School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Maladaptive Parenting and its Impact on Child Mental Health: Examining Cross-Cultural Mediating Pathways and Moderating Protective Factors
(Springer US, 2022-01-05)Using a sample of 1338 families from 12 cultural groups in 9 nations, we examined whether retrospectively remembered Generation 1 (G1) parent rejecting behaviors were passed to Generation 2 (G2 parents), whether such ... -
Adolescent Positivity and Future Orientation, Parental Psychological Control, and Young Adult Internalising Behaviours during COVID-19 in Nine Countries
(MDPI, 2022-02-14)The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many young adults’ lives educationally, economically, and personally. This study investigated associations between COVID-19-related disruption and perception of increases in internalising ... -
Compliance with Health Recommendations and Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID Pandemic in Nine Countries
(Springer US, 2022)Longitudinal data from the Parenting Across Cultures study of children, mothers, and fathers in 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA; ... -
KenSwQuAD--A Question Answering Dataset for Swahili Low Resource Language
(arXiv preprint, 2022)This research developed a Kencorpus Swahili Question Answering Dataset KenSwQuAD from raw data of Swahili language, which is a low resource language predominantly spoken in Eastern African and also has speakers in other ... -
The nexus between indigenous beliefs on environment and climate change adaptation amongst the Sengwer in Embobut Forest, Kenya
(Taylor and Francis group, 2022)Climate change is one of the most serious challenges to humanity’s survival, making environmental adaptation and conservation critical to mitigating its impacts. Cherangany Hills in Kenya is among the water towers currently ... -
The Intergenerational Transmission of Maladaptive Parenting and its Impact on Child Mental Health: Examining Cross-Cultural Mediating Pathways and Moderating Protective Factors
(Springer US, 2022)Using a sample of 1338 families from 12 cultural groups in 9 nations, we examined whether retrospectively remembered Generation 1 (G1) parent rejecting behaviors were passed to Generation 2 (G2 parents), whether such ... -
Adolescent Positivity and Future Orientation, Parental Psychological Control, and Young Adult Internalising Behaviours during COVID-19 in Nine Countries
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many young adults’ lives educationally, economically, and personally. This study investigated associations between COVID-19-related disruption and perception of increases in internalising ... -
Evaluating community’s knowledge on integrated malaria, Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections in a Lake Victoria island, Kenya: A mixed method approach
(AAS, 2019): The burden of malaria, schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthes (STH) in the islands of Lake Victoria, Kenya, poses a considerable public health challenge. Although many studies have been conducted on the ... -
Employees’ Perception on Internal Communication during Unrest in Public Universities in Western Kenya
(EAS Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2021)Public universities in Kenya have experienced recurrent employees’ unrest which could be as a result of ineffective internal communication between the university and its employees. During crisis, effective internal ... -
International Collaboration in the Study of Positive Youth Development
(Springer, 2021)The goal of this chapter is to describe how international collaborative research can contribute to understanding of Positive Youth Development (PYD). Throughout the chapter, we draw on examples from the Parenting Across ... -
Learning together: Participatory rural appraisal for coproduction of climate change knowledge
(SAGE, 2020)Literature indicates a general consensus that knowledge on climate change is critical for enhancing community-based adaptation. Local knowledge tends to be localized to specific contexts and needs to be enhanced to ensure ... -
Influence of monitoring and evaluation frameworks on performance of public agricultural projects in Galana Kilifi county, Kenya
(European Journal of Physical and Agricultural Sciences, 2020)The objective of the study was to establish how monitoring and evaluation frameworks influence performance of public agricultural projects in Galana Kilifi County, Kenya. Monitoring and evaluation frameworks was measured ... -
Women in Colonial East Africa
(Springer, 2021)This chapter provides a contextual analysis of the role and place of women in colonial East Africa. Several factors including land, labor, agriculture, education, trade, politics, nationalism, and struggle for liberation ... -
The dramaturgy of Kalongolongo: A genre by children
(AJOL, 2017)Several approaches to the classifications of theatrical genres are modeled on Western theoretical perspectives, literary analyses and adult viewpoints with less regard for performance dynamics within children’s specific ... -
Establishing Internal Communication Channels Preferred by the Employees of Public Universities in Western Kenya during Unrest
(International Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2018)Public universities in Kenya have experienced recurrent employees unrest which could be as a result of ineffective internal communication between the university and its employees. During crisis, effective internal ... -
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 ... -
Jinsi Mtindo Katika Ushairi Unavyofundishwa Katika Shule za Upili: Mfano wa Kaunti Ndogo ya Teso Kaskazini, Kaunti ya Busia, Kenya
(East African Journal of Swahili Studies, 2019)Makala hii inahusu jinsi ambavyo mtindo katika ushairi unavyofundishwa katika shule za upili nchini Kenya. Wasomi mbalimbali wametafiti kuhusiana na jinsi ambavyo vipengee tofautitofauti vya ushairi ... -
Matumizi ya Maigizo Kama Mbinu ya Kufundisha Tamthilia Katika Shule za Upili, Kaunti ya Bungoma Kusini, Kenya
(East African Journal of Swahili Studies, 2019)Utafiti huu ulilenga kuonyesha matumizi ya maigizo kama mbinu ya kufundisha tamthilia; mfano wa Kigogo katika shule za upili, Kaunti ya Bungoma Kusini. Ufundishaji wa somo lolote hujikita kwenye mawasiliano baina ya ... -
Exploring Caregiver-Teen-Communication on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents Living With HIV in Gem Sub-County, Western Kenya
(2019)Globally, adolescent currently the only age group in which AIDS-related deaths are not decreasing, even among those who have initiated ART. Similarly, low treatment adherence and high treatment failure have also been ... -
I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania
(2019)While much work has been invested in addressing the economic and technical basis of disaster preparedness, less effort has been directed towards understanding the cultural and social obstacles to and opportunities for ...
