http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6806 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:30:37 GMT 2026-04-13T13:30:37Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6815 Title: Emotional Maturity, Social Media Attachment and Identity Development among Adolescents in Secondary School, Oromia Region Ethiopia. Authors: Suleyiman, Muna Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of emotional maturity and social media attachment for identity development among adolescents. Cross sectional survey research design was employed on 441 randomly selected adolescents in six nominated secondary schools from six nominated zonal towns of Oromia region. Aspects of identity questionnaire, emotional maturity scale, and social media attachment scale were employed for the assessment. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, Pearson correlation, one-way ANOVA, and multiple liner regression were utilized to analyze the data. As a result, Out of 441 participants, 6.3% of the adolescents reported diffused identity development; 59.6% adolescents had been extremely emotionally immature; and 35.4% of adolescents were attached to social media inappropriately. Moreover, collective identity and personal identity were reported highly and poorly, respectively as identity development dimensions by the adolescents. Besides, rejection by others, unhealthy ethnic based political competition, sudden changes in life, hate speech in social media, and unrealistic expectations were highly reported causes for identity crisis. Furthermore, personal disintegration, social maladjustment, lack of independence, and emotional instability were reported as emotional maturity dimensions. Pearson correlation result showed that emotional immaturity strongly and positively correlated with social media attachment. On the other hand, there was a moderate and negative correlation between identity development not only with emotional immaturity but also with extreme social media attachment. Specifically, social identity with social maladjustment, relational identity with emotional regression, collective identity with lack of independence, and personal identity with personal disintegration were negatively and strongly correlated. In addition, ANOVA result revealed that birth order, average family monthly income, educational status of parents had statistically significant mean effect on identity development, emotional immaturity, and media attachment with different effect size. Likewise, independent sample t-test result showed that number of languages spoken and variation of family ethnic background had a statistically significant mean effect on social media attachment, emotional immaturity and identity development. Furthermore, multiple liner regression analysis result showed that personal integration significantly predicted identity development. Based on the findings, it is suggested that collaborative, multidimensional, and culture based preventive and intervention programs to create a helpful learning environment that promotes students’ positiveidentity development and psycho-socio-emotional wellbeing, improves their productivity, and enhances their success be developed and applied. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6815 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6814 Title: Economic Analysis for Regulating Legal Service Pricing: the Ethiopian Case Authors: Ahmed, Binyam Abstract: This paper evaluates the inter link between law and economics in the legal service industry. By assessing how the legal service price is determined between the client and the advocate, it evaluates the fairness and effectiveness of the existing law governing legal fees in light of the basic economic theories in market regulation. By employing both doctrinal and non-doctrinal legal research methods it, was established that the Ethiopian legal service market on pricing is prone to market failures, and regulation must be in place to avoid the gaps of market inefficiency. The theoretical underpinnings on legal service markets have been found to be strongly substantiated in the practical base and justifications. Finally, it was found that the Ethiopian legal framework on pricing was less regulated than what economics suggested, thereby increasing the risk of market failure. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6814 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6813 Title: The Determinants of Energy Choice for Domestic Use in Informal Settlements of North Addis Ababa. Authors: Kebede, Nibretu Abstract: This paper analyzed the determinants of energy choice for domestic use in informal settlements of North Addis Ababa based on the data generated from 450 households in Yeka Sub-city, Woreda42 12 using multitier questionnaire. The study identified demographic and household characteristics; energy source related factors; food consumption behaviors; and other variables that influenced informal settlers’ energy choice. The binary logit result showed that household heads43 from 30-60 years of age, education above grade 4, number of dependent families from 1-4, the suitability of dwelling place to the urban plan, number of years a household lived in the area, availability and reliability of energy sources, availability and cost of appliances, and food consumption behaviors significantly affected households access to electric power. It is found that, among households who lived more than 9 years, 74% are electric-users while 26% are non-users of electricity. The findings also indicated that families with higher levels of income, especially when household heads are employed on permanent basis, households living in a very good shelter, and increased number of rooms have better access to electricity while sex of the household head, family size44, marital status, land title and size, electric tariffs and connection fees and proximity of the home to electric line have no relationships with households electric-use status. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6813 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6812 Title: Assessments of Genetic Diversity for Agro Morphological Traits of Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc) Trotter] Germplasm Collections of Ethiopia Authors: Azene, Walelign Abstract: One hundred fifty-two teff genotypes and two checks (Filagot and Tesfa) were used for the field experiment. The objective of this study was to characterize and assess the genetic diversity for traits of teff genotypes during the cropping season of 2019/2020 at Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center. The augmented design was used with eleven blocks. Results obtained from the analysis of variance for quantitative traits showed a highly significant difference for culm diameter and panicle length of the main panicle; significant difference for traits such as days to 50% maturity, and plant height. These findings revealed that there was a significant difference among most of the traits. There was a wide range of variations for days to 50% flowering and 50% maturity, plant height, panicle length, spikelet per panicle, and grain yield. Higher Genotypic coefficient of variation, phenotypic coefficient of variation, genetic advance (as % mean), and heritability in the broader sense were observed for grain yield per plot, spikelet per panicle, grain yield per plot, and culm diameter, respectively. Cluster analysis of teff genotypes in the formation of 4 clusters ranging with high inter and intracluster distances between them. The first four principal components explained about 79.37% of the entire diversity among teff population. Days to 50% flowering, days to 50% maturity, plant height, panicle length, culm diameter, and spikelet per panicle showed greater loadings in the first principal component. The observed genetic diversity suggested the importance of further evaluation of these genotypes across locations and seasons to develop varieties. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6812 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z