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    Military Museums and National Security
    (Makerere University, 2017-12-20) Kasimbazi-Kanyima, John Francis
    This study is on the importance of Military Museums on Uganda’s National Security and the challenges in their development, it was qualitative and was library based; the main sources included secondary and archival. The study found no strictly Military Museum in the country although there were 64 registered archaeological, paleontological, historical and traditional sites. It found that military museums were useful in highlighting Uganda’s military and historical resources, would foster access to and enjoyment of national security and peace, contribute to peace process, provide employment and income and informative to both research and educational purposes. The challenges to establishment of military museums in Uganda included lack of thematic focus, localized visions of museums and under-funding by the state. Its recommendations included heavy funding by the state into the museums for the preservation of National Security and Uganda’s heritage. This would raise the consciousness of the population through education on the linkage between museums national security and peace. Its conclusion is that military museums are fundamental for the national security and stability. The vast military experience and rich history of the country seems to be hanging in balance. Existing museums are still highly colonized and tell the story from western lenses. Attempts to decolonize them in order to have the story and experiences told from the perspectives of the indigenous people have been minimal. The state needs to invest resources in them to foster this cause. Given that national security is solely a domain of the state makes it imperative for the state to take charge and control of military museums ensures their resourcing and protection.
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    Choice of contraceptives among female students in hostels around Makerere University.
    (Makerere University, 2018) Kigongo, Aisha
    Use of contraceptives among female university students has been widely studied in many countries but little on choice, pattern and constraints on use of contraceptives particularly among female students residing in hostels around Makerere University. This current study was conducted to assess how young female students chose the types of contraceptives they used. The study was conducted among female students who resided in hostels around Makerere University. Simple random sampling and systematic sampling were used to sample ten hostels and 236 female students respectively. Structured questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data from female students and key informants respectively. Quantitative data was entered and analysed using SPSS version 17. Qualitative data was analysed by thematic content analysis. Findings revealed that 87% of the students were aged 20-24 years and only 4% were 25 years and above; 35% were Catholics, 27% were Protestants and muslims were 17%; 99% were on degree programmes. Over 63 % of the students were in relationships with 33.3% and 31.2% having been in these relationships for 13-24 months and 25 months or more respectively. Choice of contraceptives by female university students was mainly influenced by the ease to use (38%), side effects (27%), cost (25%), and availability (24%). Male condoms (89%), oral pills (77%), and injections (64%) were the most used contraceptives and contraceptive sponges were least used. The commonest challenges facing use of contraceptives among female students were side effects (87%), religious restraints (33%), unavailability of certain contraceptive methods, opposition of male partners (30%), forgetting to use contraceptives (27%) and lack of knowledge on use of contraceptives (23%). In conclusion, choice to use a particular contraceptive depended on ease to use, side effects, cost or its availability and based on these factors male condoms, pills and injection mostly used. This is line with rational choice theory. Challenges like side effects, religious restraints, unavailability of certain contraceptive methods, and opposition from male partners face use of contraceptives. Consequently, the following were recommended: intensifying campaigns on increasing knowledge on various contraceptives and their various sources; encouraging students to be liberal and pragmatic as regards contemplating issues on reproductive health and sexual rights and restraining from influence of religious dogmas; availing condoms in hostels and involving males in campaigns on contraceptive use.
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    Organisational culture, organisational learning and decision making: A case of Inter-Aid Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2018) Musaazi, David
    The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between organisational culture, organisational learning and decision making in InterAid-Uganda. A correlational survey design was adopted, census sampling strategy was used to gather data from 104 employees at management and non-management levels using a structured questionnaire with variables of organisational culture measured in terms of beliefs, values, policies and work practices, organisational learning (Single-loop learning and double-loop learning) and decision–making (Evidence-informed decision and performance-oriented decision. The statistical package for social scientists (SPSS) was used to analyze data where Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to test the relationship between the study variables. Results revealed that a positive and significant correlation existed between organisational culture and organisational learning; and organisational learning and decision making; this meant that the nature of organisational culture (beliefs values, policies, work practices) relate with organisational learning and decision making among employees. So, a change in organisational culture can lead to a considerable change in learning and the way decision making is practiced among employees. Organisational culture did not influence or affect decision making. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that a positive and significant correlation existed between organisational culture and organisational learning; organisational learning and decision making. Organisational culture was not related to decision-making. Organisation learning was a predictor of decision making in InterAid Uganda. It was recommended that management of InterAid-Uganda and other organisations should adopt an organisational culture where learning and decision making are supported.
