Influence of self-concealed psycho-social factors as predictors on the effectiveness of sexual self-disclosure during voluntary counseling and testing among university students in Kenya

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Vol. 7(5), pp. 78 - 83, June, 2015 DOI: 10.5897/IJPC2015.03 16 Article Number: A5B93AB54025 ISSN 1996 - 0816 Copyright © 2015 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/IJPC International Journal of Psychology and Counsell ing Full Length Research Paper Influence of self - concealed psycho - social factors as predictors on the effectiveness of sexual self - disclosure during voluntary counseling and testing among university students in Kenya Mokua Gilbert Maroko 1* , Fredrick Ogola 2 , Musau Kithuka 3 , Haniel Nyaga Gatumu 4 , Nyutu Jane Gathoni 1 , Njuguna Christina Nyamugoro 5 and Anthony Muriithi Ireri 5 1 Department of P sychology, Mount Kenya University, Kenya. 2 Department of Psychology, Maasai Mara University, Kenya. 3 Department of psychology, Counselling and Education Foundation, Laikipia University, Kenya. 4 Department of P sychology, University of Nairobi, Kenya. 5 Department of Educational Psychology, Kenyatta University . Received 4 June, 2015; Accepted 29 June, 2015 Four hundre d and fifty six third year undergraduate students from the University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University and Egerton University were studied to find out the influence of self - concealed psycho - social factors as predictors on the effectiveness of sexual self - di sclosure during voluntary counselling and testing among university students in Kenya. Results revealed there is a significant relationship between self - concealed psycho - social factors and sexual self - disclosure. Students’ marital status, relational mobilit y and cues that relate to privacy were found to be the best predictors of sexual self - disclosure by determining details of how much sexual information they disclosed during voluntary counselling and testing. Implications of these findings and recommendatio ns for further research are discussed