Department of Psychology: Recent submissions
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Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-08): It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have ... -
Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries
(NIH Public Access, 2015-11)This study advances understanding of predictors of child abuse and neglect at multiple levels of influence. Mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,432 families, M age of children = 8.29 years) were interviewed annually ... -
African indigenous care-giving practices: Stimulating early childhood development and education in Kenya
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)The indigenous communities in Africa, specifically Kenya, which is the focus of this article, had their own well-developed motivational systems that positively enhanced teaching and learning programmes in the community. ... -
African Indigenous Care-Giving Practices: Stimulating Early Childhood Development and Education
(African Online Scientific Information Systems, 2016)The indigenous communities in Africa, specifically Kenya, which is the focus of this article, had their own well-developed motivational systems that positively enhanced teaching and learning programmes in the community. ... -
Psychosocial stimulation: A qualitative study on Kenyan Mother’s motives and challenges to promote children’s development
(Springer US, 2016-06-01)Interventions designed to enhance the mental and socio-emotional development of children in low and middle income countries through improving psychosocial stimulation are the subject of national and international organizations ... -
Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries
(2016-07)Research supports the beneficial role of prosocial behaviors on children’s adjustment and successful youth development. Empirical studies point to reciprocal relations between negative parenting and children’s maladjustment, ... -
How international research on parenting advances understanding of child development
(The Society for Research in Child Development, 2016)International research on parenting and child development can advance our understanding of similarities and differences in how parenting is related to children’s development across countries. Challenges to conducting ... -
Parenting, environment, and early child development in sub-Saharan Africa
(Springer, New York, NY, 2017)This chapter describes the contemporary situation of children in sub-Saharan Africa with successive foci on child growth, the home environment, parenting, and discipline using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey ... -
Parenting and Positive Adjustment for Adolescents in Nine Countries
(Springer, Cham, 2017)This chapter describes the theoretical background, methodology, and select empirical findings from the Parenting Across Cultures project, a longitudinal study of mothers, fathers, and youth in nine countries (China, Colombia, ... -
Severity and justness do not moderate the relation between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes: A multicultural and longitudinal study
(Sage Publications, 2017-07)There is strong evidence of a positive association between corporal punishment and negative child outcomes, but previous studies have suggested that the manner in which parents implement corporal punishment moderates the ... -
‘Mixed blessings’: parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017-08)Most studies of the effects of parental religiousness on parenting and child development focus on a particular religion or cultural group, which limits generalizations that can be made about the effects of parental religiousness ... -
Reward sensitivity, impulse control, and social cognition as mediators of the link between childhood family adversity and externalizing behavior in eight countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-12)Using data from 1,177 families in eight countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States), we tested a conceptual model of direct effects of childhood family adversity on ... -
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education
(MCSER Publishing, 2015)Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ... -
Roles of Multiple Stakeholder Partnerships in Addressing Developmental and Implementation Challenges of Sustainable Development Goals
(Springer, Cham, 2018)This chapter discusses the roles of transnational multiple stakeholder partnerships in addressing development and implementation challenges affecting youth and children in both rich as well as low- and middle-income ... -
Longitudinal associations between parenting and youth adjustment in twelve cultural groups: Cultural normativeness of parenting as a moderator.
(American Psychological Association, 2018-02)To examine whether the cultural normativeness of parents’ beliefs and behaviors moderates the links between those beliefs and behaviors and youths’ adjustment, mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,298 families) from 12 ... -
A cross-sectional examination of response inhibition and working memory on the Stroop task
(JAI, 2018-07-01)The authors examined the association between working memory and response inhibition on the Stroop task using a cross-sectional, international sample of 5099 individuals (49.3% male) ages 10–30 (M = 17.04 years; SD = 5.9). ... -
The self-who am I?: Children’s identity and development through early childhood education
(MCSER Publishing, 2015)Children develop self-identity, who they believe themselves to be, and begin to form relationships through play and peer relations which contribute to their emotional, social and cognitive development. Theories of self ... -
Relationship between perceptions of Inter-parental conflicts and involvement in delinquent behaviours among selected Kenyan adolescent students
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-01-09)This study examined the relationship between adolescents’ perceptions of parents’ behaviours and their involvement in nonillegal and minor illegal delinquent behaviours in Secondary Schools, Nairobi Kenya. The study adopted ... -
Using Written Tests to assess Holistic Development of Lower Primary School Learners in Kenya
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-05-03)The present study investigated the use of written tests to assess holistic development of Lower Primary school Learners in Kenya. The Concurrent Triangulation Design was employed. The sample size comprised 184 respondents ... -
Teachers’ Perceptions on Oral Questioning as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among Kenyan Lower Primary Schools Learners
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015-05-03)The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers’ Perception on Oral Questioning as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among lower public primary school learners in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya. The ...