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    Locative enclitics in Luganda: Form and meaning
    (Makerere University, 2018) Nanteza, Moureen
    ‘Locative enclitics in Luganda: Form and Meaning’ is a study which describes the syntactic contexts and use of locative enclitics in Luganda. Locative enclitics are words which cannot stand alone but are attached on a verb to make meaning. Their status is ambiguous between free word and affix, hence motivating their analysis as enclitics. The enclitics are attached on the post final position of their hosts. The major aim of this study is to examine the morphosyntax of locative enclitics while encompassing their meaning, both locative and non-locative. The study looks at verbal locative enclitics only but locative enclitics also appear with other word categories in Luganda. This study is descriptive, with a qualitative approach. The data used in this study was collected through reviewing documents in Luganda - novels and plays and also the spoken discourses. The study shows that enclitics occur in several syntactic contexts, for example in locative inversion constructions where they are obligatory, and the absence of the enclitic in this construction leads to ungrammaticality of the construction. Enclitics also occur with locative phrases, where they trigger locative noun agreement. Enclitics also occur with the object marker, in which case an enclitic rules out ambiguity and only the locative interpretation is possible. Luganda does not use locative object markers but uses the locative enclitics which perform a semantic function in this case. Enclitics in Luganda can appear on any kind of verb, and it is possible for two enclitics to appear on the same verb, serving different functions. When a locative phrase is an argument it can be pronominalized on the verb. However, when it is an adjunct, it can only be pronominalized when the applicative suffix is attached on the verb. The enclitic in Luganda serves many nonlocative discourse pragmatic functions which include showing urgency, politeness, showing the idea of ‘instead of’ and also emphasis. It has also been observed that enclitics are widely used in urban youth languages (‘Luyaaye’) but this was not the focus of the current study. The results from the study offer explanations of key areas of syntax, morphology and pragmatics relating to the form and functions of locative enclitics and the whole system of locative marking in Luganda and other Bantu languages.
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    Compiling a general-purpose monolingual Ateso dictionary
    (Makerere University, 2018) Aliato, Harriet Daphine
    The study titled, “Compiling a General-Purpose Monolingual Ateso Dictionary,” was conceptualized against the background that a comprehensive style manual for compiling an Ateso-Ateso dictionary was lacking. Thus, the study set out to investigate the content that a general-purpose monolingual Ateso dictionary would contain guided by five specific objectives:(1) to analyze the structure of Ateso in order to establish Ateso dictionary content, (2) develop a style manual, (3) compile specimen dictionary articles, (4) test them among educated Ateso speaking resource persons for approval and (5) write sample dictionary articles based on the assessment of the test results. To accomplish this task, the study was pegged on the hypothesis and test implication that:if the specimen dictionary articles were approved by educated Ateso native speakers, then the style manual would be adopted for use as a viable tool for compiling the dictionary in the target language. To achieve the stated objectives and guarantee the viability of the developed style manual as an educational and research tool, qualitative and quantitative approaches were combined. Data on approval of specimen dictionary articles was generated through survey using questionnaire and focus group discussions. With the exception of a few respondents opposing the use of English abbreviations and short forms, the majority approved the dictionary articles as a true reflection of the Ateso language, bearing out the hypothesis. The study concludes that the Ateso language structure formed the content of the Ateso dictionary style manual hence the style manual could be adopted for use as a viable tool for compiling a general-purpose monolingual Ateso dictionary. Further research on the morphology of Ateso verbs, functionality of gender affixes, coining of Ateso terminology for science and technology fields could be undertaken.
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    Family expressed emotions, treatment adherence and symptom relapse among schizophrenia patients in Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2018) Sorhe, Judith Madegwa
    Symptom relapse among schizophrenia patients has become a global concern and accounts for the majority (75%) of the readmission cases. Studies world-over indicate that in consistence to treatment regiments predicts disease relapse while the construct “Expressed Emotion (EE)” has been shown to play a role in this relapse in some cultures, especially the West. This study was aimed at establishing the relationship between Family Expressed Emotion, treatment adherence and symptom relapse among discharged schizophrenia patients at Butabika Hospital, Uganda. A descriptive correlational survey was carried out using a structured questionnaire, on 85 schizophrenia readmissions who had been discharged and were awaiting collection home at the recovery wards. Complete census on relapsed schizophrenia patients through convenient purposive sampling technique was used. Data were analysed and summarized using descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation and multiple regressions. The hypotheses were further tested using Fishers exact and Chi-square tests. Majority of the respondents were female of age-group 30-39 years with secondary school education and lived with significant others. Of the 85 relapsed respondents, majority experienced High levels of family EE and majority also were non-adherent to treatment regiments. Levels of family expressed emotion had no significant relationship with either nature of treatment adherence or with symptom relapse. Nature of Treatment adherence and symptom relapse were correlated, and when nature of treatment adherence and levels of perceived expressed emotion were merged together, they predicted symptom relapse. However, perceived expressed emotion, nature of treatment adherence and frequency of symptom relapse have indicated a significant relationship (p<.05) among schizophrenia patients at Butabika Hospital-Uganda. Therefore, Mental health professionals need to integrate family therapy interventions specifically ‘family interaction’ in the provision of mental health services and to Psycho-educate both “family and patient” on disease-course. Further studies on the precipitating and maintaining factors of family EE among relatives of schizophrenia patients need to be considered.
