The religious in formation: their level of self-disclosure to and trust in their spiritual director
Date of Publication
1986
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education major in Guidance and Counseling
Subject Categories
Educational Psychology
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
Melisse Del Rosario
Abstract/Summary
This study intended to find out whether the level of self-disclosure of the novices to and the level of their trust in their novice directors/directresses differed in sex and in age, and whether these novices' self-disclosure is related to their trust, to their perceived counseling competency, to age to years of experience in formation work of the directors/directresses. The design of the study was descriptive survey. The subjects were 160 novices, 80 females and 80 males, respectively, and 15 directors/directresses, derived mainly from 16 religious congregations in the archdiocese of Manila in the years 1985-1986. Four questionnaires were used, namely, self-disclosure questionnaire, inter-personal Relationship Scale, Director's Counseling Competency and Personal Data Sheet. The inter-correlations of the variables were treated by Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson r) and the sex difference and age difference, by t test for the difference between two means. The following were the main results of the study. The female novices were significantly more disclosing than the male ones, and the older novices were significantly more disclosing than the younger ones, t (158) = 2.947, (p .05) and t (158) years of experience in formation work of the directors/directresses. Based on these findings, it is concluded that sex and age of the novices affected the level of their self-disclosure to, but not the level of their trust in their directors/directresses. The level of novices' self-disclosure to, was significantly related to their trust in their respective directors/directresses, to their perceived counseling competency, but not related to age and to years of experience of formation work of the directors/directresses. Some suggestions to novice directors/directresses and to future researchers, then were recommended.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG01537
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
100+ leaves; 28 cm.
Keywords
Self-disclosure; Novitiate -- Psychology; Discipling (Christianity)
Recommended Citation
Nahak, J. (1986). The religious in formation: their level of self-disclosure to and trust in their spiritual director. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1183
