ABSTRACTS FOR THE PAP 55TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
SEPTEMBER 20 – 22, 2018
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
A1PARALLEL
TO A12 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
A1 TO A1220, 2018
September
September
01:00 20, 2018
PM – 02:30 PM
01:00 PM – 02:30 PM
FORUM 1: A1
FORUM 1: A1 Psychology: The Filipino
Developmental
Developmental Psychology:
Family
The Filipino
Roberto Family
E. Javier, Jr.
Roberto
Moderator E. Javier, Jr.
Moderator
The Impact of Religious Practices to the
Quality of Family Relationships among
Filipino Families in Northern Mindanao
Antoniette Zacarina Buenaventura Sansona
Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute
of Technology
The Filipino family has been bombarded with
many issues and challenges that at times
appear to threaten the traditional conception of
families in the Filipino culture. There is a need
to revert to empirical studies of families and
how it can be strengthened to provide the safe
haven and nurturing that families normally do.
However, there has been very little research on
what factors would positively impact family
relationships. The present study aimed to test
the assumption that religious practices will
have a direct effect on the quality of the
relationships within the family. This study
measured the degree to which parents carry
out religious practices on a regular basis and
how it impacts family relationships. Using the
SpREUK-P (Religious Practices
Questionnaire) and the Brief Family
Relationship Questionnaire to survey 200
respondents from Northern Mindanao, it was
found that higher scores on religious practices,
prosocial-humanistic practices and gratitude
were strongly correlated to family cohesion, but
not with expressiveness and conflict. However,
findings indicated that religious practices in
general do not significantly affect the quality of
the family relationship. This finding appear to
be contrary to the Filipino belief that engaging
in and observing religious rites and
celebrations facilitated positive family
relationships, the implications of which to the
conceptions of Filipino families were
discussed.
The Pillar of the Family Through Broken
Lens
Femiel Claire B. Pama, Zacary Y. Barquin,
Alyssa Carlotta E. Bornillo,
Ernessa Leeh V. Puza &
Philip Albert Y. Lagahid
Southwestern University Phinma
In describing a father, literatures provide
conflicting descriptions from the perspective of
both wife and children. Kerig (2000) found out
that the wife takes blame on the tragic
relationship with her husband and father of her
children. Only few men took counseling
program after separation for they blame their
abusive acts on women. This study gives us a
look into the behaviors of a father in the
perspective of their abused partner.
Consequently, would help women detect
symptoms of an abusive partner. Narrative
research design was utilized in gathering the
data and treated with thematic analysis.
Through purposive and snowball sampling, we
were able to gather five (5) participants within
Cebu City area. Findings of the study showed
a father’s image in the family as “Pikas nga
Kapikas”, which refers to a person with one-
sided love interest to the other half. “Pikas nga
Kapikas” became “Maangkunon”, “Tinubdan sa
kahadlok”, “Kusgan nga pagbati”, “Magbisyo”
and “Gamhan” to their partners throughout
their relationship. These behaviors showed
that the father satisfied only his interest in the
relationship. However, this does not describe
the totality of married men, but, giving an idea
on the common behaviors of abusive men
through the broken lens.
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My Script, My Family
Philip Albert Y. Lagahid
Teri Lyn Faustino
Ma. Ashlia Lara
Cherlyn Mae Layam
Sheryl Ompad
Jamelle Jan Villarin
Literatures suggested a contradicting result as
to how one’s family dynamics predict an
individual’s addiction to drugs. Fade (2010)
contends that each member of the family has a
role to play. This idea leads us to look into the
drug surrenderees’ role in the family based on
their perceived family dynamics as a factor
contributing to one’s addiction to drugs.
Narrative and retrospective research designs
were used to gather data which were then
treated with thematic analysis. Utilizing
purposive sampling, eight (8) drug
surrenderees who were recovering in
“LABANG” Mandaue City were identified as
participants. The identified roles are “Unchild-
Child”, which refers to a child but not treated as
one, and “Caregiver Sibling”, which refers to
the sibling who bears the blame and
punishment of one’s siblings. Both were
manifested with the relationship of the
surrenderees towards their parents and
siblings as “Mahigugmaong Tao”,
“Tigpanalipod” and “Tagasalo” while at the
same time seen as “Kargo”, and were treated
like “Giduso sa peligro” and “Pinahimuslan”.
They also experienced “Walay Dangpanan”
from any of the family members. Results
explain the drug surrenderees’ reason they
resorted to drug addiction. However, the study
is limited only to how the participants perceived
their family dynamics.
Four-Factor Structure Model of Family Life
Satisfaction Among the Filipino Youth
Edwin Balila
Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP)
Jezamine R. De Leon
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA)
This research study supports one of the pillars
of Positive Psychology by Martin Seligman in
the area of positive contexts, institutions or
communities as these are important social
factors that facilitates an individual’s optimal
functioning and well-being. In the course of
human development, the family is a crucial
institution. The family has been and continues
to be society's primary agency in satisfying
common needs for survival, sense of loving
and belonging, status and self-esteem, and
self-realization. From several theoretical
perspectives as well as in psychotherapeutic
practice it is assumed that family
characteristics have a causal influence on the
course of emotional and or quality life of
children and adolescents. The family is an
important coping resource and support system
that the youth rely on when challenges and
stressful events come to one’s life. Thus,
understanding the dimensions and
characteristics of what makes a happy family
life seen through the lens of the Filipino youth
is important to explore. The results of this study
developed a model on Filipino family life
satisfaction as seen among the Filipino youth
in the Philippines and describe its underlying
structures with the hope of providing insights
on factors that may constitute a positive Filipino
family.
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LEARNING SESSION 1: A2
Minerals & Well-being: How Minerals
Affect Our Moods, Vigor, and Mental
Health
Wilfredo Francis Mina
University of the Philippines Manila
Mary Jean Cruz
Magiteque Pain Therapy Center
Why is magnesium deficiency so common, and
why is restoring the mineral so essential to
mental and emotional well-being and
behavioral balance? Magnesium is perhaps
one of the most overlooked minerals yet it is a
co-factor of more than 800 enzymatic reactions
in the body, including the transport of calcium
and potassium across cell membranes,
magnesium is important for muscle, nerve and
heart function, regulating blood sugar levels
and blood pressure, and for making protein,
bone and DNA. The health consequences of
deficiency or excess can be quite significant.
The presentation will look into the interactions
of Magnesium with Calcium and Organic
Sulfur, which are important micronutrients, and
their interactions and effects on our physiology,
functioning and well-being. Since the human
body cannot produce these mineral adequate
nutritional intake or supplementation are
important for health. Oral, transdermal,
inhalation and intravenous are ways to replete
the minerals level, and each pathway has a
unique efficacy to reach affected cells. The
therapeutic and health promoting effects of
mineral therapy from a wholistic and
naturopathic medical perspective will be
covered in the session. Intervention and
postvention practices implemented during the
Typhoon Yolanda and Marawi Crises will be
presented.
SYMPOSIUM 1: A3
Filipino Athletes Amidst Challenges in
Sports
Karen Trinidad
Convener
An Investigation of Confidence and
Concentration Levels to Sport Injury of the
Philippine Team
Raniel Lampitoc
Philippine Sports Commission
A downside of physical activities are increased
sports-related injuries, research also suggests
that injury itself is one of the factors responsible
for debilitating mental skills. The study
explored the existing relationship between the
level of sports confidence and concentration of
Filipino athletes who were either currently
injured or had a previous serious injury in their
sporting life. It utilized a descriptive
correlational research design, through a
purposive sampling technique with Filipino
athletes (n=60) with varying injuries obtained.
Subjects were asked to complete the Mental
Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ) in acquiring
their scores that revealed both a below
average confidence level (M=4.88, SD=1.28)
and concentration level (M=4.47, SD=1.35)
implying a need on effective athlete
psychological consultations and interventions.
Thus, results showed that there is a positive
relationship (r=.33**) between sports
confidence and concentration level, supporting
the idea that athletes with low concentration is
a precursor to injury, and is related to
subsequent low sports confidence. This will not
just fill the gaps in knowledge base of sports
psychology but encourages an enhancement
of service provision as to social supports for the
pre- competition as well as injury rehabilitation
to achieve more a high performance in
Philippine Sports.
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My Knee Was Reconstructed, But My Mind
Was Not: Investigating Psychological
Factors in Return to Play After ACL
Reconstruction
Patricia Cruz Malonzo
Maria Luisa Guinto-Adviento
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury is one
of the most devastating injuries among athletes
engaged in high intensity sports. Treatment
usually requires surgery and several months of
rehabilitation, resulting in substantial loss in
time for sport participation. Reconstructive
surgery after an ACL tear aims to restore knee
stability, limit loss of function in the knee and
prevent risk to other knee structures (Kamath,
et al., 2011). However, although reconstructive
surgery following an ACL injury is known to
have excellent outcomes, many patient-
athletes do not return to play because they are
not able to achieve their pre-injury level of sport
performance. This qualitative study
investigates the subjective experiences of
ACL-injured female athletes who returned to
play and who did not return to play. All of the
participants played competitive sport before
the injury and had experienced ACL
reconstructive surgery within two years prior to
the study. Two focus group discussions
(FGDs) were conducted among eight female
collegiate athletes, four of whom returned to
play, while the other four did not return to play.
Thematic analysis was conducted to derive
codes, categories, and themes. Results
revealed five overarching themes that
characterized the experience of ACL injury: (1)
identity crisis, (2) crucial role of social support,
(3) ACL-induced depression, (4) change in life
perspective, and (5) healing of the body and
mind. Variations among these themes
appeared to influence the decision to return to
pre-injury sport among the research
participants, affirming the importance of
recognizing and addressing psychological
factors that contribute to an athlete’s decision
to return to sport following surgery and
rehabilitation. Implications to coaching,
treatment, rehabilitation and overall athlete
care following an ACL injury are discussed in
the study.
Association of Motivation and Coping Skills
of Physically Disabled Filipino Athletes in
High-Level Competitions
Cely Magpantay
De La Salle University
The research aims to conduct a study to
identify which type of motivation, among its two
main divisions of intrinsic and extrinsic,
generally produces more effective coping
strategies for the physically handicapped
Filipino Table Tennis Athletes. The study will
make use of a descriptive correlational design
and will employ a standardized tool. The Sport
Motivation Skill (SMS) will be used to measure
the motivation while the Athlete’s Coping
Inventory Skill (ACS) will be used to explore
their coping abilities. The study will be
significant to athletes and coaches in
facilitating a better program for training among
para-athletes and to tailor the motivation
factors associated with their coping.
Concept of Failure Among Top Elite
Athletes of the Philippines Playing
Individual Sports
Karen Katrina Trinidad
University of Sto. Tomas
The research is an exploration of the concept
of failure among top elite athletes of the
Philippines playing individual sports. This study
examined the personal encounters on failure
with a purposive sample of 14 (N=14, M=8 and
F=6) top elite athletes involved in individual
sports: karate, triathlon, weightlifting, fencing,
windsurfing, etc.; competing at an international
level (SEA Games, Olympics, Asian Games,
etc) with high achievements. A semi-structured
interview was conducted to investigate the
experiences of the top elite athletes on failure.
The study followed an Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach to
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generate several themes that emerged from and strategic initiatives. The ethics in industrial
the answers of the participants that greatly testing, executive profiling and conducting
explained the lived experiences of the top elite leadership development sessions will also be
athletes on failure. Empirical evidences presented.
suggest that failure may affect performance
either in a positive or a negative way. In this
study, the results showed that top elite athletes LEARNING SESSION 3: A5
perceived it as either beneficial or detrimental Understanding Co-occurring Disorders
to their performance. With that, nine major
themes emerged from the study; (1) failure as John Mark Distor
a lesson, (2) failure as a challenge, (3) failure PUP
is not being enough, (4) nervousness/ Florabel Suarez
anxiousness, (5) expectation from self and Art Tolentino
significant others, (6) alter failure into positive
Pathways mental Health Services
thoughts, (7) striving for the best, (8) mental
stability, and (9) prayer as a source of strength.
Some athletes utilized their failures to optimize
Understanding co-occurring disorders is
their performance and others perceived failure
becoming one of the most important skill sets
in a relatively negative way. This study
in a clinician’s arsenal when treating patients
concludes that top elite athletes’ concept of
with mental health and substance use
failure is used as a source of heightened
disorders. However, many educational
performance as well as a source of degraded
programs do not offer courses in substance
performance.
use disorders and clinical internship sites often
lack the capability to address co-occurring
disorders and/or lack clinical supervisors who
LEARNING SESSION 2: A4 are trained in this clinical approach. This
Learning
UtilizingSession 2: A4
the Psychologist’s Assessment presentation will address the screening,
Utilizing the Psychologist’s Assessment assessment and treatment planning of
Expertise and “Clinical Eye” for Effective
Expertise and “Clinical Eye” for Effective individuals who are suffering from co-occurring
Succession Planning disorders. The eight dimensions of wellness,
Succession Planning
Christabel Chao
Christabel Chao & Debbey Santillan developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Debbey Santillan Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), will
Philippine Psychological Corporation be incorporated in the overall assessment and
treatment of patients with mental health and
substance use disorders. Participants will be
presented with tools to help them screen and
Succession planning is an important assess those who have co-occurring disorders
undertaking that requires careful analysis and and incorporate the eight dimensions of
discernment from organization’s top wellness model in their assessment and
management and major stakeholders. This treatment planning. The presentation will also
session will acquaint the participants on the cover the American Society of Addiction
critical role of psychologists in this sensitive Medicine’s (ASAM) Level of Care and six
process. Via actual case analysis and dimensions of assessment, as well as the
illustration of a tried-and-tested model of Transtheoretical Model stages of change.
employee evaluation, this session will
elaborate how using a psychologist’s expertise
in assessment, "clinical eye", insights and
facilitation skills can help the organization gain
better understanding of the strengths,
weaknesses and diversities of their employees,
and come up with the best possible choices
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SYMPOSIUM: A6
Presidents Initiative
Margaret U. Alvarez
Ron Resurreccion
Moderators
PAP President and VP will moderate a lively
tell-all with a number of past PAP presidents—
exploring, among other topics, anecdotes from
their terms in office and their vision for the
future of PAP and the field of psychology. It will
be a fast-paced, entertaining and honest
discussion.
SYMPOSIUM 2: A7
Pag-asa, Pagkatao, and Pangarap:
From the Lens of the NCMH
Eugene Hontiveros
Convener
Efficacy of Cinematherapy Among the
Depressed Female Adolescents of Zonta
Pavilion, National Center for Mental Health
Patria E. Sembrana
Nyra Angie M. Cabantug
Rosalito De Guzman
National Center for Mental Health and
Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
This study is a pioneering effort of the
Psychological Section of the National Center
for Mental Health in the field of Clinical
Psychology and its areas of specialization -
Child and Adolescent, Adult, Forensic and
Industrial. As basic research, it aimed to
determine the efficacy of Cinematherapy as a
modeling technique in reducing if not
eliminating depressive symptoms among 15
Filipino female adolescents aging from 15-18
years old admitted in Zonta, a female
adolescents’ pavilion. It employed quasi-
experimental design considering the pre-test
and post-test data of the participants with
depressive symptoms. Quantitative evidence
was obtained from the administration of
psychological test as Basic Personality
Inventory – Filipino Version to determine the
change in the depressive level of the
participants after watching selected films for 12
sessions. This modeling technique -
Cinematherapy consisting of excerpts of
films/videos on self-confidence, sense of
obligation, trust and positive attitude help the
participants realize the “reel” and real life
experiences. Their viewing experience
provides them the opportunity to have
perspective outside the experience, to have
positive outlook, manage unpleasant emotions,
discover strengths in the midst of challenges
and enhance coping skills. Findings showed
changes in their outlook in life and depressive
level thereby, a good prognostic indicator. Key
words: child and adolescent psychology
depression cinematherapy.
Profile and Challenges of Clients Referred
for Psychological Assessment to Women
and Children Protection Unit
Herc B. Sabas
Roland C. Pai
Rosalito de Guzman
Henedina L. Tayag
Lovely M. Cristo
National Center for Mental Health and
Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
This study aimed to establish the profile of the
clients referred to the Women and Children
Protection Unit (WCPU) of the National Center
for Mental Health. The researchers employed
mixed method research in gathering the data
needed for the study. Through the 170
Psychological Reports of the clients to WCPU
- their profile in terms of age, sex, educational
attainment, socio-economic status, nature of
case as to : physical abuse, sexual abuse,
psychological abuse and economic abuse,
impression established; and interview to
determine the challenges encountered by
WCPU clients. Findings of the study
established awareness on the profile and the
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challenges commonly encountered by the
WCPU clients. Key words: physical abuse
sexual abuse psychological abuse economic
abuse WCPU
Pag-asa: Psychological Profile and Point of
View of Patients of Out-Patient Section of
the National Center for Mental Health
Aaron M. Paelano
Louie R. De Jesus
Eugene P. Hontiveros
National Center for Mental Health and
Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
This study aimed to establish the profile of the
patients of the Out-Patient Section and their
points of view towards treatment. The study
employed descriptive design in which the data
were derived from 2018 psychological reports
indicating the patients’ information and
interview about their points of view towards
treatment. The findings of the study will serve
as baseline data to design program intended to
respond to gathered mental health issues in
order to promote the well-being of the patients.
Key words: profile of patients point of view well-
being
“Buhay-Mental”: Experiences of Female
Patients in a Rehabilitation Pavilion of
National Center for Mental Health
Susan S. Sabado
Marian Jasmine A. Lopez
Mary Louise M. Aldecimo
Eugene P. Hontiveros
National Center for Mental Health and
Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
Long-term confinement in a hospital can affect
a person’s life more so, those persons with
psychiatric disorders. Buhay-Mental explores
about the experiences of 10 female patients
confined in NCMH – Pavillion 10. This research
employed a mixed method approach and
utilized the WHO Quality of Life – Brief Version
(WHO-QOL-BREF) that measures the different
domains such as physical (pain, health,
energy), psychological (meaning in life,
concentration, body image, safety,
environment), social (relationships, sexual
activity, social support, new information,
mobility, activities of daily living, work capacity,
self-esteem, transport) and environmental
(finances, leisure, home, access to health care,
sleep, positive and negative feelings). An
interview guide was used as basis for thematic
analysis to determine the life experiences of
female patients with chronic illness. The
findings of the study provided insights on how
to improve the quality of life of these patients.
Key words: quality of life experiences of female
patients NCMH
FORUM 2: A8
Attention, Emotion, and Growth
Initiative
Fr. Nestor L. Sibug
Moderator
Teaching Communication Skills
Jessica Espanto
Michelle B. Ayuro
Tazjana D. Lebrilla
This paper presents an in-depth study on
teaching communication skills to children who
attended a relationship-based social cognitive
intervention called Social Smarts Program.
Therapists’ progress notes, behavioral
observations, and children’s portfolios were
subjected to thematic analysis. The resultant
data yielded three major themes: constructive
feedback, felt experience and making the
implicit explicit. These elements served to
motivate children in conversing with others,
which facilitated the development of social
skills in children who attended the Social
Smarts Program. Implications on interventions
for children with social cognitive needs are
discussed.
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Neural Dynamics of Visual Attention in
Dyslexia
Kathryn Ko
Roann M. Ramos
Rosalito De Guzman
Reading, a highly complex cognitive process,
is a very challenging problem for children with
dyslexia. Although a phonological deficit is
generally believed to lie at the heart of dyslexia,
a novel theory proposes that visual attention is
also a primary cause of dyslexia, with or
without a phonological deficit. Therefore, using
mobile EEG (mEEG) as a brain assessment
tool, this study investigated differences in brain
activation between four normal reading
children (NR group; mean age = 9.6, SD = 1.0)
and five children with dyslexia (DYS; mean age
= 9.6, SD = 1.7) as they engaged in tasks that
measure visual attention and reading. As
determined by EEG measures of power,
frequency, and asymmetry, the DYS group
generally exhibited a dominance of slow
frequencies across brain regions and
significantly right-lateralized brain activity
compared to the NR group (Mann-Whitney U
tests, p < .05), confirming that there are
underlying difficulties in visual attention. This
study provided evidence that using mEEG in
analyzing different frequency bands could
provide meaningful information about the
neural dynamics of visual attention in dyslexia.
Are Your Emotion Under Your Control or
Not? The Effect of Implicit Theories of
Emotion to Well-Being via Cognitive
Reappraisal
Elmer dela Rosa
Ronnel King
Central Luzon State University & The
Education University of Hong Kong
The aim of the current study was to examine
the influence of implicit theories of emotion to
positive and negative indicators of well-being,
and whether this is mediated by cognitive
reappraisal. Pre-service teacher education
students (n=355) answered relevant
questionnaires. Results showed that entity
theory of (thinking that emotions are fixed and
uncontrollable) was detrimental for well-being,
and is a negative predictor of cognitive
reappraisal. Moreover, entity theory of emotion
was positively associated with negative
emotions, anxiety, and depression, while at the
same time being negatively associated with life
satisfaction and positive emotions. Finally,
reappraisal partially mediated the effects of
entity theory of emotion to well-being.
Keywords: implicit theories of emotion; well-
being; cognitive reappraisal
The Mediating Effect of Self-Compassion in
the Relationship Between Perfectionism
and Personal Growth Initiative
Jofel Umandap
Lota The
Ateneo De Manila University
Personal growth and positive change are of
great interest in counseling psychology. This
study examined the mediating effect of self-
compassion (SC) on the relationship between
conscientious perfectionism (COP) and self-
evaluative perfectionism (SEP) on personal
growth initiative (PGI). Filipino adults (N = 351)
answered a battery of self-report
questionnaires while structural equation
modeling was utilized to test for mediating
effects and to confirm variable structure. The
proposed model demonstrated adequate fit
with statistically significant standardized paths
among variables. Results suggest that self-
compassion is a mediator between COP and
PGI, and between SEP and PGI. Theory and
practice, as well as suggestions for further
research, were discussed.
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Symposium 3: A9
Leadership Competencies and
Evaluation: A Developmental Approach
Vanessa Villaluz
Convener
Exploring Social Enterprise Leadership
Development Through Phenomenological
Analysis
Emerald Ilac
Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Schools
The purpose of this paper is to construct a
theorized leadership development model for
social enterprises based on the experiences of
its current leaders, highlighting what are
inherently imperative processes and
competencies future leaders should hold.
Using the epistemological lens of
phenomenological analysis, it focuses on the
developmental process elements for the social
enterprise leader, between the individual and
the environment, and the individual and the
community. To formulate the model, multiple
data collection methods were utilized.
Analyzing multiple experiences of different
social enterprise leaders formed a suggested
processual leadership development model,
which discovers fundamental elements and
skills necessary in their development. Findings
provide a foundational basis in the continued
development of social entrepreneurs as rooted
in the unique experiences of current social
enterprise leaders. A limitation worth noting is
the contextual distinctiveness of experiences
that may shape the leadership experience.
Findings also provide a baseline theorized
framework on the critical facets of leadership
development for social enterprise.
Pragmatically, this functions as a competency
framework that can be transformed into
concrete learning activities and training
sessions. This paper provides perspective into
social enterprise leadership emergence. It
underscores the processes involved in
comprehending how these leaders evolve
through interpreting context, understanding
their value and creating awareness with and
through others.
Leadership Competency Framework
Development
Ma. Tonirose D. Mactal
Ateneo Center for Organization Research
and Development (Ateneo CORD)
Ateneo’s Center for Organization Research
and Development (CORD) aims to develop a
leadership competency framework based on its
existing research as well as external trends.
The competencies identified in the framework
will be the basis for developing a tool which can
assess the ability of leaders performing middle
management functions to perform their job
effectively. Ateneo CORD compared various
research findings and conducted an FGD with
experts and practitioners, and determined 21
critical leadership competencies. Using
McCauley’s (2006) model as a guide, these
competencies were grouped into three facets:
those that pertained to leading the self (6
competencies), leading others (7
competencies), and leading the organization (8
competencies). The resulting tool will be pilot
tested to a total of 50 middle managers from
various industries to determine the its
psychometric properties (i.e., Cronbach’s
alpha) and factor structure. After appropriate
revisions have been made, validation will follow
by administering the tool to a target sample of
300 to 500 middle managers.
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Task and Relationship Orientation of
Filipino Leaders
Josephine Perez
Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute
Emily Ann Lombos
Department of Psychology, Ateneo de
Manila University
This study aimed to provide a description of the
task and relationship orientation of corporate
and NGO Filipino leaders. Interviews of leaders
from various organizations indicate that most of
them are relationship-oriented; however, they
build relationships to get things done. They are
also aware when they need to switch to either
a task or relationship orientation. Nevertheless,
both modes are used by the leader to address
specific situations.
Symposium 4: A10
Adulting 101: Adolescence and Adult
Issues
Peejay Bengwasan
Convener
Facebook Use and Its Influence on Social
Comparison and Affect as Mediated By
Self-Esteem
Angelica Nicole Mendoza
St. Louis University
A quasi-experimental study examined the
influence of motives and intensity of Facebook
Use on Social Comparison and Affect among
Filipino Facebook users as well as the
mediating effect of Self-esteem on this
relationship. Data gathered from 329 students
from Saint Louis University indicated that
among the motives of Facebook Use,
Relationship Maintenance is the most salient
motive of Facebook Use. Intensity of Facebook
Use is correlated with Upward, Nondirectional,
and Downward Social Comparisons and
Positive and Negative Affect. Facebook Use
Intensity, Companionship and Social
Investigation are significant predictors of
Upward and Nondirectional Social Comparison
while Downward Social Comparison is
positively predicted by Facebook Use Intensity
and negatively predicted by Relationship
Maintenance. Positive Affect is related to
Facebook Use Intensity, Self-expression, and
Reconnection while Negative Affect is
positively predicted by Facebook Use Intensity
and Companionship, and negatively predicted
by Passing Time. Mediation analyses revealed
that Self-esteem does not mediate the
relationship between the variables. Keywords:
Facebook, Motives, Intensity, Social
Comparison, Affect, Self-esteem
The Filipino Quarter-Life Crisis
England Danne Castro
St. Louis University
This study explored the nature and factors that
affect the Filipino quarter-life crisis through
Pakikipagkwentuhan with 10 millennials from
Baguio City. The transcripts of the interviews
were content analyzed with the use of
Grounded Theory. The nature of the Filipino
quarter-life crisis involves the perception that
the young adult is in transition between
adolescence and adulthood and in the stage of
exploration of one’s identity through self-
discovery and re-assessment of the self.
Furthermore, the young adult in crisis
experiences confusion of career goals, thus
eliciting feelings of lack of fulfillment and
satisfaction; worthlessness and frustration;
losing and wasting time and; stagnation.
Factors that affect the quarter-life crisis
experience include the comparison of self to
other people through the use of social media,
social and personal expectations; relationship
expectations, and notably; utang na loob. To
cope with the quarter-life crisis, young adults
avoid through isolation helps the individual
battle with the tendency to compare the self to
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others. Focusing on valuing relationships
through the support of other people also help
the young adult in their crisis. Lastly, the
individual finds ease through rationalizing with
having financial gratifications despite
difficulties in the different areas of life.