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    Parenting styles, parental monitoring and adolescents‘ risky sexual behavior
    (Makerere University, 2018) Alawiya, Ahmed
    The study investigated the relationships between parenting styles, parental monitoring and adolescents risky sexual behavior of 300 secondary school adolescents of senior four to six of 2016 in Rubaga Division, Kampala district, aged 16 to19 years. A cross sectional study design using quantitative approach was adopted. Simple random sampling technique was used to give every adolescent an opportunity to participate in this study. Primary data was collected using questionnaire that comprised of scales to measure parenting styles, parental monitoring and adolescent risky sexual behavior, supplemented by secondary data. Three Hypotheses were tested using one-way ANOVA, Spearman rank order correlation coefficient and two-way ANOVA. The findings showed significant differences in adolescent risky sexual behavior according to the different parenting styles, a strong negative relationship between perceived parental monitoring and adolescent risky sexual behavior (rho=-.764) and a significant combined effect between perceived parenting styles, perceived parental monitoring and adolescent risky sexual behavior. The study recommended that parenting styles and parental monitoring should be emphasized and used by parents to control the activities of their children whether at home or at school.
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    The importance of the sacrament of matrimony in the upbringing children in light of Amoris Laetitia : Case study in Holy Rosary Parish
    ( 2018-05) Odong, Elia Paul
    The Church has the obligation to administer the Sacrament of Matrimony to those who are called to family life as their vocation and to teach them as parents the importance of this sacrament in upbringing children both in moral, spiritual and social aspect of life. The children are the future leaders of both the Church and the civil society. The researcher examined the importance of Sacrament of Matrimony in upbringing children in the family based on Vatican II, which declares that “ Parents must be recognized as being primarily and principally responsible for the education of their children especially in faith as quoted by St. James chapter 2:14-26 “faith without work is dead “. Moreover some parents though they had received the Sacrament of Matrimony they sometimes forget about their responsibility of grooming children in their good moral, spiritual and social conduct as part of the growth as noted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (cf. C.C.C. no. 2206) “the family is a privileged community called to achieve a sharing of thought and common deliberation by the spouses as well as their eager cooperation as parents in the children’s upbringing”. The Church since Vatican II has called for an active involvement of both parents to provide holistic education to their children however some parents need to be constantly reminded of their obligation by the Church. It is also recommended that parents need to be well-informed about the importance of Sacrament of Matrimony in upbringing of children in the family. The various ways in which the Church educate the parents on the importance of Sacrament of Matrimony in upbringing children should be effective to make parents understand the deeper meaning of Sacrament of Matrimony. In this academic project the researcher has presented the contribution of Sacrament of Matrimony in upbringing of children, the challenges facing both the wedded parents and the unwedded parents, ways in which the Church can educate the parents on the importance of Sacrament of Matrimony and suggesting some of the ways which makes this various means effective. This study has been carried out in Holy Rosary Catholic parish in Guru Archdiocese and it covers the political boundary of the Acholi Sub-Region. Chapter two analyzed the already available literature in relation to the topic. In Chapter three explained the methodology the researcher employed. He used four methods in getting information namely: library research, questionnaire, interviews and observation. The group targeted are Clerics, workers in the Parish of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, the laity, from all age groups. Specifically lay leaders of associations, Parish council members and ordinary Christian. Those in the Sacrament of Matrimony were given special attention. In this research the two methods of quantitative and iv qualitative methods were applied in this study. Chapter four is all about presentation and research findings, Chapter five involved in the Summary and discussion of the findings, implications and limitations of the study. Chapter six comprised of Conclusions, recommendations and areas of further research.
