The poor but not the helpless: Resilience among the street children in Metro Manila

Added Title

Resilience among street children

Date of Publication

2018

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Marie Madelene A. Sta. Maria

Defense Panel Member

Karmia A. Pakingan

Abstract/Summary

The intent of this study is to determine how resilience occurs with the street children of Metro Manila. The study particularly looks into the specific contextual challenges, internal and external assets that foster resilience. The participants of the study consists of 18 street children aged 12 to 18 years old, identified as children at risk, of the street and on the streets. Purposive, convenience and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants who gave consent and voluntarily joined the study. Semi-strcutured interviews were either done individually or by group in order to gain rapport and capture their lived experiences. The data gathered were analyzed through thematic analysis by Braun and Clark. The results show the challenges that street children of Metro Manila experience such as abuse and exploitation, substance abuse exposure, and negative uncontrollable factors on where they reside. They resolve these through the use of internal assets such as having an initiative, realization that change for the better is possible, courage, altruistic behavior and aversion from trouble. They also use external assets such as their faith, social and emotional support from people around them, institutional support and through technology. These findings show specific contextual occurrence of resilience within the children of Metro Manila.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU21698

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

viii, 115 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Resilience (Personality trait) in children--Philippines--Metro Manila; Street children--Philippines--Metro Manila

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