Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of single and dual parenting on the psychological adjustment of teenage boys in Kikambala, Kilifi County, Kenya. The objectives were; toexamine the influence of sensitivity to criticism amongst teenage boys on psychological adjustment; to examine the influence of teens hostility on psychological adjustment amongst teenage boys; to investigate the influence of social withdrawal on psychological adjustment of the teenage boys and to evaluate the influence of excessive pre-occupation of personal problems on psychological adjustment of teenage boys in primary schools in Kikambala, Kilifi County. The study adopted Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems theory in attempt to describe the psychological adjustment.........
Key words: Dual parenting, Single parenting, psychological adjustment, teenage boys.
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