Keywords: quarter-life crisis , filipino
millennials, social media, social networking
sites, pakikipagkwentuhan
Manifestations of the Psychological Effects
of Alcoholic Parents and Coping Strategies
of Their Children
Jacqueline Joy Lising
St. Louis University
Alcoholism is not just an individual’s problem
but a sickness of the whole family. In familial
affairs, children are the most vulnerable to
carry the psychological burden and manifest in
ways which may hinder normal way of living.
Through social case studies, thematic analysis
and data triangulation, the researcher looked
into the lives of children of alcoholics. Nine
manifestations of the psychological effects of
the alcoholic parents were ascertained: Anger,
Fear Due to Violence, Shame, Helplessness
and Mistrust, Frustration Over Unmet
Needs/Seeking Affection, Failure in
School/Truancy, Aversive Transmission Effect,
Learned Drinking and Aggression, and Low
Self-Esteem. As means of coping, all
participants ran away from home to either
escape the father’s violence or look for ways to
provide for their needs. Some engaged in
delinquent behaviors, resorted to substance
use/abuse and fantasy. Keywords: children of
alcoholics, alcoholism, manifestations, coping
Resilience in Delinquency: The Experiences
of Children in Conflict with the Law in
Psychotherapy
Peejay Bengwasan
De La Salle University/Saint Louis University
In the Philippines, the belief that one could be
able to overcome adversity in the form of
delinquency is being addressed by the Juvenile
Justice and Welfare Actof 2006 (JJWA) or the
Republic Act 9344, a separate justice system,
as amended by the Republic Act 10630, which
states that “a child fifteen (15) years of age or
under at the time of the commission of the
offense shall be exempt from criminal liability.
However, the child shall be subjected to an
intervention program. Part of this intervention
program for some children in conflict with the
law (CICL) is to undergo psychological
intervention or counseling. 10 cases were used
in this study, which followed the experiences of
CICLs within their individual psychotherapeutic
process. Common experiences and
contributory risk factors to delinquency
centered around family relational difficulties,
inconsistent parental strategies, presence of
abuse, cognitive limitations and premature
exposure to sexual or violent elements.
Protective factors likewise surfaced from
individual sessions, which include the
presence of continuous life skills training and
learning, support from existing significant
others, acknowledgment of responsibility and
willingness to undergo further psychological
intervention. From the analysis of sessions and
validations from social workers and caregivers
involved in the psychotherapeutic process,
resilience was found in almost all cases, which
centered around the presence of positive
measures within the family as well as healthy
psychological resources available to the
individual. Keywords: delinquency, children in
conflict with the law, intervention program,
resilience, psychotherapy
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Symposium 5: A11
Political Psychology Symposium on
Understanding Current Political
Topics in the Online World
Diwa Malaya Quiñones
Convener
Dutertweets: Social Representations of
President Rodrigo Duterte
Augil Marie Q. Robles`
University of the Philippines - Visayas
Aniceta Patricia T. Alingasa
Ateneo de Manila University
This study looked at how Filipinos who use
Twitter socially understood Rodrigo Duterte as
the new President of the Philippines through
the lens of Social Representations Theory. We
gathered 1,500 tweets posted during the time
that he delivered his first State of the Nation
Address (SONA) with hashtags #SONA2016
and #Duterte and analyzed them using
thematic analysis. Social representations of
Rodrigo Duterte as President of the Philippines
included: 1.) Duterte as the father of the nation,
2.) Duterte as an ideal leader, 3.) Duterte as an
agent for change, 4.) Duterte as a
representative of the Mindanaoan population,
and 5.) Duterte as an unsatisfactory President.
The study demonstrated how Social
Representations Theory captures the
perceptions, emotions, and attitudes of
Filipinos towards the new President.
Furthermore, the study showed social media
as a platform for collective communication and
meaning-making.
Collective Emotions About Philippine
Federalism
Joshua Uyeng
Mathematics Department, Ateneo de
Manila University
Christina Montiel
Psychology Department, Ateneo de Manila
University
We present preliminary findings about
Filipinos’ collective emotions toward
federalism, as the Duterte government actively
pushes for this political restructuring in the
Philippine Congress. We distinguish between
the emotional target and the focus of shared
emotions. The target of an emotion is its
eliciting object, while the focus is that about
which the emotional persons are
concerned.
Unlike the emotional target of
federalism which we predefine, the foci of
collective feelings, and the set of emotions
around these focal topics, are empirical
questions we address. Our research asks:
What are the foci and types of collective
emotions about political restructuring? The foci
of public emotional arousals may (or may not)
include authoritarian rule, political dynasties,
and drug war abuses. 
Datasets are obtained
from social media and other online sources.
Data extraction procedures include running
standard web scraping scripts. Datasets
containing non-English words are translated
into English. All transcripts undergo standard
natural language pre-processing, including
tokenization, stopword removal, and
conversion into a term-document matrix.
Our
research uses social computing methods to
analyze collective emotions. Our methods for
mapping collective emotions (i.e., 'capturing
the thoughts', 'measuring emotions', 'inclusion
of representations') are data-driven instead of
predetermined. Machine learning algorithms
blend unsupervised and supervised techniques
to construct emergent models of collective
emotions and their emotional foci.
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Narrative Congruence Between Duterte
and the Public: Shifting Alliances from US
to China
Joshua Uyheng
Mathematics Department, Ateneo de
Manila University
Arvin Boller
Psychology Department, Ateneo de Manila
University
Christina Montiel
Psychology Department, Ateneo de Manila
University
This research examines what happens when a
popular Philippine President Duterte reverses
his country’s global alliance, switching loyalties
away from the US, toward US arch-enemy
China. We use the lens of narrative
congruence, to see if political storylines of a
populist president are accompanied by similar
shifts in storylines among his followers. Our
data corpus consists of text from Duterte’s
speeches and Facebook comments in partisan
Facebook pages, representing supporters and
opponents of the president. We time-bound our
data corpus to text produced around the time
President Duterte announced his superpower
turn to China. We use text mining and network
analysis to compute for overlaps among words
used by the different social actors. Our findings
show that when Duterte switches superpower
alliance, Facebookers - regardless of
partisanship - accept this alliance shift.
However, our results likewise reveal an
imperfect congruence. Duterte’s followers spin
off to a story lashing Duterte’s domestic
political enemies, while anti-Duterte
Facebookers talk about money deals and drug
issues in the Philippines newfound friendship
with China. We discuss our findings in the light
of a psychology of populism, the use of a
discursive social networks approach to study
macro-psychological phenomena, and
discursive resistance in a populist state.
Symposium 6: A12
Mental Health of Combat-Exposed
Individuals
Imelu Mordeno
Convener
Complex PTSD and Its Differential
Relationships with Anxiety and Depression
Ma. Jenina Nalipay
Philippine Normal University
Jelli Grace Luzano
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Imelu Mordeno
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to
identify the best fitting model of complex PTSD
among members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP); and second, to investigate
the differential relationships of the latent factors
of the best fitting model with anxiety and
depression. Self-report questionnaires
measuring complex PTSD, anxiety, and
depression were administered to 450 members
of the AFP. Results of confirmatory factor
analysis revealed that the correlated six-factor
first-order model of complex PTSD composed
of re-experiencing, avoidance, persistent
sense of current threat, affective dysregulation,
negative self-concept, and disturbances in
relationships provided the best fit. Moreover,
varying degrees of relationships with anxiety
and depression were found among the latent
factors of the best fitting model. These findings
provide support to the structural validity, as well
as determine the core and trans-diagnostic
symptoms of complex PTSD among members
of the AFP.
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Religious Coping Mediates the Relationship
Between Religiosity Social Axiom and PTSD
in PNP Officers
Jennifer Gay E. Carpio
De La Salle University; Mindanao State
University-Iligan Institute of Technology
Gary P. Suminguit, Isah Mae C. Ragondo,
Kristine Lydia B. Cheng & Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Emerging research have established the
influence of worldviews (i.e., social axioms) in
one’s well-being. Specifically, religious or
spiritual axiom has been found to affect
individuals’ psychological health. However,
what accounts the link between religiosity
worldview and mental health is yet to be
examined. This study contends that those who
believe in the beneficial effects of religion (i.e.,
religious axiom) are likely to utilize religious
coping, of which in turn, affects PTSD symptom
severity. A sample of 737 Philippine National
Police Officers answered a packet of scales
assessing religiosity social axiom, religious
coping, and PTSD. The results show that
positive religious coping strategies mediate the
relationship between religiosity social axiom
and PTSD. These findings suggest that those
who believed that religion is beneficial are likely
to have lower PTSD due to increasing
utilization of positive coping strategies (i.e.,
constructive religious evaluation, seeking
spiritual support, praying). The overall findings
confirm the notion that religious worldview
activates positive coping strategies that lowers
PTSD.
Cognitive Factors in the Development and
Maintenance of Complex PTSD Among
Philippine Army Combatants
Imelu Mordeno
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Apple Mae Q. Solis
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Adel Dominique P. Gujilde
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Lea Farrah P. Lorzano
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Jennifer Gay E. Carpio
De La Salle University; Mindanao State
University-Iligan Institute of Technology
The current diagnostic criteria of PTSD, both in
International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
and Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM), raised a number of
substantial issues, particularly in the
observation that the diagnostic coverage
neglects potential consequences of prolonged
and repeated trauma. Such limitations paved
way to the conceptualization of complex
posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) which
includes the core symptoms of PTSD with
additional disturbances in self-organization
(DSO) symptoms. To the author’s knowledge,
no study has yet examined the cognitive
content and cognitive processes associated
with CPTSD. This study addresses this gap by
linking cognitive content (anxiety sensitivity,
posttraumatic cognition) and cognitive
processes (trauma memory, looming cognitive
style, rumination) to CPTSD. A sample of 476
soldiers who are actively engaged in combat
operations answered a packet of scales
assessing the relevant constructs in this study.
The results reveal that both cognitive content
and processes consistently predict CPTSD
symptom severity. The findings draw attention
to the importance of cognition in the
development and maintenance of CPTSD. This
study further contributes to the scarce CPTSD
literature and provides information helpful in
developing interventions for CPTSD.
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Meaning Making and Change in Global Coordinator
Beliefs Serially Mediate the Relationship
Between Moral Injury and PTSD in PNP Assembly 2: B2
Officers MHPSS Special Interest Group
Gayle Gomez
Imelu G. Mordeno, Kharissa B. Villamor,
Coordinator
Levin R. Torrevillas, Dame Lent L. Dingding
& Debi S. Galela
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology Symposium 7: B3
Psychology in the Age of Technology
The association between moral injury and the Ethel Ong
development of serious social, behavioral, and Convener
psychological problems has been
demonstrated in a limited but growing body of
literature. At present, there is a dearth of
evidence pertaining to the relationship of moral
injury and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Further, the mediating mechanism that Using EEG Signals to Detect Affect of
possibly accounts for this relationship is yet to Readers During a Reading Session
be explored. This study seeks to examine the Kristin Kalaw
serial mediating role of meaning making and
change in global beliefs in the relationship Judith Azcarraga
between moral injury and PTSD. A sample of Ethel Ong
737 police officers deployed on fieldwork and De La Salle University
has experienced at least one morally injurious
event were given a packet of scales assessing
moral injury, meaning making, change in global
Readers experience various emotions while
beliefs, and PTSD. Serial mediation analysis
reading, which may affect their overall
reveals that moral injury increases PTSD
enjoyment, comprehension, and interpretation
severity due to the deficient meaning-making
or understanding of the material. These
process and consequent lack of change in
emotions capture their attention, and can either
global beliefs. The findings highlight the
help sustain or hinder their motivation to keep
importance of meaning-making and changing
on reading. Certain affect also contribute to the
global beliefs in resolving inconsistent thoughts
reader’s engagement in comprehending or
or actions against one’s moral code (i.e. moral
interpreting the text. In this study, we collected
injury) that ultimately affects one’s
the EEG signals using the Emotiv device from
psychological health.
32 participants while they were reading The
Veldt by Ray Bradbury. The EEG data are then
processed into different datasets based on
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
reader profiles, and trained on machine
B1 TO B12 learning algorithms. The resulting reader affect
September 20, 2018 models were validated to determine their
02:40 PM – 04:10 PM accuracy in identifying the emotions that were
evoked and the corresponding parts of the
story that triggered these affect, based on the
Hourglass of Emotions by Cambria et al.
Assembly 1: B1
(2012) and the Emotions of Literary Response
Sports and Exercise Psychology SIG by Miall & Kuiken (2002). The former describes
Karen Trinidad what the person is feeling, while the latter
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describes if the emotions were caused by
overall enjoyment in reading the text, by the
events or characters in the fictional world, or by
the formal components of the text. Lastly, we
corrobated our results with existing emotion
and behavior studies.
Modeling Personality Traits of Filipino
Twitter Users Using Term Frequency and
Presence
Edward Tighe
De La Salle University
Recent studies in text-based personality
recognition experiment with different
languages, information extraction techniques,
and machine learning algorithms to create
better personality models; however, little focus
is placed on exploring the language use of a
group of individuals defined by nationality.
Individuals of the same nationality share
certain practices and communicate ideas that
can become embedded into their natural
language. Many nationals are also not limited
to speaking just one language, such as how
Filipinos speak Filipino and English.
Additionally, several regional/indigenous
languages, along with the commonness of
code-switching, allow for Filipino to have rich
vocabularies. This presents an opportunity to
create a text-based personality model based
on how Filipinos speak, regardless of the
language they use. To do so, tweets were
collected from 250 Filipino Twitter users.
Different combinations of data processing
techniques were experimented upon to create
models for each of the Big Five. The results for
both regression and classification show that
Conscientiousness is consistently the easiest
trait to model, followed by Extraversion.
Classification models for Agreeableness and
Neuroticism had subpar performances, while
Openness ranked last. An analysis on trait
score representation showed that classifying
extreme outliers produce better results for all
traits except for Neuroticism and Openness.
Working and Learning with Embodied
Conversational Agents
Jocelynn Cu
De La Salle University
Embodied conversational agents, or ECAs, are
machines that interacts with its human users in
a lifelike and believable manner with the help
of Artificial Intelligence. They are programmed
with a personality, fulfill a specific social role,
and is interactive in a naturalistic environment.
LASH is a Virtual Laboratory Assistant for the
Center for Human Computing Innovations
(CeHCI). Her objectives are: (1) to maintain a
productive work environment by monitoring the
noise level in the lab, and (2) to manage the
lab’s activities using Google Calendar.
PandeSAL is a Virtual Learning Companion for
college students learning Object Oriented
Programming. Her objective is to detect the
affective academic states of the learner and
provide appropriate feedback to encourage
learning. PandeSAL2 is a Virtual Learning
Companion for pre-school children learning
basic English words. Her objective is sustain
the engagement of the child as he/she learns
new English words. Some people find it natural
to interact with machines in these way, others
find it weird. This paper reports on the cultural,
ethical, and social issues considered in the
design of these ECAs. We also present
analysis on the interactions between these
ECAs and their human users.
Learning Session 4: B5
Continuing Professional Development:
What Psychology Practitioners Need to
Know
Imelda Villar
PRC
The PRC is in continuing work with the Senate
regarding the implementation of the law on
Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
The focus is on how to make the CPD
programs more accessible and affordable to
everyone, without sacrificing the quality of
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competences building among professionals.
The CPD Council for Psychology has
formulated Operational Guidelines for
Psychology as well. This session is going to
help Psychology professionals discover the
developments in content and processes of the
CPD.

Learning Session 5: B6
The New Mental Health Law: What It Is
and The Challenges That It Brings to
Psychologists
Violeta V. Bautista
UP DIliman
The learning session presents the Republic Act
11036, its contents, its promise and its
vulnerabilities. It elucidates the Law’s process
of development across the years. It also spells
out the benefits that Filipinos can have given
the provisions of the Mental Health Law. It
seeks to identify and discuss concerns
regarding the development of its Implementing
Rules and Regulations. The Learning Session,
given some guidelines, invites the participants
to give their inputs with regards the writing of
the IRR for the New Mental Health Law. The
consolidated inputs of the group will be
submitted to the Task Force of DOH working
on the IRR. The session also explores the
implications of the New Law on different
aspects of psychological practice, and the
challenges that it poses to psychologists.
The MLAC experience involves providing
psychosocial services to groups and
individuals who work in human rights
organizations and marginalized sectors. These
people are exposed to the risks of trauma and
stress brought about by the challenges
inherent in their work. Human rights
organizations come face to face with violations
that may lead to trauma. Marginalized groups
are prone to exploitation, occupational
hazards, unjust practices as a result of being
underrepresented and unrecognized – factors
that could be traumatic, and cause fatigue and
burn-out. Maladaptive behaviors and
experiences of abuse are aggravated by an
environment wrought with the violence coming
from the anti-drug campaign of the
government. The need to address the threats
to their well-being cannot be emphasized
enough. The purpose of this learning session
is to present culturally sensitive psychosocial
frameworks that are anchored on principles of
mindfulness and designed to address the
impact of trauma and burn-out. The overall
approach used here takes into account the
unique experiences of the individual as well as
the elements that define the social unit they
belong to, while recognizing the internal
resources inherent in every individual person
or group – resources needed to understand,
transform, and transcend from their
experiences.
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Enhancing the Well-Being of Survivors of
Forum 3: B8 Childhood Sexual Abuse through
Psychotherapy in Different Contexts Therapeutic Horticulture
Carlos Buan Lota Teh
Moderator Michelle Watkins
Ate neo de Manila University
A Healing Partnership: Clients’ Perceptions This study explored the use of therapeutic
of the Therapeutic Alliance in Couple horticulture to enhance the psychological well-
Counseling being (PWB) of child survivors of sexual abuse.
Ms. Antonia Cruz Siy Twenty-six female children, aged 7-17,
RMT-Center for Family Ministries Foundation participated in a 10-week therapeutic
horticulture program. Written questionnaires
were given at the middle and end of the
Couple counseling in the Philippines has
program for them to describe their experiences
received little research attention, a situation
of the program. Filipino translations of the Brief
that has to be addressed given the growing
Inventory of Thriving (BIT) and the Flourishing
need for empirically informed and practical
Scale (FS) were also administered at the
approaches that counselors can use to help
beginning and end of the program to assess
troubled couples. In-depth interviews were
their overall PWB. Thematic analysis of their
conducted with 10 couples who had undergone
evaluations indicate that the participants found
couple counseling to inquire into their
value in learning horticulture, cultivated
perceptions of the therapeutic alliance, their
positive social relationships and interactions,
counselor’s attributes and behaviors, and how
heightened their engagement with nature, and
their alliance and counselor contributed to the
fostered positive psychological change.
outcome of their counseling. The interviews
Results of paired t-test analysis of the BIT (t
were conducted with the spouses individually,
(25) = 4.17, p < 0.001) and the FS ( t (25) =
then together. Qualitative analysis applied to
3.83, p < 0.001) indicate an increase in their
the participants’ data yielded five key themes
PWB scores after the implementation of the
which were prevalent in clients’ experiences of
program. The results suggest that therapeutic
couple counseling, namely, factors pertaining
horticulture can enhance aspects of PWB
to the counselor, therapeutic alliance, client,
among sexually abused children and has
counseling experience, and outcome. The
potential to be used as an adjunctive tool to aid
salience of these themes was interpreted to
in their recovery. Further research is needed to
indicate: (1) in the expanded therapeutic
replicate these results and increase the internal
alliance of couple counseling, the significant
validity of the study.
role of the within-couple alliance; (2) clients’
experience of the relational qualities of the
counselor in his/her capacity as a professional
helper; (3) the potential of clients’ motivation Using “Personification of the Problem”: A
and expectancy as resources for alliance Narrative Therapy Strategy in a Case of
building; and (4) gender differences in the Adolescent Depression
attention husbands and wives gave to aspects
Karina Therese Fernandez
of the alliance. These findings are discussed
taking into account sociocultural influences. Ateneo de Manila University

Naming the problem is foundational technique

of Michael White, founder of Narrative
Therapy. It is a strategy whereby the therapist
and client collaboratively find a name for a
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problem, and discuss how that personification
influences a client’s thoughts, feelings,
behaviors, and goals. In doing so, several
positive outcomes emerge: a) It separates the
individual from the problem; b) It gives the
individual more control over the problem; and
c) It gives the individual power to respond to
the problem. This is a case study that
documents the use of the personification
process in the case of Liza, a 17 year old
female diagnosed with depressive
symptomatology with ah history of self-harm
and suicide attempts. The case study findings
enumerate the different personas that
influence her thinking, both contributing to and
challenging her depressive experiences. This
study contributes to the subjective
understanding of depression, and suggests
strategies how to work with young individuals
with depressive symptomatology.
Efficacy of Visual Art Therapy and Eye
Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing as Interventions for
Depression and Anxiety in Children
Amor Mia H. Arandia
UST Graduate School Psychotrauma Clin
Adrian M. Segovia
Department of Psychology
Centro Escolar University-Manila
It is important to address depression and
anxiety among children and adolescents due to
its detrimental effects in their overall growth
and development. There is a need for more
studies in evidence-based interventions for this
age group. This study aims to bridge research
gap in the efficacy of Visual Art Therapy (VAT)
and Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR) for children and
adolescents who have symptoms of
depression and anxiety. Sequential exploratory
mixed method approach was used in this
study, which included 24 participants, aged 8-
16 years old and institutionalized for at least 3
months. Participants underwent ten sessions
of VAT and five sessions of EMDR therapy.
Depressive Anxiety and Stress Scale 21
(DASS 21) was used to measure the level of
depression and anxiety before and after
treatment and focus group interview was
conducted. The level of depression and anxiety
of the participants in the VAT (d=1.470;
d=2.640) and EMDR (d=1.910; d=2.650)
significantly decreased after therapy with huge
effect size. The focus group interviews
explored the participant’s experiences, views
and impacts of elements of the therapy. In
conclusion, this study has shown the efficacy
of VAT and EMDR as interventions for
depression and anxiety of children and
adolescents.
Learning Session 7: B9
Mediation Analyses: A Tutorial on
Quantitative Approach in Psychology
Jose Pangngay
Saint Louis College
In this session, the conduction of mediation
analyses using PROCESS macro for SPSS
created by Hayes (2013) will be demonstrated.
Session will commence with a discussion of the
different principles of mediation analyses. After
the introductory lecture, a step-by-step lesson
teaching how to test statistical assumptions
and conduct mediation analyses using data
from a study exploring whether consumption of
various social factors mediates the association
between conformity to masculine norms and
perpetration of sexual objectification towards
women among 706 heterosexually self-
identified undergraduate men. Results of these
analyses showed that consumption of social
factors accounts for a part of the total variance
in the association between conformity to
masculine norms and perpetration of sexually
objectifying behaviors towards women. This
tutorial serves as an actual introduction to and
application of mediation analyses.
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Learning Session 8: B10
Publishing Your Research in a Peer-
Reviewed Journal
Liane P. Alampay
Ateneo de Manila University
Publishing one’s research in peer-reviewed
journals is an essential part of being a
psychologist. Dissemination of empirical
findings builds on scientific knowledge and
enriches the practice of professionals. This
session describes the process from research to
publication in plain language, and presents
strategies and good practices to strengthen
prospects for publication in high quality peer-
reviewed journals. By the end of the session,
participants will be able to identify key
strategies in 1) conceptualizing and developing
research that is suitable for publication; 2)
preparing the manuscript for submission to a
publication; and 3) responding to editors’
and/or reviewers’ feedback. Participants will
also be oriented to the Philippine Journal of
Psychology, the flagship journal of the
Psychological Association of the Philippines.
Symposium 8: B11
Political Psychology Symposium on the
Factors Affecting the Public’s
Impressions About the Government’s
Anti-Drug Operations
Diwa Malaya Quiñones
Convener
Same News, Different Formats: Framing
the Drug War and Rice Importation Policies
Jose Antonio R. Clemente
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
Maria Jeriesa P. Osorio
College of Mass Communication, University
of the Philippines - Diliman
Clarissa C. David
Graduate Studies Department, College of
Mass Communication, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
Ma. Rosel S. San Pascual
Department of Communication Research,
College of Mass Communication, University
of the Philippines - Diliman
Following the Cognitive Mediation Model (Nabi,
1999), this study examines the role that the
affective processes of empathy and emotion
play in mediating the relationship between
exposure to a particular news and story format
on consequent opinion formation. Using a 3 X
2 experimental design to test the main and
interaction effects of news story format
(narrative, non-narrative, hybrid format) and
type of policy issue (drug war vs. quantitative
restriction on rice importation) on subsequent
approval of government policies, results reveal
that the effects of news story format and policy
issue on approval of policies were mediated by
affective processes, i.e., a news story format
and a policy issue that elicit empathy evoke
stronger positive and negative emotions, and
that depending on the policy issue, different
affective mechanisms lead to increased or
decreased approval of government policy.
Perceived Social Threats and Empathy for
People Killed in the Anti-Drug Operations
Allan B.I. Bernardo
University of Macau
Media, civil society, and official reports on the
number of persons killed in police anti-drug
operations in the Duterte administration are
varied. Filipinos’ responses towards the loss of
these lives are also varied. This study inquires
about predictors of empathy for these persons
killed, and tests a model where empathy is
predicted by type of perceived social threat,
mediated by attributions of the deaths. The
model was tested using data from 129 adults
who voted in the 2016 elections, and who
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completed an only survey with scales on
perceived social threats (drug threat, threat of
human rights/rule of law violations, attributions
(actions of drug users, actions of police, fate),
empathy for persons killed. Path analysis
showed a good fit between data and proposed
model. Perceived social threat of drugs
negatively indirectly predicted empathy,
mediated by attributions of deaths to the
persons’ drug problem and to fate; perceived
social threat of human rights violations
positively predicted empathy, mediated by
attributions to police work/corruption.
MANOVA also indicated that respondents who
voted for Duterte had higher scores on
perceived social threat of drugs and attribution
to drug users, and lower scores on perceived
threat of human rights violation, attribution to
fate, and empathy.
Kriminal Man May Karapatan Din?:
Exploring the Mechanisms of Justifying
Extra Judicial Killings
Diwa Quinones
Christie P. Sio
Jay A. Yacat
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
The issue of extra-judicial killings (EJKs)
associated with the government’s campaign
against drugs has divided Filipino public
opinion and has sparked heated debate online
and offline. What factors contribute to
people’s beliefs that such killings are warranted
and justified? This study investigated the
impact of people’s values (e.g.,
Pakikipagkapwa), and beliefs (e.g.,
Authoritarianism) on their justifications for
extra-judicial killings (EJKs), and if these are
mediated by pro-human rights attitudes. A
total of 127 respondents answered an online
questionnaire that measured Authoritarianism,
Pakikipagkapwa (Egalitarianism subscale),
Human Rights Attitudes, and justifications for
extra-judicial killings (EJKs). It was found that
the impact of Pakikipagkapwa (Egalitarianism)
on justifications for EJKs was fully mediated by
pro-human right attitudes. Meanwhile, pro-
human rights attitudes played a buffering role
in the link between Authoritarianism and
justifications for EJKs. Implications on the
importance of the development of a pro-human
rights orientation are discussed.
