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Neighborhood danger, parental monitoring, harsh parenting, and child aggression in nine countries
(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 ...
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 ...
Influence of assessment services on academic performance among pupils in Kenyan public Primary schools
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)
Many pupils do not perform well in school despite the concerted efforts to push the course forward. The study investigated the influence of assessment services on academic performance of class eight pupils in public primary ...
Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ anger/ irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning in nine countries
(American Psychological Association, 2020)
The present study examined parents’ self-efficacy about anger regulation and irritability as
predictors of harsh parenting and adolescent children’s irritability (i.e., mediators), which in turn
were examined as predictors ...
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 ...
Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2011-04-01)
The present study examined differences and similarities between Kenyan mothers and fathers in attributions regarding successes and failures in caregiving situations and progressive versus authoritarian attitudes.
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 ...
Relationship between locus of control and stress management among high school principals Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)
In a pre- conference brief by the Kenya High School Heads Association (KEHHSA, 2016) alluded that twenty three (23) principals die annually in Kenya due to stress related issues. The present study examined the relationship ...
Social support and adolescents’ career development
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to determine influence of social support on adolescents’ career
development. The sample consisted of 358 secondary school students from year one to year four.
The students were surveyed on ...
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 ...