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    The role of the church in eradicating poverty in Ibanda Parish in light of populorum progressio : A case study of Ibanda Parish
    ( 2018-05) Kamukama, Leonald
    In African context, life is a supreme good and whatever promotes life is good. The Church teaches that life is sacred and each person has God‟s life, law and love deeply imprinted on his/her very nature. Being in the image and likeness of God, the human being possesses the dignity of a person which must be protected (Paul VI, 1967, no. 14). Every person has the right to life, to bodily integrity, and to the means which are suitable for the integral development of life (John XXIII, 1963, no. 11). Majority of the people in Ibanda Parish are peasants with few working class people, that is, majority of the people are poor. This is so because most of them are illiterate, that is to say, they did not acquire education to qualify them for certain jobs. As a result, they resort to farming as the only alternative for survival. Many lack basic needs such as food, clothes, shelter, security and health facilities. In Ibanda Parish, the poor not only suffer from dire poverty but are also subjected to increasing exploitation, marginalization, discrimination and oppression from the rich and the well-off in the society. Poverty is one of the issues that affects so many people in different walks of life. It is evil and source of very many problems in life. Due to few or no jobs, many people have become alcoholics, drug addicts especially the youth. Theft cases and immorality have increased and many people live in hopelessness and despair thinking that nothing can be done on their situation and that God cannot or will not help them. Most people are working overtime in order to get what to survive on; this has greatly affected their prayer life whereby many people no longer have time for Church Masses, Church devotions and movements since they are always working to get what to survive on. Most of these affected people are definitely living in poverty. Such poverty makes it impossible to bring about that full humanism, salvation of souls and the transformation of the society which the Church hopes for and pursues so that people may live in conditions that are more human (Compedium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 2005, no. 449). Due to this background, a study on, “The role of the Church in eradicating poverty in Ibanda Parish in light of Populorum Progressio” was conceived with a general objective to establish the role of the Church in eradicating poverty in Ibanda Parish. Three specific objectives guided the researcher in this study and they include: to find out the causes of poverty in Ibanda Parish, to examine how poverty has affected the practice of Catholic faith in Ibanda Parish, and to suggest the ways through which the Church can use to eradicate poverty in Ibanda Parish. Related literature to the study was reviewed and examined by the researcher guided by the objectives. Direct and participatory observation, oral interviews, document review, questionnaires, and focus group discussions were used by the researcher as tools for collecting data. After getting a letter of introduction from the dean of studies National Seminary Ggaba and using the study tools indicated, the researcher carried out the field study in Ibanda Parish-Mbarara Archdiocese. Data from the field was presented and analyzed. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically while quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics which involved the use of tables, frequencies, percentages, charts and graphs. The study findings were discussed by the researcher comparing them with the reviewed literature. The findings revealed that inadequate formal education by many people in Ibanda Parish is the prime cause of poverty and almost all other causes of poverty emanate from poor education among the people. The researcher then came out with a conclusion that Integral Catechesis and Holistic Education will to a large extent solve the problem of poverty and promote the Practice of the Catholic faith in Ibanda Parish. If holistic education is attained, people will have the ability to deal with many other causes of poverty which include: Alcoholism, drug abuse, diseases, economic ignorance, over population, Lack of land, Laziness, low level of income, selfishness, corruption, and unemployment. Solutions to the challenges include: Economic empowerment of the people, establishing self-reliance projects, encouraging solidarity and hard work, promoting education, promoting health, and co-operating with government development programs. From the above observations, the researcher recommends that since there is a deep relationship between education and development, the leaders of Ibanda Parish should promote adequate education which is holistic and integral for the common good. This should be done by promoting Catholic schools in the Parish from the nursery level to the university level by collaborating with the government Ministry of Education in the district in choosing the heads of these Catholic schools and Institutions. They should also promote vocational training and technical schools which supply the students with practical skills to earn a living. Finally, for all this to be effective, the Priests of Ibanda Parish should ensure that the faithful are given integral catechesis through home to home visitations and in their every day homilies so that people are well equipped.