Learning Session 9: B12
The 6-Step Rational Approach to
Psychological Screening: Identifying
Measurement Dimensions
Arsenio Sze Alianan, Jr.
Ateneo de Manila University Department
of Psychology
This learning session is meant for
psychometricians and psychologists involved
in doing psychological assessments as part of
their routine evaluation procedures.
Psychological screening is an option when
practical concerns dictate the conduct of a
streamlined assessment process instead of a
more comprehensive psychological evaluation.
It aims to introduce the participants to a rational
method of designing and developing a
psychological screening assessment. It begins
with an overview of the rationale and 6 basic
steps involved in this process, which include
the following: 1) understanding the context of
the assessment; 2) defining assessment
dimensions; 3) identifying assessment
methods; 4) linking specific measures with
dimensions; 5) drafting a report format, and 6)
evaluating the process. This lecture
emphasizes the crucial step of identifying
measurement dimensions, also called
competencies, as this helps focus one’s
assessment procedures.
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
C1 TO C12
September 20, 2018
04:20 PM – 05:50 PM
Learning Session 10: C2
The Current Crisis in Psychology
Research in the Philippines :
Reproducibility or producibility?
Charisse Priscilla Montilla
Jose Antonio R. Clemente
Christie P. Sio
Jamie Montilla Doble
University of the Philippines Diliman
To establish the current state of psychological
research in the country, participants who have
completed or are currently completing
graduate studies in psychology were asked
what, in their opinion, are the most pressing
issues in conducting psychological research in
the Philippines. Thematic analysis of
responses shows that in contrast with the
reproducibility crisis gripping the field in other
countries, an enduring “producibility crisis”
continues to dominate the local research scene
twenty years after Bernardo (1997) observed
the lack of research culture among Filipino
researchers. Limited resources (e.g., funding,
time, database of local literature), low research
efficacy (e.g., quantitative and qualitative
analysis), and questionable conduct of
research appear to contribute, among others,
to the on-going predicament. Findings are
discussed in terms of the need for collaborative
solutions to improve the current state of local
psychological research, including prospects of
introducing the replication crisis in the training
of psychology researchers.
This learning session seeks to provide
practitioners, counselors, educators, teachers,
and students an understanding of the
psychology of exercise, physical activity and
wellness that they can apply to everyday living.
Using Self-Determination Theory as a
framework, evidence-based guidelines and
intervention derived from SDT research to be
discussed are (1) how basic psychological
needs impact the promotion of well-being; (2)
how to optimize motivation for exercise and
physical activity; (3) how to manage contextual
variables in creating adaptive environments for
healthy behaviors; (4) best practices applicable
in the local setting; and (5) implications for
health and well-being in the general population.
Learning Session 12: C4
Teaching Sikolohiyang Pilipino:
Core Assumptions, Course Outline, and
Teaching Activities
Jay A. Yacat
Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang
Pilipino
This learning session outlines the core
assumptions behind the teaching of a
Sikolohiyang Pilipino (SP) course for
undergraduates. It will also present a
framework that will help organize the major
topics in the field. Sample teaching activities
will also be demonstrated and discussed. A
sample syllabus will also be distributed.
Participants will have the opportunity to
collectively design teaching activities for
selected topics in the course.
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Forum 4: C5
The Elusiveness of Mental Health
Ronan S. Estoque
Moderator
Social Comparison is Associated with
Decreased Self-Compassion Which in Turn
Leads to Poorer Mental Health
Norman Mendoza
Angeles University Foundation; Holy Angel
University
John Ian Wilzon T. Dizon
Angeles University Foundation; Holy Angel
University
Nestor L. Sibug
Holy Angel University
While social comparison can lead to one’s
personal improvement, if practiced frequently,
it may lead to destructive emotions and
behaviors such as depression, anxiety, and
negative affect. We posit that the effect of
social comparison to depression, anxiety, and
stress is due in part to its effect on self-
compassion. Self-compassion, as kindness
towards oneself, could be decreased by social
comparison. The present study looks at the
mediating role of self-compassion between
social comparison and mental health
symptoms. Using data collected from 316
college students, we ran a structural equation
model to estimate mediating effects. In the
given model, self-compassion statistically
mediated the association between social
comparison to depression, anxiety, and stress.
This finding accords with previous studies
showing the negative effect social comparison
to well-being. Moreover, the path analysis
showed that the effect of social comparison to
mental health acts as a function of decreased
self-compassion, that is, social comparison
decreases one’s self-compassion which in turn
increases symptoms of depression, anxiety,
and stress. Theoretical implications are
discussed and the importance of including
improving self-compassion through
intervention is highlighted.
A Qualitative Study on Mental Health Help-
Seeking Attitudes of Filipino-Americans in
Guam
Mc Jason De Luna
Yoshito Kawabata
University of Guam
The present study was designed to understand
Filipino-American students’ perspectives about
mental health help-seeking and to examine
whether acculturation influences their mental
health help-seeking attitudes in Guam. Among
the ethnic Asian groups in the United States,
especially in Guam, Filipino-Americans were
the second largest Asian ethnic group (Guam
Demographics Profile, 2016). However,
several studies revealed that compared to
other Asian-Americans, Filipino-Americans
seek mental health services at the lower rate
(Gong, Gage, & Tacata, 2003). A qualitative
research approach using in-depth interviews
was utilized to better understand the
participants’ feelings, beliefs, and experiences
toward mental health services. Fifteen Filipino
students from the University of Guam were
recruited for a semi-structured interview.
Qualitative data were coded by a research
team (inter-rater agreement was .90) and
grouped into four categories, including
acculturation/enculturation, mental health
perception/stigma, attitude/perception toward
mental health services, and coping. Sample
qualitative themes are summarized in table 1.
Most participants reported that Filipinos are
hesitant to seek mental health services due to
their “stigmatized” cultural values and beliefs.
Moreover, participants believed that positive
mental health help-seeking is likely when
Filipinos are exposed to an environment that
encourages help-seeking when needed. These
findings will be discussed from a clinical and
cultural perspectives.
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Symptoms of Distress and Rejection Sensitivity and Peer Support on
Coping Among High School Students Suicidal Ideation Among Filipino Lesbian,
Displaced by the Marawi Crisis Gay, and Bisexual Men and Women
Leo Labrador Renz Christian C. Argao
Jean Meili Benaojan Ma. Shaina Isabel S. Hilomen
Central Mindanao University Diandra Karina M. Grico
Maria Sabrina A. Fernandez
The study was conducted to identify the impact Jasmine S. Babani
of the event, the symptoms of distress, and
University of Santo Tomas
coping strategies among high school students
displaced by Marawi Crisis. A total of 50 high
While a lot of movement have emerged to
school students from the different high school
promote the rights of the LGBT community in
near the Marawi battle area who sought
the Philippines, there are still issues of
transfer to the different high schools in Iligan
victimization and prejudice. With this,
City served as the respondents. Inclusion
numerous factors play a role in the everyday
criteria for respondent selection were
stresses of their lives. Grounded on the
employed and they were chosen through
Minority Stress Theory and the Social-
purposive sampling. The Revised Child Impact
Buffering Model, the study examined the
of Event Scale (CRIES-13), Pediatric Symptom
relationship of rejection sensitivity, peer
Checklist-16, and Ways of Coping were the
support, and suicidal ideation among 18 to 28-
instrument employed. Focused Group
year-old Filipinos who self-identifies as lesbian,
Discussion was also undertaken to identify the
gay, or bisexual. Through the use of the Scale
specific symptoms and to the future views of
for Suicidal Ideation (SSI), Adult Rejection
the respondents. The result of the study
Sensitivity Questionnaire (A-RSQ), and The
reveals that the impact of the event is
Network of Relationships Inventory—
suggestive of difficulty or may represent
Relationship Quality Version (NRI-RQV), data
subclinical symptomatology. Their
was collected from 319 LGB individuals (n=43
psychosocial distress was within the average
lesbians, n=66 gays and n=210 bisexuals).
level while psychotic experiences and post-
Results show that rejection sensitivity had a
traumatic response fall within the low range.
strong positive relationship with suicidal
Different coping strategies during or after the
ideation and that there is a negative
traumatic event were employed by the
relationship between peer support and
respondents. The Positive Reappraisal was the
rejection sensitivity, and between peer support
most recently used coping strategy while
and suicidal ideation. Results further show that
Accepting Responsibility was the least
while rejection sensitivity and peer support are
employed strategy. The respondents’ view of
predictors of suicidal ideation, rejection
the future was identified and was classified
sensitivity predicted suicidal ideation better
under positive and negative view.
than peer support. The results of this study can
have implications on both LGBTQ Psychology
Research and clinical practice.
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Symposium 9: C6
Drug Prevention and Recovery
Maria Regina Hechanova
Convener
Development and Pilot of a Community-
Based Drug Recovery Support Intervention
for Adult Drug Users
Avegale Acosta
Isabel Melgar
Mendiola Teng Calleja
Arsenio S. Alianan
Maria Regina M. Hechanova
Ateneo de Manila University
This paper documents the development of a
community-based drug intervention for Filipino
drug users who surrendered as part of the
Philippine government’s anti-drug campaign. It
reports their needs and risk factors based on
interviews with users and community
stakeholders. Results reveal the need for an
intervention that would improve the drug
recovery and life skills of users. A set of
modules were adapted and designed to reflect
important cultural and contextual nuances
including the country’s collectivist culture,
relational values, propensity for indirect and
non-verbal communication, and
interdependent self-construal. The use of small
groups, interactive and creative
methodologies, and the incorporation music
and prayer also recognized the importance of
these in Philippine culture. Pilot-testing of the
intervention revealed improvements in coping
behavior, life skills, quality of family life,
substance dependence symptoms. Moreover,
drug testing showed that more participants of
the program were able to remain drug-free as
compared to non-participants.
Sulong Kabataan: Design, Pilot,
Implementation, and Evaluation of a Youth
Substance Abuse Prevention Program
Liane Peña-Alampay
Ateneo de Manila University
Samantha Erika N. Mendez
Ateneo de Manila University
Lorelie Ann Banzon-Librojo
Ateneo de Manila University
Danielle P. Ochoa
University of the Philippines
Along with treatment, the issue of substance
abuse can be addressed more
comprehensively with prevention programs
beginning in adolescence. Evidence suggests
that such programs are most effective when
they target adolescents’ life skills and ability to
resist social influence through interactive
methods. Although many life skills programs
have been widely implemented in other
countries, these have yet to be locally adapted
for Filipino adolescents. With these principles
in mind, we developed the Sulong Kabataan
Life Skills Program, a seven-session,
community-based substance abuse prevention
program for Filipino urban poor adolescents.
The program consists of the following modules:
coping with stress, emotion regulation,
communication in relationships, decision-
making and problem solving, knowledge about
substances and triggers, refusal skills, and
goal-setting. The presentation will briefly
discuss the program’s design and pilot
implementation process, as well as a
preliminary evaluation of program outcomes in
terms of changes in life skills, resistance
efficacy, and substance use and intentions.
From these results, implications and
recommendations for youth substance abuse
prevention programs will be discussed.
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“Stress Pa More?”: Examining
Relationships Between Student Stressors,
Perceived Peer Substance Use, and Coping
Among Filipino College Students
Angelique Villasanta
Nico Canoy
Maria Regina Hechanova
Ateneo de Manila Uinversity
For most young people, entering college or a
university can be construed as a major
developmental transition which induces strong
stress reactions in different facets of their lives.
The purpose of this study is to examine the
relationship between sources of student
stressors, coping strategies, perceived peer
substance use in relation to well-being and
actual substance use of Filipino college
students. A survey questionnaire was
administered through online and paper-and-
pencil format (N = 397). Descriptive analysis
and structural equation modeling (SEM) using
SPSS AMOS was conducted. Descriptive
profile of college students showed that 77.2%
students rated their college environment as
extremely stressful. Major sources of stress
involved equity (e.g., discrimination) and
relationships issues aside from academic
stress. Results of SEM highlight the following:
central role of peer use in one’s own substance
use, coping skills as a mediator between
college environmental stress and perceived
stress, and adaptive coping skills as relevant to
enhance one’s psychological well-being.
Implications to student formation and school
interventions include implementing formative
programs that focus on managing stress,
creating healthy relationships, addressing
equity issues, and importance of peer-based
programs to address substance use.
Development and Pilot of a Community
Based Drug Recovery Support Intervention
for Families of Users
Isabel Melgar
Ateneo de Manila University
Chantal Tabo
Ateneo de Manila University
Kay Bunagan
Ateneo de Manila University
Violeta Bautista
University of the Philippines
This paper documents the development of a
community-based drug intervention for families
of Filipino drug users who surrendered as part
of the Philippine government’s anti-drug
campaign. It reports the family-related factors
that influence the use and recovery of users. It
also documents the needs of families of users.
The intervention for families consisted of three
modules that were implemented to compliment
the individual modules. Pilot-testing of the
intervention revealed improvements in quality
of family life and relationships as a result of the
program. FGDs with family members
confirmed changes in the participants and
family dynamics as a result of the program.
Learning Session 13: C7
Mindful Parenting for Nation-Building
Marie Tessibeth T. Cordova
Maria Teresa Aguilar
Ma. Fiona Ella G. Sandoval
Ma. Blesila de Guzman-de Asis
MLAC Institute for Psychosocial Services,
Inc.
“People study at least 4 years to earn a degree,
and invest more years to be a lawyer, doctor or
a PhD grad. But sad to say, there is no formal
training to practice the most important
profession of all- parenting. Isn’t it about time
we have a parenting course?” Dra. Lourdes A.
Carandang Pioneering Child and Family
Therapist Pioneering Mindfulness Practitioner
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and Trainer National Social Scientist MLAC
Psychosocial services headed by Dra.
Carandang, has hosted basic parenting
workshops at a grassroots and across social
classes. Key learnings and challenges were (a)
mindful and compassionate disciplining, (b)
acknowledging and respecting the wisdom of
the child, and (c) the necessity of self-care
among mothers. This learning session aims to
aid practitioners in their therapeutic practice to
share basic parenting guidelines in the midst of
changing parental roles.
Forum 5: C8
Parental Absence, Migration, and
Transnational Families
Angela V. Regala
Moderator
Perceived Family Communication Patterns,
Self-esteem and Cognitive Coping
Strategies of Daughters of Filipino
Transnational Families
Angela V. Regala
Assumption College
This study explored the self-esteem, perceived
family communication patterns and cognitive
coping strategies of daughters of Filipino
transnational families. Transnational families
are those with a family member/s living some
or most of the time separated from each other,
yet hold together and family ties continue to
exist. It has become common to see a family
member moving to another country and leaving
their family members in the country of origin
(Bryceson & Vuorela, 2002). One hundred
daughters between 18 to 23 years old, enrolled
in a single gender college completed the
Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory
(MSEI), the Revised Family Communication
Patterns (RFCP) instrument and the Cognitive
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ).
Findings reveal that almost all of them had
global self-esteem t-scores in the normal range
but 6 out of every 10 daughters had moderately
low moral self-approval. Majority of
respondents reported a conversation
orientation in their family communication and
used an average of 8 cognitive emotion
regulation strategies. Strategies most often
used were positive reappraisal, refocus on
planning, acceptance, positive refocusing and
putting into perspective. Furthermore, a
medium, positive correlation was obtained
between global self-esteem and rumination,
catastrophizing, and self-blame. There is a
small positive correlation between global self-
esteem and acceptance, other-blame, and
putting things into perspective. Conversation
Orientation was found to be positively
correlated with positive refocusing, refocus on
planning, and positive reappraisal. On the
other hand, Conformity orientation is positively
correlated with self-blame, catastrophizing,
rumination, and other-blame. The sample
taken for the survey cannot be described as
random and representative of all Filipino
daughters of transnational families. It is
recommended that further research be done
with samples on a larger scale of Filipino
college students, male and female, and from
other schools. Individual counseling sessions
for Filipino daughters of transnational families
looking into personal adjustment with the view
of helping increase moral self-approval is
recommended. Likewise, counselor education
can focus on designing an awareness program
for parents of transnational students on the
impact of family communication on the
cognitive coping strategies of their daughters.
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Exploring the Effects of Experiences and
Challenges of Young Adult Growing Up in
Father- Absent Families: Putting the Pieces
Together
Joelle Shereen G. Garcia
Honeyline Grace S. Palis
Ina Mikaella R. Mella
Ana Nelia Lopez- Jumamil
Maria Angelica M. Pineda
Far Eastern University
This qualitative research explored the effects of
experiences and challenges of young adult
growing up in father – absent families. Semi
structured interviews were utilized and
conducted to selected young adult to explore
the experiences and challenges they
encountered growing up in father - absent
families and to determine their effects on them.
The data collected were analyzed using
thematic analysis. The themes emerged from
their experiences include: personal and familial
peak experiences. Further, the themes from
the challenges are accepting their fathers have
other families, financial hardships and
confusion in defining sexuality. The effects of
these experiences and challenges to the
participants are both positive and negative and
some are neutral. Among the positive effects
include: they became goal – driven, they were
able to establish a close relationship with
significant people and they emerged to be
independent. However, according to the
respondents, they also developed trust issues,
established attachment issues and they found
it difficult to build and maintain interpersonal
relationships which can be considered as
negative effects. The feeling of ambivalence
and tendency to become soft are some of the
neutral effects. Keywords: experiences,
challenges, effects, young adult, father –
absent families
Parental Migration Status Moderates the
Link Between Parent-Child Relationship
and Children's Well-Being Through
Psychological Distress
Jinky Joy Jessica l. Busaco
Bea Fatima B. Bangcola
Marie Joy S. Gallemit
Imelu G. Mordeno
Reignajean T. Tuto
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
A contentious issue on the discrepant effects of
parental migration on left-behind children’s
(LBC) well-being has been noted in the
literature. While several studies demonstrated
the ill-effects of parental migration on children’s
psychological health, increasing research have
shown contradictory results. This study seeks
to clarify this issue by examining the influence
of parent-child relationship (PCR) on LBC’s
well-being as mediated by psychological
distress. This study contends that the
relationship between parents and children
affects the way children experience
psychological distress, which then, influence
their overall well-being. This study further
investigates if the relationship between PCR
and psychological distress is a function of
parental migration status. A sample of 765 LBC
and 701 non-LBC answered a packet of scales
assessing PCR, psychological distress, and
well-being. Findings of the study revealed that
psychological distress has a significant
mediational effect on the association between
PCR and well-being. Further scrutiny of the
results showed that the influence of PCR to
psychological distress is conditional to parental
migration status. Overall, the data have
important implications on strengthening PCR in
reducing psychological distress, particularly to
LBC, in order to enhance their psychological,
social and emotional well-being. Keywords:
Parental Migration Status, Psychological
Distress, Children’s Well-being, Parent-Child
Relationship
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The Impact of Parental Migration On the
Life of Left-Behind Adolescents
Karen Randeza
Malolos Marine Fishery School and
Laboratory
This study investigated the impact of parental
migration to the academic, emotional, social
and spiritual life of left-behind Filipino
adolescents. A survey using a researcher’s
made questionnaire, mental ability and
personality tests as well as interview and the
respondents’ scholastic records were utilized in
this study. Findings revealed that across the
three groups of research participants (those
with Overseas Filipino Worker) father, those
with OFW mother, and those with both parents
abroad), all of them have good grades in school
despite no parent/s assisting them to do their
home works and projects plus the additional
responsibilities at home for some of them.
However, majority of the participants
expressed that they feel deeply sad, longing for
the physical presence of their parents. For
them, it is a tiresome cycle of adjustment every
time their parent/s come/s home and then later
leave/s them again to work abroad. Prayers
continue to bind the Filipino families together
despite physical distance. This study
concludes that parents should support not just
the economic, but also the psychological and
the spiritual needs of their left-behind children
to help them to cope well with the adversaries
of life, thus keeping them away from vices and
behavioral problems.
Forum 6: C9
Gender-Based Violence
Jerry Jurisprudencia
Moderator
I Will Survive: The Phenomenon of
Girlfriend Abuse
Jerry Jurisprudencia
Miriam College
Using a phenomenological-clinical approach
the study explored the Filipino girlfriends’
experiences of abuse at an early age from the
hands of their boyfriends. The participants
were between 16 to 20 years at the time of the
abuse. All participants were able to leave the
heterosexual relationship and are currently
working. The researcher developed a
questionnaire solely for this study. Significant
findings showed that the participant’s
realisation of the abuse plus the support of
significant people in their lives hastened their
exit from the toxic relationship.
Violence and Relationship Satisfaction of
Dating Couples
Eva T. Castillo
Mylene Gumarao
Jun L. Tayaben
Flor Villa P. Marticio
Keene Alver Dave M. Frasco
Estephanie I. Garate
Maica A. Macasiray
Myrtle C. Orbon
Adventist University of the Philippines
The study determined the level of violence and
relationship satisfaction among dating couples
— not married and not cohabiting but, in a
relationship status. Moreover, it determined the
association of violence and relationship
satisfaction of dating couples. Violence is
measured in terms of physical and verbal. The
respondents were 100 couple, a total of 200
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from two selected regions in the Philippines
and that snowball sampling technique was
used. Survey questionnaires were answered
which measured violence and relationship
satisfaction. The findings have shown very low
and low level of physical violence and verbal
violence, respectively, and that the
respondents were satisfied in their relationship.
The multiple regression analysis has shown
that only verbal violence ( ß = -.441) predicts
relationship satisfaction with 19.4 % variance
accounted and that physical violence did not
come out as predictor of relationship
satisfaction. The result suggests that loving
and caring words received from a partner are
associated with higher relationship satisfaction
among dating couples. Moreover, physical
violence is not associated with relationship
satisfaction. The present study provides
implications for the better understanding of
verbal violence and physical violence in
relationship satisfaction of dating couples.
A Narrative Analysis of Meaning in Life of
Women in Abusive Relationship
Sherryl M. Abellanosa
University of San Carlos
This study analyzed the Meaning in Life of
women in abusive relationship using narrative
method of research. Using purposive sampling,
five married women were interviewed adapting
McAdams autobiographical interview guide.
Each narrative displayed different MILs that are
founded on the high, lows, and turning points
of their lives. The following MILs have been
identified: focusing on their children’s comfort
and security, the state of belonging in a
relationship, the inspiration at workplace and
the supportive relationship with the workmates,
altruism and the sense of having mission in life
by helping others and by believing that her
being is an instrument to change for people,
hope/plan for the future, trust/love for the
husband, holding on to the relationship, helping
others, security and future of children,
acceptance, taking care of children, happy
family or having a family, self-assertion, hope
for change, trust to a higher Being, keeping the
family whole, independence and lastly but not
the least, the strong pull of a mother’s love to
her children. These MILs have helped the
respondents in sustaining the difficulties in their
marriage and became the point of reference in
difficult times. MIL is the sense made of and
significance felt to one’s being and existence.
“Suffering ceases to be suffering once it finds
it’s meaning, such as the meaning of suffering
(Frankl, 1996)”.
A Comparative Study On Sexual Assault
Between Male Heterosexuals and
Homosexuals in The Aspects of Prevalence,
Resilience, And Retribution in an
Incarcerated Setting
Rhoda Emia Alvarez
University of San Carlos
Sexual assault is the most frequent form of
abuse experienced by inmates and detainees
affecting men, women, and youth. Despite the
findings, it fails to recognize that sexual assault
is one of the most underreported of all crimes,
especially among male victims, and even more
so among male victims in correctional
institutions. The study aims to identify the
prevalence of sexual assault victimization and
investigate in comparison the aspect of
resilience and desire for retribution between
incarcerated heterosexual males and
homosexual males. A total of 360 samples
were selected from the inmates of Cebu
Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
in Cebu Province. Sexually assaulted male
heterosexuals and homosexuals in prison were
identified using a questionnaire adapted from
the National Violence Against Men Survey
(NVAMS). Homosexual male and heterosexual
male inmates who admitted that they were
sexually assaulted were purposefully sampled
to measure resilience and desire for retribution
through a scale adapted from Brief Resilience
Scale (BRS) that measured the ability to cope
with stress and adversity and Vengeance
Scale (VS), to assess their behavior towards
the desire to get back to their abusers. All
questionnaires were intended to be context
specific to sexual assault. In a detailed section,
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through a random interview of the sexually
assaulted inmates, the study provides the lived
experiences of resilience and desire for
retribution of incarcerated heterosexuals and
homosexual males following sexual assault.
The study discusses three main points: (1) that
incarcerated homosexual males have a higher
risk of sexual molestation than heterosexual
males (out of the 89% of heterosexual inmates,
10% (36) were sexually assaulted, whereas,
around 75% (30) homosexual male inmates
were sexually assaulted (2) that homosexual
males (M=3.49, SD=.37) are more resilient
than heterosexual males (M=2.81, SD=.47); t
(64) = 6.43(p<.05) (3) that homosexual males
(M=3.31, SD=.55) are less likely desires for
retribution than heterosexual males (M=4.53,
SD=.54); (64)=9.06 (p<.05), following sexual
assault. The findings are obviously a universal
occurrence that confirmed the incidence of
sexual assault in prison and that there is an
apparent comparison between incarcerated
homosexual males and heterosexual males in
the aspect of resilience and desire for
retribution following sexual assault.
Learning Session 14: C10
Identifying the Natural Methods that
Prevent dementia
Richthofen De Jesus
De La Salle University
Dementia is one of the most talked about
mental disorders within recent time. Literature
has talked about its etiology, diversity, and the
theoretical intricacies of its diagnosis and
treatment. It has changed the perception of
individuals, families, and even governments on
how they view old age. It is not solely a
personal problem, but an increasing social
pandemic that the world needs to be
concerned with. As such, the prevention of
Dementia has become an essential key in
avoiding this looming dilemma. In this learning
session, the collection of results from the most
recent studies in preventing dementia would be
discussed. Special emphasis is placed on
natural and practical methods to ensure better
applicability to a much wider audience. The
roles of vascular functionality, physical and
mental exercise, and nutrition are considered.
At the end of this learning session, each
participant is expected to have a better
understanding of what prevents dementia, and
become more empowered in helping
themselves and others minimize or prevent
their chances of developing this potentially life-
robbing condition.
Symposium 10: C11
Attitudes and Perceptions of LGBT
People: Possibilities for Intervention
and Change
Jan Gabriel Castañeda
Convener
Transcending Differences: Effects of Visual
Conformity and Anti-Transphobic
Intervention on Detection of Transwomen
in Bathroom
Gianne Nicole Laisac
University of the Philippines Diliman
Transphobia occurs in various contexts,
particularly in gendered spaces like public
bathrooms. Visual conformity plays a role in
this phenomenon, wherein transwomen who
possess more feminine features experience
less discrimination (i.e. passing privilege). The
study provides an empirical account of
cisgender women’s perceptions in the context
of transwoman use of female's bathrooms. To
mitigate transphobia, the effects of presenting
a vignette that narrates the threats to safety
transwomen face were explored. The signal
detection paradigm was used in a 2 × 2 mixed
factorial design to investigate the effects of
attitude intervention (pre- and post-test; within-
subjects) and visual conformity (passing
versus non-passing; between-subjects) on
sensitivity (d’), criterion (c), and transphobic
attitudes. Results show that a brief transphobia
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intervention leads to less neutral attitudes
toward transwomen and decreased ability to
detect them in a visual scene. These findings
imply that the said vignette was not effective in
lowering transphobic attitudes, but was still
potent enough to make the plight of
transwomen salient in the experimental
manipulation. Meanwhile, visual conformity is
not a significant factor in decreasing negative
attitudes or detection ability toward
transwomen, hence passing privilege did not
manifest in this regard. Other intervention
methods should be further explored in reducing
transphobic attitudes.
