The Role of Family Constellations on Development of Prosocial Behaviour among the Regular Undergraduate Students in Nakuru County, Kenya
Abstract
The study sought to assess the influence of Family constellations on psychosocial adjustments of
regular third year undergraduate Students in Nakuru County, Kenya. The specific objective was to
determine the influence of family constellations on prosocial behaviour development of regular
undergraduate students in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study used a mixed-method research
approach and adopted a cross-sectional survey research design. The target population was 2862
third year regular undergraduate students from five selected universities. A random sample of 307
students forming a 90.6 percent response rate participated in the study. Stratified random sampling
was used to distribute the sample in the five selected universities. Primary data was collected using
semi-structured questionnaire and interview schedule, while secondary data was collected from
existing documents about the topic under study. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive
statistics (frequencies, percentages and means) and inferential statistics (ANOVA and Chi Square
tests) with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21.0 for Windows while
qualitative data was analyzed using thematic content analysis. The study findings indicate that
majority of the respondents came from dual (nuclear) parent families. There was no statistically
significant difference in the pro-social behaviours development of regular undergraduate students
from different family structures. The study recommends that there is a need for parents to maintain
a unified family structure in order to encourage holistic psychosocial development and adjustment
of their children in universities. There is a need for parents to create a warm close and supportive
relationship with their children in universities. There is need to encourage university students to
seek guidance and counselling services in order to effectively adjust psychologically and socially to
the new university environment.
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