The effectiveness of an empathic communication skills training program for parents
Date of Publication
1984
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling
Subject Categories
Counseling
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Salud P. Evangelista
Defense Panel Chair
Rose Marie C. Salazar,
Defense Panel Member
Emilia Del Callar
Imelda Villar
Abstract/Summary
The purpose of the study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an empathic communication skills training program to enhance the empathy skills of parents of high school students of St. Mary's Academy, Pasay City.The subjects in the study were 24 volunteer parents who were given a pretest using the parents' empathy questionnaire which was constructed by the researcher. The responses to every statement on the empathy questionnaire were rated according to the Empathy Scale of Gazda. Twelve subjects were then randomly assigned to the experimental group and twelve to the control group. The experimental group received the training for four Sundays consecutively. On each Sunday, the session lasted for 2 1/2 hours. Immediately following the program, the participants of the program were asked to evaluate the program to determine its effectiveness. A posttest was administered immediately after the fourth session to the experimental group using the Parents' Empathy Questionnaire. The control group's posttest was conducted one week after the training of the experimental group since the parents were not available when the posttest was conducted to the experimental group. A delayed posttest using the parents' empathy questionnaire was administered to the experimental group after one month training. The t-test for correlated and uncorrelated samples was used to determine the significant difference between the pretest-posttest mean scores of both the control and experimental groups. The t-test for correlated samples was also used to determine the significant difference between the immediate posttest and the delayed posttest of the experimental group. The subjects in the experimental group who received the training were able to enhance their empathy skills at a significantly (p .01) higher level than those in the non-trained control group. The participants in the experimental group were able to formulate empathic responses at 3.0 level which is the minimum helpful response as measured by the Empathy Scale of Gazda. Although t
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG01278
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
139 leaves; 28 cm.
Keywords
Empathy; Communication in families; Parent and child
Recommended Citation
Uy, M. V. (1984). The effectiveness of an empathic communication skills training program for parents. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1057