Prof. Dr. Joseph Ssenyonga

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsPersonality Psychology, Clinical and Medical Psychology, Methodology
KeywordsPeer violence, Violent discipline, Mental health, Teachers, ICC-T
Honours and awards

2016: AvH Postdoc Fellowship

2013: DAAD fellowship

2010: IMMIS fellowship

2008: DAAD in-country scholarship

2002: African Development Bank scholarship

1999: Ford Foundation Summer school award

Current contact address

CountryUganda
CityKampala
InstitutionKyambogo University
InstituteDepartment of Foundations and Educational Psychology
Homepagewww.kyu.ac.ug

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas ElbertFachbereich Psychologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Prof. Dr. Joseph SsenyongaMbarara University of Science und Technology, Mbarara
Prof. Dr. Tobias HeckerAbteilung für Psychologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2016

Programme(s)

2015Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2019Joseph Ssenyonga, Charles Magoba Muwonge, & Tobias Hecker: Prevalence of family violence and mental health and their relation to peer victimization: A representative study of adolescent students in Southwestern Uganda.. In: Child Abuse & Neglect , 2019, 104194
2019Joseph Ssenyonga, Katharin Hermenau, Mabula Nkuba, and Tobias Hecker: Stress and positive attitudes towards violent discipline are associated with school violence by Ugandan teachers. In: Child Abuse & Neglect , 2019, 15-26
2018Charles Magoba Muwonge, Joseph Ssenyonga & Diana Kwarikunda: Cognitive appraisals, achievement emotions, and motivation towards learning mathematics among lower secondary students.. In: African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education., 2018, 243-253
2018Dennis Zami Atibuni, David Kani Olema, Joseph Ssenyonga and Grace Milly Kibanja.: Enhancing work-life balance and research engagement among students in higher education institutions. . In: Jared Keengwe and Robert Byamukama., Handbook of research on promoting higher-order skills and global competencies in life and work.. IGI Global. 2018. 148-165
2018Charles Magoba Muwonge, Ulrich Schiefele, Joseph Ssenyonga and Henry Kibedi: Modeling the relationship between motivational beliefs, cognitive learning strategies, and academic performance of teacher education students. In: South African Journal of Psychology, 2018, 1-14
2018Joseph Ssenyonga, Katharin Hermenau, Mabula Nkuba and Tobias Hecker: Reducing violence against children by implementing the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Southwestern Uganda. In: Trials, 2018, 1-12
2017Charles Magoba Muwonge, Ulrich Schiefele, Joseph Ssenyonga & Henry Kibedi: Determinants of Persistence Among Science Teacher-Trainees: Examining the Role of Self-Efficacy, Task Value, and Academic Hope. In: Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017, 522-548
2017Tobias Hecker, Getrude Mkinga, Joseph Ssenyonga, and Katharin Hermenau : Interaction Competencies with Children (ICC) – An approach for preventing violence, abuse and neglect in institutional care in Sub-Saharan Africa.. In: Adrian V. Rus, Sheri R. Parris and Ecaterina Stativa, Child maltreatment in long-term residential centers: History, research, and current implications . Springer International Publishing AG 2017, 2017. 357-378
2017Charles Magoba Muwonge, Ulrich Schiefele, Joseph Ssenyonga & Henry Kibedi: Self-regulated learning among teacher education students: Motivational beliefs influence on the use of metacognition. In: Journal of Psychology in Africa , 2017, 515-521