Addressing Homophobia in Schools:
Testing the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis
Sr. Hang T. Nguyen
FSC College of Education, De La Salle
University
Remedios C. Moog
University of the East - Caloocan
This study tested the Parasocial Contact
Hypothesis by looking into the effectiveness of
exposure to Lesbian and Gay (LG)-themed
video on decreasing the level of homophobia.
The mixed method sequential explanatory
design was used. In phase 1, participants were
randomly assigned to either control or
treatment group. The participants from the
treatment group viewed a video with affirmative
responses from self-identified LG. Results
showed significant difference. In phase 2,
participants revealed increased attitudes of
appreciation and acceptance toward LG as a
result of the video. Results were discussed in
light of increased efforts toward reducing
homophobia in schools.
Shape of You: Determining the Factors
That Influence Youth Attitudes Towards
Homophobia
Zyra Evangelista
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Arian Anderson Rabino
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila
Humans have a predisposition to judge
objects, situations, groups of people, and even
ideologies, with or without consciousness of
how such states of mind were acquired.
Attitude formation as a complex phenomenon
is believed to stem from the interplay of biology,
cognition, experience, and environment.
Previous studies show that sex, religiosity,
level of education and personal contact predict
attitudes toward gays and lesbians (Herek &
Capitanio, 1996; Lingiardi et al., 2016; Whitley,
2009). However, evidences vary across
countries (Adamsky & Pitt, 2009; Kelly, 2001;
Steffens, Jonas, & Denger, 2014) and are
dominated by Western samples (Whitley,
2001). This study investigates the various
predictors identified in the scientific literature
that could influence youth attitudes toward
homosexuality. The aims of the study are two-
fold: (1) determine the replicability of these
factors among Filipino youth; and (2) explore
unique predictors that may only be found in
Philippine society and culture. Using data from
381 Filipino university students as participants,
the study’s findings show converging results
and also offer interesting new insights.
Examples include differences in attitudes
among youth coming from different high school
backgrounds and social strata. Implications of
the study and recommendations for future
research will be discussed.
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Forum 7: C12
Clinical Psychology: Bipolar Disorder,
Social Anxiety Disorder, and PTSD
Maureen Jean Lara
Moderator
The Downward Spiral of Intellectual
Disability and Bipolar Disorder: A Case
Study
Alessandra T. Arpon
Jonnalyn T. Constante
De La Salle University - Manila
Far Eastern College - Silang
Interpersonal relationships are seen as a buffer
against mental illnesses. The deficit in social
and communication skills of individuals with
intellectual disability (ID) makes them less
likely to develop a healthy relationship with
others thus, they become more prone to other
mental illnesses. ID is commonly associated
with mood-related symptoms. Mania is an
externalizing behavior and depression is an
internalizing behavior exhibited to cope with
negative emotions. Although there is an
obvious pattern among ID, adaptive and social
skills, limited interpersonal relationships, and
bipolar disorder, few studies have looked at
their interconnections. In this study, a case of
an adult with bipolar disorder comorbid with his
intellectual disability was explored. Guided by
the interpersonal theories (attachment,
communication, and social theory), the
purpose of this study is to discover how the
impaired social and communication skills
caused by intellectual disability can create a
downward spiral toward negative interpersonal
relationships and bipolar disorder. The case
formulation adhered to Interpersonal
Psychotherapy (IPT) principles.
Assessing the Models Explaining the Role
of Fear of Positive Evaluation in the
Development of Social Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms
Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute
of Technology
Khryss Aufer Austria
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute
of Technology
Edmarie Zoe Gonzaga
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute
of Technology / De La Salle University
There are two contentions in explaining the role
of fear of positive evaluation in the
development of SAD and its consequent safety
behaviors. The first model claims that both fear
of negative evaluation (FNE) and fear of
positive evaluation (FPE), although interrelated
with each other, are separate predictors of
SAD and safety behaviors. The second model
argues that FPE is an outcome of FNE, of
which influences SAD and consequent safety
behaviors. This study sought to investigate
these two models and determine which model
represented best in accounting for SAD and
safety behaviors. A sample of 500 college
students answered a packet of scales that
included Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation
Scale, Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale,
Social Anxiety Disorder Dimensional Scale,
and Subtle Avoidance Frequency Examination
Questionnaire. The results revealed that both
models receive excellent fit and affirms the
nuanced role of FPE. The findings have
important implications in understanding the
development and treatment of SAD. Keywords:
social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, fear
of positive evaluation, safety behaviors
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PTSD and Ethos of Conflict Serially Mediate
the Relationship Between Exposure to
Violence and Support for Compromise
Imelu G. Mordeno
Roxanne W. Loberes
Carl Hazel H. Uy
Omar B. Abubacar
Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute
of Technology
There is a dearth of studies examining the role
of mental health and emotions in post-conflict
political behaviors among individuals exposed
to armed violence. The current study aims to
address this gap by examining the mediating
role of posttraumatic stress disorder and ethos
of conflict in the relationship between exposure
to violence and support for compromise. A
sample of 500 conflict-exposed Moros from
Lanao del Sur answered a packet of scales
assessing exposure to violence, PTSD, ethos
of conflict, and support for compromise. The
results showed that PTSD and ethos of conflict
serially mediate the relationship between
exposure to violence and support for
compromise. This suggests that higher
exposure to violence enhances support for
compromise due to the increasing PTSD and
consequent lowering of ethos of conflict. These
novel findings provide evidence on the
important role of mental health and affective
experiences in the formation of attitude
towards compromise among those exposed to
armed conflict. Keywords: political violence,
PTSD, ethos of conflict, support for
compromise
The Paradoxical Effect of Social Media
Support in the Relationship Between
Resource Loss and Relocation Adversities
through PTSD
Czarina Veronica R. Jebulan
Nasrullah A. Macalimbon
Imelu G. Mordeno
Laira Dee . Baroquillo
MindanaoState University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Although the link between post-disaster
resources loss and relocation adversities have
been fairly investigated, there are few studies
accounting for psychological health,
particularly PTSD, as a potential mediator.
Additionally, the role of interpersonal support
from the social media in the survivors’ mental
health and post-relocation adversities after a
post-disaster resource loss is yet to be
examined. This study examines the
moderating role of interpersonal support from
social media on the relationship between
resource losses and post-relocation adversities
through the severity of posttraumatic disorder
symptoms. Utilizing 1,083 post-relocatees from
a devastating typhoon, the results of the
moderated-mediation analysis showed that
controlling for age and gender, interpersonal
support from social media moderated the
relationship between resource loss and
relocation adversities through PTSD. These
results suggest that resource loss increases
PTSD, particularly those who received higher
interpersonal support from the social media.
Corollary, the increase of PTSD amplifies post-
relocation distress specifically to those who
also received higher interpersonal support. The
findings imply that interpersonal support from
social media may not necessarily buffer
distress among post-disaster relocatees, and
instead, may exacerbate the experiences of ill-
health and adversities. Keywords: Resource
Loss, PTSD, Post-Relocation Adversities,
Social Media
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
D1 TO D12
September 21, 2018
08:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Symposium 11: D1
Psychological Skills Training in Sports
Performance
Marian Miguel Lagundino
Convener
Grit and Dispositional Flow of National
Athletes in Combat Sports
Peter Angelico S. Dator
Philip Matthew E. Bernardo
Marc Angelo P. Ronquillo
Jon Marlo Celino T. Labudahon
University of Santo Tomas, Manila
The aim of this study is to examine the
relationship between grit and dispositional flow.
Grit is a trait, which is based on a person's
perseverance of effort combined with the
passion for a specific long-term goal. Flow is
the mental state in which an individual
performing an activity is fully immersed feeling
energized focus. Dispositional Flow is the
tendency of experiencing the flow state. The
participants of this study are Filipino national
athletes of combat sports in the Philippines
who have won medals in international
competitions. Combat sports were chosen
because it requires high levels of attention,
self-control, consistency, and will power. This
research used the Short Grit Scale and
Dispositional Flow Scale – 2 (DFS-2) to
measure each variable. Quantitative approach
was used to compare the variables. The results
were analyzed and interpreted using Pearson
correlation for the relationship of Grit and
Dispositional Flow, and linear regression for
the predicting power of the variables. Results
showed a significant correlation between Grit
and Dispositional Flow (r = 0.302, p = 0.042)
and it also showed that Grit is not a predictor of
Dispositional flow and vice versa.
Resiliency and Concentration of Selected
Filipino Athletes from Individual Sports
who Competed in the 2017 SEA Games
Karen Katrina V. Trinidad
Myreen P. Cleofe
Marian M. Lagundino
University of Santo Tomas, Manila
Purpose: Resiliency and the ability to
concentrate are two of the most important
mental skills required to ensure success in
sports. The study identified the relationship
between the two variables by utilizing the
Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ) to
acquire individual scores on each subscale.
Methods: Descriptive correlational research
design was used, and purposive sampling
technique was applied to acquire a sample for
75 Philippine national athletes (females, n=26
and males, n=49) from selected Philippine
teams who competed on the 2017 SEA Games
(Boxing, Pencak Silat, Taekwondo, Archery,
Sepak Takraw, Equestrian and Golf). Results:
Analysis showed that their resiliency level is
moderate (M=3.87, SD=1.57) and
concentration level is moderate (M=4.36,
SD=1.39) revealing both skills need to be
improved. Moreover, Pearson correlations
showed a significant and moderate positive
relationship between resilience and
concentration (r=0.535). Conclusion: This
suggests that the higher the resiliency, the
higher the concentration level of Philippine
national athletes. The results are not just
limited for the benefit of athletes but also, for
anyone who desires in utilizing mental skills to
achieve excellence and success on their own
fields. These findings support the notion that is
important for team to understand how
concentration is related to resiliency in
achieving excellence in athletic performance.
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“Mind Over Matter”: An Investigation of
Cognitive Processes Among Full Marathon
Runners
Maria Luisa Guinto-Adviento
Lhyra May Mendoza
University of the Philippines, Diliman
A full marathon is one of the most challenging
endurance sports that require the runner to
cover the long and arduous distance of 42.195
kilometers for several hours. Although
considerable research has established the
physical requirements of running a marathon,
limited attention has been given on the
psychological components of this sport. Yet,
seasoned marathon runners readily admit the
importance of mental state in determining the
outcome of a race (Radcliffe, 2011). What goes
on in the minds of full marathon runners during
this strenuous race is the main interest of this
study. Two focus group discussions (FGDs)
were conducted among five elite (N=5) and six
non-elite (N=6) full marathon runners to obtain
detailed information about their unique and
similar thought patterns during the race. After
initial familiarization and coding of the
transcription data, themes were developed,
refined and labeled. Six overarching themes
emerged from the data to reveal the cognitive
processes underlying the experience of a
marathon run: (1) goal-orientation, (2) self-talk,
(3) positive and negative affect (4) internal and
external focus, (5) visualization and (6) prayer.
Although these themes emerged in both
groups, what differentiated the cognitive
processes between the elite and non-elite
runners was the focus on extrinsic rewards
(i.e., monetary prize) by the elite runners who
considered running as an extra source of
income. The influence of these cognitive
processes on the quality of their performance
during the marathon was also acknowledged,
affirming the importance of psychological
preparation apart from physical training in this
particular endurance sport. Implications to
runners, coaches, sport psychologists and
managers of running clubs and organizations
are further discussed in the study.
Reaching Goals Through Academic
Persistence: A Narrative Analysis of Life
Stories of Working Students
Jacqueline V. Iglesias
Nueva Vizcaya State University
Using Labov model component as a theoretical
lens, this narrative research focused on the
specific experiences of three working students
in their academic persistence in college.
Narrative reports and interview guides were the
sources of stories from the three college
students. Their aspirational capital and
acceptance of financial problem are the
starting points of their story. Various turning
points were illustrated that explored the
continuity of experiences and interaction of the
participants with family, relative, friends,
teachers/instructors, school and neighborhood
which are encouragement and validation of
their self-efficacy and self-worth from
significant others, positive feeling towards the
challenges, differentiating types of goals and
career exploration and planning. Concepts
such as self-efficacy, task valuing, aspirational
capital, positive feelings, goal setting and
career exploration and planning were derived
related to academic persistence. Findings may
contribute in understanding sources of
motivation and basis for psychoeducation
program that promotes wellness among
working students.
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When Do Students Enjoy? Exploring the
Object Focus of Students’ Enjoyment in
Classroom Learning
Voltaire M. Marquez
De La Salle University
Enjoyment is an important factor of student
learning. The present study argued that there
are various factors inside the classroom that
could lead to enjoyment, thus the study
focused on exploring the structure of
enjoyment in the classroom learning. A sample
of college students were asked to answer an
open-ended questionnaire on their experience
of enjoyment in classroom learning, which
allowed the researcher to generate 61
statements describing the students’ enjoyment
in the classroom. The questionnaire was
administered to 254 college students and their
responses were analyzed using the exploratory
factor analysis. Result showed four dimensions
of classroom learning-related enjoyment,
namely on-task engagement enjoyment, group
identity enjoyment, low task difficulty
enjoyment, and real world connectedness
enjoyment. A follow up study with another
group of 253 college students. Confirmatory
factor analysis yielded an acceptable model fit.
The result of the study has implications on
students’ meaningful learning and well-being.
Digital text in English…Will I, Won’t I?
Dimensions of Reading Motivation among
Adolescent Filipino Students
Eda Jean Mendez-Jugarap
De La Salle University
Generation Z is the first truly digital born
generation. Technology is at their fingertips as
they navigate hyperspace. What motivates
them to read digital text in a second language?
Nine dimensions for reading motivation in
reading English digital text were proposed.
Differences in gender, early access to reading
materials and access to gadgets at present
were assumed. Factor analysis yielded five of
the proposed and four distinct social
dimensions. MANOVA revealed females have
higher motivation scores than males across
dimensions. Differences in access to reading
material and gadgets were not seen. Two
hundred forty-one Filipino GenZ students
participated in the study.
The Structure of Cost: Understanding the
Construct from a Multidimensional Scaling
Perspective
Jerome A. Ouano
De La Salle University
Nadine Angeli C. Abellera
Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan
Gail D. Conway
Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan
This study explored the construct of cost
based on the premise that current literature
has not yet clearly established the structure of
cost. To carry out the study, a multi-
dimensional scaling (MDS) was performed on
the data collected from college participants.
Results revealed that cost has two
dimensions, with each dimension consisting of
two clusters. In one dimension, cost is
considered as a separate component from
task value while in the other dimension, cost
clustered together with task value
components. Findings are discussed in the
context of the Expectancy Value Theory.
Likewise, findings are explicated using
relevant studies in the fields of goal theory,
motivation and emotion. Implications of the
results of the study for theory and practice are
also tackled.
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Symposium 13: D3
Philippine Personality & Social
Psychology in Changing Times
Ma. Cecilia G. Conaco
UP, Diliman
PSSC’s 50th Anniversary
Personality in Society: National Mental
Health Care Provision and the Future of
Work
Adrianne John R. Galang
De la Salle University - Manila
Personality psychology can have clear
implications for policy making. I cover two
contemporary Filipino examples, the
implementation of the mental health legislation,
and the unfolding changes to the nature of
work. Timely, effective, and fiscally prudent
provision of mental health services will depend
on accurate information about clients and their
situation. It is not really ironic to say that a full
picture of their situation must include
knowledge about their personality and its
dynamics. Aside from helping to advance
personalized medicine, personologists must
work with clinical psychologists to begin the
serious investigation of iatrogenesis in
psychotherapy. Such a focus on the individual
might be a boon for patients but the same is not
always true for employees. A future world
where work is fragmented and workers have
little bargaining power makes biased hiring
practices more likely. Personality psychology
will play a role in either mitigating such biases
or entrenching them in the workplace. In both
arenas, health or work, personality researchers
should step-up and engage with people
affected by these changes, or else risk seeing
their work misused.
Can Philippine Political Psychology be for
Greater Social Beneficence?
Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones
University of the Philippines
Political psychology focuses on the cognitions,
motivations, and behaviors of actors in the
political arena. It seeks to understand the
structures and processes within and between
individuals, groups, and institutions. As it lies in
the intersection of psychology, political
science, and sociology, political psychology is
a strategic discipline as it utilizes theories from
these fields. This paper seeks to discuss how
political psychology is in the Philippines. I will
specifically focus on local work on the
antecedents and consequences of political
movements, political communication, and civic
engagement. Lastly, I will weigh the practical
contributions of our research and argue for
political psychology to aim to have greater
social beneficence.
Moral Psychology in the Philippines:
Progress and Prospects
Daneille P. Ochoa
University of the Philippines
In line with the cognitive developmental
tradition, research on moral psychology in the
Philippines initially focused on reasoning about
moral dilemmas from a justice-based
perspective (e.g., Barit, 1985; Calilung, 2004;
Javiniar, 1994; Jimenez, 1976), seeking to
describe and promote mature moral reasoning.
In recent years, researchers have taken a more
pluralistic turn to understand diverse
perspectives of Filipinos’ moral standards
(Ochoa, 2016; Vasquez, et. al., 2001), and the
impact of moral foundations on social
cognitions and behaviors (Ochoa, et. al., 2016;
Quiñones, et. al., 2016; Sio, et. al., 2016).
Going beyond contents of individuals’
cognitions, others have examined the impact of
social processes such as socialization on
moral behaviors (de Leon, 2012; Ochoa, 2016)
and features the social situation on moral
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judgments (Magno, et. al. 2017; Labor, et. al.,
2014). Although these contemporary
approaches increasingly emphasize the
importance of the sociocultural context, the
study of moral psychology in the Philippines
may be enriched further through the inclusion
of Sikolohiyang Pilipino, especially the values
of pakikipagkapwa-tao and hiya as bases for
Filipino morality. In this presentation, I discuss
potential directions for integrating, expanding,
and applying these varied approaches to moral
psychology. In doing so, this area of
psychological research may develop towards
greater local and social relevance, especially in
addressing issues of justice and human rights
in the country.
Is there Value in Values Research in the
Philippines?
Jay A. Yacat
University of the Philippines
In this review, the state of values research in
the Philippines will be discussed - from the
early works of the Institute of Philippine
Culture, the corresponding critique of
Sikolohiyang Pilipino, and more recent
attempts to explore and make sense of various
Filipino values. Trends in Philippine research
on values, as well as the gaps in the literature,
will also be examined. Finally, some possible
future directions in research on values will be
outlined.
Learning Session 15: D4
Cultivating Rhythms of Peace Amid
Stress to Enjoy Psychological Well-
Being
Maria Lourdes Llaneza-Ramos
Ateneo de Manila University
How do we practice Peace that has become
elusive in our postmodern technologically
advanced society spawning a variety of
distress? These maladies are embedded in
pervasive and deep estrangement from the
three wellsprings of life: the natural
environment, others, and oneself. To
reestablish peace, these vital connections
need to be restored. Actual cases and related
literature evidence how honouring what is
“natural” is also a wisdom path to reverently
nurturing our soul/psyche. As espoused in
Transpersonal Psychology, “as within, so
without “ - the more we become connected and
at peace inside, the greater the probability of
attaining more interpersonal harmony and
shared responsibility toward ensuring the
health and survival of the universe. To be re-
embraced by Peace, participants shall be able
to: *come home to one’s “bodymindspirit “
*attune to one’s needs that long to be heard
and felt *strengthen our will to stay and know
these needs *open new vistas to fulfill these
needs with empowered choice *become more
of a nourishing Presence for others *commune
more intimately with Nature for its inherent gifts
of healing *and celebrate the joy of belonging
to and participating in Life’s evolving universe
Learning Session 16: D5
Philippine Psychology and International
Developments
Miriam P. Cue
Professional Regulation Commission
The Chair of the Professional Regulatory
Board (PRB) of Psychology shares the
roadmap and developments and updates in
Philippine Psychology to provide the context
to the call for stronger collaboration between
PRB and PAP and so that the membership
will have a concrete picture of the way to go.
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Learning Session 17: D6
Developing Community-Based
Interventions
Maria Regina Hechanova
Ateneo de Manila University
The Philippine Mental Health RA 11036
mandates all barangays to provide mental
health services at the community level,
integration of mental health into curriculum in
all educational levels, and provide mental
health promotion. This public mental health
perspective provides an opportunity for Filipino
psychologist to be involved in community
based interventions. This session provides an
overview of the process of developing,
implementing and evaluating community-
based interventions. It also highlights the
challenges as well as new competencies
required for interventionists.
Symposium 14: D7
Understanding Ethical Issues—Part 1:
Ethical issues in Assessment and
Intervention—Scoping Reviews
Maria Caridad Tarroja
Convener
Ethical Considerations in the Integration of
Religion/Spirituality in Counseling and
Psychotherapy: Two Scoping Reviews
Fritzie Cristina Diaz
University of Santo Tomas
Sally I. Maximo
Saint Louis University
Two scoping reviews were conducted on
separate occasions to map out key concepts
regarding ethical considerations in the practice
of spiritual/religious (S/R) counseling and
psychotherapy. One of these reviews ended
with the synthesis of n=130 articles from 1958
to 2017 and derived the following issues: 1)
question of competence; 2) bias:; 3)
religious/spiritual abuse of therapeutic
techniques: and, 4) therapeutic promises with
religious claims. The second scoping review
resulted to the charting of twenty-four (n = 24)
full text articles from 2007 to 2017. Four
overarching themes were identified, namely: a)
clients’ right for autonomy and self-
determination; b) cultural sensitivity; c)
practitioner competency issues; and, d)
recommended guidelines for ethical practice.
Reflections on the contrast of the results of
both scoping reviews shall be part of the
discourse. In addition, a probable model for
ethical decision-making in S/R Counseling and
Psychotherapy based on the second scoping
review will be presented.
Multiple Relationships in Psychotherapy: a
Scoping Review
Angelo Carlo D. Pilapil
Ma. Dinah Espartero-Asiatico
De La Salle University
One of the ethical issues that has eluded
concrete framework of finding resolution is the
dual/multiple relationships in psychotherapy,
for one, it seems to be unavoidable, and
second, experts have differing opinion about its
risk-benefit ratio in the therapeutic process.
This scoping review aims to (1) identify and
assess the varying view about multiple and
dual relationships, (2) see considerations of its
positive and negative effects, (3) evaluate the
contexts where it is usually encountered and
(4) identify the common framework used as
basis to solve this ethical dilemma. Using
Arksey and O’Malley framework, the search
was conducted in two databases to identify
dual/multiple relationship in psychotherapy
studies. Review selection, chartering and
characterization were done by two
independent researchers. Findings through
charts, tables and results were reported.
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Ethics in Forensic Evaluations and Practice
with Special Considerations for Juvenile
Justice: Two Scoping Reviews
Peejay D. Bengwasan
Saint Louis University
Erickson A. Amion
Far Eastern College-Silang
Forensic psychology has emerged as a distinct
specialty area within the broader field of
psychology. Increasingly, psychologists are
playing important roles in this field and have
sometimes faced with ethical issues. Hence,
two scoping reviews were conducted in this
regard. The first explored roles of
psychologists in the forensic setting and the
ethical issues they face in the practice of
forensic psychology, with a total of 70 relevant
research articles identified. Findings indicate
that psychologists do appear in court, either as
a court appointed evaluator or an employee of
one attorney, typically assume the role of an
expert witness, and can be found practicing
and conducting research in both civil and
criminal legal arenas. Gaps were found in the
area of competence, fidelity and responsibility,
confidentiality, multiple relationships, use of
appropriate tests and the use of test that fit
individual. The second scoping review of
literature in the past 15 years examined
literature about the ethics of forensic
psychology in dealing with children and
adolescents in the juvenile justice system.
Eligible studies explored ethical issues
involving mental health professionals dealing
with juvenile forensic cases. From the 25
studies charted, six major themes were found.
Three themes revealed aspects of ethical
dilemmas (professional rightfulness vs.
lawfulness, vulnerabilities and services in
forensic psychology). Three other themes
proposed solutions to such issues (advocating
for clients; creating and adhering to ethical
framework; and involving parents and
caregiving adults).
Ethical Issues, Dilemmas, and Decision
Making in Psychological Assessment: A
Scoping Review
Ma. Araceli B. Alcala
De La Salle University
Though it is well recognized that assessment is
an activity that all subsets of psychologists
engage in, there has been no structured
exploration of the common ethical issues and
dilemmas that psychologists encounter. This
paper scopes the current literature of the
different ethical dilemmas encountered by
psychologists when doing assessment, and
how these are resolved using a decision-
making framework. The paper will describe a
scoping methodology outlined by Arksey and
O’Malley (2005), to understand common
dilemmas encountered in online, school,
industrial and clinical settings. Issues on
supervision and teaching assessment are also
described based on the scoping review.
Recommendations summarizing lessons
learned from the literature that has been
scoped, will be outlined.
Learning Session 18: D9
Cultivating the Champion Mindset in the
Workplace—Series 2: Setting Effective
Goals
Marcus Jarwin A. Manalo
Maria Luisa Guinto-Adviento
University of the Philippines Diliman
Research involving athletes, students,
professionals and businessmen indicate that
people who set goals and monitor their
progress, are more successful in achieving
them than those who do not set goals (Duda,
2004, Teo & Low, 2006; Moeller, Theiller & Wu,
2011). Athletes often set long-term goals but
most of the time, they fail to set daily practice
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goals that will lead them to their ultimate goals.
On the other hand, team members in an
organization are usually clear about their daily
goals but may have limited understanding of
how these connect with the top priorities of the
organization. Goal-setting is a simple and
practical mental tool used in most sport
psychology programs that may be employed in
a variety of work settings to sustain a high level
of motivation to achieve personal and collective
goals. The experience of setting a goal,
working toward it, and finally achieving it has a
powerful emotional impact that causes
individuals and groups to continue to strive
higher for the goals they set for themselves.
Drawing from extensive research and practice
in sport and exercise psychology, this learning
session will (1) discuss the basic framework of
effective goal-setting, (2) trace the basic steps
in designing a goal-setting plan and its
monitoring mechanism, and (3) consider
practical applications in various fields or work
and performance.
Learning Session 19: D10
How to teach the new Undergraduate
Course of Field Methods
Mira Alexis Ofreneo
Ateneo de Manila University
Learning Objectives This learning session aims
to: 1. Share knowledge in terms of the basic
content or general outline of the course Field
Methods; 2. Share skills in terms of
pedagogies, techniques, or strategies for
teaching the course Field Methods; and, 3.
