ABSTRACT The choice of a career is very important because it affects one’s entire life. To enable students make this crucial decision, career guidance is offered in secondary schools in Kenya to help the students realise their potential and select training programmes that will lead them to appropriate careers in future. Despite the fact that students are given career guidance, many students try to change the training programmes they had chosen immediately after admission or after a period o...
This study aimed at investigating affluent parents’ behaviour on assertiveness among adolescents in Karen-Nairobi County, Kenya: The family has extensively remained the foundation of humanity. Visualized as an abode from suffering and pain of daily lifecycle, the family has remained an important haven, a reassuring abode, a dwelling of relief and refreshment. However, within the same family, parents’ contribution, which is the most rewarding work of adult life, is faced with many challe...
This study investigatedthe influence of parenting styles on adolescent girls‟ academic performance in public secondary schools in Makadara Sub County, Nairobi County, Kenya. The study employed the correlation survey design. The study was guided by four research objectives: To establish the relationship between authoritarian parenting style and adolescent girls‟ academic performance in public secondary schools in Makadara sub-county; To examine the relationship between authoritative parent...
The rising number of traumatic events is a global disastrous phenomenon. There have been sparing psychological interventions to this menace with skewed emphasis on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and less focus on the transformational side of trauma. The purpose of this study was to investigate trauma processing strategies and posttraumatic growth (PTG) among the survivors of Garissa University terrorist attack. The study was guided by six research objectives namely to examine the ...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of the internet on university students` moral development in three universities in Iringa region-Tanzania. The study was guided by five research questions, How does use of internet influence interpersonal behaviour among university students in Iringa Region? To what extent does the use of internet influence social contact among university students in Iringa Region? How does use of internet influence universal ethical standards amo...
The purpose of this study was to analyze parenting styles and bullying behavior among girls in public secondary schools. Cross sectional survey design and phenomenological design was used.The target population was schools in Kajiado West Sub County, Parents, Principals, Deputy Principals, Heads of counseling Department and Girls students. A total of 272 respondents participated in the study. Data was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Six girls secondary schools ...
The purpose of the study was to examine drug abuse and its influence on the psychological well-being of students in Public Secondary Schools in Molo Sub- County, Nakuru Kenya. The study was guided by the following questions: What are the commonly abused drugs by students, What are the factors contributing to drug abuse, What were the existing measures used to mitigate drug abuse in public secondary schools, How does drug abuse influence the psychological well-being of students in public ...
This study investigated how parental alcohol abuse influences children leaving their homes in Kabale municipality, Uganda. The child‟s life journey was traced from home through the streets. Four research questions guided the study: How does parental alcohol abuse influence children leaving their homes? What challenges are faced by the street children? What survival strategies do children use to face the challenges on the street? What interventions would control parental alcohol abuse? ...
Student learning behaviour can be adversely influenced by extraneous factors such as the use of social media. These adverse effects can sometimes extend to the students perceptions of learning to the extent that they shift their attention either positively or negatively towards learning. The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of social media on learning behaviour among secondary school students in Moshi Municipality in Tanzania. The study specifically sought to address the...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at shedding light on shame and its relationship to violence, especially among offenders who repeatedly commit violent crimes. Questions revolving around the type of relationships or bonds offenders had with their caretakers as a child and its possible consequences were answered, leading to interpretations regarding the relationship between shame and with violence. The Social Bond Theory served as the theoretical framework for the sample. Subjects were chosen on the ...
The problem by this study was the failure of vocation to religious life adjustment could lead to great hindrance to the progress of re-purpose of the study, therefore, was to determine the extent trusted to religious life. The design of the study was surveyed. "Tr: sample was drawn from 300 nu n sin the six Area Councils of t Abuja. A sample of 170 nuns was drawn from the population. "lument used was developed by the researcher. It is called ReIig lostrnent Rating Scale (RARS). It ...
ABSTRACT Computer anxiety has been identified as a prominent drawback to many freshmen in the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions in Nigeria. It is a known fact that inadequate computer skills coupled with computer anxiety are linked to attrition rate and poor academic performance among distance learners who by exigency should utilise computer to bridge the transactional and interactional distance that exist between them, their tutors and other relevant personnel. This is capable o...
ABSTRACT Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) implies acting beyond the formal job description for the purpose of corporate and individual benefits. This is waning in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This scenario has been rendering the commitment of the NSCDC towards the combat of vandalism, protection of critical national assets, supervision of private guards and management of disasters to be less effective. Past studies on OCB among para-military personnel were ...
ABSTRACT Lack of academic confidence and motivation among undergraduates has become worrisome among stakeholders and educational psychologists. It often results in the inability to adjust to academic demands, socio-personal and psychological difficulties experienced by undergraduates which consequently lead to poor academic performance and high drop-out. Previous studies focused on dispositional factors with little attention on psycho-personological factors. This study, therefore, investigat...