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Item An Investigation of the Factors Contributing to Infidelity Among Married Couples in Selected Mainstream Churches in Kikuyu Constituency, Kiambu County, Kenya(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, 2020-09) Wanjiru, Virginia ; Menecha, Jared Bravin; Ireri, NicetaThis study investigated the factors contributing to infidelity among married couples in selected mainstream churches in Kikuyu constituency, Kiambu County, Kenya. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. A working sample size of 140 married couples was picked from the target population of 935 married couples from the mainstream churches in the constituency. The study found out that infidelity is common among couples in the mainstream churches. (99%) of the respondents agreed that there was infidelity in their church. Economic factors contributed to infidelity among married couples as the education level of the respondent was negatively correlated with infidelity and this was statistically significant (r = -2.38, p = 0.017). There was a negative correlation (r = -2.53) between monthly income and involvement in infidelity and this was statistically significant (p = 0.011). 99% of the respondents agreed that social factors influenced infidelity among married couples in the mainstream churches. 98% of the respondents reported that cultural factors, influenced infidelity among married couples in the mainstream churches. The respondents in the study had a very high level of acceptance of infidelity (mean of 71.06 ±1.1621 (SD)). This therefore shows that even though the respondents in the study were Christians, they felt that infidelity was common even among church members.Item Factors Influencing the Start and Progression of Intimate Partner Violence: The Case of Survivors at the Reuben Centre-Mukuru Kwa Reuben Slum, Nairobi County(Journal of Sociology, Psychology & Religious Studies, 2021-06) Mbogoh, Florence; Ireri, Niceta; Menecha, Jared BravinIntimate partner violence (IPV) in Kenya is a silent epidemic. It is a serious threat to society as a whole and affects persons of all gender, religious and economic backgrounds. It touches on every facet of an individual’s well-being and affects both physical and mental health. This study explored the factors behind the onset and progression of intimate partner violence in Kenya. The study employed the descriptive research design and targeted adult IPV survivors who are of sound mind and who are either currently in heterosexual intimate relationships, or who have been in such relationships at some point in their lives. The key findings were that marital status, intimacy level of the relationship, duration in the relationship, education level of the abusive partner and the type of abuse all influence the onset and progression of IPV. The t-test showed that respondent’s age, gender, nationality, religion, number of children, occupation of respondent, education level of respondent, marital status of the respondent,respond's duration in an intimate relationship, age of respondent’s abusive partner and education level of respond's abusive partner were all highly statistically significant (p=0.000) in influencing IPV. The study recommends that: psycho-education be given to slum dwellers to reduce IPV in relationships, couples be educated to be assertive in marriages and also be resilient after going through difficult marital situations, and Community Health and Social Workers be motivated to work with slum dwellers to provide affordable counselling services and advise them to engage in economic activities to reduce poverty and also enhance their psychological well-beingItem The Prevalence of Psychological Problems of Students from Single Parent Families and Their Academic Performances: A Case of Mukaa Sub-County, Makueni County, Kenya(Journal of Sociology, Psychology & Religious Studies, 2020) Muindi, Agnes; Ireri, Niceta; Menecha, Jared BravinSingle parent family is a very crucial social issue and can likely have a significant effect on a child academic success. This study sought to investigate the prevalence of psychological problems of student from single parent families and their academic performances. It adopted quantitative research method. The population of the study was 42 Public schools from Mukaa Sub-County Makueni. Systematic sampling procedure was used to get 20 schools, from which purposive sampling was employed to get 5 students from each school making a total of 100 respondents. The findings from the study showed that the prevalence of psychological problems of students from single parent families was high thus negatively affecting academic performance. The findings also showed that the students were experiencing low self-esteem while their anger levels were mostly severe clinical. Further, the findings showed that the students were depressed and were quite anxious which made it somewhat difficult for them to perform well at home and even in school. The study concluded that the prevalence of psychological problems, that is, low self-esteem, depression, anger levels and anxiety are all affecting the academic performance of secondary school students from Mukaa Sub-County. Based on these research findings, it was recommended that secondary school boards should strive to strengthen the guidance and counseling departments as this will provide an avenue for the students to seek help for the psychological problems they are encountering. It is also recommended that the Ministry of Education should ensure that all secondary schools have guidance and counseling teachers who are fully trained to offer counseling services to the affected students. Another recommendation is that single parents should consider taking their children for private counseling sessions during school holidays in an endevour to boost their self-esteem as this will eventually lead to lower anger levels, elimination of anxiety and depression thus enhancing their academic performance