An Assessment of Parental Mediation Techniques for Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood Among Residents in Kauga- Mukono
| dc.contributor.author | Divine Akachukwu Ezeofor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-14T13:30:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-14T13:30:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-05-21 | |
| dc.description | Thesis | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigates parental mediation techniques for social-emotional development in early childhood within the Mukono-Kauga community of Uganda. The research addresses the critical role parents play in shaping children's emotional and social growth through varied mediation strategies, particularly in an increasingly digital world. Employing a qualitative research design, the study involved in-depth interviews with 66 participants, including parents and key informants such as childcare providers and community leaders. The findings show that co-viewing, restrictive mediation, and active mediation are common parental mediation practices. Active mediation, engagement in discussions of emotional topics and media content, significantly assists children's emotional regulation and sympathetic behavior. Over-restrictive action might, however, hinder emotional autonomy even though restricted mediation shields children from detrimental media content. Co-viewing facilitates further emotional interpretation of scenes and also allows shared experience. Parent obstacles include cultural norms for non-emotional expressiveness and time scarcity. In spite of these obstacles, the study illustrates that the children's behavior has been transformed positively through parents' successful mediation, for instance, increased empathy and better interpersonal relationships. The paper points to community-based education campaigns and support groups as among the therapies necessary to increase parents' digital literacy in order to be able to deal with parenting challenges of modern times. Recommendations are put in place to assemble joint efforts by schools, communities, and parents and offer workshops for parenting designed along cultural obligations. The study provides useful information on effective parental mediation approaches, centering on how they should arise organically within the framework of rearing emotionally intelligent, resilient future leaders. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/2862 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Uganda Christian University | |
| dc.title | An Assessment of Parental Mediation Techniques for Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood Among Residents in Kauga- Mukono | |
| dc.type | Thesis |