such as changing gender roles, urbanization, globalization, and technology uptake. Historically,
individualism and collectivism ...
Examining effects of mother and father warmth and control on child externalizing and internalizing problems from age 8 to 13 in nine countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
This study used data from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United States; N = 1,315) to investigate bidirectional associations between parental ...
Differences in School-readiness among Pre-school Children in Rural and Urban areas of Kisumu County, Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2021)
This study compared primary school preparedness of urban and rural preschool children in
Kisumu county, Kenya. Children were assessed on their level of learning and development in
the following domains: pre-academic ...
Cross‐cultural effects of parent warmth and control on aggression and rule‐breaking from ages 8 to 13
(Wiley, 2020)
We investigated whether bidirectional associations between parental warmth and behavioral control and child aggression and rule‐breaking behavior emerged in 12 cultural groups. Study participants included 1,298 children ...