Browsing PHD-Department of Psychology by Title
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Influence of Perception of University Students on Utilization of Peer Counselling Services in Selected Universities in Kenya
(2018-11)Peer counselling refers to the help among and by people of the same age group or people operating at the same level who take charge of assisting each other on various issues that affect them. Based on this understanding ... -
Influence of Psychosocial Well-Being on Alcohol Abuse among Public School Teachers in Nyeri County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-04)Psychosocial wellbeing is important for effective functioning and plays a key role in individuals behaviour including alcohol abuse. There are few empirical studies that have examined the influence of psychosocial wellbeing ... -
Issues in the controversy surrounding the introduction of family life education in Kenyan schools 1987-1997
(2012-03-14)This study set out to investigate the issues in the controversy surrounding the introduction of Family Life Education (FLE) in schools. Two protagonists can be identified in this controversy. On the one hand are the ... -
Personality traits, political efficacy and electoral outcomes: a survey of selected female parliamentary contestants in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)Personality traits and political efficacy judgments independently influence the types and the level to which people participate in political activities. All reviewed studies on the role of personality traits and political ... -
Relationship Between Emotional Intelligenc and Job Performance Among Service Providers in Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya
(2013-08-14)The Kenya government has established various rehabilitation schools to help in rehabilitating and reintegrating into society, children who commit various offences and end up in the hands of the juvenile justice system. ... -
Relationship between Family Expressed Emotion and Relapse Occurence among Inpatient Alcoholics in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)Alcoholism is a family illness that requires treatment of the whole family, because recovery after rehabilitation seems mostly achievable when both the individual and their family are involved in relapse prevention. While ... -
Relationship between Gender Roles and Marital Stability among Couples in Selected Counties of Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)There is increased evidence of marital conflict, instability, separation and divorce both globally and in Kenya. There is a possibility that this could be attributed to changes in perceptions and performance of gender roles ... -
Relationship between Memory of Trauma and Selected Psychobiosocial Constructs Among Adolescents with Physical Disabilities in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Adolescents with physical disability experience trauma causing events which imprint heavily into their memory. Memory of trauma may cause one to relive the event therefore evoking the feelings they experienced during the ... -
Relationship Between Memory of Trauma and Selected Psychobiosocial Constructs among Adolescents with Physical Disabilities in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Adolescents with physical disability experience trauma causing events which imprint heavily into their memory. Memory of trauma may cause one to relive the event therefore evoking the feelings they experienced during the ... -
Relationship between parental behaviour towards adolescents and their manifest aggression in Nairobi secondary schools
(2012-01-20)The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of parental behaviour on adolescent manifest aggression in Nairobi Secondary Schools. It examined whether adolescent aggression was related to: parents' emotional ... -
Relationship between Parental Conflict and Social Adjustment of Adolescent Students in Seconday Schools in Murang’a County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-03)Parental conflict is a prevalent problem that threatens the social adjustment of adolescence children both in developed and developing nations. Despite evidence of parental conflicts in Kenyan families, there is scarce ... -
Relationship Between Perceived Parental Nurturance and Problem Behaviours among Secondary School Students in Selected Counties in Kenya.
(2013-08-01)Despite the heavy investment in education that the Kenyan Government makes each year, problem behaviours amongst adolescent students continue to affect the goals of effective training and skill building among many young ... -
The relationship between pornography viewing and sexually aggressive behaviours among male students in selected Universities in Kenya
(2015-07)Pornography viewing has become a widespread social phenomenon in the world; Kenya notwithstanding. Studies have indicated that pornography viewing is correlated to sexual aggressive behaviours among college students. ... -
Relationship between Psychological Climate and Organizational Commitment among Academic Staff of Public Universities in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Psychological climate has been conceptualized as an individual’s perception relating to overall view of the psychological work environment. Researchers have revealed that psychological climate has a huge covariate of ... -
Relationship between Selected Childhood Parental Factors and Victimization to Intimate Partner Violence among Men in Nyeri County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-03)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent problem that threatens the societal welfare both in developed and developing nations. Most efforts to alleviate it have focused on women victims of male perpetrated IPV. Despite ... -
The Relationship between Terrorism and Islam: An Insight into the Myth and Reality
(Kenyatta University, 2021)This was a philosophical research which focused on the social political philosophy to analyse the relationship between Islam and terrorism. There seems to be a disconnect between the understanding of Islam as a religion ... -
The role of professional counseling associations in professional counseling practice in Kenya
(2014)There are several roles of Professional Counseling Associations (PCAs). Major among them is for accountability purposes of a professional practitioner. PCAs provide the checks and balances necessary in the maintenance of ... -
Secondary traumatic stress among young people orphaned by AIDS in Kenya: prevalence, severity and predictors
(2011-08-15)Recent advances in Psychological research suggests that family, friends and professionals are susceptible to developing traumatic stress symptoms from being empathetically engaged with victims of traumatic events. The ... -
Societal factors and behaviour maladjustment of the boy-child: a case of boys in selected rehabilitation institutions in Nairobi and Kiambu counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014)Throughout much of history and across cultures, greater value has been placed on the male child. This is because of the roles he was presumed to take in the family and the society at large. Despite the high premium in which ... -
Women’s perception of endogenous factors influencing them to stay in abusive spousal relationships: A case of women rights awareness program in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-05)The decision whether to stay or end abuse in an intimate relationship is a complex one for victims. Most past studies have focused on socioeconomic factors influencing women to stay in abusive spousal relationships and ...
