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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 ...
The big five personality as a predictor of involvement in violence among students in secondary schools in Nyando Sub-County, Kenya
(Healthcare Review, 2021)
Involvement in violence among students is a common menace not only in Nyando Sub-county,
Kenya but also in the whole world. Predicting involvement in violence based on the big five
personalities could be useful in ...
Environmental harshness and unpredictability, life history, and social and academic behavior of adolescents in nine countries.
(American Psychological Association, 2018)
Safety is essential for life. To survive, humans and other animals have developed sets
of psychological and physiological adaptations known as life history (LH) tradeoff strategies
in response to various safety constraints. ...
Effects of Staffing Policies on Public Secondary School Teachers’ Distribution in Homa-Bay County, Kenya
(ARC Journals, 2016)
The success of any policy lies in its effective implementation and staffing policies for teachers are meant to ensure sufficient teaching force that is equitably distributed in all public schools. Despite various staffing ...
Agreement in mother and father acceptance-rejection, warmth, and hostility/rejection/neglect of children across nine countries
(Sage Publications, 2018-08)
The authors assessed whether mothers’ and fathers’ self-reports of acceptance-rejection, warmth, and hostility/rejection/neglect (HRN) of their preadolescent children differ cross-nationally and relative to the gender of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Relationship between Emotional Engagement and Academic Achievement among Kenyan Secondary School Students
(Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018-03-08)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional engagement and academic achievement among secondary school students of Manga Sub County, Nyamira County, Kenya. The study was hinged on 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 ...