Date of Publication

2008

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Counseling

Subject Categories

Counseling

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Nancy C. Rayos

Defense Panel Chair

Maria Alicia Bustos-Orosa

Defense Panel Member

Carmelita P. Pabiton
Leo J. Capeding

Abstract/Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of self-esteem, acculturative stress and adjustment of Korean adolescents studying in Philippine high schools as regular students and their coping strategies based on their living arrangements-- living with relatives or family (Rel) and living in boarding houses (BH)--and to establish the relationship between the participants self-esteem and their acculturative stress levels and their self-esteem and adjustment levels. Furthermore, this study sought to determine if there is any relationship between self-esteem and coping strategies. In the first stage, each of the 100 participants--all of whom have lived in the Philippines for at least one year--were selected and were asked to answer four standardized scales. The quantitative data were then analyzed by mean, standard deviation and t-value. In the second stage, participants in the focus group discussions (FGDs) were selected based on their adjustment scale scores. These qualitative results were then analyzed to determine additional information on problems encountered by the Korean students and the coping strategies they utilize. These results illustrate the profiles of each variable and the relationships between variables. Based on the findings of this research, recommendations for future research are presented and an outline of a program is proposed.

Abstract Format

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Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG004216

Shelf Location

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

Physical Description

x, 124 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Korean students--Philippines; Self-esteem; Teenagers-Korean; Korean students--Psychology--Philippines; Stress in youth; Adjustment (Psychology) and others

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