Develop knowledge and skills in outcome-
based education (OBE) by creating a syllabus
based on learning objectives as applied to the
course Field Methods. Session Content This
learning session will begin with the CHED-
prescribed syllabus for undergraduate
programs in Psychology: Field Methods. It will
go through the learning objectives of the
course then illustrate how a syllabus for the
course can be developed following outcome-
based education (OBE). By starting from
learning objectives, the session will illustrate
how the course content and teaching
pedagogy are developed. Using a sample
syllabus, the participants will go through the
outline and flow of the course. The participants
will then learn techniques and strategies for
facilitating learning. Materials and resources
will also be shared. Participants are expected
to share their own ideas and experiences in
developing the course.
Symposium 15: D11
Community Parent Support
Interventions Can Prevent Child
Maltreatment: Implementation Process
& Evidence from the Parenting for
Lifelong Health
Liane P. Alampay
Convener
Results of the Small-Scale Randomized
Controlled Trial of the Masayang Pamilya
(MaPa) Program to Prevent Child
Maltreatment
Ma. Cecilia D. Alinea
University of the Philippines Manila
Liane Peña Alampay
Ateneo de Manila University
Jamie M. Lachman
University of Oxford
Maria Victoria Felize Garilao
Ateneo de Manila University
Bernice Vania Landoy
University of the Philippines Visayas and
Ateneo de Manila University
Frances Gardner
University of Oxford
Judy Hutchings
Bangor University
Bernadette J. Madrid
University of the Philippines Manila
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Catherine L. Ward
University of Cape Town
The 2015 National Baseline Study on Violence
Against Children revealed the high incidence of
child maltreatment in the Philippines: 80% of
youth reported that they experienced some
form of violence in their childhood; 66%
experienced physical violence, with 60% of
these cases occurring in the home. Parent
support interventions have been found to be an
effective means to prevent child maltreatment
and associated risk factors. The Parenting for
Lifelong Health initiative aims to culturally
adapt an evidence-based parenting
intervention to prevent child maltreatment, test
the adapted program's feasibility
and acceptability among low-resource Filipino
families, and ultimately test its effectiveness in
decreasing child maltreatment via a
randomized controlled trial (RCT). The
parenting intervention program, Masayang
Pamilya (MaPa), was tested via a randomized
controlled trial (RCT) with 120 families who
were beneficiaries of the national conditional
cash transfer program, Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps). At post-test, families
who participated in MaPa reported 53% less
physical abuse, 44% less emotional abuse,
40% less child neglect, 43% less intimate
partner violence, and 27% less instances of
daily negative child behavior compared to
control group families. However there were no
effects on other outcomes such as parental
stress and mental health and positive
parenting.
The Voices of Masayang Pamilya (mapa)
Parents: Facilitators and Barriers to
Engagement in the Intervention Program
Liane Peña Alampay
Ateneo de Manila University
Participant engagement could strengthen and
substantiate individual and public health
benefits of parenting intervention programs.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with 3 high
attendance parents, 3 low attendance parents,
and 2 parents who were recruited but never
attended, we examined the facilitators and
barriers to engagement to the Masayang
Pamilya para sa Batang Pilipino Program
(MaPa). Parental engagement was fostered by
parents’ reported benefits, such as reduction in
negative child behavior, reduction in harsh
parenting behavior, and improvements in
parental emotional wellbeing. Parents also
alluded to aspects of program delivery, such as
their facilitators’ skills and concern for them, as
additional factors that improved their
attendance. Barriers to engagement, on the
other hand, included logistical and personal
matters, such as the location of the venue,
length of the sessions, and absence of child
care at home. Our findings indicate the
necessity to provide support to both families
and program staff during enrolment and actual
program delivery in order to maximize and reap
the benefits of parental engagement.
Obtaining Evidence of Program
Effectiveness: Lessons from the Process of
Implementation and Evaluation of the
Masayang Pamilya (mapa) Program
Bernice Vania Landoy
University of the Philippines Visayas and
Ateneo de Manila University
Maria Victoria Felize Garilao
Ateneo de Manila University
Obtaining valid evidence that community-
based interventions are effective in attaining
their objectives is necessary for scientific,
ethical, and practical reasons. However,
integrating evaluation research into program
implementation is challenging in the real-world
context, especially in low-resource settings
where the need is greatest and program
evaluation is not the norm. This paper presents
an example of how a small-scale randomized
controlled trial (RCT) of a parenting
intervention, the Masayang Pamilya Para Sa
Batang Pilipino (MaPa) program, was
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implemented in a low-resource community. It
describes the development and cultural
adaptation of the MaPa program, which aims to
decrease the incidence of child maltreatment.
Moreover, the presentation highlights the best
practices and challenges in adopting an RCT
design to collect the evidence required to
monitor the process of program
implementation and ensure the effectiveness
of the intervention.
Maternal Psychological Distress Mediates
the Association of Economic Pressure and
Child Maltreatment Among Low Income
Filipino Mothers
Liane Peña Alampay
Mara Patricia Yusingco
Ateneo de Manila University
Child maltreatment is a pressing national and
global problem which can affect children’s
physical and mental development throughout
their lifetime. Pervasive poverty, as is common
in low to middle income countries (LMICs) such
as the Philippines, is an established risk factor
when it comes to child maltreatment. Building
on this, this study examines a possible
mechanism that links economic hardship with
child maltreatment, namely, the mediating
effect of maternal psychological distress.
Structured interviews using self-report
questionnaires were conducted with 120 low-
income mothers with children 2-6years old.
Path analyses showed that higher levels of
economic pressure, as measured by
household hunger, had a positive association
with reports of physical and psychological
maltreatment via maternal psychological
distress. Results suggest that economic
pressure has an indirect relation to incidences
of child maltreatment through maternal
psychological distress. This highlights the
importance of maternal mental health in both
child protection and child development.
Aging, Non-heteronorm Conformity, and
Access to a Sense of Economic Stability
Among Older Filipino Sexual Minority
Women
Adrienne Maguddayao
University of the Philippines-Diliman
This study features the living conditions of six
non-heteronorm conforming older women
residing in Batangas and Metro Manila. It
examines the relationship between the
respondents’ experiences of gender-based
discrimination and access to economic
opportunities, as well their sources of support
from family or peers as they face challenges
brought about by aging. In-depth interviews
with five sexual minority women over the age
of 60 generated data on experiences of aging
in terms of access to economic stability and
access to basic needs as persons whose
genders do not adhere to the heteronorm.
Findings show that older sexual minority
women face common challenges related to
aging, the most of pressing of which were
health and financial stability.
“Paano Ka Magkaka Boyfriend Nyan?”:
Sexual Minority Women’s Experiences of
Everyday Sexism and Heterosexism
Beatriz Torre
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Stigma and prejudice against minority groups
can be manifested in many ways, including
expressions of prejudice and displays of
discriminatory behavior in people's daily lives.
For sexual minority women, these can be
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experienced in the form of everyday sexism (on
the basis of their identity as women) as well as PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
in the form of everyday heterosexism (on the E1 TO E12
basis of their sexual identity). The present
September 21, 2018
study uses data from focus group discussions
to explore how organized and non-organized 10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
sexual minority Filipino women construct these
experiences and the ways they respond.
Thematic analysis generated a variety of
themes such as sexism in gender roles and
stereotypes and misconceptions about sexual Symposium 17: E1
minority women. Results support the Teacher Intervention Towards the
importance of considering the ways in which Well-Being of Students
the intersection of gender and sexual Ver Reyes
orientation influence Filipino sexual minority
women’s experiences and constructions of Convener
everyday sexism and heterosexism.

Twitter: Exploring Students’ Emotions on

Social Media
Titibo-Tibo: Life Stories and Experiences of Leonardo Pablo
Filipino Lipstick Lesbians Ver Reyes
Leonasyl Aliki Diaz Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina
University of the Philippines-Diliman
The study explored the emotional valence
displayed from social media accounts of
The present study aims to address the lack of
students, such as twitter, as an alternative
literature on the life stories and experiences of
medium for faculty members to have a better
Filipino lipstick lesbians. Five (5) self-identified
understanding of what students go through.
lipstick lesbians participated in a semi-
The paper looked at publicly accessible twitter
structured interview. This method was
accounts of students from different colleges
employed to explore (a) how they came out as
and universities and analyzed the words used
lesbian, (b) how they self-identify and present
in their tweets. Results showed that tweets of
themselves to others, and (c) their
students displayed varied spectrum of
relationships with other people. Using thematic
emotions and some can indicate students at-
analysis, themes from their stories were
risk. The discusses how early detection of
reviewed and analyzed. Results show that the
emotions displayed in social media platforms
participants did not come out. They were
may help instructors and school administrators
welcomed by their families and friends.
in the developing appropriate interventions to
Although they are in a relationship with a same-
be utilized.
sex partner, they still choose to express
themselves in a feminine manner. Moreover,
they do not agree in conforming to gender roles
in a relationship. Romantic relationships with
other women made it possible for the
participants to be acquainted with themselves
and allowed them to express themselves as a
lesbian to other people.
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Desire for Perfectionism and Academic
Procrastination of Arts and Sciences
Students
Carl Reman Maranan
Diane D. Lipat
Shara May T. Espinol
University of Batangas
Academic compliance of the students is one of
the major challenges affecting the educational
system. Teachers and parents often wonder
why most of them seem to enjoy doing things
during the last minute when they can do it in
advance. Procrastination seem to be a disease
affecting the educational system and is
affected by a lot of factors including the desire
for perfection. This study aimed to discover if
this desire actually leads to putting-off things
that needs to be done. It also aims to measure
if there is a difference in the desire for
perfection and academic procrastination of
male and female students. This study showed
that females are more affected by the desire for
perfectionism. It also proved that there is a
significant difference in male and female
students’ academic procrastination and desire
for perfection. Recommendations on how
faculty members of psychology can better
address the issues of perfectionism and
academic procrastination is also discussed.
Cognitive Dissonance, Contingencies of
Self-Worth, Perfectionistic Self-
Presentation in Developing a
Psychotherapeutic Approach
Lovely Lucky A. Evarretta
Lyceum of the Philippines University -
Batangas
The principal objective of this study is to
determine the level of cognitive dissonance the
students from broken homes have been
experiencing in relation to their Self-Worth and
ascribed Perfectionistic Self Presentation. The
researcher used mixed method to study 278
respondents from the six key districts of
Batangas. Instruments used include the
Dissonance Test-Revised, Contingencies of
Self-Worth Scale, and the Multidimensional
Perfectionism Scale. Results showed a
development of an Eclectic Approach in
Psychotherapy that aims to help the students
to lessen the dissonance that they have been
experiencing to maintain a healthy Self-
Presentation and high levels of Self Worth.
Mediating Role of Mindfulness on Lack of
Emotional Clarity and Disordered Eating
Erickson A. Amion
De La Salle University
Currently, evidence indicates the presence of
abnormal eating attitudes among Filipino high
school and college students. Evidence and
theory suggests that inability to identify and
becoming aware of one’s emotions determines
the likelihood of an individual to develop
disordered eating and mindfulness has been
shown to be related to disordered eating.
Employing college students of 55 males and
151 females, the present study investigated the
role of mindfulness as a potential mediator
between lack of emotional clarity and
disordered eating. Consistent with predictions,
lack of emotional clarity is positively associated
with disordered eating while mindfulness was
found to share an inverse relationship to both
variables. Regression analysis also showed
that mindfulness became a significant predictor
of disordered eating. Furthermore, the
association between lack of emotional clarity
and disordered eating is fully mediated by
mindfulness which implies that lack of
emotional clarity was related to mindfulness,
which in turn, was related to greater possibility
of developing disordered eating. The findings
from the current study add to the current
literature supporting the use of mindfulness-
based interventions for treatment disordered
eating that is due to lack of emotional clarity or
awareness.
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Learning Session 20: E4
Fostering Well-being for the LGBT
Person: Insights from Advocacy and
Practice
Jan Gabriel M. Castañeda
ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
It is not always appreciated how experiences
across a lifetime -- particularly experiences of
confusion and exclusion, whether real or
imagined -- can significantly alter both a
person's worldview and their daily habits.
Whether as an activist or a regular person living
out their lives as best they can, lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people may
often carry with them, to varying degrees, what
has sometimes been called the "living shadows
of trauma". This learning session is based
primarily on the proceedings of the
"Workshop/Retreat on Wellness and Wellbeing
for LGBTIQ Activists in Southeast Asia"
conducted by ASEAN SOGIE Caucus last April
and aims to share insights into both
professional's and layperson's conceptions of
what it means both to be "well" and to "care for
the self" in the context of LGBT people's
experiences, as well as practical ideas and
techniques used to address LGBT person's
unique experiences of trauma. This learning
session is intended for both research and
practitioners who wish to broaden their
knowledge on conceptions of trauma and its
various solutions from both a clinical and
psycho-spiritual standpoint.
Learning Session 21: E5
CEO Burnout Risk Factors, Impact on
Workers Well-Being—Implications for
I/O Psychologists
Joyce Mondejar Dy
Adventist Laymen's Services and
Industries (ASI)
At the end of this 90-minute learning session,
I/O psychologists will be able to: 1. Describe
CEO burnout risk factors; 2. Describe impact of
risk-factors on workers’ well-being 3. Describe
realities versus expectations on workers’ well-
being 4. Formulate a conceptual model for I/O
psychologists in facilitating worker well-being.
Abstract: CEO burnout risk factors are
transferred to KRAs or job targets of
executives, managers, technical staff and
front-line workers. CEOs always prioritize
bottom-line targets that will sustain business
operations and their job security. Workers
across levels are pressured to achieve these
targets regardless of internal and external
issues the organization/company is facing.
Oftentimes, well-being is ignored. Consequent
psycho-social and physiological ill - effects are
reactively addressed by company-provided
health benefits. These realities provide clues to
industrial/organizational psychologists on how
they can formulate worker well-being strategies
that are personally customized and highly
dependent on each worker's intentions to
preserve his/her personal well-being.
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Symposium 18: E6
A Psychological Perspective on Wages
and Capability
Mendiola Teng-Calleja
Convener
A Psychological Approach to Determining
Living Wage for Filipino Workers
Donald Jay Bertulfo
Asian Development Bank
The concept of a ‘living wage’ implies the
existence of a wage level at which life becomes
more than ‘bearable’ – a level at and over
which capability, rather than subsistence, is
fostered and enabled (Carr et al., 2016).
Utilizing data gathered from a large-scale
household survey covering two low-income
and two high-income communities in the
National Capital Region, this study attempts to
obtain an approximation of living wage using a
regression technique. An aggregate measure
of weighted capability capturing 11 domains of
life, consistent with Sen’s conceptualization of
capabilities and localized in the Philippine
setting (Sycip et al, 2008), is first constructed.
Different functional form specifications (e.g.
linear, quadratic, cubic, logistic, Gompertz and
exponential) were then tested to check which
functional form best represents the relationship
between income and weighted capability.
Findings show that a logistic curve, one that is
sigmoidal in shape and exhibits diminishing
marginal returns to capability, best represents
the relationship between weighted capability
and income. Building on these findings,
approximations of living wage were generated.
The implications of the study vis-à-vis the
growing theoretical literature on living wages
are discussed and some further extensions
using other capability measures are proposed.
Work/Non-work Spillover of Wage Justice
Through Work Capabilities
Sarah Ellorenco
Atene de Naga University
Wage justice literature asserts that it is not the
actual pay that matters to an employee but the
perceived fairness of pay that one receives
based on comparison others. This study
investigated the spillover effect of wage justice
on life capability. It hypothesized that wage
justice will influence life capability through job
empowerment, job satisfaction, and
occupational pride. Using a secondary data
from the Institute of Philippine Culture Living
Wage data involving 500 surveyed
respondents, a structural equation modeling
was employed to examine the relationships of
the variables. Results revealed that wage
justice significantly predicted all three work
capabilities- job empowerment, job
satisfaction, and occupational pride. However,
only job satisfaction was found to significantly
influence the relationship between wage justice
and life capability. This may imply that although
wage justice could be an important factor that
may be considered in fostering positive work
outcomes in employees, its influence in non-
work aspects of the employees’ lives may not
be that significant. Implications to research on
wage justice and capabilities as well as to
people management practices in work
organizations are discussed
Capability Gaps: What It Is and Why It
Matters in the Workplace
Ma. Ligaya M. Menguito
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Inadequate income limits one’s capabilities or
the opportunity to exercise freedom to be and
to do whatever one values (Carr et al., 2015;
Sen, 1993). This study determines the
relationship among income, capability gap and
organization citizenship behaviors that benefit
individuals in the workplace (OCB-I). Five
hundred middle and low-income workers that
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were randomly selected from communities in
the Philippines participated in the survey.
Based on regression analysis, capability gap
accounted for greater variance in OCB-I scores
over and above monthly income, controlling for
demographic and work-related control
variables; the higher the capability gap of
employees, the lower their reported OCB-I.
Capability gap in the housing, social
relationships, and spiritual life domains
significantly moderate the relationship between
income and OCB-I.
Gaps are not Good: Determining Capability
Gaps Through the Good Life Dimensions
Jose Antonio R. Clemente
Department of Psychology,
University of the Philippines-Diliman
The capability approach (CA) to human
development (Sen, 1993, 2005) is one of the
many frameworks in economics and
development studies used to assess quality of
life. While other approaches tend to emphasize
the fulfilment of material desires as central to
well-being, CA focuses on how well people are
able to function and how free they are to pursue
what they aspire for (Carr et al., 2016; Clark,
2005; Nussbaum, 2011). This study
establishes capability gap as a concept that
may have significant influence on quality of life.
Using the eleven dimensions of a good life
derived from a research on well-being
conducted by Sycip and colleagues (2008)
among Filipino respondents, the study
presents a measure of capability gap and
describes the perceived capability gaps of 500
randomly selected low to middle income
Filipino workers. Repeated measures ANOVA
revealed that (1) physical health and leisure
were rated as the most and least important
domains, respectively, for a good life; (2)
freedom to exercise spiritual life and having
savings were rated as the most and least
attainable domains, respectively, based on
their current income; and (3) savings and
spirituality were respectively perceived as
having the highest and lowest capability gap.
Forum 8: E8
Natural Disasters and Resilient
Communities
Gail Tan-Ilagan
Moderator
Boundless Space and Collective Loss: An
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
of a Flood Induced Displacement
Novee Mae Pabon
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Individuals establish a bond with meaningful
places called place attachment. This is
considered by humanistic geographers as a
universal tie that fulfills the basic needs of
people, such as a home. The tropical storm
Sendong displaced thousands of families in
Iligan City. Most of these internally displaced
persons (IDP) totally lost their homes. The
Internal Monitoring Displacement Council
(IDMC) identifies these individuals in a more
compromised state of their well-being. Since
the life of a person has to happen somewhere
and while it does, bonds to significant places
are formed, it is important to consider the
influence of one’s own place of dwelling in
examining the experiences of vulnerable
individuals. The study aims to understand how
internally displaced persons make sense of a
lost home using an Interpretative
Phenomenological Approach (IPA). To
contextually explore and identify the essential
features of the person-place relationship,
unstructured interviews gathered narratives of
nine (9) IDPs. Themes emerged that show a
phenomenological portrait of home loss: (a)
Collective Loss; (b) An Ordeal of Place
Disruption; and (c) Placelessness and
Recovery (d) Extended Meaning of a Home
and (e) Implicit Relevance of a Home. These
findings also indicate the multidimensionality of
place attachment as proposed by Scannel and
Gifford (2010) in their PPP (person-place-
process) framework.
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The Efficacy of EMDR-IGTP to the
Adolescent Earthquake Survivors of Ormoc
City, Leyte
Ma. Lourdes Medina
EMDR Philippines
Joseph G. Marquez
Hospicio de San Jose/ EMDR Philippines
This study investigated the efficacy of EMDR
Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (IGTP) to
the adolescents Ormoc City, Leyte traumatized
by the earthquake of August 2017. The
researcher gathered data from 1034
adolescent students from Ormoc City. The
participants underwent EMDR-IGTP as an
early intervention from the natural disaster. On
the basis of the result of the research, it can be
concluded that the use of EMDR-IGTP for the
adolescent survivors of the earthquake have
lessen the level of anxiety. This research
hoped to offer the use of EMDR-IGTP as an
early intervention to the victims of man-made
and natural disasters.
A Grounded Theory on the Role of Leaders
in the Empowerment Process in Building
Resilient Impoverished Rural Filipino
Communities Stricken by Typhoons
Camille Therese C. Yusay
Mara Patricia Y. De Guzman
Ateneo de Manila University
This study aims to develop a theoretical
understanding of the role of leaders in building
resilience in poor rural communities post
extreme disaster events using the grounded
theory method. Interviews were conducted with
key informants (n=5) with varying expertise
working in the field of disaster mitigation. Data
were analyzed through the four-step grounded
theory process proposed by Glaser & Strauss
(1967). A theoretical model was
conceptualized describing the actions a leader
must enact in order to empower members of an
affected community towards resilience. These
actions are: immersing of self, organizing of
initiatives, harnessing resources, and aiding in
reflecting. These four actions make up the
process of leadership in empowering a
community. An additional leadership action
emerged that ties the four steps, the act of
nurturing hope. The nurturance of hope was
seen to be embedded both in the actions of
leader and in the resulting processes itself
within the community.
Forum 9: E9
Turning Points in Life Experiences
Glenn G. Glarino
Moderator
The Narratives of Former Roman Catholic
Clerics and Nun in Western Visayas
Daisy May F. Fornier
Silliman University
Introduction. This study aspires to gain a
deeper understanding of the life of the Roman
Catholic clerics, their joys and pains in the
ministry and the circumstances that led to their
decision to leave religious or pastoral life.
Method. Informants were interviewed using the
semi-structured questionnaire designed to
explore the motives of the participants for
joining the ministry, their experiences in the
pastoral life and the circumstances that led to
their resignation. An Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to
look into the detailed descriptions of the
experiences of two former clerics and a former
nun in a diocese in Western Visayas. This
study is part of the requirement in a qualitative
research class in the Graduate School thus,
the limited number of respondents. Results and
Discussion. A pattern of themes emerged from
their accounts and there were seven salient
themes grouped into four super-ordinate
clusters: motivation for joining the priesthood
and religious life; experiences in the ministry;
crisis in the ministry; availability of support
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mechanism; leadership style of the superior;
difficulty in making the decision and
reconciliation with the church.
Reimagining a Life After the War on Drugs:
Stories of Young Urban Poor Filipinos in
Families with Parental Drug Misuse
Camille Therese C. Yusay
Ateneo de Manila University
This qualitative study aims to explore the
stories of young urban poor Filipino family
members living with recovering parental drug
users who have surrendered during the
Philippine war on drugs. In-depth interviews
were conducted with 13 youth participants
ranging from 13-19 years of age. Using
Stephen and Breheny’s (2013) integrated
approach to narrative analysis, I described how
young family members living in poverty
struggle and make sense of their parent’s drug
use and surrendering. I also discuss the
complex interplay of social structures in an
urban poor Filipino community that contribute
to a sense of normalcy in drug use. Implications
of the findings may help inform ways to develop
and advocate interventions that are congruent
to the needs of poor youths and their family.
The Annulled Women and Their Manner in
Moving On
Jellian T. Ricafrente
Marinduque State College
This particular study was conducted to
investigate the causes as a ground for the
nullity of marriage, to define the problems
encountered during the case process and to
know how people who seek annulment feel into
making-up stories or lying about their previous
failed marriage. In order to gather the
necessary data, observation and interviews
were conducted to the annulled women who
have undergone the process of Declaration of
Nullity of Marriage. Through careful treatment
of data, the study ended up concluding that
psychological incapacity is the only cause in
the declaration of the nullity of the participants’
marriage. Descriptions of the psychological
incapacity based on this research were given
and summarized as the husband is a drug
addict and liar; the wife was always beaten by
the dependent, alcoholic, gambler, and drug
dependent husband. Husband who should be
the financial provider has no permanent work
and the worst and most painful for a mother
was when the children were beaten by their
father who can be psychologically classified as
anti-social with the underlying narcissistic
personality traits, pathological lying, and
pathological gambler with impulse-control
disorder. The problems encountered by
battered women when filing for a nullity of
marriage is its long process and the large
amount of money to be paid for a package deal
process to the lawyer. Annulled women
described themselves after their nullity of
marriage as being free from pains, they
become stronger and persevering. They
gained more self-confidence because they are
free from emotional burdens, they are working
hard for their children and most of all; they now
have a “friendly” life. In moving on, they
practiced meditation, and exercise thinking
aloud on how their case on nullity of marriage
would be successful. Social support also
played a very important part in letting go as well
as no feeling of bitterness which helps them in
looking for a positive outlook in life after their
annulment. As an upshot of this study and to
be able to help the abused women to expedite
the process of annulment, a resolution
addressing the problem encountered was
crafted. Moreover, based on findings, a
realization was drawn like: “psychological
incapacity” to the most serious cases of
personality disorders clearly demonstrative of
an utter insensitivity or inability to give meaning
and significance to the marriage.
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Road to retirement: Attitudes and
practices on pre-retirement planning in a
government agency
Pedro P. Galeno, Jr.
Central Philippine University
Leah Cejo Gedor-Galilea
DENR 6 Regional Office, Iloilo City
This is a descriptive-correlational study
conducted to determine the attitudes and
practices on pre-retirement planning among
the DENR 6 personnel aged 50 to 60 years old
in Iloilo City. Specifically, the study sought to
describe these personnel in terms of their
personal and work-related characteristics
(gender, personal monthly income, length of
service, and position/designation in the office)
and whether these influenced their attitude
towards and practices on pre-retirement
planning. The study also sought whether there
is a relationship between attitudes towards pre-
retirement planning and pre-retirement
planning practices. A researcher-formulated
survey questionnaire was administered among
the 90 DENR 6 personnel. Frequency
distributions, percentages, and means, as well
as Chi-square test of association were used to
analyze the data. The respondents had
unfavorable attitude towards pre-retirement
planning, although they practiced to a great
extent pre-retirement planning related
activities. It also showed that the respondents'
personal monthly income, length of service,
and position/designation in the office have
bearing on their pre-retirement planning
practices. Finally, the study revealed that the
attitude towards pre-retirement planning of the
respondents has a bearing on their pre-
retirement planning practices.
Learning Session 22: E10
Adapting Solution Focused Brief
Therapy for Grief and Loss Issues
Maria Angela Virata
InTouch Community Services
Solution Focused Brief Therapy is interested in
looking for client’s strengths, resources and
capabilities toward managing their own
problems and helping them find solutions in
small, workable steps. Studies show building
on successes is easier than looking at deficits.
Change is more likely when individuals
experience themselves as being competent,
capable and successful and having some
control over their lives. Participants will learn
how key Solution Focused Brief Therapy
questions like the miracle question, affirming
strengths and resources, finding exceptions,
coping and scaling can be adapted to dealing
with grief and loss issues. How to help people
with normal grieving vs. complicated grief will
all be highlighted.
