Bachelor Degree in Counselling and Guidance

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Browsing Bachelor Degree in Counselling and Guidance by Subject "Adolescents"

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    Adolescents’ sexual behaviour and their effects on their reproductive health: a case study of Rubaga Division schools, Kampala District
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013-05) Juma, Juma Othman
    The study explained adolescents’ sexual behaviour and their effects on their reproductive health. The study was carried out in Rubaga Division, Kampala District. A quantitative survey design was used in the study. The population of the study comprised of 68 respondents from two secondary schools in Rubaga Division all students in Senior III and IV. The number of male respondents were 34 students randomly selected from Old Kampala Mixed S.S.S and 34 female respondents, being students selected randomly from Rubaga Girls S.S.S. A questionnaire was administered to the respondents and findings indicated that adolescent sexual behaviour was one of the concerns of adolescents reproductive health. The identified effects were risky sexual behaviour which included unprotected sex, having many sexual partners, smoking and drug use, tendencies of homosexuality and consequences of health related issues such as early pregnancies among female adolescents, contraction of STI’s and HIV / AIDS, abortion and other psychological behaviours like suicide through early prostitution, low self esteem, school dropouts, early marriages, etc. Most respondents agreed that early sexual behaviour leads to different kinds of reproductive health and psychological consequences. From the study sexual recommendatibns were made and these included; parental involvement in educating their children about sexual issues, peer education and sensitization, establishment of teenage centres where group counseling can be affected, introduction of sex education curriculum in schools, general community mobilization, et al.
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    Parental separation and students’ academic performance among adolescents in selected secondary school of Kawempe -Kampala District
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences., 2015-09) Aidah, Nazziwa
    The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of parental separation and students’ academic performance among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division Kampala district. It ~~as guided h~ three objectives namely:-i) To examine the causes of parental separation among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division-Kampala District, ii) to examine the level of students’ academic performance among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division Kampala district, and iii) to examine the relationship between the influence parental separation and students’ academic performance among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division —Kampala District. The study used a descriptive correlation design that is both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The research tools that were used in the study included the following: (1) face sheet to gather data on the demographic information (gender. age, class) (2) researcher devised questionnaires to examine the causes of parental separation among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division-Kampala District and to examine the level of students’ academic performance among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division Kampala district. The response modes and scoring were as follows 1); strongly disagree (2); disagree (3): neutral (4); agree (5): strongly agree. The findings indicated that most of the respondents were females 215 (54.6%) and males are 179 (45.4%). This indicates that females dominated in the sample. As far as age is concerned, most adolescents in the sample are between 12-15 years (51%), and 16-19 years (49%). As regards the class, S4-S.6 200(50.3%) To examine the causes of parental separation among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division-Kampala District was generally often on average, was high on average 2.63 and a standard deviation 0.38721. For the level of students’ academic performance among adolescents in the selected secondary schools of Kawempe division Kampala district very low on average mean of 1 .6650 with standard deviation of 0.45320 indicating that parental separation affects students’ performance. The findings also indicated a positive significant relationship between the parental separation and students’ academic performance among Adolescents in the selected secondary schools r.066 (sigs <0.05). the sig-value .000. lesser than .05. From the findings and the conclusions of the study. the researcher recommends that i) there is School counsellors should see themselves as parents and guides to the students. Some level of cardinality and friendliness should exist between them and the students so that the students will be free to confide in them. ii). Government: community organization courts and religions organizations should work together to ensure that all unhappily married couples have access to counselling that is both affordable and child cantered. iii) there should be affective relationship and marriage skill classes. I health parenting invariably begins with emotional healthy parents. Encourage people to establish effective relationships: classes of relationship and marriage skills should be incorporated into high school curricular and he a requirement for graduation.
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    Parenting styles and behavior modification among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Makindye division
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015-03) Kabasiita, Grace
    The study was to examine the influence of parenting styles on behavior modification among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Makindye division. The study was guided by three objectives namely: (i). to examine the effects of parenting styles among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Makindye division. (ii). to examine the effects of behavior modification among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Makindye division. (iii). to determine the relationship between parenting styles and behavior modification among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Makindye division. The study employed descriptive con-elation designing both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. The researcher also used a cross sectional survey design on the research approaches with four liked scale namely (i). Strongly agree (ii). Agree (iii). Disagree (iv).Strongly disagree and an interview guide for staff. The findings of this study revealed that the majority of the respondents in the sample were females 73(66.4%) and 37(33.6%) Male, who were in the category of (13 -15 and 16 - 19) years, and were in senior three to senior four. For the effects of parenting styles among adolescents in selected schools in Makindye division showed an average mean of (2.81) and standard deviation of (1.072) which meant that parenting styles had an impact on adolescents behavior, for the effects of behavior modification among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Makindye division showed an average of (2.71) and standard deviation of (1.137) that meant that the effects of behavior modification notify parents as role models of their children and hence these positively and relatively occur when parents are flexible on the styles they use while bringing their children up. For the relationship there was no significant relationship between Parenting Styles and its influence among adolescents. With (r= 0.178, Sig= 0.065). This means that some of these styles directly influenced and determined what kind of behaviors adolescents displayed in their environment positively or negatively. From the findings the researcher recommended the following (i). Parents should be role models, should spare time to spend with their children. (ii).parents should use mixed methods of approaches to further explore early mother – child interactions. (iii). The adolescents should be encouraged to participate in youth fellowships for behavior change. (iv). The parents should take the obligation to monitor, supervise, take control and share with their children in order to know more of their behaviors, attitude and beliefs.
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    Stress and Drug Adherence Among HIV Adolescents of Kagadi Hospital in Kagadi Sub -County Kibaale District:
    (Kampala International University, Colleges of humanities and social sciences, 2014-05) Businge, Denis
    The purpose of the study was to assess how stress affects adherence of drugs among HIV positive adolescents in Kagadi Sub County Kibaale District Uganda. The study was guided by three specific objectives and these include; i) To examine the level of stress among HIV positive adolescents in Kagadi Sub - County Kibaale District Uganda, ii) to find out the level of drug adherence, among HIV positive adolescents in Kagadi Sub County Kibaale District Uganda and iii) to find out if there is a significant relationship between stress and dug adherence among positive adolescents in Kagadi Sub - County Kibaale District Uganda. The study employed a descriptive correlation design that used both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and a sample size of 80 respondents was selected out of 100, A standardized questionnaire of a four likert scale was used, where 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree,3agree and 4=strongly agree. The study findings revealed that the Level of stress among l-llV positive adolescents was generally very often , and level of drug adherence was often on six categories and that is You have not missed taking your drugs (mean= 3.24.), You have not missed taking yOur drugs (mean3.41), You have someone to remind you about taking ARVs (mean =3.18), You are able take your drugs in right time (mean3.14) You are able to take ARVS around other People despite the fact that they are not on ARVS (mean3.14) and You freely interact with your friends despite the fact that you are on ARVS and they are comfortable with it (mean = 3.10).Further still, only one category was rated very often and that is You were counseled about adherence before taking ARVs(mean 3.34 18) and the last category was rated rare, You are able to share with friends about your experience of being on ARVS (mean 2.99), The findings also indicate that stress and drug adherence positively correlated and A conclusion was made that an improvement in stress management strategies program is likely to increase the level of adherence at 95% level of significance. The study recommends that there is need to sensitize HIV positive adolescents to adopt stress management strategies, despite the fact that they are stigmatized. There is need to uplift the educational level of HIV positive adolescents since most of them were in S5 and S6.