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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, ...
Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self‐regulation
(2017-01-01)
The dual systems model of adolescent risk-taking portrays the period as one
characterized by a combination of heightened sensation seeking and still-maturing self-
regulation, but most tests of this model have been ...
Household income predicts trajectories of child internalizing and externalizing behavior in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
(Sage Publications, 2019)
This study examined longitudinal links between household income and parents’ education and children’s trajectories of internalizing and
externalizing behaviors from age 8 to 10 reported by mothers, fathers, and children. ...
Teachers’ perception on progress monitoring record as a method of assessment of holistic development among Kenyan lower primary schools learners
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-09-04)
The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers’ Perception on progress monitoring record as a Method of Assessment of
Holistic Development among lower public primary school learners in Kisumu Central Sub-County Kisumu ...
Dyadic coping, parental warmth, and adolescent externalizing behavior in four countries
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
This study examined parental warmth as a mediator of relations between
mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions of dyadic coping and adolescent
externalizing outcomes. Data from 472 adolescents, mothers, and fathers
were ...
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 ...
Moderating effects of age gender and orphan hood on Social Exclusion and Sexual risk-taking Behaviors associated with HIV/AIDS among youth in Bondo District, Kenya
(Elixir, 2010-10-30)
Numerous studies on adolescents have explored factors associated with sexual risk-taking
behaviors among youth. However, few studies have examined the link between social
exclusion of youth in social and sexual matters ...
Puberty predicts approach but not avoidance on the Iowa Gambling Task in a multinational sample
(2016-09-01)
According to the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking, sensation seeking
and impulse control follow different developmental trajectories across adolescence and are
governed by two different brain systems. The ...
Relationship between parenting styles and academic adjustments among selected Kenyan secondary School students
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)
The present study examined the relationship between parenting styles and the academic adjustments
among form one secondary school students in Nyaribari Chache Sub-County, Kisii County, Kenya. The study
employed Expo-facto ...