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Influence of Religious Coping Styles on Psychological Health of Hepatitis B Patients in Kumasi Metropolis

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of religious coping styles on depression and anxiety levels in persons living with Hepatitis B Virus in the Kumasi Metropolis. One hundred and forty-three Hepatitis B patients were conveniently sampled for the study. Brief RCOPE was used to measure the level of positive and negative religious coping. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used respectively to measure the depression and anxiety levels of respondents. Majority of the respondents 80 (55.6%) were females, 45 (31.3%) fellowshipped with Orthodox churches, 47 (32.6%) were Pentecostals, 44 (30.6%) were Muslims, while 8 (5.6%) were Traditionalists. In terms of religious coping, majority of the respondents used positive religious coping. Negative religious coping was positively associated to anxiety and depression, respectively (b = .43, p = .001, b = .53, p <.001), but positive religious coping was not linked to anxiety and depression (b = -.30, p = .046, b = -.10 p = .500). The findings revealed a statistically significant difference in the religious coping styles with respect to their religious background. Conversely there was no statistically significant difference in religious coping practice with respect to gender. Finally, gender moderated only the relationship between positive religious coping and depression while religious background only moderated the relationship between positive religious coping and anxiety. It is therefore recommended that assessment of religious coping should be integrated into Hepatitis B Virus health care.

Source: UCC
Influence of safety culture on quality-of-work-life of mental health workers in Ghana

The study sought to determine the effect of safety culture on Quality-of -Work-Life (QoWL), the lived safety culture experiences, and how these experiences produced QoWL perceptions among mental health workers in Ghana. Eight research questions were formulated to guide the study. Employing a mixed methods design, 576 mental health workers were recruited purposively from Accra, Ankaful and Pantang Psychiatric Hospitals for the quantitative data collection. Additionally, purposive and snowball sampling strategies were used to collect data from fifteen health workers with interviews until data saturation. A questionnaire from pre-existing instruments and semi-structured interview guide were used for data collections. Chi-Square, Factorial Analysis of Variance, Multiple Analysis of Variance, and Path Analysis using PROCESS Macro were employed for quantitative data analysis while Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used for qualitative data. The results indicated positive associations between workplace violence and working at mental health facilities. Also, safety culture had a significant direct positive effect on QoWL of mental health workers, with turnover intentions partially mediating the effect of safety culture on QoWL. Moreover, working at the mental health facilities produced a significant moderating effect on the effect of safety culture on turnover intentions and QoWL. Also, IPA showed that poor job satisfaction and high turnover intentions were formed due to poor safety culture experiences. Psychiatric hospital settings are posing serious safety culture risk to the QoWL perceptions of professionals. Management needs to provide a strong safety commitment in these facilities to increase the health and safety of the workers.

Source: UCC
Influence of Safety Culture on Quality-of-Work-Life of Mental Health Workers in Ghana

The study sought to determine the effect of safety culture on Quality-of-Work-Life (QoWL), the lived safety culture experiences, and how these experiences produced QoWL perceptions among mental health workers in Ghana. Eight research questions were formulated to guide the study. Employing a mixed methods design, 576 mental health workers were recruited purposively from Accra, Ankaful and Pantang Psychiatric Hospitals for the quantitative data collection. Additionally, purposive and snowball sampling strategies were used to collect data from fifteen health workers with interviews until data saturation. A questionnaire from preexisting instruments and semi-structured interview guide were used for data collections. Chi-Square, Factorial Analysis of Variance, Multiple Analysis of quantitative data analysis while Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used for qualitative data. The results indicated positive associations between workplace violence and working at mental health facilities. Also, safety culture had turnover intentions partially mediating the effect of safety culture on QoWL. Moreover, working at the mental health facilities produced a significant moderating effect on the effect of safety culture on turnover intentions and QoWL. Also, IPA showed that poor job satisfaction and high turnover intentions were formed due to poor safety culture experiences. Psychiatric hospital settings are posing serious safety culture risk to the QoWL perceptions of professionals. Management needs to provide a strong safety commitment in these facilities to increase the health and safety of the workers.

