• Login
    View Item 
    •   Mak UD Home
    • College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHuSS)
    • Academic submissions (CHuSS)
    • View Item
    •   Mak UD Home
    • College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHuSS)
    • Academic submissions (CHuSS)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Parental Separation, Coping and Mental Health Problems among Urban Adolescents

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    DISSERTATION (2.237Mb)
    Date
    2018-07
    Author
    Tumwebaze, Shirley Sarah
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This research study was focused on parental separation, coping and mental health problems among urban adolescents in Uganda. Parental separation is rampant in Uganda among adolescents who account for almost half of the country’s population that are prone to various mental health problems. The major objectives of this study were to find out the relationship between parental separation and coping among adolescents, to find out the relationship between parental separation and mental health problems among adolescents and to find out the relationship between coping and mental health problems among adolescents. A non- random sample was used from both male and female students of Kitende S.S.S. The instruments used included self-administered questionnaires to collect data using a structured questionnaire that contained Bio Data about COPE inventory (Carver, C. S ,2013), Warmick -Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale(WEMWBS) and was also used for analysis. In conclusion, there was no significant relationship between parental separation and coping among urban adolescents, nor a significant relationship between parental separation and mental health problems among urban adolescents and but there was a significant relationship between coping and mental health problems among urban adolescents.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/6128
    Collections
    • Academic submissions (CHuSS)

    DSpace 5.8 copyright © Makerere University 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of Mak UDCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsBy AdvisorBy Issue DateSubjectsBy TypeThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsBy AdvisorBy Issue DateSubjectsBy Type

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    DSpace 5.8 copyright © Makerere University 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV