Psychosocial needs of adolescents in Olivarez college: a basis for enhancing the college guidance program/ Conchita F. Pioquinto. -- Parañaque City: Olivarez College, 2004.
Master Thesis
This study aims to identify the psychosocial needs of adolescents in Olivarez College during the SY 2001-2002 in order to enhance the guidance program in the college. Specifically, it tries to answer the following questions: 1. What is the profile of the respondents as regards to: 1.1 Sex; 1.2 Age; 1.3 Number of Siblings; 1.4 Birth Order, 1.5 Sibling Relationship, 1.6 Family Composition; 1.7 Parenting Style; 1.8 Economic Status; 1.9 School Organization Membership; and, 1.10 Peer Group Membership? 2. What is the extent by which the psychosocial needs of adolescents in Olivarez College are fulfilled as to: 2.1 The need to establish caring, meaningful, satisfying relationships with individuals; 2.2 The need to broaden childhood friendships by getting acquainted with new people of differing backgrounds, experiences and ideas; 2.3 The need to find acceptance, belonging, recognition and status in social groups; 2.4 The need to pass from childhood homosexual interests and playmates to heterosexual concerns and friendships; 2.5 The need to find acceptable and masculine or feminine sex role and to learn sex-appropriate behavior, and, 2.6 The need to learn about, adopt to and practice dating patterns and skills, that contribute to personal and social development, intelligent mate selection; and successful marriage?. 3. What is the extent by which the guidance program and activities respond to the psychosocial needs of adolescents? 4. What implications can be derived from the findings of the study to improve the guidance program of the College? The descriptive method of research is used in this study. It involved 177 Olivarez College adolescent students who are 16 to 20 years old and are enrolled during the second semester of SY 2001-2002. The researcher used the non-probability convenience and judgment type of sampling. The principal data-gathering instrument was a self-made questionnaire. The statistical techniques used to treat the data are frequency, percentage and weighted mean. Rating scale was used to come up with a numerical and descriptive rating of the respondent's varying degrees of fulfillment of needs and the extent by which guidance activities responded to the fulfillment of their psychosocial needs. There are more respondents who are female; in their later stage of development or are 17 20 years old; with 1 - 4 siblings; later-borne; with positive sibling relationship; in a nuclear family; with authoritative parents; having monthly family income of P10.000.00 and below, members of 1 school organization; and, members of a peer group.