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    A phenomenological study of premarital counselling experiences and challenges among married Christians in Rubaga Division, Kampala, Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2025) Komuhangi, Charlotte
    Premarital counselling is widely promoted in Christian communities as essential preparation for marriage. However, its ability to address the practical, emotional, and relational demands of modern married life remains underexplored, especially within the Ugandan context. This study examined the premarital counselling experiences and challenges among married Christians in Rubaga Division using an interpretive phenomenological design. This study was guided by the following research questions: What are the perceptions about premarital counselling among married Christians in Rubaga?, What are the marital experiences of married Christians who have gone through premarital counselling?, What are the opinions of married Christians in Rubaga division on what can be done to improve premarital counselling?. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 12 married individuals and two focus group discussions of six participants each, selected through purposive sampling, and were analysed thematically. Five major themes emerged: premarital counselling is necessary, premarital counselling is misunderstood, premarital counselling is valuable but insufficient, faith and spiritual practices as anchors in marriage, Professionalizing Premarital Counselling in Church, and Holistic and Contextual Premarital Counselling Content. The findings reveal that while premarital counselling is viewed as spiritually enriching, it often fails to equip couples for real-life marital demands. The study concludes that church-based premarital counselling should be professionalized, extended in duration, and incorporate culturally grounded, gender-sensitive, and psychosocial content to strengthen emotional and relational resilience in Christian marriages.
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    Job involvement, job satisfaction and psychological well-being among secondary school teachers in Kampala City
    (Makerere University, 2025) Serunjogi, Sarapio
    This study investigated the relationship between job involvement, job satisfaction and psychological well-being among secondary school teachers in Kampala City. A correlational survey study design with quantitative methods of data collection was used to collect data from a sample of 248 respondents, selected using stratified random sampling. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (IBM SPSS version 25). The relationships between variables were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-Efficient. The mediation effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between job involvement and psychological well-being was tested using Baron and Kenny’s (1986) four-step method and the moderation effected was tested using PROCESS macro embedded in SPSS. The findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between job involvement and job satisfaction; job involvement is significantly related with total job satisfaction (r = .43, p ˂ .01), intrinsic job satisfaction (r = .21, p ˂ .01), and extrinsic job satisfaction (r = .52, p ˂ .01). The results also revealed a significant relationship between job satisfaction and psychological well-being: total job satisfaction (r = .34, p ˂ .01), intrinsic job satisfaction (r = .20, p ˂ .01), and extrinsic job satisfaction (r = .37, p ˂ .01). Also, there is a significant relationship between job involvement and psychological well-being (r = .23, p ˂ .01). Job satisfaction fully mediates and moderates the relationship between job involvement and psychological well-being. Therefore, it can be concluded that job involvement significantly relates with psychological well-being, and job satisfaction mediates and moderates the relationship. The Ministry of Education and Sports should establish practices that fully involve teachers in their job which will ultimately enhance their psychological well-being to effectively deliver quality teaching services.
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    Self-esteem, emotional intelligence and academic engagement among school-going adolescents in public primary schools in Namutumba Town Council, Namutumba District
    ( 2025) Mutono, Isaac
    This study examined the relationship between self-esteem, emotional intelligence and academic engagement among school going adolescents. Specifically, the study was guided by four objectives; to examine the relationship between self-esteem and academic engagement, to examine relationship between self-esteem and emotional intelligence, to establish the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic engagement and to establish whether emotional intelligence mediates the relationship between self-esteem and academic engagement. A correlation design was adopted. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from a population of 480 early school-going adolescents represented by a sample of 214 respondents determined by Krejcie & Morgan, (1970). Data was analysed using SPSS Version 25 and the first three hypotheses were tested using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Hypothesis four was tested using the 3-step regression analysis called Process v4.2. The findings of the study revealed the following; a positive non-significant relationship between self-esteem and academic engagement (r=0.102, p=0.106), a significant relationship between self-esteem and emotional intelligence (r = 0.233, p= 0.003) and a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and academic engagement (r = 0.561, p= 0.00). Additionally emotional intelligence plays a mediating role in the relationship between self-esteem and academic engagement among early adolescents. The study concluded that the findings achieved the objectives, providing insights into how these psychological constructs interact. Emotional intelligence emerged as a significant factor in its mediating role. The recommendations include incorporating lessons focused on self-esteem and emotional intelligence into curriculum to increase academic engagement in order to contribute to the holistic development of adolescents.
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    The impact of early childhood experiences of abuse and working conditions on psychological wellbeing of domestic workers in Kampala City, Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2024) Kakembo, Fred
    The recent global increase in mental health challenges exhibited by domestic workers at work place prompted many scholars in social and behavioral sciences to conduct research aimed to understand drivers of this phenomenon. A body of extensive study material exists to this effect virtually from many locations of the world. However, in Uganda’ case, there is scanty information for one to conclude on this impact and the extent to which it has reached, hence there was need to conduct a study aimed at examining the impact of early childhood experiences of abuse and working conditions on psychological wellbeing of domestic workers in Kampala Capital City. The study employed a mixed design involving qualitative and quantitative approaches. A narrative inquiry was adopted for qualitative approach and presented concurrently with quantitative data from a questionnaire. 130 accessible female domestic workers were considered from which a sample size was derived. 10 research participants engaged in the narrative inquiry. Data relating to abuse of domestic workers and psychological well-being is attitudinal and perceptual. It is why narrative interview was used. The results conclude that the experience domestic workers have in their work is a brain killer and strongly destroy their psychological wellbeing. It is paramount to improve the work conditions as per the findings revealed. Respondents with better working conditions registered better psychological wellbeing as compared to those with bad working conditions. There is need for advocacy for human rights aimed to promote better working conditions for domestic workers, conduct researches on why many females are involved in domestic work than male counterparts (Ratio 90:10 ), and establishment of community programmes geared to rehabilitate the victims of abuse with distorted psychological well-being.
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    NGO psychosocial support, unresolved grief and depression among AIDS orphans
    (Makerere University, 2007) Kazuo, Hosomi
    The objectives of this study were to examine the level of unresolved grief and depression between the supported and the non-supported AIDS orphans. Eighty AIDS orphans receiving support, and 80 who were not yet supported participated in this study. Results revealed that AIDS orphans from both the supported and the non-supported group showed high levels of unresolved grief, and the non-supported group were more depressed than the supported. The study highlighted that the more unresolved grief they had, the more depressed they were. In general, AIDS orphans in Uganda continue to battle with unresolved grief and depression long after the bereavement. The importance of adequate NGO psychosocial support was highlighted.