Abstract The study investigated psychological empowerment, organizational justice and abusive supervision as predictors of work engagement among employees in manufacturing industries. Three hundred and thirty two workers drawn from Coscharis Beverages and Pure Water Manufacturing Company Ltd., Lagos and Happy Home Manufacturing Company, located at Kirikiri industrial area in Lagos participated in the study. Four instruments which include Psychological Empowerment Scale by Spreitzer (1995), O...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate emotion regulation, dispositional mindfulness and length of stay as factors in somatic symptoms among prison inmates, cross-sectional design was used. Participants were two hundred and nine (209) prison inmates. Their ages ranged between 18 – 62 years, with mean age of 30.9 and standard deviation of 8.68. Three instruments were used for data collection: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Mindfulness Awareness Attention Scale and Somatiza...
ABSTRACT The study investigated influence of perceived organizational support and self efficacy on burnout among nurses. Two hundred and nine (209) nurses from Federal Medical Centre Umuahia participated in the study. Among them were 2 males and 207 females. The Perceived Organizational Support Scale, General Self Efficacy Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to elicit the participants’ responses on burnout. A crosssectional survey design was employed and 2-way ANOVA was used to ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors influencing drug and substance abuse among youth in Lamu County. According to NACADA (2015), about 200,000,000 people worldwide abuse drugs. Despite NACADA’s and other groups’ interventions, drug abuse is on the increase; with over 30% of youth in Kenya abusing various types of drugs. In the first chapter of this paper, the researcher presents an introduction to the study and also a brief explanation of the problem that promp...
ABSTRACT Changing family values and migration into cities has seen many Kenyans live away from their aging parents making it hard to fulfil their traditional role of caring for them. This has contributed to the rapid growth of homes for the aged in the country especially in Nairobi County. The purpose of the study was to investigate selected psychosocial factors affecting wellness of the elderly persons admitted in homes for the elderly in Nairobi county.The study focused on three psychosoci...
ABSTRACT Career selection is one of many important choices students make in determining future plans, therefore the importance of career choice among senior high students cannot be over emphasized. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which some selected parental factors influence career choices among form four students in Isinya Sub-County in Kenya. The study sought to establish the relationship between these selected parental factors and the student’s career choice....
ABSTRACT Divorce is unexpected experience among married men and women that cut short their life dreams against the divine intended purpose for marriage and family as a unit. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing divorce among Christian couples in MCK Mwiteria Circuit. Specifically, the study sought to establish the influence of infidelity on divorce among couples in MCK Mwiteria Circuit, to evaluate the influence of domestic violence on divorce among couples in...
ABSTRACT Globally marital unions are constantly facing myriads of challenges putting relationships in a crisis mode. The study was to explore factors influencing marital stability among elderly couples aged over 55 years in Westlands Sub-county of Nairobi. This study used the following study objectives; To explain the extent to which factors in the management of conflict influence marital stability among elderly couples in Westlands sub-county, Nairobi, Kenya, To describe the factors of quali...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate into the challenges experienced in drug and substance abuse cessation efforts by students in secondary schools in Machakos County. The following were the four objectives of the study; to investigate individual challenges experienced by students in secondary schools in Machakos Town in their effort to stop abusing drugs, to establish family challenges experienced by students in secondary schools in Machakos Town in their efforts to stop ab...
ABSTRACT Retirement occurs when one leaves formal employment to other engagement that may not be part of their previous work. It can also be seen as cessation of one stage of life to a new one. Most studies have concentrated on allocation and disbursement of pensions and the experiences of the retirees. Few studies have identified factors that influence the adjustment of retirees from civil service in Kenya. The objectives were to establish the influence of pre- retirement preparations on ad...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse among Victims of flood disaster in Makurdi Local Government Area, Benue State. One hundred and ninety six flood disaster victims (99 males, and 97 females) were compared with one hundred and ninety five non-flood victims (98 males, and 97 females). The total sample consisted of one hundred and ninety seven (197) males and one hundred and ninety four (194) females, one hundred and eighteen (1...
Abstract The research investigated the influence of parenting style, locus of control and self-efficacy on teenage pregnancy. One hundred and four pregnant teenagers participated in the study. The adolescents’ ages ranged from 12 years to 18years, with mean age of 15 years. Three hypotheses were tested in the study. Three instruments: Parenting Styles Inventory, Locus of Control Scale and General Self-efficacy Scale were used to elicit responses from participants. The result shows that par...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of self disclosure, perceived stigma and social support on students’ attitude and intentions to seek counselling. Four hundred and ninety nine (266 male and 233 female) undergraduates of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, aged 18 to 28years (mean age= 23.90, SD= 2.70), participated in the study. Attitude was measured using Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale while Intentions was measured using Intentions of Seeking Counselling...
Abstract The study investigated dominance, academic qualification and child sex as predictors of marital conflict in Nsukka LGA Enugu State. Two hundred and twenty (220) staff of Nsukka LGA were randomly drawn from Nsukka LG Headquarter. 110 out of this population were males and 110 were females with average of 40ys. Two instruments: Dominance Scale designed and validated by Hamby (1996) and Marital Conflict Scale designed and validated by Center for Human Resources (2000) were used in the s...
ABSTRACT Interpersonal injustice and job complexity as predictors of workplace aggression were investigated among a sample of 320 employees drawn from two campuses of university of Nigeria, Nsukka. Workplace aggression was assessed with 33 items that made up the three types of workplace aggression by Baron, Neuman and Gedders (1999) while interpersonal injustice was measured with 4 items drawn from Organizational Justice Scale developed by Colquitt (2001) that assess the domain of interperso...