Source: UCC
Influence of School Culture on Teacher Commitment in Senior High Schools

The culture of an educational institution is seen as the driving force which marshals the school and its resources into productive teaching and learning that leads to school success. This study examined the influence of school culture on teacher commitment in Senior High Schools in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality. The study draws on quantitative research approach with positivism as philosophical paradigm where a cross sectional survey was used as the study design. Census technique was employed to collect data from all the teachers in the Senior High Schools, and with the use of questionnaire data was collected from 396 teachers. Frequencies and percentages, means and standard deviations, process procedure, Multiple Linear Regression and One-Way Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) were used to analyse the data for the study. The findings of the study indicate that generally, the culture of the schools is positive. It further emerged from the study that teachers have high level of commitment. Also, a significant high positive relationship exists between school culture and teacher commitment. The study recommended that heads of educational institutions should ensure the development and maintenance of effective school culture for high teacher commitment and effective school development. Again, heads of schools and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) should provide the needed assistance, incentives and other enabling environment that will enhance teachers’ interests in the school and boost their commitment levels.

Source: UCC
Influence of School Heads’ Direct Supervision on Teacher Role Performance in Public Senior High Schools, Central Region, Ghana

This study assessed the influence of school heads’ direct supervision on teacher role performance in public senior high schools. The study adopted the embedded mixed methods design. Slovin’s formula, the proportional allocation method, and simple random and purposive sampling were used to select a sample of 617 respondents comprising 295 teachers, 222 class prefects, 86 Heads of Department, 13 school heads and 1 Regional Director for the Inspectorate Division of the Ghana Education Service. Data were collected through questionnaires and interview guides. Quantitative data were analyzed using frequencies, means and multiple regression whereas patterns and themes were developed for the analysis of qualitative data. The study found that school heads allocated very little time for supervision of lesson planning and delivery of teachers. The study established that school heads’ lesson planning supervision (p= 0.043< .05) and lesson delivery supervision (p= .035< .05) had a significant influence on teacher role performance. Therefore, the study recommends the Ghana Education Service to dedicate a greater portion of the promotion requirement of the school heads to evidence of direct supervision of teachers and a reduction in the teaching load of Heads of Department by the school head to enable them play more instrumental roles in the instructional supervision process.

Source: UCC
Influence of Seaming and Fit Factors on the Serviceability of Custom-Made Clothing: A Study of Female Students in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

This study examined the influence that seaming and fit factors have on the serviceability of custom-made clothing. Specifically, the study investigated the relationship between seaming and fit factors and serviceability of custom-made clothing among female students in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Descriptive survey design was employed for the study using 246 female students. A questionnaire was used for the data collection and the data were analysed using descriptive and correlation analyses. The results indicated that seaming and fit factors do have influence on custom-made clothing serviceability but the respondents do not have much knowledge on seam quality. Secondly, respondents did not have much problems with the seaming and fit factors of their custom-made garments even though their garment manufacturers are responsible for their style selection. It was concluded that respondents achieve the benefits they wish to derive from their custom-made garments and that their garment manufacturers are meeting their expectations in terms of seaming and fit issues. It was recommended that garment manufacturers continue to pay attention to seaming and fit related factors in clothing construction since they influence the serviceability of garments. This would also help their customers to obtain maximum satisfaction from their products.

Source: UCC
Influence of Self-Efficacy and Study Habits on Examination Malpractices in Basic Education Certificate Examination

Examination malpractice is inconsiderate, illicit, or unwanted behaviour by learners in a prescribed examination of their knowledge or skill in a specific subject. Education stakeholders in Ghana have expressed worry about the implications this menace has taken on since it works against the growth and aims of the country's educational systems and defuses the purposes of validity and reliability. The study examined the influence of study habits and self-efficacy by learners on examination malpractices in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Asante Akim North Municipality. The study was a descriptive survey design with a quantitative method, with a sample size of 274 learners. This was chosen with a multi-stage sampling procedure from an available population of 866 learners. Data was collected using L-EMQ adapted questionnaires with an r = .727 strong correlation coefficient. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, Pearson Product Moment correlation, r and Independent Samples T-Test were used to analyse the data collected. The study discovered that the majority of the municipality's learners have high self-efficacy and that it has a significant influence on examination malpractice. The study also found that most learners in the municipality had good study habits because they used distributed learning. It was shown that there is a low-level positive relationship between study habits and examination malpractices. It was recommended to stakeholders (GES, teachers and parents) that they should support initiatives on self-efficacy development to be a major component in child design and development and a measurable consequence of in-service teacher training to enhance learners' self-efficacy.