Forum 10: E11
Assessment in Various Contexts
Ma. Angeles Lapena
Moderator
Assessing the Latent Factor Structure
Models of Kessler Psychological Distress
Scale
Geraldine P. Go
Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Symptoms of psychological distress are
common indicators of almost all psychiatric
disorders. The non-specific, transdiagnostic
nature of psychological distress symptoms
substantially affect the severity of one’s
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psychiatric condition. It is vital to assess
psychological distress accurately to be able to
understand better its role in the etiology and
maintenance of psychological disorders.
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (KPDS)
was developed with this purpose – to
specifically examine the severity of
psychological distress. Despite vast research
confirming the validity of KPDS, only few
studies have investigated its psychometric
properties in an Asian sample, particularly
among women who experienced intimate
partner violence (IPV). This study seeks to
address this gap by exploring the symptom
structure of KPDS and determine further
evidences of its validity. A sample of 479 IPV
victims answered KPDS and scales assessing
IPV, inhibition, and somatization. The results
showed that of the four competing models,
Kessler et al.’s (2010) K6 model has the best-
fit and high internal consistency. Further,
psychological distress, based on the K6 latent
model, significantly mediated the relationship
between IPV and somatization. Overall
findings suggest that this scale, in its K6
version, is reliable, valid, and can be of use to
Filipinos in assessing psychological distress.
Michelle Ferolino Paul Ryan O.
Deopante
Imelu G. Mordeno
Examining DSM-5 Social Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms: Validating the Proposed SADDS
Short-Form Scale
Michelle Anne L. Ferolino
Paul Ryan O. Deopante
Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute
of Technology
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is characterized
by an intense fear of negative evaluation
experienced by individuals in social situations.
With the recent changes made in the DSM-5
diagnostic criteria for SAD, numerous concerns
were raised regarding the limitations of existing
measures. Most of the scales assessing SAD
are comprised of items that do not conform to
DSM-5 SAD criteria. This research seeks to
utilize item-symptoms that directly map into
DSM-5 SAD symptomatology. Two studies
were conducted to assess evidence of the
scale’s validity and reliability. In study 1,
findings from exploratory factor analysis
provided evidence for a 5-item one-factor
SADDS-SF. The results also showed that
SADDS-SF is significantly related to fear of
positive and negative evaluation, and subtle
avoidance. In study 2, confirmatory factor
analysis was conducted using data from the
sample of 645 left-behind children of overseas
Filipino workers. The latent factor structure of
the 5-item SADDS-SF demonstrated an
excellent fit. The new SADDS-SF was also
significantly associated with disability
assessment and negatively related with
academic flourishing. Overall, the findings
provide evidences of the utilizability, reliability,
and validity of SADDS-SF. Additionally, the
results support the latent factor structure of
DSM-5 SAD nomenclature. Keywords: social
anxiety disorder, DSM-5-based, development,
validation
A Machine Learning Approach for
Identifying Stress and Burnout Markers in
Communications of High Pressure
Workplace
Angela A. Yu
University of the Philippines-Diliman;
Rumarocket Limited
Kathleen Paige A. Yu
Rumarocket Limited
This study seeks to develop a deep learning
approach to identifying stress and burnout
patterns in the written communications of
employees in high pressure workplaces.
Through machine learning, this research aims
to develop a predictive model to accurately
identify employees who are at a high risk for
experiencing psychological distress and
burnout. Natural language processing and
clustering was used to synthesise and develop
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common themes and positive or negative
sentiment classification for written
communications of approximately 1,900
employees in an organisation. Their natural
language was used as a predictor of stress and
burnout markers in the workplace. Moreover,
the predictions generated by the machine
learning were validated through
comprehensive psychological testing: the
Depression and Anxiety Scale 21 (DAS-21)
and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBi) as
measures of stress and burnout, the Grit Scale
(Duckworth, 2009) and a Fixed/Growth
Mindset Evaluation (Dweck, 2002) to better
understand their behavioral characteristics and
the HEXACO personality assessment
inventory to capture their personality traits.
Through these methods, the researchers
sought to develop a predictive, personality and
behavioural model, to accurately identify high
risk individuals in stressful workplaces.
Ultimately, the study intends to explore the
contribution of machine learning in the field of
psychological assessment.
Early Identification of Mild Cognitive
Impairment (MCI) Using Brief
Neuropsychological Measures Among
Filipino Elderly
Primitivo B. Mactal, Jr.
St. Luke's Medical Center
This study tested three hierarchical binary
logistic regression models to determine which
variables were the best predictors of MCI as
well as established the additive value of the
neuropsychological measures after controlling
for the effects age, gender and years of
education. Participants consisted of 1,294
Filipino elderly from the Marikina Memory and
Aging Project. Results showed that the best
predictor of MCI was the interaction of
cognitive functioning measure and behavioral
(psychological) symptoms. The main effects of
cognitive functioning, activities of daily living,
and behavioral-psychological symptoms are
the next best predictors. Among the
demographic variables, age was a better
predictor than years of education while gender
was not a good predictor of MCI. The
interaction between years of education and
cognitive functioning, interaction between
cognitive functioning and activities of daily
living as well as the interaction among
cognitive functioning, activities of daily living,
and behavioral-psychological symptoms did
not contribute significantly in the model.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) Curve
analyses determined that the optimum cut-off
score was ≤24 for the MoCA-P , ≤97.5 for the
DAD and ≤4 for the NPI-Q in discriminating
MCI from normal aging. Implications for
cognitive screening and neuropsychological
assessment in older adults were presented.
Learning Session 23: E12
The Data Privacy Act and Its
Implications on Clinical Psychology
Practice: An Introduction
Atty. Romel Bagares
Lawyer, Data Privacy Consultants
Angel Averia, Jr.
IT Expert, Data Privacy Consultants
This session introduces Clinical Psychology
Practitioners to the 2012 Data Privacy Act. The
presentation seeks to create an awareness of
the salient provisions of The Data Privacy Act
and introduce the participants to a roadmap
that leads to compliance to the Data Privacy
Act. The following topics will be discussed in
this introduction: 1) Data Privacy Principles; 2)
Rights of the Data Subject (client); 3)
Processing of Personal Information: the Data
Life Cycle; 4) Security of Personal Information;
5) Accountability of the Personal Information
Controller; 6) Unauthorized Acts and Penalties;
7) Why comply?; and 8) The Road to
Compliance
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
F1 TO F12
September 21, 2018
1:-00 PM – 2:30 PM
Learning Session 24: F1
Teaching Psychology in the Undergrad:
An Inquiry into Pedagogical Meaning &
Purpose
Angelito Antonio
University of Asia and the Pacific
Have you ever thought of spending some time
thinking about “why you teach” and “what it is
that you do when you teach?” This learning
session aims to engage participants who are
handling Psychology courses in the
undergraduate program reflect on their
teaching approaches. Models of teaching and
learning that are relevant to the practice of
teaching psychology will be used as framework
for the discussion. Part of the learning session
will delve on the use of the Teacher Behavior
Checklist (TBC, Buskist, Sikorski, Buckley, &
Saville, 2002) as a tool for assessing one’s
teaching. Who can attend or benefit from this
learning session: Beginning
teachers/instructors in Introductory
Psychology, junior and senior
faculty/professors in the undergraduate
program
Symposium 19: F2
Protection Mechanisms for Youth in
Filipino Transnational Families
Madelene Sta Maria
Convener
Depression Among Transnational Filipino
Youth as Predicted by Self-Esteem,
Maternal Monitoring, and Involvement
with Peer Activities
Shayne Polias & Jason Go
De La Salle University
Natalie Brinas, Rommel Malijan,
Adrian Ilagan & Yvette Atienza
San Pablo Colleges
Opportunities to work abroad have led to an
increase in number of Filipino parents leaving
the country in order to give a better life for their
children. This has helped those children left-
behind to have a good education and better
healthcare compared to others whose parents
are working in the country. However, studies
have found that there are also negative effects
of belonging to a transnational family on
children’s well-being, particularly on
depression. Anchored on Bioecological model,
where a person’s interaction with its
environment is given emphasis, this study
investigated the possible cause of depression
using family structure (intact vs. non-intact),
parental monitoring, involvement with peer
activities, gender, and self-esteem.
Correlational and multiple regression analyses
were done using survey data from 557 high
school and college students in a private school
in Laguna. Findings revealed that involvement
with deviant peer activities, gender, self-
esteem and maternal monitoring are predictors
of depression, but not family structure. This
result showed that the absence of one or two
parents does not necessarily lead to
depression, and that there are different factors
in the child’s environment that can cause such.
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Depression Among Filipino Adolescents in
a Transnational Family: The Role of Family
Mattering and Family Resilience as
Protective Factors
Christopher Devera & Ena Cruz
De La Salle University
The Filipino transnational family, where one
parent is away as an overseas worker, poses
challenges to adolescent children in terms of
mental health. Common among adolescents is
depression. The evidence, however, shows
that several family processes serve as
protective mechanisms against depression.
The sense of family mattering provides young
people the sense that they hold a valued
position in the family. Time spent with family in
shared activities is, thus, essential. Shared
family experiences provide adolescents with
the perception that the family is efficacious,
especially in overcoming adverse events. This
study sought to explore the mediating role of
family resilience in the relationship between
family mattering and depressive symptoms, as
affected by gender. Data from 314 students
from Rizal and Laguna (mean age = 17.11
years; SD = 1.978) was analyzed using
moderated mediation through PROCESS by
Hayes. Results showed that the child’s gender
did not play a moderating role. However, family
resilience meditated the effect of family
mattering on depression for both males (-
.2020, CI95% = -.3158, -.1099) and females (-
.1471, CI95% =- .2578, -.0721). Adolescents in
transnational families need more than just the
feeling that they are valued by their parents to
combat depression. For family mattering to be
a protective factor against depression, it must
result in the experience of the family as resilient
enough to overcome the absence of one parent
The Relationship of Parental
Communication and Suicide Ideation
Among Children Left Behind
Rechel Arcilla, Madelene Sta. Maria &
Paul Arcega
De La Salle University
The study examined the influence of
communication with mother on suicide ideation
among children left behind in Filipino
transnational family structures. Data were from
559 Filipino senior high and university students
whose fathers, mothers, or both parents were
labor migrants. The respondents were
assessed using various rating scales
measuring family, peer and school variables.
Age, gender of child, transnational family
structure, socioeconomic status were used as
covariates. We used an item on suicide
behaviors from a Youth Risk Behavior Survey
that measured suicide ideation. Two forward
conditional binary logistic regressions were
performed on all variables, with communication
of mother remaining as the sole significant
predictor. Results showed that female children
with low communication with mothers were
more prone to suicidal ideation. The results are
consistent with past research on intact two-
parent households. This suggests that the role
of the mother, when maintained in a single
parent home due to labor migration, buffers the
risk of suicide ideation.
The Influence of Parental Communication
and Attachment on Alcohol Use: The
Moderating Role of Perception of Family
Resilience
Madelene Sta. Maria &
Paul Arcega
De La Salle University
Studies have shown that indicators of family
resilience, such as positive family interactions
and high levels of family intimacy, have positive
moderating effects on youth’s alcohol use. The
purpose of this study is to examine the
moderating effect of the perception of family
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resilience in the relationship of parental
communication and attachment and the young
person’s alcohol use. We argue that parental
communication and attachment will influence
lower levels of alcohol use only when these
parental factors are perceived by the child as
indications of his or her family’s resilience. Two
models were tested: one for the father’s
communication and attachment, and another
for the mother’s. Utilizing data from 559 Filipino
senior high and university students from
transnational families, binary logistic
regression found that perceptions of family
resilience had positive moderating effects on
decreased levels of alcohol use among our
respondents who report higher levels of
maternal attachment and communication.
These results highlight the role of
communication and bonding relationships with
the mother in the context of the family’s efforts
to restore balance from disorganization
resulting from work migration.
Forum 11: F3
Parenting and Parental Issues
Gina Lamzon
Moderator
Maternal Self-esteem, Self-Perceived
Parenting Competence, Role Occupancy,
and Demographic Traits
Carmen M. Sabino
Ateneo de Davao University
This comparative study analyzed the results of
similar studies done by the same researcher,
focusing on possible significant differences in
self-esteem of mothers of pre-schoolers in in
2000 and 2018, (N=86 and N= 35,
respectively) when grouped according to role
occupancy status, age, and level of
educational attainment. Significant relationship
between maternal self-esteem and self-
perceived parenting competence was also
looked into in both studies. Results showed
that older mothers in both 2000 and 2018
studies had significantly higher self-esteem
than younger mothers. Both studies yielded no
significant differences in self-esteem between
dual role mothers (wife and mother) and
multiple role mothers (wife, mother and
worker). No significant differences in self-
esteem were found, too, among mothers with
varying levels of educational attainment.
Lastly, both studies showed no significant
relationship between maternal self-esteem and
self-perceived parenting competence.
Implications of results to development of
maternal self-esteem were presented. Key
words: maternal self-esteem, self-perceived
parenting competence, role occupancy
Investigating Vulnerability Factors of
Parents who Trafficked their Children in
Cyberpornography
Jeremiah Edward Bohol
Psychosomatherapia
Emmanuel Hernani
Cebu Normal University
Kalayaan Dungog
BJMP
Even in the 21st century, human trafficking is
still prevalent. Chief among them, especially in
the Southeast Asian region is
cyberpornography. In this qualitative study,
researchers determined the factors that
motivate perpetuators to participate in his
inhumane trade, particularly the parents. In
partnership with Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology Region 7, we interviewed six
women, who were mothers and charged with
human trafficking through cyberpornography.
Thematic analysis revealed that socio-
economic background is not the only cause for
vulnerability of human trafficking. Other
important factors surfaced such as family
history, parental roles, educational
background, the type of community, lack of
knowledge with the exploitation, and
inadequate support from the local government.
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Voice of LGB Children of Law Enforcers: A
Qualitative Study
Flor Villa Marticio, Hazel Velasco, Joy
Flores, Jun L. Tayaben, Myrtle C. Orbon
Mylene Gumarao & Eva Castillo
Adventist University of the Philippines
The present study aimed to understand the
experiences of LGB children of law enforcers.
Children tend to be associated with parents’
work and that among law enforcers, the
“macho” and “decent” image play an important
role. This qualitative study focused on their
feelings as LGB and the challenges they
experienced as children of law enforcers.
There were five (5) LGB participants in the
study. Interviews were conducted, the data
was recorded, transcribed and analyzed.
Thematic analysis was used to analyze the
data. The results have shown that LGB feels
scared that their parents’ reputation might be
ruined due to their sexual preference. They are
scared that they might not be understood and
accepted by their parents and that they might
not fulfil the behavioral standards as raised by
their law enforcers parent. The challenging
experiences of LGB include being insulted,
judged, and shamed in front of other people.
The implications are discussed in the study.
Parenting in the digital age: Parental
mediation and children’s digital media use
Annalyn DG Capulong
University of the Philippines-Diliman
This literature review examined the role of
parental mediation on young children’s digital
media use. With the ubiquity of newer digital
media (e.g., tablets and smartphones) in the
lives of young children, parents have raised
concerns regarding the negative impact of
these devices in children’s development. The
parental mediation theory suggests that
parents find ways to manage their children’s
digital media use. Particularly, this research
looked into the types of parental mediation
strategies employed by parents to regulate
their children’s media use and how presence
of media devices affects the quality of parent-
child interaction. Research showed the
parents commonly employ three types of
mediation strategies such as active mediation,
restrictive mediation, and co-use/co-viewing or
termed as joint media engagement. Positive
interactions with parents are said to be one
important contextual factor for early child
development, which in turn can influence
cognitive activities such as play and language
skills. Oppositely, the presence of both adult-
directed and child-directed television
programs has been shown to reduce the
overall quantity and quality of parent–child
interactions compared to free play sessions
without media. Implications of the quality of
parent-child interactions on children’s learning
were also discussed.
Learning Session 25: F4
Healing Program of the New Beginnings
(NB) Girls
Beatrix Aileen L. Sison & Queenie
Romina A.
Cezar CRIBS Foundation
Rosalea Cornelia A. De Leon
West Visayas State University
The Cribs Foundation offers psycho-social
therapeutic interventions as well as custodial
care to children. Its New Beginnings (NB)
program is focused on helping girls who have
been sexually abused and exploited recover,
heal, and reclaim their lives. The Cribs
orphanage on the other hand takes care of
abandoned babies and readies then for
possible adoption. This proposed learning
session will focus on the NB program of the
foundation. Specifically, we will present 3
papers with the following topics: Healing
Program of the NB girls; NB Girls Anger
Management Lessons; and, Thematic Analysis
of NB Girls Song Choices. Healing Program
(Sison). The girls who have experienced
sexual abuse need to be given the time, space,
and interventions that will aid in their recovery.
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This paper presents the NB healing program
which is specifically designed for the unique
psycho-social needs of the girls. Insights
regarding the implementation of the program
are presented by the author. Anger
Management (de Leon). One of the more
challenging needs of the NB girls is managing
their anger and irritation. The module that will
be presented in this paper was designed to
address this need. Results of the module
implementation includes insights from the girls
garnered during the processing of the
sessions. Song Choices (Cezar). Music is one
of the mediums of expression and healing for
the NB girls. This paper focuses on the
thematic analysis of the songs the girls choose
to listen to during the individual and small group
sessions. The same analysis is also done on
the song lyrics that the girls’ request from the
therapists outside of the sessions.
Learning Session 26: F5
What do Helping Professionals Need to
Know on Cyberbullying: Prevention and
Intervention
Elmerando T. Mores
De La Salle - College of St. Benilde
The rise of social media has resulted in
significant problems involving privacy and self-
disclosure and cyberloafing; and addiction,
anxiety, loneliness, and depression.
Collectively, these negative outcomes, often
described as deviant behaviors, are a
cautionary tale in the widespread proliferation
of social media. Perhaps the most commonly
reported online deviant act is cyberbullying
(Lowry, Moody, & Chatterjee, 2017). This
learning session on “What Helping
Professionals Need to Know on Cyber Bullying
(CB): Prevention and Intervention” aims to (1)
understand critically what (CB) is and its
implication to adolescent’s mental health, (2)
recognize the role of the helping professionals
(e.g., psychologists, guidance counselors, and
teachers) in the prevention of CB, (3) acquire
knowledge and effective interventions that can
be used in helping both the victim and
perpetrator of CB, (4) present the results of
meta-analysis on CB studies on the
phenomenon of CB
Forum 12: F6
Prosocial Behavior
Clarissa Delariarte
Moderator
Developing A Measure For Filipino
Dispositional Gratitude (Utang Na Loob)
Sheila Marie Pamfilo
Cavite State University-Imus Campus
In order to develop a scale that could measure
Filipino Dispositional Gratitude (Utang na
loob), sequential exploratory mixed method
research design was employed. Items were
prepared based on the indicators drawn from
the qualitative analysis of participants’
responses from open-ended survey (n=578).
Through expert validation, four (4) forms were
created from splitting the retained items (f=240)
into halves (f=120) and by separating the
English and Filipino versions of the items. The
forms were administered to college students
(16 to 39 years old). The sample size was more
than the suggested value for finding a factor
solution (n=200) and for computing estimates
of reliability (n= 200) and validity (n= 82) based
on collected literatures. A 48-item scale with 5-
factor solution was obtained through Principal
Component Analysis. Cronbach’s alpha value
of the 5 factors ranged from 0.73 to 0.89 while
its overall scale was .945 while the correlation
of the scores in English and Filipino versions of
the scale was r = 0.754.Construct validity
estimates from correlating the overall scale and
its factors to Gratitude Questionnaire-6 ranged
from r = 0.40 to r = .066 whereas their
correlation to Internet Addiction Test ranged
from r=.154 to r= .007.
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Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Organ
Donation: A Mixed-Methods Study
Ma. Elizabeth Macapagal
Ateneo de Manila University
Bernadette E. Ordoña, Benita S. Padilla &
Genevieve J. Lukban
National Kidney and Transplant Institute
Rates of deceased organ donation vary
worldwide but it has remained low in the
Philippines despite the increasing demand for
organs and increasing prevalence of diseases
requiring transplantation in the country. The
participation of the public is an important factor
for the success of deceased organ donation
programs. As such, it is relevant to understand
the knowledge and attitudes of the Filipinos on
deceased organ donation. The current study
used a mixed-methods design with a focus
group discussion among health care
professionals involved in organ transplantation
and a survey of 384 respondents in Metro
Manila. Four themes emerged from the FGD
namely, negative consequences of organ
donation, physical appearance/mutilation at
death, benefits of organ donation, and beliefs
about organ donation including brain death.
These themes were used as categories for the
survey. The survey also included knowledge
questions about organ donation. Survey results
revealed that the respondents generally had
average to high knowledge about organ
donation. Around 55% of the respondents
indicated their willingness to donate organs
upon their death. Predictor variables of organ
donation were explored in this study and
implications for increasing awareness and
willingness to donate organs are discussed.
Volunteer Meaning and Functions: A Path
Analysis from Emotional Intelligence to
Flow
Paolo Rafael N. Hulog, Jason Christian C.
Ascan, Jan Patrick G. Gutierrez, Chester
Carla D.G. Ruales, Joshua Michael L. Nerie
& Jiyoung Kang
Far Eastern University - Manila
Strength-based traits such as Bayanihan, a
unique Filipino value associated with
volunteerism, is an area of research study
within the field. Literature reviews support that
flow is associated with emotional intelligence
and its sub-factors. The study hypothesized
that flow in volunteer works may be determined
by an individual’s emotional intelligence, which
is mediated by meaning and functions. A
sample of Filipino collegiate volunteers from
Metro Manila (N=230) was administered with
four scales: Genos Emotional Intelligence
Inventory (Genos EI), Volunteer Functions
Inventory (VFI), Work and Meaning Inventory
(WAMI), and Work-Related Flow Inventory
(WOLF). Path analysis was used in evaluating
the goodness of fit of the model to the gathered
empirical data. Results have shown that
emotional intelligence fails to suggest a direct
path to flow; however, a series of mediated
paths through meaning, understanding
function, and protective functions do predict
flow among volunteers. The study suggests
that from emotional intelligence, there are skill
acquisition and ego-defensive natures of
volunteerism as well as meaning making paths
that lead to flow. The result of the study shed
light in understanding volunteerism among
Filipino college students contextualized in
meaning and functions.
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Skin color and ‘Chinese’-sounding names:
Preferential biases among university
students
Ronald del Castillo
University of the Philippines-Manila
In the Philippines historical sociocultural
structures suggest implicit preference for
lighter skin color and perceived prestige or
advantage for Filipinos of Chinese descent.
Although skin color and ancestry are artifactual
constructs independent of perceived ability or
other traits, contemporary Filipino culture might
contain ancestral representations of historical
biases. In a randomized controlled experiment,
participants were presented with vignettes. In
the skin color scenario, one condition included
a picture of a subject in lighter skin tone; the
other condition showed the exact same picture
with a darker skin tone. In the ‘Chinese’-
sounding name scenario, subjects had the last
name of ‘Tan’ or ‘Lim’; the other condition
included the last name of ‘Reyes’ or ‘Santos.’
Content of all vignettes were otherwise
identical. Participants showed preferential
biases towards lighter skin color and ‘Chinese’-
sounding names.
Forum 13: F8
Identity and Young Adulthood
John Manuel Kliatchko
Moderator
“Having the Best Time of my Life”: The Self
in Emerging Adulthood
Maria Elena V. Milan
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State
University/De La Salle University
Emerging adulthood is a significant period of
development among the youth. This study
sought to determine Filipino emerging adults’
perception of transition-to-adulthood themes
as well as their thoughts and feelings about
emerging adulthood in relation to their well
being. The transition to adulthood themes were
based on the Inventory of the Dimensions of
Emerging Adulthood (IDEA) which consists of
six dimensions: identity exploration,
experimentation/possibilities,
negativity/instability, other-focused, self-
focused and feelings in-between. The survey
study was conducted with students in a rural
university in La Union (N=90, x ̅ age = 21). The
emerging adult respondents of this study
belong to 18-20 age bracket and that they
reside with their parents. They are mostly
Catholic and believed to be liberal Christian.
Moreover, they have moderate exposure and
have a high regard to their religious beliefs and
practices. Results reveal that the respondents
agree on these transition-to-adulthood themes.
However, analysis using multiple linear
regression, reveal that these themes do not
have a significant contribution in explaining
variation in their well-being. Important
implications about the nature of emerging
adulthood among young Filipinos are
discussed. Key Words: emerging adulthood,
religiosity, well-being
Emerging and Young Adults’ Receptiveness
to Social Inclusion vis-à-vis Sense of
National Identity
Melissa Lopez Reyes
The impetus for this research is the seeming
dialectics between a people’s sense of national
identity and an increasingly socially inclusive
and globalized world. Arguably, a nation must
sustain its values of national identity even as it
engages in multicultural relations and
international cooperation. With the self-
explorations that emerging adults do, it is
hypothesized that they are wont to be more
receptive to both multicultural relations and
international cooperation than older adults.
Multilevel analyses of data from 33 countries of
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the latest (2013) National Identity Module of the
International Social Survey Program show that
emerging and young adults have a more
positive attitude towards immigrants; this
attitude also is predicted by the lesser
importance that adults give to birth, ancestry,
and citizenship as markers of national identity.
Agreement with measures to protect one’s
country’s interests is greater among middle
and late adults than with emerging and young
adults; this agreement also is predicted by
adults’ pride in one’s country. For both attitude
towards immigrants and agreement to proect
country’s interests, the effects of their
respective predictors vary across countries.
Country comparisons of emerging adults’
receptiveness to social inclusion will be
discussed in the light of the Identity Process
Theory.
Emerging Adulthood: Identity status and
Parenting Styles
Justin Vianey Embalsado
De La Salle University
The psychosocial development of emerging
adults is characterized by the development of
an achieved ego identity (Kroger & Marcia,
2011). This development is influenced by the
parental environment (Darling & Steinberg,
1993). A one-way multivariate analysis was
conducted to predict the associations between
the different parenting styles and identity
statuses. According to the results, there was a
significant difference in the perceived parenting
styles of the emerging adults ( N = 203) based
from their identity status, F( 8, 392 ) = , p =
0.033; Wilk’s Λ = .919, partial η2 = 0.41. The
test between the independent and dependent
variables did not yield any significant results to
the hypothesized pairings. To further
understand the variances among the variables
a discriminant analysis was conducted, it
revealed that the achieved identity status lead
to the variances between the parenting styles
and identity status, obtaining a canonical
correlation of r = - 0.614. In the Filipino context,
regardless of the perceived parenting style an
achieved identity remains to be the goal of an
emerging adult’s identity development. In
understanding the association between
parenting styles and identity development the
influence of cultural values and parental
socialization must be taken into consideration.
Mediating Role of Identity on Parental
Involvement, Risk Behaviors among
Emerging Adults
Marvin Franz Samala
De La Salle University
The study focused on whether the different
identity statuses would mediate the
relationship between the two forms of parental
involvement and the engagement in risk
behaviors among Filipino emerging adults. It
was also determined whether the two forms of
parental involvement would significantly predict
the engagement in risk behaviors. Using the
scales of Psychological Control Scale – Youth
Self-Report (Barber, 1996), Child Report of
Parent Behavior Inventory (Schaefer, 1965),
Extended Version of the Objective Measure of
Ego-Identity Status (Bennion & Adams, 1986),
and Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale for
Adult Populations (Blais, & Weber, 2006)., a
survey was conducted to 361 Filipino emerging
adults whose ages are 18 to 25 years old.