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    Assessment of peace journalism practice in South Sudan : A case study of Radio Miraya Juba South Sudan
    ( 2018-09) Ochan, Anthony Materno
    This study assessed peace journalism practice in South Sudan, grounded on the Galtung peace/conflict reporting versus violence/war reporting model. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the practice of peace journalism in South Sudan with a case study of Radio Miraya, the United Nations radio station and the widest covering radio station in the country. The objectives that guided the study were to: assess the knowledge of working journalists about the concept of peace journalism, explore the factors influencing the implementation of peace journalism in South Sudan, examine the Peace Journalism practice of Radio Miraya in contributing to the UN’s peace building mission in the country and using Radio Miraya programing to evaluate the journalism norms within the Galtung model of peace/conflict reporting versus war/violence reporting. The mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) research approach was used for the study. The quantitative approach, using content analysis as a method aided in examining the content of Radio Miraya's five peace programs and the qualitative method, using key informant interviews and a survey aided in giving detailed explanation and meaning to the findings. The study established that Radio Miraya practices peace/conflict reporting in its peace programing, although aspects of violence/war reporting are still commonly used in the programing. The study further reveals that although journalists have positive attitudes towards peace journalism, their knowledge about the concept and its operationalization is very limited. And lastly, the study reveals that factors affecting implementation of peace journalism include knowledge of peace journalism, the media environment in South Sudan, ownership, attitudes of working journalists and journalism norms. The study concluded with the observation that peace journalism is not fully implemented due to the aforementioned factors. The researcher, therefore, made a number of recommendations including training for journalists to increase knowledge of the peace journalism concept, creation of a conducive journalism environment by adherence to the media laws, and repealing laws that impinge on media rights among others.
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    Household decision making to sell beans: A case of male and female farmers in Central Uganda
    ( 2018-09) Nanyonjo, Grace
    In Sub Saharan Africa, women play a significant role in bean production. However, their role in household decision making is minimal especially with decisions regarding cash crops. Now that the bean crop is commercial, men’s involvement who are market-oriented further threaten women’s position in household decision making to sell. Though sensitization and awareness creation campaigns have been carried out as a result of international debates on male and female farmers active involvement in decision making to determine and express their interests, it is not known whether bean growing households embraced this call. Therefore little is known about how and what enables male and female farmers to make bean selling decisions at the household level. With the operationalization of human capacity approach, rational choice theory and social relations theory, this study sought to analyze how male and female bean farmers participate in household’s bean selling decisions in Central Uganda. The study used data collected from 455 randomly selected respondents. Using percentages, t.tests, and a multinomial regression model, results revealed that in 39% sampled households, the decision of whether beans should be sold was influenced by female farmers as compared to 24% ( both male and female farmers) and 37% ( male farmers). A weighted analysis showed that selling decisions in most households were dominated by female farmers. It is also remarkable to note that selling decisions in most households were independently made by male and female farmers and this was largely approved by female farmers. Households, where joint decision making or mutual understanding was reported, were considerably low. Results from multinomial model revealed that male and female farmer participation in household selling decisions is significantly influenced by factors such as age, household headship, crop ownership, predominant crop management, and combining of the harvest. With increased participation in decision making, there is a possibility of increased food and nutrition, the satisfaction of needs, and attainment of equity among bean growing households. However, joint decision making has not been fully embraced. To achieve the goal of joint decision making in bean growing households, there is need to advocate for joint bean crop ownership, joint bean plot management, and combining of the bean harvest before the sale in case of separate plots. Also, further research can be conducted to understand the extent of influence male and female farmers have in joint decision making and whether it means fairness to them.
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    Gender differences in factors influencing adoption of learning management systems by academic staff in Makerere University
    ( 2018-09) Nalukwago, Teddy
    This study explored gender differences in factors that influence academic staff adoption of learning management systems such as the Makerere University e-Learning Environment (MUELE). MUELE is an LMS designed to enhance teaching and learning through increased use of ICT. Specifically, the study set out to: examine who uses MUELE to improve course creation and delivery; examine what factors influence male and female staff choice to adopt MUELE, and, assess those that constrain adoption of MUELE. The study also assessed the benefits of adopting MUELE in teaching. The researcher anticipated that adoption of LMS is affected by a number of factors. Unfortunately, these factors might, to an extent, be intensified or moderated by one’s gender, leading to gender differences in adoption of MUELE as a teaching medium by academic staff in Makerere University. Using Activity Theory (AT) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theories, the study assessed the enabling factors and barriers to adoption of MUELE LMS in teaching by male and female staff. A sample of seventy two (20 female & 52 male) respondents was purposively selected from the three colleges of Makerere University. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were employed. The key research tools used included: a semi structured questionnaire for the quantitative data and an interview guide for the qualitative data. Although an equal number of male and female staff using MUELE was sought out, study findings revealed that: there are more male academic staffs than the female that have adopted the use MUELE LMS. This explains the few number of female staff that were eventually selected to participate in this study. There are many factors influencing male and female staff adoption of MUELE to enhance teaching in Makerere University. The factors are either general and these relate to infrastructure (such as unreliable internet connectivity, power blackouts as well as limited access to computers). The more specific factors highlight the gender differences in factors as the staff relate to the LMS as individual users’ and in specific contexts. For example, it was found out that more male staff found the factor of enthusiastic students enabling their adoption of MUELE. While for the female staff, it was the usefulness of the LMS, particularly enhancing teaching and ease of access to learning resources. However, some factors such as limited skills and awareness of what MUELE is and how best it can be used to support teaching equally affect adoption to both male and female staff. Thus, as a recommendation, Makerere University should address the general issues of connectivity, skills training and power cuts. Success in the general will enhance the context gender specific factors to promote uptake.