Source: UCC
Influence of Self-efficacy, Locus of Control, and Self esteem on Academic Achievement of College of Education Students in Ghana

This study examined the influence of self-efficacy, locus of control, and self esteem on the academic achievement of Colleges of Education students in Ghana. The descriptive cross-sectional survey design was employed. Through a multi level sampling technique, 692 Level 200 students were sampled. Questionnaire and performance record sheets were used for the data collection. Data were analysed using simultaneous multiple linear regression, independent samples t test, multivariate analysis of variance, and moderation analysis with Hayes’ PROCESS using 5000 bootstrap samples. It emerged that students had a high level of self-efficacy, self-esteem, chance, powerful others, but low on internal locus of control. Self-efficacy and self-esteem were significant predictors of academic achievement. There was no significant difference in self-efficacy, self esteem and academic achievement with respect to type of college, but there was a significant difference in locus of control with respect to type of college. Gender did not moderate the relationship between self-efficacy and self-esteem and academic achievement, but moderated the relationship between chance locus of control and academic achievement. Type of college significantly moderated the relationship between self-efficacy, locus of control, self-esteem, and academic achievement. It was concluded that students who have so much belief and see themselves in a very positive manner are more likely to perform better academically than those who do not believe in themselves. It was recommended that the Colleges of Education should collaborate with Educational Psychologists to organize regular in-service programmes for Tutors in the Colleges of Education on how to help student-teachers to develop high self-efficacy, locus of control and self-esteem.

Source: UCC
Influence of Self-regulated Learning on Academic Engagement, the Moderating Role of Ocean Personality Traits Among Shs Students in the Berekum Municipality Of Ghana

The study was about the influence of self-regulated learning on students’ academic engagement in the Berekum Municipality. The investigation process was steered by four research questions and two hypotheses. It adopted the quantitative descriptive survey design. A sample of 305 senior high school students was selected using probability sampling techniques for the study. Adopted questionnaires on self-regulated learning (Chen & Lin, 2018; α=.91), students’ engagement (Maroco et al, 2016; α=.81) and personality trait (Soto & John, 2017; α=.70) were used to collect data from the students. Data gathered with the questionnaires were analysed descriptively (frequencies, means and standard deviations) and inferentially (regression, MANOVA and Hayes Process). The study found that students were moderately self-regulated and moderately academically engaged. Again, the study revealed that conscientious personality dominated among students. It was found that male students possessed self-regulated learning abilities than female students while the open minded type of personality trait nagatively moderated the interaction of self regulated learning and students’ engagement. It was recommended that management in the Berekum Municipality should organise educative and job oriented - academic and career guidance workshops, seminars and programmes to help develop higher levels of academic engagement in students. However, ad-hoc committee should be set where necessary to ensure that individualised personality traits of students are properly managed.

Source: UCC
Influence Of Senior High School History Teachers’ Qualifications, Relevant Available And Accessible Textbooks On Students’ Academic Achievement In History In Saclepea Education District 1, Liberia

The study investigated the influence of Senior High School (SHS) History teachers’ qualifications and the availability and accessibility of relevant textbooks on SHS students’ academic achievement in History. It was grounded in the Human Capital Theory. This quantitative study followed the positivist paradigm and employed the cross-sectional survey design. Out of a population of 335 final-year students for the 2022/2023 academic year, a sample of 183 students was selected using Adam (2020) formula. Data was collected using the School Assessment Questionnaire and an achievement test. Descriptive (frequency and percentages) and inferential (Multiple Linear Regression) statistics were used to analyse the data. The study found that a Bachelor’s Degree in a different discipline, an Associate Degree for teaching Junior High School and a ‘C’ Certificate for teaching elementary level are the qualifications of SHS History teachers in Saclepea Education District 1. Additionally, eight (50%) of the relevant History textbooks were available, but six of them were accessible to final-year students. Notably, most (72.2%) of the final-year students failed the SHS History achievement test. The study established that SHS History teachers’ qualifications significantly influenced SHS students’ academic achievement in History. However, neither the availability nor accessibility of relevant SHS History textbooks significantly influence SHS students’ academic achievement in History. The study urged the Ministry of Education and private schools’ administrators to employ professional SHS History teachers and ensure the availability and accessibility of the remaining relevant History textbooks in Saclepea Education District 1. Furthermore, the study encouraged non – governmental organizations to provide the remaining SHS History textbooks, and train SHS History teachers.

