| dc.description.abstract | The study developed a model for mobile phone adoption and usage for catechizing the Catholic
youths in Uganda, using Kampala Archdiocese as a case study. Specifically, the study sought to;
identify the existing modes of catechizing the youths and the issues/challenges associated with
them so as to identify the requirements for addressing the identified issues/challenges; review the
existing models for mobile phone adoption and usage so as to identify the existing gaps that may
be a hindrance in addressing those challenges above; design a model for mobile phone adoption
and use that would address the requirements identified in objective one and validate the model
for mobile phone adoption and usage to catechize the Catholic youths using selected experts. The
study employed a case study design incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods to
data collection with the actual sample size of 259 derived using Yamane (1967) sample size
formula from a target population of 288 Catechists/Catechizers and youths/youth leaders from
randomly selected parishes of Kampala Catholic Archdiocess and 9 key informants that included
Youth Chaplains and Parish Priests of the selected Vicariates in which Parishes fall. Quantitative
data collected was exported to SPSS version 24.0 for editing, coding to facilitate informative and
relevant computation. The objectives of the study were analyzed using the Factor Analysis. For
objective one, it was established that traditional modes of catechism were still prodominant and
slowly the catechists and the catechized are embracing use of mobile phones. For objective two,
reviewed literature had mostly constructs on Observability, Compatibility, Social influence,
Facilitating Conditions, performance expectance, Effort expectance, Behavioral Intention and
use behavior. For objective three, Correlation and a regression analysis was performed to
establish the relationship between Behavioural intentions and perceived ease of use (PEOU)
(r=0.701, p=0.001), perceived usefulness (PU) (r=0.640, p=0.014), facilitating conditions (FC)
(r=0.605, p=0.007), social influences (SI) (r=0.730, p=0.004), perceived mobility value (PMV)
(r=0.691, p=0.009), Spiritual relevance (SR) (r=0.515, p=0.023)and top leadership support (TLS)
(r=0.565, p=0.017). For objective four, the outcome of the regression analysis was used to test
the significance of the constructs that were used to develop the model hence the verification. The
model was availed to youth chaplains, catechists and youth leaders in Kampala Catholic
Archdiocese, who responded to survey questionnaires and key informant interviews. The study
concluded that; the catholic leadership should embrace and promote the use of technology based
tools (mobile phones) in the catechism in Kampala catholic Archidocese, added new constructs
such as spiritual relevance, top leadership support and perceived mobility value as its
contribution to develop a Model for Mobile Phone Adoption and Usage to Catechize the Catholic
Youths in Uganda, behavioral intention (BI) to adopt and use mobile phones can be explained by
perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU), facilitating conditions (FC), social
influences (SI), perceived mobility value (PMV), Spiritual relevance (SR) and top leadership
support (TLS). The study recommends that the leadership of the Catholic church in Uganda
should sensitize, enforce and encourage the laity to embrace the use and application of mobile
phone technology to provide catechism in Uganda. | en_US |
