Anthony M. Ireri

Correlates of Academic Resilience among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenya

Corresponding author: Cecilia N. Mwangi, Department of Educational Psychology, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, E-mail: mwangi.cecilia@ku.ac.ke Citation: Mwangi, C.N., Ireri, A.M., Mwaniki, E.W. (2017). Correlates of Academic Resilience among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenya. Interdisciplinary Education and Psychology, 1(1):4. Open Access Interdisciplinary Education and Psychology

“Influence of Self-Concealed Psycho-Social Factors as Predictors on the Effectiveness of Sexual Self-disclosure During Voluntary Counseling and Testing among University Students in Kenya.”

Four hundred and fifty six third year undergraduate students from the University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University and Egerton University were studied to find out the influence of self-concealed psycho-social factors as predictors on the effectiveness of sexual self-disclosure during voluntary counselling and testing among university students in Kenya. Results revealed there is a significant relationship between self-concealed psycho-social factors and sexual self-disclosure. Students’ marital status, relational mobility and cues that relate to privacy were found to be the best predictors of sexual self-disclosure by determining details of how much sexual information they disclosed during voluntary counselling and testing. Implications of these findings and recommendations for further research are discussed. Key words: self-concealed, psycho-social factors, sexual self-disclosure.

Academic Identity Status Measure: Psychometric Properties when Usedamong Secondary School Students in Kenya

The study examined the internal consistency, factor structure, and predictive validity of the academic identity measure (AIM), a pioneer measure of academic identity status. Data were collected from 390 students (average age 16.65; SD=1.31) in 10 secondary schools in Embu County, Kenya. The factor structure of the AIM corresponded to that reported in previous studies among high school and college students. Furthermore, significant correlation and predictive equation was found between AIM subscales and academic achievement. The AIM yielded data with sufficient psychometric properties among secondary school students. In addition, the findings add support to crossnational generalizability of the factor structure of the AIM.