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    Parenting styles, self- esteem and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Sironko District
    (Makerere University, 2018-09) Muzaki, Winnie
    This study examined the relationship between parenting styles, self- esteem and students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Sironko District. The objectives were to examine the relationships between: parenting styles and self-esteem; self-esteem and students’ academic achievement; parenting styles and academic achievement.The study was a survey and used a sample of 472 S.4 students of 2016 drawn from four secondary schools, namely, Masaba SS, Bugunzu SS, Buhugu SS and Bumasifwa SS. Demographic data were analyzed using frequencies counts and descriptive statistics. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to test the study variables. The findings revealed an insignificant positive relationship between authoritative parenting style and students’ self-esteem; while authoritarian parenting style and permissive parenting style each had a significant negative relationship on students’ self-esteem. On research objective two, this study found an insignificant negative relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement among secondary school students in Sironko District. For research objective three, authoritative parenting style and permissive parenting styles each had insignificant relationship with student’s academic achievement while authoritarian parenting style had a significant positive relationship with academic achievement. Recommendations were that; parents in Sironko District should consider other strategies to boost self-esteem other than authoritative parenting style; urgent strategies and mitigation measures should be put in place to address the negative effects of authoritarian and permissive parenting styles on self-esteem among secondary school students there; much emphasis should be put on authoritarian parenting style as a strategy to boost academic achievement among secondary school students but not authoritative and permissive parenting styles.
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    Social Support,Quality of Life and Recovery from Mental Illness of Patients Re-Attending Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital
    (Makerere University, 2018-09-18) Bamulumbye, Andrew
    Mental health is pivotal in the general well-being of a healthy society. It is thus pertinent to study this area of society so as generate information to manage and sustain a healthy society. This study was done to generate information such as that among people with mental illness in some areas of their lives, Social support, Quality of life and Recovery from mental illness. The objective of this quantitative, cross-sectional, correlational and partly descriptive study was to investigate the available Social support systems, Quality of life and how these variables affect Recovery among people with Mental illness (PWMI) readmitted in Butabika National referral mental Hospital. The data was analysed using SPSS, version 16.0, Chicago IL. Regressions were done to determine the effects of variables, social support, and quality of life on recovery of PWMI. Descriptive statistics were used to infer the respondents’ status in various areas of the study variable. The results revealed social support as a predictor of quality of life both of which found as predictors of recovery among PWMI. Social support had higher predictability level of Recovery than Quality of life among the respondents. The family system was the most available social support system for the respondents in the study and so much in agreement with the convoy theory of social support. Quality of life predominantly revealed a degree of independence and many within the study population had a source of income a factor that promotes independence not only in the general population but the study population inclusive. The study findings revealed that the respondents did not have poor social support and Quality of life. Therefore recovery failure seem tagged to other factors that need further investigations Qualitative or case studies focusing on the community that lives with patients after discharge, empowering, training the community service providers, family members on their role in the management of PWMI, The government, policy makers and other stakeholders’ (NGOs) role to increase advocacy for mental health programs are highly recommended. In conclusion, the major reasons for recovery failure among PWMI remain a puzzle unanswered. Social support and quality of life are not the cores for failure to recover as revealed in this study. There must be other reasons that are responsible for failure of recovery of study population that need more investigations so that this phenomenon is resolved.