Results show that parental psychological
control could lead to an identity foreclosure
status which in turn could lead certain levels of
engagement in risk behaviors. Parental
support could also lead to an identity
moratorium status which in turn could lead to
certain levels on engagement in risk behaviors.
On the other hand, the two forms of parental
involvement also predicted certain levels of the
engagement in risk behaviors. Limitations and
further studies were mentioned in this study.
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Symposium 20: F9
Political Psychology Symposium on
Philippine Elections 1
Diwa Malaya Quiñones
Convener
Looking into the Future: Antecedents of
Young Filipinos’ Electoral Decisions
Fathali Moghaddam
Georgetown University
Stephanie Valera
Ateneo de Manila University
Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones
University of the Philippines - Diliman
Marshaley J. Baquiano
University of the Philippines - Visayas
Arvin Boller
Ateneo de Manila University
It is assumed that educated citizens use cold
cognition (i.e., objective and relevant
credentials like past performance, platform,
and advocacies) in deciding who they will vote
for in political elections. Recent findings,
however, indicate that people are swayed
heavily by hot cognition (i.e., affectively
charged information about candidates). This
proposition was tested among Filipino college
students through a set of vignettes that
presented mayoral candidates via different
frames. The three manipulations included
candidate presentations through (c) objective
and relevant information, (b) positive affect with
negative information, and (c) positive affect
with positive information. The sex of the
mayoral candidate was also manipulated (male
or female) to explore participants’ possible bias
towards the sex of political leaders. Results
indicate that the participants were dissuaded to
campaign and vote for those candidates who
were presented through the vignettes with
some negative information about them. The
sex of the candidates did not affect campaign
and voting intentions. Adding participants’
perceived similarity with the candidates and
their opinion on whether voting is a right or a
duty as covariates, their intentions to campaign
and to vote likewise were significantly lower for
when the candidates were presented with
some negative information, regardless of sex.
Moreover, greater similarity with the candidate
and participants’ perceptions of voting as a
duty acted as significant covariates of intention
to campaign. For the intention to vote,
however, it was the greater similarity with the
candidate that was significant as a covariate.
These findings further indicate that even more
educated people follow a different type of
rationality when it comes to their electoral
decisions.
Cognitive Load and Low Information
Voting in the 2010 Philippine Senatorial
Elections
Francis Joseph A. Dee
University of the Philippines - Diliman
Despite having the option to abstain, pre-
election and exit polls have estimate that
around one quarter to one half of Filipino voters
opted to allocate all twelve of their senatorial
votes in the 2010, 2013, and 2016 senatorial
elections. If the decision to allocate all votes is
deliberate, then voters who do so may
experience a greater cognitive load compared
to those who do not due to the more difficult
decision-making task, and as a higher
cognitive load has been found to impair
complicated strategic behavior, such voters
may be more likely to vote for less information
costly candidates such as celebrities,
incumbents, or candidates with a prominent
position on the ballot. A series of z-tests are
used in lieu of conventional regression models
to test this prediction as its null hypothesis is
that voters vote randomly, and the probability
of selection at random will increases the more
choices a voter makes. When taking random
selection into account, the probability of voting
low-information candidates is not significantly
higher among those who allocate all votes. The
failure to reject the null hypothesis suggests
that the preference for incumbents is not due to
strategic deficit. Alternative explanations may
be more perceived similarities with celebrity
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candidates due to their greater exposure and
an agenda-setting advantage for incumbents
among retrospective voters.
Why Do I vote thee? let me count the ways
ii
Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones, Danielle P.
Ochoa, Maria Cecilia C. Gastardo-Conaco,
Kristina Constanza U. Cabochan &
Christie P. Sio
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
As elections are often rife with stories,
scandals and events which shape perceptions
that influence voting behaviors, the current
study explores variations in voters’ perception
of personal and political qualities activated in
the public’s mind as points-of-comparison for
Presidential candidates and their relationship
to actual voting decisions. Data from 109
voters (females = 74; mean age = 18.96)
collected within a week after the 2016
presidential elections revealed that contenders
(Binay, Santiago, Duterte, Poe, and Roxas)
differed significantly on Empathy, Integrity,
Political Will, Corruption, Ability to Solve
Problems and Undesirable Political
Connections. Results provide insights as to
why particular candidates received the most
(least) number of votes (e.g., Santiago = 59
votes vs. Binay = 0 votes) among participants,
and how supporters of specific Presidential
aspirants (e.g., Duterte voters) differed from
non-supporters in their evaluations of
candidates' strengths and liabilities. Findngs
are discussed in relation to prior studies on the
role and contribution of intra-voter individual
differences on electorate decisions and voting
preferences.
Symposium 21: F10
Exploring the Well-Being of Students
from Special Populations
Moniq Muyargas
Convener
The Intra-Personal and Interpersonal
Adjustments of Student Transferees
Jewel Angel Mae Y. Pablo, Mary Jeremylca
C. Mariano, Emerie A. Santos, Alicia Q.
Tablizo & Wendy A. Traballo
Our Lady of Fatima University-Antipolo
The study intended to have a deeper and richer
understanding about the interpersonal and
intrapersonal adjustment of the student
transferees. The study identifies how they
handle their adjustments in transferring to their
new environment. Seven participants were
selected from a tertiary institution in the
Province of Rizal. The study utilizes a semi-
structured interview in gathering the data. The
data that has been collected underwent the
process of coding or organizing the data,
interpreting the insights and information given
by the participants and creating themes by the
pattern that emerge in the data using Braun &
Clarke (2006). The result of the study revealed
that the student transferees do experienced
adjustments and it also shows the result of their
coping strategies in handling or adjusting to
their new environment. Their adjustments and
coping strategies are not consistent and it
differs from one another. The student
transferees undergo different adjustments and
they have different coping strategies in
handling their adjustments.
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Problem Areas and Coping of Student
Leaders of University of Pangasinan
Karl Anthony S. Rufo
Lyceum Northwestern University
The research was designed to measure the
problem areas and coping strategies of the
student leaders of Lyceum-Northwestern
University to aid the University Student Affairs
Professionals in developing programs that
would address the problem areas facing
different organizations. A cross-sectional
survey was utilized in this study with 105
student leaders; 87 students belonging to
academic organizations and 18 students from
the non-academic organizations. Results show
that student leaders of both academic and non-
academic organizations excel in the
Multicultural Competency and Meaningful
Interpersonal Relationship indicating that they
seek out relationships outside their own
ethnicity. Being in a university with diverse
cultures may have developed these individuals
in having meaningful interpersonal relationship
with others. However, student leaders scored
low in the area of assessment and evaluation
indicating as a problem area. Results also
show that they utilize Strategic Planning and
Reflective Coping Strategies or using
brainstorming, analyzing problems and
breaking down extensive tasks into
manageable components when coping with
their problems. Reflective coping strategies
were used more by leaders from non-academic
organizations. In general, the problem areas
and coping strategies of student leaders were
dependent on their type of organizations.
Psychological Factors of Disengagement of
Irregular Schooling Among Alternative
Learning System learners
Phillip Ramir L. Punzalan
The Philippines Women’s University
The study evaluated the psychological factors
of disengagement of irregular schooling among
(30) Alternative Learning System learners
using qualitative action research documentary
semi – structured questionnaire through
narrative documentary analyses and audio-
video recording as evidence data. It showed
that family problem, excessive worrying, lack of
self-confidence, shyness and ignored by others
were the major reasons of not attending the
elementary and secondary education before
Alternative Learning System. The experiences
of participants of not being in school for several
years were caused by poverty, teenage
employment, being emotionally affected,
feeling hopeless, regretful and disappointed in
accomplishing their goals. Further, it was
revealed that the participants’ present behavior
led them to utilize the positive effects of
becoming a better individual in transforming
them such as: character development, spiritual
growth, good interpersonal relationship,
learning experience and career development.
It was concluded that majority of the
participants, manifested the psychological
factors of not attending the formal schooling
were factors linked to personal, social,
emotional development, life events, school,
child and family coping strategies and attitudes
of learning.
Losing Sight but Gaining Vision
Pat Kathlyn Dione Datul-Ramirez
Assumption College-Makati
The research aimed to find out the profile of the
selected visually impaired students when
grouped according to gender, nature of
blindness and degree of blindness. It also
delved on discussing the common goals of the
respondents with external and internal locus of
control. A mixed method design was utilized in
this study. Initially, a descriptive design was
employed in order to characterize the blind
respondents as to the demographic variables
chosen. The following findings were generated:
majority of the respondents are males,
congenital blind and total blind. Thereafter, a
comparative analysis as to their locus of control
was carried out. When grouped according to
the identified demographic variables, the
dominant groups are all leaning towards
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internal locus of control. Also, it was revealed
that there is no significant difference when
grouped according to gender (t=0.532), nature
of blindness (t=0.339) and degree of blindness
(t=0.364). Finally, in depth queries were
developed to determine their life goals. By
using thematic analysis, the kinds of goals
were determined according to the respondents’
daily routine, acceptance and adjustment on
their situation, aspirations and long-term goals.
In comparing the life goals of respondents
having ELOC and ILOC, similarities and
differences were obtained.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
G1 TO G12
September 21, 2018
2:40 PM – 4:10 PM
Learning Session 27: G1
Social Media Impact: Mental Health
Academics & Professionals Can Be
Influencers, Too
Ronald Del Castillo
University of the Philippines - Manila
Research and evidence-based practice are
limited by traditional media. Subscription and
library access are not available to most
Filipinos. Journal articles, books, and other
outputs are rarely picked up by the media.
These are also typically long and jargon heavy.
Mental health research, practice, and
advocacy thus rarely go beyond the field.
Filipinos are one of the most digitally
connected communities in the world. With the
rise of mental health consciousness in the
country, there is a pressing need to use social
media as a complement to traditional media.
Social media is also a low-cost alternative to
disseminate research and raise awareness of
evidence-based practice. With the proliferation
of ‘fake news’ and half-baked philosophies,
social media is also a way for academics and
professionals to more widely address
misperceptions about mental health and
thereby also de-stigmatize mental wellbeing. In
this session participants will learn why and how
they can make digital impact. Participants will
acquire basic skills in developing a
professional presence in the most common
social media tools. Participants will also learn
how to optimize rewards and minimize risks of
exposure to mass consumption. Finally,
participants will learn how to identify outcomes
and measure the impact of their digital
presence. Academics and professionals are
well positioned to be social media influencers.
Forum 14: G2
Parent Issues and Children Vulnerability
Karen Joy Patayon
Moderator
Death of A Parent: Its Effects On Students’
Psychological Well-Being And Academic
Resilience
Jazmin Joy E. Dizon, Daniel T. Dizon &
Beverly Grace T. Palma
Tarlac State University
Filipino’s culture of close-family ties and
collectivism has been salient characteristics in
our country and that the void of a family
member, especially a parent, may create not
only an internal turmoil but also a
developmental hazard to a child’s well-being.
With that, this study attempted to find out the
effects on the students’ psychological well-
being (through the use of Ryff Scales of
Psychological Well-being) and their academic
resilience (through the use of Academic
Resilience Scale-30). It was found out from the
sixty bereaved respondents from ages 7-21,
majority of them obtained average level of
psychological well-being and low to average
academic resilience. The correlation for both
variable was found as weak as well.
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Differences on the effects based on the gender
of the student and the deceased parent and the
age of the student when their parent died was
identified. Coping mechanisms utilized by the
students were also thoroughly analyzed. Since
the trauma of a significant loss for a child takes
time and requires patience and understanding
especially from significant adults (such as
relatives, guidance counselors, teachers), this
study will make a substantial contribution to
catering bereaved students through the
Guidance and Counseling services and
programs in schools.
Parental Separation In Childhood: Impact
On Later Commitment Towards Romantic
Relationships
Jasmine Nadja Pinugu & Sharon Rose
Alberto
Mapua University
Previous studies found that parental separation
affects the developing behavior and perception
of a child. The researchers decided that the
participants in this research are offspring of
separated couples, do not live together
anymore, and aged 15-35 years old (to include
adolescents and late adolescents, as well as
young adults). Two hundred fifty-six (256)
people responded for the quantitative part of
the study, and 6 participants were invited for
the qualitative part of the study. This study
utilized a mixed methods approach, not only to
measure the commitment level of the
participants but also to have an in-depth
knowledge on how their parents’ separation
affected their commitment and view of it as
well, in a romantic relationship. The study
involved psychometric testing for the
quantitative part regarding the construct,
through the use of Caryl Rusbult’s commitment
scale to measure the participants’ commitment
level. The quantitative part showed a
significant difference in the commitment level
of the participants with 0.000277 p-value. The
qualitative part involved one-on-one semi
structured interview. The result of the
qualitative part suggests that parental
separation affect the offspring’s commitment in
romantic relationships by boosting their
determination to make their romantic
relationship last.
In the Eyes of the Cild: The Experiences,
Challenges, Coping Strategies and
Aspirations of Adolescent Children of
Incarcerated Mothers
Jamela Zoe Mangudadatu
Jayzelle A. Lim
Ana Nelia Lopez-Jumamil
Chastine R. Enriquez
Rhys Matthew Fernandez
Angelica Leira Santiano
Far Eastern University
Abstract: This qualitative research explored the
experiences. Challenges, coping strategies
and aspirations of adolescent children of
incarcerated mothers. Semi structured
interviews were utilized and conducted to
selected adolescent children of incarcerated
mothers to explore their experiences,
challenges, coping strategies and aspirations.
This study made use of qualitative research
design and in treating the collected data,
thematic analysis was utilized. The results
revealed three themes for the experiences and
challenges which include : experiencing
personal stress; encountering familial crises
and societal stigmatization. In coping
strategies, three themes emerged such as:
clinging to God, looking for an outlet and facing
life’s difficulties. Lastly, four themes surfaced
from aspirations, namely: remaining positive
against all odds, being closer with God, being
closer with family and having the drive to fulfill
dreams in life. The findings of the study also
manifested that family support is a factor that
influences the resiliency of the adolescents and
they rely on each other to maintain the
connections of the family and address the
incarceration of their mother. Keywords:
experiences, challenges, coping strategies,
aspirations, adolescents, incarcerated mothers
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Disciplining Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD) as a Family Responsibility
Alessandra Arpon
Philippine Normal University
Ma. Jenina Nalipay
De La Salle University
Imposing discipline to children is important in
order to prepare them to eventually become
responsible persons. There are many sources
of information on how to discipline a child, but
when a child has an autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) the family is usually left to figure it out on
their own. The purpose of the study is to
explore how the entire family deals with the
issue of disciplining a child with ASD. Focus
group discussions were conducted among 12
mothers of children with ASD. The data were
analyzed using thematic analysis. Results
show that from the perspective of mothers,
each member of the family has unique features
in showing discipline. The mother is portrayed
as the initiator of discipline. She is viewed as
strict yet accepting, understanding, patient,
and persistent. On the other hand, the father
usually responds to the mother’s cues of
discipline. The other children in the family,
while being disciplined by their parents, are
also taught and expected to impose discipline
on their sibling with ASD. This study implies
that it takes the whole family to discipline a
child with ASD. These findings can inform the
design of family intervention for children with
ASD.
Learning Session 28: G3
The Basics of Clinical Supervision
Anna Cristina Tuazon
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Joanna HerreraMedMom Institute for
Human Development
Clinical supervision is an essential process in
the development of clinical practitioners into
professionals who can carry out the
responsibilities of providing attuned,
competent, and ethical care. Not only is
supervision important as the clinical
psychologist enters into practice, it is also
deemed best practice to continually seek
supervision throughout one’s career. This
learning session provides an introduction to
supervision for practitioners of clinical
psychology. By the end of the learning session,
participants should be able to: (a) identify and
delineate the roles and responsibilities of the
clinical supervisor, (b) familiarize themselves
with the structure of clinical supervision, (c)
identify key supervision practices for facilitating
learning and growth in the supervisee, and (d)
master ethical guidelines in clinical
supervision. The learning session will include a
didactic presentation, case vignettes, and a
reflective exercise to highlight the importance
of use-of-self in the supervision process.
Symposium 22: G4
Well-Being and Positive Self-Identity
among LGBT Individuals
Beatriz Torre
Convener
Teach a Man to “Fish”: Filipino Drag
Queens Perceptions of Beauty and
Experiences with Femininity
Iris Victoria R. Malong
University of the Philippines-Diliman
While there is an emerging niche for drag
queens in Manila, the generally held view of
drag queens in the Philippines is still confined
to baklas and parloristas. In line with exploring
drag culture, the study aims to understand the
perceptions of drag queens regarding beauty
and how they view femininity and feminine
roles (e.g., motherhood, sisterhood) in their
workplaces. A qualitative method was utilized
through semi-structured, face-to-face
interviews with four Filipino drag queens who
work in a gay bar in Metro Manila. Thematic
analysis revealed four major themes, namely,
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The Family that Slays Together: Familial
Relations, Her Face is Beat: Achieving Drag,
“She has More Balls”: Drag Transformation,
and I Live for the Applause: Empowerment
through Validation. These overarching themes
of femininity and beauty interact and may lead
to empowerment. The study was limited by the
homogeneity of the participant pool, therefore,
further studies should consider participants
from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and
take into account other intersectional factors.
Sexuality, Body Image, and Well-Being: The
Search for Acceptance and Visibility
Roderick E. Penalosa
California Institute of Integral Studies
Body image has three different dimensions:
how well we know and experience our own
bodies; how our bodies impact our relationship
with others; how our culture influences
perceptions about the body. In the socio-
centric culture of the Filipinos, physical
appearance is crucial in terms of social
acceptance and sexual desirability in the gay
community. A pervasive standard of beauty
must be met to gain social belonging and
sexual visibility. Feelings of unworthiness as a
result of invisibility and rejection subject gay
men to stress, body dissatisfaction, eating
disorders, sexual promiscuity and
irresponsibility, anxiety, and depression. This
qualitative research shows a compelling
correlation between Filipino gay men’s sexual
satisfaction, their self-perceived desirability,
and potential sexual partners’ perceptions of
their attractiveness based solely on body
image. Eight self-identified gay men have been
interviewed for this study. Their self-
assessment indicates that their sexuality and
sociality are strongly influenced by their
physical appearance. Social acceptance
validates the self-esteem and visibility aspects
of the Filipino people, and the sense of
belonging for Filipino gay men are contingent
upon their capacity to be seen, to matter, and
to be significant.
Making Gay Okay: Enhancement of
Positive Gay Identity Among Filipino Gay
Men
Leonel J. Relis
St. Scholastica’s College Tacloban /
University of the Philippines Diliman
Members of marginalized groups such as gay
people may adopt strategies to improve their
status (Ellemers & Halsam, 2011). These
strategies are determined by aspects that they
find personally important which, in turn, are
shaped by how they see themselves relative to
others (Sedikides, Gaertner, & Toguchi, 2003).
This study examined Filipino gay men’s
valuation for positive gay identity aspects as an
outcome of their self-construal and a predictor
of identity management strategies. An online
survey was conducted among 200 Filipino gay
men who are 18 years old and above.
Regression analyses revealed that while
independent self-construal did not predict
valuation for self-oriented aspects of positive
gay identity, interdependent self-construal
predicted other-oriented aspects. This
valuation, however, failed to predict strategies
that gay men employ to enhance their positive
gay identity. Instead, independent, but not
interdependent, self-construal predicted
identity management strategies. Other
individual characteristics of gay men such as
level of gay identification and valuation for the
positive gay identity were also analyzed to see
how they influence social creativity and social
competition. Results showed that these
characteristics also predicted strategies
mentioned. Interestingly, they were also
predicted by self-construal. In light of these
findings, examination of the mediating role of
gay identification and valuation for positive gay
identity between a gay man’s self-construal
and strategies he employs to enhance his
positive identity was recommended.
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Forum 15: G5
Leadership Styles and Management
Practices
Joyce Mondejar Dy
Moderator
Organizational Culture as a Predictor of
Leadership Style, Employee Engagement
and Work Performance of Non-Academic
Employees in Selected Private Universities
in Metro Manila
May Margaret Sison & Rosalia Caballero
University of Santo Tomas
The study determined the organizational
culture in selected private universities as
perceived by permanent rank and file
employees, and its relationship to the
leadership style, work engagement and work
performance. The research used a socio-
demographic profile questionnaire, New
Competing Values Scale, Multifactor
Leadership Questionnaire, Utrecht Work
Engagement Survey, and Role Based
Performance Scale. Respondents perceived
their organizations with Market Culture, they
observe their organization to value productivity,
efficiency and goal setting. Correlation results
showed significant relationship among
organizational culture, employee engagement,
and work performance. Multiple regression
analysis predicted the interaction of leadership
style, employee engagement, and work
performance based on organizational culture.
Organizational culture and its primary values
influence the work behavior of the members of
the organization, by way of people count on
these values to guide their work-related
decisions and actions. Keywords:
Organizational Culture, Leadership styles,
Employee Engagement, Work Performance
How Managers Perform: Competencies,
Personal and Management Styles
Casto M. Ignacio
Org Mgt and Dev Systems, Inc.
This presentation imparts knowledge on how
Filipino managers have performed as a
function of their education, level of
management, personal and management
styles . Data generated is from the participants
from various companies who have participated
in our managerial assessment workshops
across the country. Participants will leave with
an understanding of such factors as: • Why
management development programs produce
little performance improvement; • What
methodology and models were used to assess
managers ; • How the 12 competencies were
determined in numerous organizations; • What
performance levels exist in different industry
groups ; • How senior, middle, and first-level
managers compare in performance; • What
relationship (correlation) exists between rank
and education level; • How education level
influences management style; • How cultural
values drive management style (Asian vs. Non
Asian style); • What relationships exist between
style and levels of competency; • How our
Filipino managers compare with other (15)
countries compare on style, competencies, and
task and people values. Presenter: Casto
Merza Ignacio, RPsy President. Organization
Management and Development Systems, Inc.
Mindful Management Training and New
Zealand Project Managers’ Well-being
Maria Concepcion V. Umali
ICL Graduate School, Auckland, New
Zealand
This study reports the results of a pilot trial of
Mindful Management Training (MMT), a
program for project managers. The primary
aim is to develop personal management skills
(resilience, managing stress, fostering well-
being, assertiveness, creative and analytical
problem-solving) through the practice of
mindfulness, defined as the awareness of
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one’s thoughts, emotions, sensations, actions
and surroundings in the present moment.
The author used pre-post measures and a six-
week follow-up on a sample of project
managers (n=30) from diverse background in
New Zealand. The MMT group received a
weekly four-hour training over ten weeks.
Qualitative individual interviews and focus
groups were conducted with the participants at
five time points to further assess the subjective
experiences of the participants.
Relative to control group (n =34), the MMT
participants reported decreased negative
stress and increase feelings of calmness,
relaxation, self-acceptance, Improvements in
managing emotions and decreased in physical
tiredness and aches were significant in the
treatment group at the conclusion of the
program.
The MMT participants significantly increased
their mindfulness skills, including observing
and acting with awareness. Scores on
wellbeing, i.e. life satisfaction, hope, anxiety
improved and were generally maintained at
follow-up. Qualitative data reveal additional
benefits, such as improved concentration and
better interpersonal relationships, less reactive
to negative stress, more discerning decisions,
better project performance, greater openness
to creative insights and ideas, Qualitative
feedback indicated a high degree of
satisfaction.
Encouraging participants to practice between
sessions may further increase the benefits of
MMT. Future research should consider a
longer follow-up period to sustain the training
benefits.
Using a mixed method approach, this pilot
study revealed that MMT is a viable and
valuable psychological intervention for
enhancing wellbeing of project managers.
Key words: mindful management, training,
evaluation, pilot study, project managers
Forum 16: G6
Sexuality and Sexual Behaviors
John Manuel Kliatchko
Moderator
Makulay na Mundo ng Pantasya: Lived
Experiences of Couples Engaging in
Swinging; Reasons for Engagement,
Challenges and Its Implication,
Michael R. De Vera Elijah V. Fuertes &
Katherine C. Abutan
Far Eastern University- Manila
Swinging is a type of Consensual Non-
Monogamy which violates the conservative
traditional notion of relationships here in the
Philippines. Swinging in this study is defined as
giving consent of couples to each other to have
sexual activity with other person outside their
relationship. A qualitative research method
was used to explore the lived experiences of
Filipino swinger couples (3 heterosexual
couples), their reason for engagement, the
challenges they encounter and its implication
to their lives. Focus Group Discussion was
used in gathering data from the respondents
and through rigorous thematic analysis, the
themes that were derived for reasons for
engagement are sexual fantasy and
experiences. The category of challenges
revealed three themes: emotional concerns,
maintaining discreetness of the community and
its members, and criteria in selecting sexual
partners. Lastly, satisfaction of couples,
feelings of compersion, strengthening
relationship, limitations set by the swinging
community, separation of love and sex,
harmony among the members of swinging
community, distinction and uniqueness of
swingers and common factors of swingers
within community are the themes formed under
the implication. This study is a maiden
research exploring swinging lifestyle in the
Philippines.
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No Chubs, No Effems: Strategies Applied
by Men in Dating Apps
Arlen Sandino Barrameda
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Studies on media and body image have long
focused on female subjects (Amazue, 2014;
Berman & White, 2013; Franko et al. 2013;
Spurr, Berry, & Walker, 2013; McCabe &
Ricciardelli, 2001), but with the advent of dating
applications and the popularization of
physically fit men, the effects of media and
male’s body image comes into scrutiny. Social
media such as dating applications make
feedback from potential partners quicker, thus
giving dating applications both the effect of
media influence and peer influence on body
image. Competing with other men within the
dating applications also increases the
probability of social comparison. Social
comparison and media-peer influences on
body image will affect one’s self-esteem due to
having a negative identity (categorizing one’s
self as undesirable) which may ultimately lead
users to augment how they present themselves
by editing their online identity or by improving
their offline identity. Based on the qualitative
data, straight men opted to augment their
online identities while sexual minority men
either changed their offline selves or tried to
use their other characteristics in order to initiate
attraction.
Lived Experiences of Young Persons With
More Than 100 Sexual Partners In Their
Lifetime
Anna Kathrina Oaminal-Watin
University of Cebu & AKVO Applied
Psychology Center
The study looked into the lived experiences of
young persons with more than 100 sexual
partners in their lifetime. This utilized individual
interviews and focus group discussion. The
study revealed that they come from a wide
range of demographics. They are in touch with
their sexuality and fearless to contradict sexual
norms, have libidos that have been served by
both masculine and feminine sexual functions.
During sex, they tend to focus their attention
and efforts on pleasing their partners. They
tend to give pleasure than to receive. They
attempt to provide meaning in their lives
through sex. Sex is a means for them to
validate self-worth.
