Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorKyarikunda, Janice Aseru
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-22T07:43:32Z
dc.date.available2022-12-22T07:43:32Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationKyarikunda, J. A. (2022). Personality traits, domestic violence and coping strategies among women in Katanga (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/13800
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the School of Psychology in partial fulfillment for the award of a Degree in Bachelor of Community Psychology of Makerere University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between personality traits, domestic violence and coping strategies among women in Katanga. The study was guided by the following research objectives; to examine the relationship between personality traits and domestic violence, to examine the relationship between domestic violence and to establish then relationship between personality traits and coping strategies. The study employed quantitative approach, correlation study and used simple random sampling strategy was used to select 105 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires and was analyzed by SSPS (Pearson correlation) and descriptive statistics such as frequency tables were used to present the results. The results revealed that personality traits and domestic violence are related (P=0.000**< 0.05), Personality traits and coping strategies are related (P=0.000**< 0.05), Domestic Violence and Coping Strategies are inversely related (P=0.000**< 0.05) and that personality traits related with coping strategies (P=0.000**< 0.05). Recommendations: This study recommends that government and non-governmental organizations should set up counseling centers for people to be trained before and after marriage on how best they can resolve marriage challenges just in case they arise; changing those cultural norms, attitude and legal provisions that promote the acceptance of and even encourage violence against women and training of intending and married couples should be taught on the causes of domestic violence and coping strategies that they can use to overcome the challenges.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectPersonality traitsen_US
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectCoping strategiesen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectKatangaen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titlePersonality traits, domestic violence and coping strategies among women in Katangaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record