Browsing PHD-Department of Psychology by Title
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Conceptualisation of abnormal behaviour among residents of Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi County, Kenya: implications for mental health intervention
(2015-05)expected to be afflicted by one form of a mental or neurological disorder at some point in their lives. Although great advancements have been made in its understanding and treatment, abnormal behaviour is still misconceptualised ... -
Determinants of Health Insurance Uptake by Urban Informal Sector Workers in Nairobi and Machakos, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-11)The informal sector in Kenya had employed 12.5 million people by 2015 who contributed substantially to the national GDP yet they are often excluded in healthcare systems and are therefore unlikely to access health benefits ... -
Effect of Group Therapy in Restoring Psychological Wellbeing of Sexually Violated Women of 1994 Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda
(Kenyatta University, 2017)Sexual violation of women has been found to leave permanent scars on the victims, affecting all spheres of life, therefore, compromising their psychological wellbeing. However, sexual violation is a vice shrouded with ... -
Effectiveness of Counselling Services on Academic Performance and Retention Rate of Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-08)Counselling is an essential pillar in student support services. However, there is a shortage of empirical data on the effectiveness of counselling services in enhancing academic performance and retention rate in all ... -
Effectiveness of drug and substance abuse prevention programs in selected public and private universities in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014)Substantial outcry about the problem of drug and substance abuse and its rippling effects echoes from many sectors of the society today. Families, learning institutions and places of work undergo agonizing consequences of ... -
Effectiveness of Offender Rehabilitation Programmes in Addressing the Psychological Needs of Women Offenders Within the Prisons in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-08)Globally, for the past decade there has been continuous growth of body of research on women in prisons with USA setting the pace. The studies have gained insights on female pathways to prison (see Collica-Cox, 2018; Bloom, ... -
Effects of vicarious trauma on professional development among teachers in educational assessment and resource Centres in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Professional development is an important undertaking for teachers who work in Educational Assessment and Resource Centres because it enhances their competencies. However, their work environment expose them to vicarious ... -
Efficacy of Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention for Treating Gambling Disorder Among University Students in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(Kenyatta University, 2020-11)With the high uptake of gambling in Kenya, especially among University students, it is inevitable that some of them may end up suffering from gambling disorder. Apart from compromised psychological health, disordered ... -
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 attitudes towards career counselling and uptake of career counselling services among students in universities in Nairobi city County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Despite the importance of career counselling, there is evidence that a marginal number of student’s use career counselling services. Increasing uptake of career counselling could be a critical factor in enhancing employability ... -
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 ...