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    Factors Involved in Social Mobilization for Citizen Participation: An Analysis of Voluntary HIV/AIDS Community Initiatives
    (Makerere University, 2018-09-28) Nyende, Paul
    The study examined the factors involved in social mobilization and citizen participation while analyzing voluntary HIV/AIDS community initiatives. The study reviews and examines theories that are applicable to social mobilization including; Resource mobilization theory, functional motivation theory, social role theory of gender, empowerment and social capital model in relation to citizen participation. The study amalgamates aspects of the reviewed theories generating a more comprehensive understanding of the process of social mobilization. The study aimed at developing a path model that examines the interplay among social learning variables namely; social capital, psychological sense of community, community organization social climate, member satisfaction, and psychological empowerment and how they culminate into citizen participation while doing an analysis on volunteer motivation and the factors that maintain participation of volunteers in community activity. The respondents were volunteers in HIV/AIDs organizations who have had training and have served in their communities for a long time. The Concurrent nested mixed method design was used for the study in which both quantitative and qualitative methods are simultaneously employed. The method gives priority to one of the methods and guides the project, while another is embedded or nested. Correlation and regression analysis were carried out assessing relationship between variables and predictive power on empowerment respectively. Findings confirm positive correlations among the study variables namely; social capital and psychological sense of community, community organization social climate and member satisfaction, psychological sense of community and psychological empowerment, member satisfaction and psychological empowerment and psychological empowerment and citizen participation. Furthermore, the suggested model had two converging paths leading to psychological empowerment, one through psychological sense of community and the other through member satisfaction and the linear regression analysis aimed at identifying which one of the two paths had greater predictive power on psychological empowerment. Psychological sense of community was a stronger predictor of psychological empowerment than group member satisfaction. Consequently the study contributes to knowledge through revealing a new perspective in the analysis of variables involved in citizen participation by testing the proposed path model and discovering that it holds and is a good fit. Findings also agree with the social role theory of gender that women were more likely to volunteer than men. The study also reveals that the motives that drive volunteers include; the self-serving and achievement motive, affiliation and relational motive, power motive and the belief Motive and participation is maintained over time by feelings that their efforts are appreciated, Having positive impact on others, attainment of the group goals, development of personal skills and the development of strong supportive relationships. Finally the study discusses implications for development of theory extending earlier findings through integrating aspects of earlier theories in citizen participation and makes recommendations for future research, pointing out where emphasis needs to be placed.
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    Authoritarian parenting styles, substance abuse and externalized behaviour among secondary school students
    (Makerere University, 2018-10) Asiimwe, Confidence Nkurunungi
    This study investigated the relationship between authoritarian parenting style, substance abuse, and externalized problem behaviour among secondary school students in Kawempe division Kampala district. A correlation research design was used to conduct the study, it involved three schools in Kampala district participants were selected using stratified random sampling, in three schools. The total sample of this study consisted of 301 senior three students. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between the variables. Findings indicated that overall authoritarian parenting style was found to be negative and not significantly related to substance abuse(r = - 0.006, p>0.05), substance abuse was found to be positively and significantly related to externalized problem behaviour(r=0.489, p<0.01), overall authoritarian parenting style was found not to be significantly related to overall externalized problem behaviour (r=0.041, p>0.05). It was concluded that students who engage in substance abuse are most likely to participate in Externalized Problem Behaviour at school, home and their communities. It was recommended that students should be sensitized about the dangers of substance abuse to avoid increased involvement in externalized problem behaviour as these actions cause harm in their lives, future relationships and career.
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    Responsible care for natural environment: A solution towards ecological crisis in Aduku Parish – Lira Diocese in light of LAUDATO SI’
    ( 2018-10) Aruku, Boniface
    The study was conducted to establish a thesis that responsible care for natural environment is a solution to curb the ecological crisis in Aduku Parish – Lira Diocese. The study was carried out in light of a ground-breaking encyclical on the environment known as Laudato Si’. The study particularly sought to show that the current ecological crisis in Aduku Parish is based on the fact that human beings have failed to carry out their God-given duty towards natural environment. The study was conducted through both qualitative and quantitative research paradigm, data being collected during the month of January 2018 from 150 respondents from various Christians of Aduku Parish using the questionnaire, interview and observation. The data was analysed using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study established that individuals in Aduku Parish really face the challenge of ecological crisis in the dimensions such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, food crisis and water crisis. Besides that, the study indicated that individuals in Aduku Parish know that human beings should care for natural environment in order to: guard against degradation of natural environment, transform and develop natural environment, and maintain enjoyment of the fruits of the earth. In addition to that, the study observed that to consolidate responsible care for natural environment in Aduku Parish, the following factors should be put into consideration: sensitizing people to abandon lifestyles that degrade the natural environment, alleviation of unemployment, population control and alleviation of poverty. The study further discovered that majority of the people of Aduku Parish are not aware of Laudato Si’ and yet it is a social encyclical addressed to not only members of the Church but to all humanity. The study concludes that responsible care for natural environment is indeed a necessary solution to curb the ecological crisis in Aduku Parish. It recommends that: the people of Aduku Parish should pay special attention to the current ecological crisis; the people of Aduku Parish should uphold the praxis of responsible care for natural environment; the praxis of responsible care for natural environment in Aduku Parish should be consolidated especially by the Church especially through ecological education; and by the government especially through good governance. A critical reading and popularisation of Laudato Si’ would help in the ecological education of the people.
