ABSTRACT Theresearchsorttoassessriskfactorsassociatedwithsubstanceabuseamong HarareNorthernCentralDistrictHighSchooladolescents.Theresearcherobservedthat substance abuse is becoming a dominantelementthatimpedes physicaland psychologicalfunctioning amongststudents.Thereforetheresearch wasdirected towardsidentifyingindividual,environmentalandlastly demographicriskfactorsfor adolescentsubstance abuse.A non-experimentalexploratorydescriptive research designwasusedwith1928adolescentsaged12-19whowe...
ABSTRACT The study explored the stressors related to transfers and coping strategies employed by female workers at ZIMRA. It was based upon the problem statement that transferring an employee from one working area to another severely affected work-life balance of that employee. The ultimate purpose of the research being to make known all the stressors related to transfers and coping strategies used by employees so that stressors could be eliminated and coping strategies improved so as to prom...
ABSTRACT The descriptive study of adolescent mothers’ child rearing practices at Western clinic in Highfield, main purpose was to describe the adolescent mothers’ child rearing practices, to identify the common child rearing practices of adolescent mothers, generate new knowledge and to suggest adolescent mothers’ child rearing practices that promotes child’s development. The research was pushed by a growing rise of adolescent mothers, developmental deviations of children born to adol...
v ABSTRACT Nurses working in acute inpatient psychiatry experience high rates of violence perpetrated by patients. Their perspectives, attitudes and feelings towards the phenomena are essential to understand the phenomena of patient violence the purpose of this study was to explore and describe in detail the experiences of patient violence directed towards staff in acute inpatient psychiatric unit at Gweru Provincial Hospital. This study particularly explore the registered mental nurses` atti...
ABSTRACT This study sought to explore the experiences of siblings with a brother or sister with autistic challenges, for the presence of such a challenge in one child can affect the sibling experiences perhaps bringing them close together or pushing them further apart. The researcher observed that little is known when it comes to the sibling’s experiences when one has autism though it is of heightened importance, so this dissertation sought to bridge this gap. This is a qualitative study us...
ABSTRACT Suicide is one of the leading cause of death around the world. All age groups are targets of suicide. Major causes of suicide are depression, mental illness and even different life constraints. Pesticides, guns, poison and hanging are some of the other risk factors to suicide. The study reviewed that even though research has been done on suicide a blind eye has been paid to the experiences of people bereaved by suicide hence the purpose of this study. The qualitative approach was use...
ABSTRACT The main objectives of this study are to: (i). develop two valid and reliable psychological instruments for assessing safety management practices (SMP) and situation awareness (SA) in accident-prone Nigerian work organizations; (ii). investigate the relationships between situation awareness and safety management practices in the selected Nigerian work organizations; ;(iii) determine how situation awareness and safety management practices would predict effective performance (commitme...
ABSTRACT A common theme in the various definitions of leadership is that of ‗social influence‘ which one person—known as the leader, vested with power, authority or control—exercises on another person(s) known as the follower(s) [Nahavandi, 2000]. This suggests that a follower is subordinated to the leader‘s influence. It also suggests that a leader, being human with unique attributes (style, preferences, values, and temperaments), would bring these attributes to bear on influencing...
ABSTRACT The study investigated personality type, parenting style and socioeconomic status as predictors of adolescents’ delinquency behaviour among three hundred and sixty (360) secondary school students from Nsukka Local Government Area. They consist of both male and females aged 10 – 17 years with a mean age of 13.5 years. Three instruments were used such as; Type A behaviour scale, parental bonding Instrument and the Self report delinquency scale. Multiple regression analysis was used...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of family responsibility on work commitment of professional women workers. Two hundred (200) women employees engaged in the financial institutions were used as participants. One hundred and twenty (120) were unmarried while eighty (80) were married. Among the married ones, thirty-eight (38) had children while forty-two (42) had no child. The participants were selected using stratified random sampling method. The instrument that was used is the Organ...
ABSTRACT Hypertension now largely affects low and middle income countries with a higher prevalence of 46% in African adults of 25 years and above. In Zimbabwe the prevalence of hypertension ranges from 30% and 40% regardless of the cut off and this has been consistent and high in the urban areas than rural areas mostly due to urbanization. The increase in the prevalence rates reported is mostly thought to be attributable to certain unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors such as smoking, excessive...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to examine the psychological and social predictors of burnout among nurses employed at the public hospital in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The primary aim was to determine the relationship between occupational and demographic stress factors and burnout levels among nurses. Burnout is defined with the human service as a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment that occurs among individuals who work with people in some...