Department of Psychology: Recent submissions
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Parental and special education teachers’ influence on psychological adjustment of pupils with learning disabilities in inclusive primary schools in Kenya
(Academic JournalsAcademic Journals, 2021)Learning disabilities (LDs) encompass a very extensive range of academic problems which can give rise to social and psychological problems. Apart from experiencing academic problems, pupils with LDs experience strong ... -
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 ... -
Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures
(Wiley, 2020)We investigated the effects of parental warmth and behavioral control on externalizing and internalizing symptom tra jectories from ages 8 to 14 in 1,298 adolescents from 12 cultural groups. We did not find that single ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Effect of cognitive behaviour therapy on depressive symptoms among HIV-infected outpatients in Kenya
(Universidad de Almería, 2017)Timely diagnosis and treatment of depression among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa which is home to about 70% of global HIV infection is disproportionately low. In Kenya, the effect of cognitive ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Child Prosocial Behavior: Developmental Transactions across the Transition to Adolescence in Nine Countries, Mothers and Fathers, and Girls and Boys
(American Psychological Association, 2018)Promoting children’s prosocial behavior is a goal for parents, healthcare professionals, and nations. Does positive parenting promote later child prosocial behavior, or do children who are more prosocial elicit more ... -
Parenting, Culture, and the Development of Externalizing Behaviors from Age Seven to 14 in Nine Countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)Using multilevel models, we examined mother-, father-, and child-reported (N = 1,336 families) externalizing behavior problem trajectories from age seven to 14 in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, ... -
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. ... -
Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low‐ and middle‐income countries
(Wiley, 2019).The current longitudinal study is the first comparative investigation across low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to test the hypothesis that harsher and less affec‐ tionate maternal parenting (child age 14 years, on ... -
External environment and internal state in relation to life-history behavioural profiles of adolescents in nine countries
(The Royal Society, 2019)The external environment has traditionally been considered as the primary driver of animal life history (LH). Recent research suggests that animals’ internal state is also involved, especially in forming LH behavioural ... -
Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents’ Discipline Practices, and Children’s Behavior Problems: An International Perspective
(Wiley, 2020)This study investigated the association between perceived material deprivation, children’s behavior problems, and parents’ disciplinary practices. The sample included 1,418 8- to 12-year-old children and their parents in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