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    Alcohol use and addiction: The moderating role of psychological stress
    (Makerere University, 2018-10) Nabwire, Martha
    Various literatures indicate that psychological stress can influence the amount of alcohol consumed and high alcohol consumption can later lead to addiction. The aim of the study was to examine the role of psychological stress as a predictor of alcohol use and addiction. One hundred and seventy-eight (178) adults of which 36 were females and 142 were males from Omoro district participated in the study. They were aged between 18 to 50 years. These participants were consuming alcohol at a minimum of three days in a week. These participants answered a self-scoring questionnaire which included the perceived stress scale and the AUDIT. The perceived stress scale was used to assess the stress score, AUDIT subscales were used to measure for alcohol use and addiction. The study was guided by four hypotheses. Linear regression was used to test the first three hypotheses and the fourth hypothesis was tested using the PROCESS macro for SPSS method. The results obtained from the study indicated that psychological stress was a significant predictor of alcohol use (t=3.631, F=13.185, R2=.070, p <.001), psychological stress was a significant predictor of addiction (t=5.607,F=31.433, R2=.152, p<.001), alcohol use was a significant predictor of addiction (t=13.722, F=188.304, R2= .517, p<.001) and the relationship between alcohol use and addiction was significantly dependent on the level of psychological stress (t=29.8014, p= .8088).
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    Self-stigma, depressive symptoms and coping strategies among caregivers of children with mental disorder in Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2018-10) Kiprotich, Rael J.
    People with mental disorder suffer from stigma in addition to the illness itself; their caregivers also suffer from stigma of having a child with mental disorder. The study examined the levels and associations between self- stigma, depressive symptoms and nature of coping strategies adopted by caregivers of children with mental disorder who attend. Children and adolescence mental health unit at Butabika Hospital. A correlational study design with quantitative data collection method was used. One hundred and forty-one (N=141) caregivers of children with mental disorder participated in the study. Self-stigma was measured using affiliated Stigma scale, while depressive symptoms was determined using Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and brief cope for nature of coping strategies. Using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS version 20.0) descriptive statistic was used to determine the levels of self-stigma, depressive symptoms and nature of coping strategy. Spearman correlation was used to determine relationship between variables. A significant relationship was found between self- stigma and depressive symptoms (p< 0.05) and between depressive symptoms and nature of coping strategies (p< 0.05). However, there was no statistical significant relationship between self- stigma and coping strategies (p>0.05). Further analysis using chi-square was done to establish existing association, and this revealed that caregivers of children with mental disorder are more likely than the general population to suffer self-stigma and depression; and used dysfunctional coping strategies in dealing with the challenges. Professional, government support, and public awareness of mental illness are important in addressing the challenges facing these caregivers.
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    Understanding the Family Today: A Strategy for Consolidating a Christian Family as the essential Agent of Evangelization in Masaka Diocese. Case-study Makukuulu Parish
    ( 2018-10) Muyanja, Ronald
    The purpose of this research was to establish the importance of consolidating the Christian family as the essential agent of evangelization in Makukuulu Parish. This was achieved by the following specific objectives: to examine the situation of the family today, to explore the functions of the Christian family, to find out the current challenges facing the family, to find out the ways of consolidating the Christian family as the essential agent of evangelization in the modern time. The researcher’s interest in this project was geared by the tremendous amount of false perception and misguided understandings exhibited among the people of Makuukulu Parish and in Uganda at large towards the essential purpose, strength and weakness of the family institution. Misguided cultural stereotypes and frequent parental misperceptions about the family today clearly depict a situation of increasing rate of domestic violence, divorce and separation, cohabitation and premarital relationships, moral decay and irresponsibility, materialism and individualism. This condition at hand compelled the researcher to find out the root cause of all this and how best can be addressed in order to consolidate the Christian family in the modern world. The study intends to contribute to the theory and practice by establishing the hypothesis that understanding the family today consolidates Christian families as the essential agents of evangelization in the modern era. The research was conducted in thirteen sub-parishes that make up Makukuulu parish. A survey design was used in data collection. The Data was qualitatively and quantitatively analysed and tabulated in chapter four. A total number of fifty-five (55) respondents were engaged by the researcher. The research findings indicated that 60% of the Christians in Makukuulu parish do not have a deeper understanding of the essential qualities of marriage and family life and 20% have a negative attitude towards Christian marriages. The researcher therefore recommended the maximum cooperation among Church leaders, parents and the society during the remote, proximate and immediate preparations for marriage and family life so as to consolidate the Christian family as the essential agent of evangelization in the modern time. In conclusion, the researcher proposed that further research be conducted on how marriages in Uganda can be sustainable and minimize instant marriage breakups to guarantee a lasting family institution and the realization of Christ’s mission.