Source: UCC
Influence of social connectedness, communication and monitoring on adolescent sexual activity in Ghana

This paper examines connectedness to, communication with and monitoring of unmarried adolescents in Ghana by parents, other adults, friends and key social institutions and the roles these groups play with respect to adolescent sexual activity. The paper draws on 2004 nationally-representative survey data and qualitative evidence from focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with adolescents in 2003. Adolescents show high levels of connectedness to family, adults, friends, school and religious groups. High levels of adult monitoring are also observed, but communication with family about sex-related matters was not as high as with non-family members. The qualitative data highlight gender differences in communication. Multivariate analysis of survey shows a strong negative relationship between parental monitoring and recent sexual activity for males and females, and limited effects of communication. Creating a supportive environment and showing interest in the welfare of adolescents appear to promote positive sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

Source: UCC
The Influence of Social Media on the Health Seeking Behaviour of University Students

Social media is an internet-based form of communication that allows users to share information, create web content and have conversations. Some of the popular social media platforms include Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Telegram, Snapchat, etc. This study aimed to establish how students use social media platforms to access health information. A crosssectional survey design with a randomized sampling technique was employed. The research was conducted in 2019. Open and closed-ended questionnaires were used to assess the responses. The study found that all the 354 (100%) respondents were active internet users with an account to at least one social media platform. The majority of them had an account on more than one social media platform. A total of 64 (18.1%) people answered in the affirmative to ever being influenced by social media to start medication or treatment, while 39 (11%) also responded positively to being influenced by social media to stop medication or treatment. The study found that out of the 354 completed questionnaires, only 134 respondents always discussed the authenticity of health-related information obtained on social media with health professionals. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that majority of university students are active users of social media. Many university students access health information on social media and a considerable number of them relies on information obtained from social media to make decisions concerning their health, such as starting or stopping treatment or medication.

Source: UCC
The Influence of Social Media on the Health Seeking Behaviour of University Students

Abstract Social media is an internet-based form of communication that allows users to share information, create web content and have conversations. Some of the popular social media platforms include Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Telegram, Snapchat, etc. This study aimed to establish how students use social media platforms to access health information. A crosssectional survey design with a randomized sampling technique was employed. The research was conducted in 2019. Open and closed-ended questionnaires were used to assess the responses. The study found that all the 354 (100%) respondents were active internet users with an account to at least one social media platform. The majority of them had an account on more than one social media platform. A total of 64 (18.1%) people answered in the affirmative to ever being influenced by social media to start medication or treatment, while 39 (11%) also responded positively to being influenced by social media to stop medication or treatment. The study found that out of the 354 completed questionnaires, only 134 respondents always discussed the authenticity of health-related information obtained on social media with health professionals. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that majority of university students are active users of social media. Many university students access health information on social media and a considerable number of them relies on information obtained from social media to make decisions concerning their health, such as starting or stopping treatment or medication.

Source: UCC
Influence of social media on travel decision-making on Ghana by international tourists

Over the last ten years, social media has become pervasive in tourists’ decision-making to travel to any destination. The main aim of the study was to assess the role of social media in travel decision-making on Ghana by international tourists. The study adopted the cross-sectional research design and was underpinned by the quantitative research methodology. Questionnaires were used to collect data from international tourists visiting Ghana. The study revealed that most of the tourists who visited the Cape Coast-Elmina-Abrafo area were young female students within the age of 21-30 years, originating from Europe. Social media platform frequently used by the tourists was Facebook with some also using Content Aggregators (e.g. Google map). However, TripAdvisor and blogs were identified by tourists as the most influential social media types. Also, there was a significant relationship between social media usage and background characteristics (age, income and generating continent). The study also revealed that tourists consider social media platforms as useful and trustworthy for travel planning. On the whole, tourists agreed that they use social media at all the stages of the decision-making process. Nonetheless, the use of social media at the evaluation and purchase stages influenced its use for the decision to travel to Ghana. In conclusion, social media is influential in tourists’ decision to travel to Ghana. It is recommended that GTA and tourism business should have their businesses visible on these social media platforms to quickly reach tourists who use them.

Source: UCC