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A THESIS OF MACHAKOS COUNTY IN KENYA Final Repaired
THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING STYLES ON SELF CONCEPT AND CAREER CHOICE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MACHAKOS COUNTY IN KENYA

By

JULIUS NDETI NDETO

EDU/PGP/1001/09

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MOI UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

2014
DECLARATION
Declaration by the candidate
I declare that this thesis is my own original work and it has never been submitted to any higher learning institution or college for academic purpose for award of diploma or degree. No part of this project may be reproduced in any form without prior permission of the author or Moi University. .

JULIUS NDETI NDETO Signature ______________ Date ____________
REG.NO. EDU/PGP/1001/09

Declaration by the Supervisor
This M. phil thesis has been submitted for examination with our approval as Moi University Supervisors. DR, H. M. KODERO
Senior lecturer, Signature ___________ Date _________
Department of Educational Psychology
Moi University,

DR. C. KIMANI
Lecturer, Signature ________ Date _________
School of Arts.
Moi University,

DEDICATION
This work is dedicated to:
God for good health, wisdom, knowledge and peace of mind that I enjoyed as I pursued this study,
My Daughter Caren Mumo Ndeti,
My Mother Rebecca Mutete Ndeto,
My Pastor Richard Mutua,
For their prayers, patience, encouragement and struggle to enable me to go through the masters programme.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This work has been presented under the supervision of Dr H. M. Kondero and Dr C. Kimani whom l am readily indebted for their tireless efforts and support they offered towards this study. Their constant guidance and constructive criticism has helped me shape this thesis. Special thanks also go to my colleague students in the



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