Date of Publication
2009
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology
Subject Categories
Counseling Psychology
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Leo J. Capeding
Defense Panel Chair
Imelda V.G. Villar
Defense Panel Member
John Addy S. Garcia
Nancy C. Rayos
Ma. Alicia Bustos-Orosa
Elena Morada
Abstract/Summary
The mixed exploratory sequential method was employed to explore the behavioral disturbance, family-related factors, and counseling intervention among Filipino adolescents. Ten Filipinos between ages 14 to 18 years, being on referral and/or having high scores in the internalizing and externalizing behaviors on Achenbachs Youth Self- Report (YSR) were chosen to participate in the study. Phase I, which was a qualitative approach, employed a semi-structured in-depth interview method, which was content analyzed, categorized, and thematized. Four out of the ten participants who were willing to pursue Phase II of the study were then selected. The four participants went through direct eight sessions of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) counseling intervention program. Findings indicate that rule breaking, aggressive, and anxious/depressed behaviors were among the main behavioral disturbances of the Filipino adolescents. Lack of activities together, lack of parental care, and economic demands on the part of the parents were also among the major family-related factors contributing to these behavioral disturbances. The counseling intervention was overall helpful to most of the participants in lowering their behavioral disturbance and improving their self-regulatory efficacy however, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test showed that there was a significant difference between both the anxious/depressed and aggressive behaviors of the participants who went through the counseling intervention and those who did not. The findings of the study have implications for the development of counseling theory and the delivery of counseling services.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTG004610
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
xv, 347 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Teenagers--Philippines; Counseling; Behavior disorders in children
Recommended Citation
Stephen, K. J. (2009). A mixed method study of behavioral disturbance, family-related factors, and counseling intervention among Filipino adolescents. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/262
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