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THESIS ABSTRACT

Title : PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADOLESCENTCHILDREN OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN

RINCONADAAuthor : CELEBRADO, TITA M.Degree : MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONYear : 2003

Location : USANT

The main objective of this study was to determine the psychosocial development of the

children of overseas Filipino workers in Rinconada based on their perceptions of somedevelopmental tasks. The following were answered in this study:

1. What is the profile of the adolescent children parents who are working abroad: age, sex,

birth order, year level, parents working abroad, parents job abroad, and numbers of years asOFWs?

2. What is the extent of psychosocial development of adolescent children of overseas Filipino

workers based on their perceptions of certain developmental tasks?

3. Is there significant difference in the extent of the psychosocial development of adolescent

children when their father or mother or both are working abroad?

4. What school activities be proposed to help the psychosocial development of the adolescent

children?

Scope and CoverageThis study focused on the psychosocial development of 267 OFW children based on their

perceptions of the eight developmental tasks. The children-respondents were limited to

adolescent high school students enrolled in seven private schools in Rinconada.

Methodology

The descriptive survey method was used. Data gathering instruments used were

questionnaire, informal interview and documentary analysis. Statistical tools used were

frequency count, percentage, weighted mean, and chi square goodness of fit test.

Findings

1. The respondents' mean age was 14.10 years old, 50.94 percent were the first born children.

More than fifty percent were in the first two secondary levels. The parents working abroad were:

fathers, 47.57 percent; mothers, 43.07 percent; both parents, 9.36. Among others the fathers'occupations were: seaman, 29.92 percent; technician, 17.32 percent; engineer, 11.02 percent. Themothers' jobs were: domestic help, 53.04 percent; nurse, 11.30 percent; entertainer, 2.61 percent,

others. Both parents were employed as domestic help, 12 percent; doctor-nurse, electrician-

beautician, among others.

2. The respondents' psychosocial development was adequate based on the results of their

perception of the following developmental tasks: sense of identity, 3.7; establishment of new role,

4.11; mature relationship with friends, 3.91; change of body image, 3.66; new sexual feeling,

2.91; emotional independence, 3.54; intellectual skills, 3.94; clarify values, 4.22

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3. When grouped according to OFW fathers, null hypothesis was rejected in the following

developmental tasks since the computed chi square value was greater than the critical value of

7.82 at 0.05 level of significance: sense of identity (X2 =32.53), establishment of new role

(37.114), mature relationship with friends (15.168), new sexual feelings (14.54). grouped

according to OFW mothers, the null hypothesis was rejected in the following tasks: sense ofidentity (8.809), change of body image (15.5882), new sexual feelings (20.3027), clarifying

values (6.7646). On both OFW parents, the null hypothesis was rejected in the following tasks:establishment of a new role (11.886), change of body image (7.60), new sexual feelings (12.889)

Conclusions

1. The children-respondents of OFW are in the middle stage of their adolescent

development, growing up while either or both their parents are working abroad in differentcapacities, from domestic servants to seamen, nurses, doctors, engineers and a host of jobs.

2. Despite the absence of their parents, the OFW children in Rinconada have adequate

psychosocial development based on their perceptions of the seven developmental tasks during

adolescence, except in developing new sexual feelings where their development is moderate or

less adequate.

3. There is significant difference in the development of the children of OFW fathers in the

following developmental tasks: sense of identity, establishment of a new role, mature relationshipwith friends, new sexual feelings. Among the children of OFW mothers, there is significantdifference in the following developmental tasks: sense of identity, change of body image, new

sexual feelings, and clarifying values. Among the children of both OFW parents, significant

difference exist in the following developmental tasks: establishment of a new role, change of

body image, and sexual feelings.

Recommendations

1. Since the OFW children are in the middle stage of adolescence, both the school and the

home must help in attending to their needs as growing persons.

2. Special counseling program be initiated in the schools where children of OFW parents are

studying so that they develop the needed skills and behavior, especially in developing new sexual

feelings.

3. The children of OFW be encouraged to participate in schools activities that will properlydevelop their skills and behavior. Home visit be made to find out if the children are cooperatingin home tasks and parent/ guardian be appraised of their children's school performance and

behavior. The schools activities proposed in this study be adopted in the schools where the OFW

children are enrolled.