School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions

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    • Intraindividual variability in parental acceptance-rejection predicts externalizing and internalizing symptoms across childhood/adolescence in nine countries. 

      Ann E Folker, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Jennifer E Lansford, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, W Andrew Rothenberg, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang (American Psychological Association, 2023-09-21)
      Parenting that is high in rejection and low in acceptance is associated with higher levels of internalizing (INT) and externalizing (EXT) problems in children and adolescents. These symptoms develop and can increase in ...

    • Developmental Trajectories of Parental Self-Efficacy as Children Transition to Adolescence in Nine Countries: Latent Growth Curve Analyses 

      Christy M Buchanan, Terese Glatz, Şule Selçuk, Ann T Skinner, Jennifer E Lansford, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay (Springer US, 2023-11-13)
      Little is known about the developmental trajectories of parental self-efficacy as children transition into adolescence. This study examined parental self-efficacy among mothers and fathers over 3 1/2 years representing ...

    • Mitindo ya Lugha Inayowabainisha Wahusika Wazimu katika Riwaya za Habwe 

      Odhong’, Joseph Ondiek; Amukowa, Debora Nanyama; Asiko, Beverlyne Ambuyo (EASTAFRICAN NATURE& SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 2023-07-31)
      Takwimu za Shirika la Afya Ulimwenguni zinaonyesha ongezeko la idadi ya wazimu katika jamii duniani kote (Kovacevic, 2021). Waandishi wa fasihi wamewaumba wahusika wazimu wakiakisi mazingira wanamoishi. Tangu jadi wahakiki ...

    • Politeness in nonverbal communication: a commentary on non-verbal communication in a linguistics classroom context in a selected Kenyan university 

      ABAYA, Ruth; ONGARORA, David; MAGONYA, Lilian (European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies, 2023-07-05)
      The aim of this article was to explain the effects of politeness as entailed in nonverbal language use in the instructional process. Non-verbal communication skills also known as silent language, include all behaviours ...

    • Politeness Strategies in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC): 

      ABAYA, Ruth; MAGONYA, Lilian; ONGARORA, David (Al-Kindupublishers, 2023-08-13)
      This paper examines the politeness theory in the light of Austin & Searle’s speech act theory as reflected in CMC between students and their lecturers or supervisors. Thus politeness aspects were analyzed as enacted in ...

    • Alternative Media and Ethnic Politics in Kenya 

      Kilonzo, Susan M; Muhoma, Catherine (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, 2023-08-23)
      The history of the use of alternative media in Kenya’s politics shows evidence that it was in use in 2007, when the country came into the brink of a genocide; and, prominently in use, in the recent 2022 general elections. ...

    • Anti-Politics and Free Maternal Health Services in Kilifi County, Kenya 

      Ombere, Stephen Okumu; Nyambedha, Erick Otieno; Haller, Tobias; Merten, Sonja (Routledge, 2023-01-02)
      Maternal healthcare is a global agenda. Kenya introduced free maternity services (FMS) in 2013 to allow women to give birth for free in all government public health facilities. The introduction of FMS was timely due to the ...

    • Introduction: Religion and Inequality in Africa 

      Chitando, Ezra; Maseno, Loreen; Tarusarira, Joram (Bloomsbury, 2023-01-12)

    • 10 Securitization of COVID-19 and the Imagination of Post-COVID-19 Burial Ceremonies in Kenya and Zimbabwe 

      Maseno, Loreen; Sibanda, Fortune (Taylor & Francis, 2023)
      The years 2020 and 2021 will go down in history as the most tragic period in the second decade of the new millennium as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in death and untold suffering the world over (Sibanda ...

    • 3 Sitting on a Grave 

      Maseno, Loreen (Taylor & Francis, 2023)
      COVID-19 in Kenya necessitated an enforcement of Ministry of Health (MOH) burial guidelines. These were met with resistance at various levels, even as the State demanded that these guidelines be unilaterally enforced. After ...

    • Local perspectives on policy implementation of free maternity health services in Kenya: Implications for universal health coverage. 

      Ombere, O. Stephen; Nyambedha, O. Erick; Haller, Tobias; Merten, Sonja (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023-05-02)
      Kenya introduced free maternity services (FMS) in 2013 to enable all pregnant women to give birth for free in all government public health facilities. Currently, Kenya is rolling out universal health coverage (UHC), which ...

    • Olikoye Ransome-Kuti: a treasured advocate for primary health care and a pioneer of good health governance 

      Friday Okonofua, Natalia Kanem, Eyitayo Lambo, Isaac F Adewole, Nimi D Briggs, Elizabeth Millar, Fikadu Mitiku, Honelgn N Hiruy, Janine Barden-O’Fallon, Subeen Lim, Hocheol Lee, Jongin Lee, Nigatu R Geda, Eunwoo Nam, Victoria K Uka, Esienumoh E Ekpoanwan, Alberta D Nsemo, Josephine B Etowa, Stephen O Ombere, Erick O Nyambedha, Tobias Haller, Sonja Merten, Tolulope F Olufunlayo, Olayinka A Abosede, Adebayo T Onajole, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Nnabuike C Ngene, Olive P Khaliq, Jagidesa Moodley, Sanae Elomrani, Bouchra Assarag, Vincent De Brouwere, Soufiane Aithammou, Rachid Bezad, Bouchra Benazzouz (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023-05-31)
      Given the phenomenal contributions he made to primary health care worldwide, and to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health care in the African region, the African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH) has ...

    • Tourism memories – a collaborative reflection on inclusion and exclusion 

      Jernsand, Eva Maria; Kraff, Helena; Törngren, Sayaka Osanami; Adolfsson, Caroline; Björner, Emma; Omondi, Lillian; Pederson, Thomas; Ulver, Sofia (Taylor and Francis online, 2023-05-15)
      The purpose of this paper is to explore how people’s differentiated privileged and marginalised positions in society create instances of inclusion and exclusion in tourism. Eight authors utilised their diverse disciplinary ...

    • Media Exposure and Awareness Creation: Examination of a Vernacular Radio Health Programme on Type 2 Diabetes 

      Misiani, Daniel Otieno; Nyambug, Charles (Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2023-04-30)
      Communication research has established a cause-effect relationship between amount of media exposure and audience awareness about issues in the society. Against this, different media programmes have been rolled out in an ...

    • Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students 

      Aloka Peter Jo, Mwajuma Christine Opondo, Ooko Mary (IGI Global, 2023)
      This chapter analyzed expectations, culture, and adaptation to higher education institutions by first-year students. By adopting a conceptual review as framework, data were obtained from published literature. The results ...

    • Nafasi ya Ikolojia ya Lugha katika Mtagusano wa Kiswahili na Kibukusu katika Mawanda ya Dini katika Kaunti ya Bungoma 

      Barasa Martin Mulwale, Ngesa Florence Indede, Asiko Beverlyne Ambuyo (EAST AFRICANNATURE & SCIENCEORGANIZATION, 2023-03-27)
      Nyanja mbalimbali katika jamii hutegemea matumizi ya lugha. Hali hii huzua changamoto ya namna ya kutumia raslimali za lugha zinazopatikana katika jamiilugha fulani. Juhudi ya kufahamu na kutagusana na ulimwengu huhitaji ...

    • Kubainisha Usawiri wa Ukahaba naWahusika Makahaba katika Riwaya ya Nyota ya Rehema na Ndoto ya Almasi 

      Karuhanga Deusdedit, Indede Florence, Nanyama Deborah Amukowa (Jarida la Afrika Mashariki la Masomo ya Kiswahili, 2022-12-28)
      Utafiti huu ulichunguza ukahaba katika riwaya ya Nyota ya Rehema (Mohamed S.Mohamed) na Ndoto ya Almasi (Ken Walibora). Kitendo cha ukahaba kimesababisha mashaka mengi sana katika maisha ya mwanadamu kama vile kupoteza ...

    • Effects of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Healthcare System: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences with Maternal Health Services Utilization in Coastal Kenya 

      Okumu Stephen Ombere, Adiedo Agnetta Nyabundi (MDPI, 2023-02-28)
      The COVID-19 pandemic overstretched health systems in developed and developing nations. Like other African nations, Kenya has a frail health system, making responding to the pandemic a problem. Recent studies during COVID-19 ...

    • Pseudo-Reduplication in Lukisa Dialect 

      Oyoko Amos Maina, Atieno Jackline Okelo, Ogoti David Ongarora (East African Scholars Publisher, Kenya, 2022)
      : Reduplication is a grammatical aspect found in a wide range of African languages and it is sometimes interchangeably used with repetition. Reduplication is both a morphological and a phonological process of forming a ...

    • Form of Idioms which are Susceptible to Misinterpretation by the Fans of Witimbule Programme in Radio Mambo FM 

      Chenenje SL, Ongarora DO, Okelo JA (Indiana, 2023-03-03)
      Idioms are notoriously applicable in Witimbule Programme of Radio Mambo FM broadcast among the fans from the Luhya speaking communities to make their language native-like, for face-saving and regulation of human behavior. ...