Symposium 23: G7
The Status of Psychological Assessment
& the Devt & Validation of Psychological
Tests in the Philippines
Katrina F. Resurreccion
Convener
Development and Validation of Happiness
Scale for Filipino Adolescents
Chester Alan R. Merza
Saint Louis College - Pampanga
Happiness is a state of well-being and
measuring it through a scale is necessary for
self-awareness. This study is a descriptive-
evaluative research type that employed
quantitative measures of behavior. It aimed to
develop and validate a happiness scale for
Filipino adolescents. One-way ANOVA was
utilized for the statistical difference while factor
analysis for component reduction and
identification. Findings showed that
respondents’ profile is varied on adolescence
fraction, sex, and grade level. Most of the
respondents are mostly happy because of
frequent experience along the determinants of
happiness. Moreover, there is no significant
difference along the variable sex whereas the
fraction of adolescence differed. Early
adolescents were found to be significantly
happier than middle adolescents. In the scale
construction, two factors are developed,
namely the Positive CogAffEx (Cognition-
Affect-Experience) and Negative CogAffEx
(Cognition-Affect-Experience). The scale has
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an acceptable reliability and validity. Raw score
is converted into a stanine score for a more
interpretable data.
The Status of Psychological Assessment in
the Philippines
Ma. Caridad H. Tarroja, Jeffrey Sanchez,
Patricia D. Simon & Ma. Araceli B. Alcala
De La Salle University
This is a research project on understanding the
status of psychological assessment in the
Philippines. It will look into the current
practices, knowledge, skills, and attitudes of
practitioners in this field. Members of the
Psychological Association of the Philippines,
and other selected groups, will be surveyed.
Phase 1 of the study looks at their training,
knowledge, skills, and perceptions of
practitioners about projective techniques and
phase 2 looks at current assessment practices
from test selection to delivering test results.
Training and supervision experience of
practitioners will also be looked into. Data
analysis will be largely descriptive, although
thematic analysis will also be done from open
ended questions embedded in the survey, to
explore the challenges, best practices, and
needs of practitioners with regard to
assessment.
Learning, Executive, and Attention
Functioning (Leaf) Scale: A Validation
Study Among Filipino Deaf Sample
Christina Sison
Marcella Sintos
De La Salle - College of St. Benilde
Assessing the cognitive and learning abilities of
deaf learners is a challenge among
practitioners due to lack of appropriate and
valid assessment tools (Hughes, Sapp, &
Kohler, 2006). To contribute to the field
regarding this issue, this study was done to
validate the Learning, Executive, and Attention
Functioning Scale (LEAF, Kronenberger, 2006)
among Filipino deaf sample in order to
evaluate its usability in academic setting. LEAF
Scale is a 55-item, 4-point scale that measures
attention, executive, and organizational-
integrative functions. It is composed of 11
factors that are further classified as cognitive
(learning and executive functioning) or
academic. Using the Parent Scale version, 45
teachers evaluated their deaf students’
capabilities in the classroom. Data on 269 deaf
students were gathered and analyzed using
second-order confirmatory factor analysis,
whereby two models of LEAF Scale are
compared. Results show that both models are
acceptable with an adequate measure of
reliability for each subscale. This indicates the
appropriateness and usability of LEAF scale
among deaf sample in academic setting.
Hence, this tool may be useful in identifying
strengths and weaknesses that will aid in
recommending appropriate interventions for
deaf students.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE CURRENT
EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES
AMONG COMPANIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
Gerald Blasa Peñaranda
De La Salle University
Almost a decade since the passage of
Republic Act 10029, more popularly known as
the Philippine Psychology Act of 2009, much
has already been achieved in the
professionalization of psychology through the
board examinations and other initiatives. Yet
the impact of the law remains to be seen in the
industry, particularly in the proper use of
psychological evaluation and assessment for
management decisions, as well as decisions
for the need to hire psychometricians and
psychologists. Another relatively new
legislation that has important implications on
the protection of psychological information is
R.A. 10173, or the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
Utilizing survey data from more than 100
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companies in the Philippines, the aim of this
paper is to examine the current level of
compliance with the key provisions of these
laws among human resource practitioners.
This paper also reviews the extent to which
companies are using research-based
employee selection methods. Facilitating and
hindering factors to good practices are
identified, and important implications to
practice and research are discussed.
Keywords: psychological evaluation, employee
selection, data privacy, personal information
Symposium 24: G8
The Challenge of Bringing Ginhawa to
University Students: The UP Diliman
Experience
Violeta V. Bautista
Convener
Exploring the Clinical Issues that Burden
University Students
Claudinne Tecson, Nisseth Carrido, Kim
Ronaline Salvador, Gieselle B.l Principe,
Karyl Abog, Anna Cristina A. Tuazon, Divine
Love A. Salvador & Violeta V. Bautista
University of the Philippines-Diliman
The paper presents the statistics both
quantitative and qualitative data on the mental
health and wellbeing problems and needs of
students seeking counseling and therapy in the
UP Diliman campus. Using quantitative data, it
presents an overall picture of the types of
mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
problems that impel requests for counseling at
the UPD PsycServ Office. Using content
analysis of clinical case notes and assessment
data, it focusses on describing and analyzing
thethe study describes patterns in students’
problem development, help seeking behavior,
and problem management. tThe dominance of
depression related problems and the big
percent of suicidal ideations in the recorded
cases are discussed together with their
associated causative factors culled from case
notes. Themes from case study analysis such
as problems being compounded with passage
of time without intervention, the issue with
emotional reactivity as sub clinical diagnosis,
and the problem of overemphasis on
performance as against learning are presented
and analyzed. of students who have presented
themselves for counseling and/or
psychotherapy at the UPD PsycServ Office.
Taking off from an evidence-based
appreciation of the nature of the problem and
the help seeking behavior of UP Diliman
students, Tthe paper ends with
recommendations on the development of
prevention and treatment programs for the said
population. Note: Is there no way to add 1 or 2
sentences to describe patterns already
identified in the data? The abstract comes
across as spouting intentmethod without actual
data yet. 1 or 2 descriptions of results (ex.
important themes such as, for example,
compounding of problems as time passes,
hence, the importance of early intervention and
“time from symptom to first instance of help” as
a potentially powerful indicator of positive
prognosis) will help to make this abstract come
across as describing actual results already.
Mobilizing the Faculty as Lifelines to
Students in Distress
Karyl Abog, Nisset Carrido, Kim Salvador,
Gieselle Principe, Divine Salvador & Violeta
Bautista
UP Diliman Psychosocial Services (UPD
PsycServ)
Teachers by their very functions are
strategically positioned in identifying and
providing basic support to students who are
experiencing psychosocial distress. This paper
describes the “Learning to be a Lifeline”
workshop which seeks to equip faculty
members of the UP Diliman campus in
providing basic psychosocial support to their
students. After ten (10) runs to more than three
hundred (300) faculty members, the paper
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presents qualitative and quantitative evaluation
data that points to the helpfulness of such a
program in preparing university teachers to
fulfill non-academic functions such as being
attuned to MHPSS concerns and constructively
acting on situations that warrant active
response. Interviews with selected participants
at least a month after the workshop indicate
that the high ratings on the “helpfulness” of the
workshop is associated with positive
experiences such as: (i) enhanced awareness
of psychosocial dimensions to students’
engagements in class and consultation
meetings; (ii) enhanced empathy for students
who present psychosocial concerns in their
consultations; (iii) greater clarity on what the
university is doing to respond to the problem;
(iv) greater confidence in talking with students
who seem to present psychosocial problems,
and (v) validation of their perception of student
difficulties by student narratives.
Mindfulness as a Tool for Relapse
Prevention Among Students on Remission
from Depression
Nisset Carido, Kim Salvador, Gieselle
Principe, Karyl Abog & Violeta Bautista
UP Clinical Psychology Program of the UP
Department of Psychology and the UP
Diliman Psychosocial Services (UPD
PsycServ)
There are substantive claims found in foreign
literature with regards the effectiveness of
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
in preventing relapse among adult clients
dealing with depression. There is, however, a
need to determine if MBCT is an effective
relapse prevention tool for Filipino students.
The paper presents data from a study which
looks into the effectiveness of MBCT in
preventing relapse among UP Diliman students
who have gone through brief psychotherapy
with psychosocial support specialists (PSS) at
UPD PsycServ. Effectiveness data include
responses from Beck Depression Inventory II,
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Symptom
Checklist-90-Revised (SC: - 90 – R), and
Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scales 21 (DASS
21) as well as narratives from individual
interviews and focus group discussions among
participants to the group therapy sessions.
Recommendations on pathways to
contextualization of the approach to Filipinos
and to a young population which includes
adolescent and young adult university students
are also presented.
Creating a Total Inclusive Environment for
Students with Psychosocial Disability
Gieselle Bayhon-Principe, Nisset Carrido,
Kim Salvador, Karyl Abog, Violeta Bautista,
Anna Tuazon & Divine Salvador
UP Clinical Psychology Program of UPD
Department of Psychology and UP
Psychosocial Services (UPD PsycServ)
There are now existing laws that protect and
promote the rights of persons with disability
(PWD). One such law is the Republic Act No.
7277 (1987) or the Magna Carta for Disabled
Persons that assures them of quality education
by, that is requiring that making schools be so
they are responsive to the needs of this special
population. Unfortunately, despite this law and
other emerging guidelines, schools in the
country are slow in developing policies,
guidelines, and procedures that will makes
their classrooms and campuses truly inclusive.
This paper presents initial efforts of UP
Diliman, through its “Creating A Total Inclusive
Environment (TIE UP) Program”, to address
the academic and psychosocial needs of
students with psychosocial disabilities such as
ADHD, mild autism, affective and psychotic
disorders to name but a few. Through selected
case studies of these special students being
helped by the Program, the paper maps out
terrains for institutionalizing policies,
processes, and programs for making the
university a place where such students can
experience healthy and effective
accommodation and thus find flourish and
thriving. Some pathways to institutionalization
identified from case studies include (ii)
networking with personalities within academic
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units who can serve as champions of the
Program; (ii) holding consultations with parents
and students and/or with individual or groups of
faculty; (iii) mobilizing groups of
psychologically minded mentors; (iv)
establishing summer bridge programs; (v)
sharing of concerns, success stories and best
practices among units and parents; (vi)
establishing parents and students therapeutic
groups , to name but a few.
Symposium 25: G9
Political Psychology Symposium on
Philippine Elections 2
Diwa Malaya Quiñones
Convener
The Voice of Charisma: Perceived Charisma
in the Voice of Politicians
Cyrill M. Jose, Isabella Evangelista, Michael
Lewis M. Armas, Isabella Marie G.
Alcanases, Francis Simonh M. Bries,
Jose Roberto P. Sto. Domingo &
Kyle Elijah M. Lucido
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines – Diliman
Charisma is an important characteristic which
people look for in political leaders. Considering
speech patterns, charisma is manifested
primarily through pitch of voice and speech
rate. The topic of charismatic leaders is timely
given the that both U.S. President Trump and
President Duterte are said to exude charisma.
Through a 3 (pitch: low, normal, high) × 3
(speech rate: slow, normal, fast) mixed factorial
experimental design, with pitch as the within-
subjects variable and speech rate as the
between subjects variable, we instructed
participants to listen to audio recordings of a
political speech and asked them to rate the
speaker based on traits related to charisma.
We found no main effect for perceived
charisma based on speech rate, or an
interaction effect between pitch and speed.
However, we found a main effect for pitch, with
participants perceiving the normal-pitched
voice to be significantly more charismatic
relative to low- and high-pitch
conditions. These results can be attributed to
the Filipino value of pakikipagkapwa—
inclusivity, approachability, and equity—which
can be inferred from a person’s speech
patterns. The implications of the study of the
study are as follows: cultural context—
particularly, the core concept of
pakikipagkapwa—may be a distinctive factor in
perceived charisma and subsequently, voting
behavior. We attribute this to how the
participants inferred the values of inclusivity,
approachability, and equity from the speech
patterns of the candidates they were listening
to. The possible implications of the study on
actual voting behavior, particularly the
influence of markers of perceived
pakikipagkapwa, will also be discussed.
More than Meets the Eye: Voting and
Perceived Leadership Qualities Through
Biological Motion
Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones, Ma. Iannhil
Palima, Pamela Carrera, Andre Marcel
Bolinao & Ruod Christopher Ariete
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines – Diliman
We think we vote based on objective
rationality. In this study, we tested the
hypothesis that people can create impressions
of others based only on minimal biological
motion. Corollary to this, in the context of
choosing leaders, we posit that people are
influenced by the nonverbal bodily movements
manifested by leadership post candidates. To
test these, we asked participants to choose
who they will vote for among three point light
displays (i.e., moving stick figures) that
represented mayoral candidates (but who were
actually candidates Duterte, Poe, and Roxas
from the last Philippine presidential elections).
We asked them as well what leadership
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qualities they perceived in the three
candidates’ stick figures. Initially not knowing
the identities behind the candidates, and just
based on the candidates’ moving stick figures,
participants associated different qualities to
each of them. They also voted differently based
on the respective biological movements of
these candidates. Surprisingly, the results
predicted who won the Philippines’ last
presidential elections. The study provides initial
evidence that implicit person perception
processes do influence people’s electoral
decision making.
Exploring Charisma and Morality in the
2016 Philippine Presidential Elections
Charisma has been characterized as essential
to both Duterte’s victory (Francisco, 2017;
Curato, 2016), and Roxas’s defeat (Gonzales,
2015; Dominguez, 2016) in the 2016 elections.
Study 1 explores this dynamic using a
systematic framework that assesses the
prevalence of charismatic leadership tactics
(CLTs; Antonakis et al., 2011) utilized in the
kick-off speeches of candidates in the 2016
Presidential Election with independent raters.
However, charisma is also said to be perceived
only by those who share similar values.
Therefore Study 2 assesses candidates’
espoused Moral Foundations through a
translated Moral Foundations Dictionary term-
matching procedure (Graham et al., 2009).
Study 3, meanwhile, uses text-mining and
word-network analysis on the previous corpus
and the national debates transcript. Initial
results see Duterte as having a markedly
different CLTs profile than rival candidates,
although Poe prevails in overall density
(CLTs/total sentence count). Moreover,
candidates differ in evoked Moral Foundations,
while interestingly exhibiting different Moral
Foundation profiles from those in the United
States. Word frequency featured expected
(“daang matuwid”, “Davao”) and unexpected
findings, which are further interpreted through
closely-occurring word networks. The 3 studies
elaborate on each other’s findings, and serve
as tentative explorations into the moral,
charismatic and rhetorical realms of the
Philippine elections.
Forum 17: G10
Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
Cely Magpantay
Moderator
Adolescents’ Causal Attributions for
Mental Illness, Attitudinal Correlates, and
Socio-demographic Determinants
Raffy Jones G. Sanchez
FLK Psychological Testing Center
The causal attributions for mental illness, their
attitudinal correlates, and socio-demographic
determinants were surveyed among randomly
selected high school students (n=520).
Respondents reported what they thought
caused mental illness; answered a pre-tested
and reliable version of the Causal Dimension
Scale III; and completed validated versions of
the Attitudes towards Mental Health Services
scale to measure evaluations towards
psychological services and the Community
Attitudes towards Mental Illness Questionnaire
to capture stigma. There was heterogeneity in
their causal attributions, reflecting the impact of
microsystemic and mesosytemic environments
on adolescent cognition, as well as its formal
operational advances. External locus and
personal controllability were linked to favorable
evaluations of psychological services. External
locus, increased personal controllability,
decreased external controllability, and
temporal causation alleviated stigma. Personal
controllability became insignificant in battling
stigma, as adolescents grew older. Consistent
with the literature, sex-based differences in
cognitions and attitudes about help-seeking
and stigma were found. Increased personal
controllability significantly correlated with
positive help-seeking attitudes in younger
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adolescents. In older adolescents, the said
dimension was accompanied by external locus
in engendering favorable help-seeking
judgments. While stigma dampens help-
seeking, their distinct attributional frameworks
may indicate a possible way to advance help-
seeking attitudes amidst the pervasiveness of
stigma. Implications for psycho-education were
discussed.
Career Decision Making Difficulties Among
Junior High School Students of A Catholic
School in The Diocese of Bayombong
Jeferson Callangan
May Juliet Palina
Saint Louis School and Saint Mary's
University
Abstract This study aims to provide more
understanding on the career decision making
difficulties among junior high school students of
a catholic school in the diocese of Bayombong.
Using purposive sampling method, 534
respondents were selected (223 males and
301 females). Two questionnaires, the
demographic questionnaires and the career
decision-making difficulties questionnaire were
used. The data were analyzed using
frequency, percentage, mean, standard
deviation, Spearman’s rho, Mann-Whitney U
test, and Kruskal Wallis. Results revealed that
sex, family economic status, family structure,
father’s highest educational attainment,
mother’s highest educational attainment,
father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, track
and strand and future career choice are not
predictors of career decision-making
difficulties. While, the grade level is predictor of
career decision-making difficulties among
junior high school students. Keywords: career
decision-making, social learning theory
Is Academic Self-Efficacy Enough to
Activate Instrumental Peer Help-Seeking?
Raymon Española
Surigao State College of Technology
Consistent with the agentic view of human
development, academic self-efficacy (ASE) is
posited as a strong determinant of adaptive
academic behaviors. However, such
theoretical assumption has yielded largely
inconsistent empirical support when
instrumental peer help-seeking is considered.
This study proposed two differentiated sets of
personal efficacy beliefs: the self-efficacy for
self- and co-regulated learning (SESCoRL)
and the self-efficacy for peer help-seeking
(SEPHS). Twelve specific hypotheses were
formulated, which mainly expressed that the
SESCoRL and the SEPHS were mediators and
more stronger predictors of instrumental peer
help-seeking. A total of 403 college students
were recruited to participate in the study by
accomplishing a self-report questionnaire. The
data were analyzed through structural equation
modeling (SEM) with mediation in AMOS. The
results supported most of the hypotheses. The
link between ASE and instrumental peer help-
seeking was clearly a distant one as SESCoRL
and SEPHS were found to be missing links in
the chain. In other words, ASE activates
instrumental peer help-seeking by virtue of its
effects on SESCoRL and SEPHS. Implications
for practice and recommendations for future
researchers are provided.
Seeing, Appreciating, Creating:
Adolescents’ Well-being in the Experience
of Appreciating Beauty
Roseann Tan-Mansukhani
De La Salle University
Positive psychology acknowledges the role of
beauty in people’s well-being in the character
strength of “appreciation of beauty and
excellence” (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) that
engenders the human capacity to perceive and
contemplate beauty, and experience self-
transcendent emotions, such as awe and
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wonder. The objective of this study was to
describe the experiences of adolescents in
appreciating beauty in their immediate
environment and how this experience
enhanced their well-being. Specifically, these
research questions were addressed: objects of
appreciated beauty; aspects of well-being in
the process of appreciation of beauty; creative
expressions of beauty. Utilizing a qualitative
research approach and having obtained their
informed consent, 22 college students
participated in this study after undergoing a
pedagogical training on appreciation of beauty.
A thematic analysis was done to analyze their
responses in their guided reflection logs.
Natural beauty is the predominant object of
appreciated beauty. Well-being was
experienced in the themes of positive emotions
(happiness, peace, gratitude), increased life
satisfaction, and positive change in
perspective. The respondents’ creative
expressions of beauty were rendered in
various mediums (visual, literary, crafts).
These findings are discussed from the
perspectives of humanistic and transpersonal
psychology, and their implications for the
mental health of adolescents.
Symposium 26: G11
Occupational Health and Experience
Jaimee Felice Caringal Go
Convener
PREDICTING POSITIVE EMPLOYEE
EXPERIENCE
Michelle Guce
People Management Association of the
Philippines
Emerald Jay D. Ilac
Ateneo de Manila University
In this new era of globalization, organizations
are moving into a cognitive era, where
machines are able to learn, reason and interact
with workers, blurring the lines between
technology and people. This does not mean
that technology diminishes the role of people,
but instead, recognizes that people are at the
forefront of organizational health and
improvement. Thus, there is a need to validate
the rewarding experiences for employees in
organizations. This paper conceptualizes
employee experience as a positive and
powerful experience where employees
become more engaged and invested in the
workplace. It aims to look at the different
factors influencing employee experience,
which could help today’s organizations improve
their systems, processes, and structures to
energize their workforces towards greater well-
being and positive performance.
Development and Pilot Evaluation of a
Workplace Substance Use Intervention
Isabel E. Melgar, Arsenio S. Alianan,
Mendiola T. Calleja,
Jaimee Felice Caringal-Go &
Ma. Regina M. Hechanova
Ateneo de Manila University
This study describes the processes undertaken
in the design and pilot implementation of the
“Healthy Me Healthy We” substance use
intervention for organizations. It outlines the
various steps in the development including
needs analysis, module and manual design,
training of the facilitators, and pilot testing.
Results show that there are multiple drivers of
substance use in the workplace, including
personal and organizational factors. Several
considerations in the implementation of a
substance use program at work are also
identified, such as the need to position the
program positively. Results of pilot tests from
participants and facilitators show that the
program is promising in terms of encouraging
healthier coping behaviors and decreasing
substance use. Lessons from the development
process, limitations of the study, and
implications for HR practitioners in
organizations are discussed.
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Antecedents of Substance Use in the
Workplace
Reniel B. Tiu
Ateneo de Manila University
A number of studies have explored the
conditions that lead to substance use among
adolescents, college students and other
populations. There is, however, considerable
lack of research that attempts to identify factors
that lead to substance use among working
professionals. This study explored antecedents
of substance use among Filipino employees. A
focus group discussion was first conducted
among employers from across industries to
determine factors that lead to employee
substance use. Using the results of the focus
group discussion as a guiding framework, a
survey was prepared, which combined existing
questionnaires with items developed by the
researcher. The survey was distributed to
employed adults and yielded a total of 169
responses. Multiple linear regression analysis
revealed that attitudes toward substance use,
work-life balance and workplace wellness
programs predict substance use among
Filipino workers. Employees with
predisposition, habits or ideas relating to
drinking, smoking and/or drug use demonstrate
stronger inclination to substance use. Also,
decreased work-life balance has been found to
predict higher frequency of substance use.
Further, the results showed that the presence
of wellness programs actually foretell, to some
extent, substance use among Filipino
employees rather than preventing it. This
suggests that while seemingly logical,
employee wellness programs may not be as
effective in discouraging substance use among
employees. Organizations must develop other
programs to address employee substance use
problems.
Building a Culture of Workplace Wellness:
Perspectives from Philippine Organizations
Ma. Regina M. Hechanova &
Jaimee Felice Caringal Go
Ateneo de Manila University
This study explores approaches to building a
culture of wellness in the workplace from a
developing country perspective. Focus group
discussions with HR practitioners and health
professionals in the Philippines were
conducted. Deductive thematic analysis was
used to organize the data. Results show that
organizations use a variety of strategies in
building workplace wellness, which could be
classified using the CREATE framework –
Communicate, Role model, Engage
employees, Align systems, structures and
policies, Train, Evaluate and reinforce. The
identified strategies and CREATE framework
can be utilized as a guide for organizations
planning to implement workplace wellness
initiatives in a holistic manner.
Forum 18: G12
Achievement, Job Enrichment and
Passion for Excellence
Gabriel Lizada
Moderator
Towards a Model of Job Enrichment:
Faculty during the K-12 Transition
Samuel Aquino, Jr.
Kidapawan Doctors College, Inc.
The importance of effective transition strategy
anchored on teacher competence is necessary
for successfully navigating the K-12
educational reform. This study intended to
determine if work-related flow, a well-being
construct, is affected by job resources and
emotional labor among teachers handling both
Senior High School Subjects and College
subjects during the K-12 transitions. The
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sample (n=50, 85% of target population in
selected schools) consists of teachers coming
from selected five (5) Higher Education
Institutions in Region 12 offering Senior High
School and composed of almost equal sex,
mostly single, young adults (30-35), with
graduate level education, and of regular status
with at least 5 years of teaching experience.
Multiple regression analysis with mediation and
moderation, after several configurations of
model path analysis, reveal a framework with
job resources as an outcome. Emotional labor
mediates and moderates the relationship
between flow state and autonomy. Results
indicate that Autonomy component of job
resources is significantly mediated by both
work-related flow and emotional labor. This fits
the Self-determination Theory by Deci and
Ryan (2001) indicating that competence (flow
state), relatedness (emotional labor), predict
autonomy and these three result to an
individual’s degree of motivation. The research
affirms that autonomy is derived from a mix of
ability-challenge balance and in-job and non-
task social support. K-12 transition creates
opportunities that challenge sufficiency of
social support (external resource) and personal
competence (internal resource). The results do
not confirm the Job Demands-Resources
Model (Demerouti, Bakker, Nachreiner, and
Schaufeli, 2001) initially posited in the study.
Consequently, academic administrators are
given a framework to enrich teachers’ job
resources to cope with systemic changes.
The Mediating Role of Career Adaptability
and Career Engagement in The
Relationship of Hope and Life Satisfaction
Marc Sherwin Ochoco
Ateneo de Manila University and De La
Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Welison Evenston G. Ty
Ateneo de Manila University
Career development literature that tested the
Career Construction Model of Adaptation
(CCMA; Savickas & Porfeli, 2012) had
examined adaptability resource as a mediator
in the relationship between adaptive readiness
and adaptation results; however, there remains
a need to empirically elaborate the link
between adaptive resources and adapting
response as well as adapting response and
adaptation results. This research tested the
CCMA among 331 Filipino senior high school
students using hope, career adaptability,
career engagement and life satisfaction as
indicators of adaptive readiness, adaptability
resources, adaptive response, and adaptation
results, respectively. Path analyses revealed a
significant serial relationship from hope to life
satisfaction through career adaptability and
career engagement (LL = 0.0025, UL = .1640).
Fit indices demonstrated exact fit (CFI = 1.0,
RMSEA = .00) when the path from hope to
career engagement was added to the
hypothesized model. Significant standardized
path estimates were noted for hope and life
satisfaction, hope and career adaptability,
hope and career engagement, career
adaptability and career engagement, and
career engagement and life satisfaction. The
serial mediation suggests that having career-
related abilities may not be enough to promote
well-being; rather proactive career behaviors
may be taken as a route to a satisfying life.
Limitations and suggestions for future research
are discussed.
Perceived Control of Internal States on
Athlete Engagement: Assessing the
Mediating Role of Achievement Goal
Orientations
Geraldine Go, Frejaneh L. Timogan,
Kenar Xiram L. Acaylar &
Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Self-regulated athletes tend to be more
engaged in sports. A number of studies have
established the close association between self-
regulation and sport engagement. However,
what mediates the relationship warrants further
investigation. This study seeks to examine
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achievement goal orientations as mediator
between perceived control of internal states
(PCIS) and athlete engagement (AE). A
sample of 1138 secondary school students
actively involved in sports competition
answered a packet of questionnaires,
Perceived Control of Internal States Scale,
Athlete Engagement Questionnaire, and
Achievement Goals Questionnaire. Results
revealed that PCIS is linked to AE through
positive approach and avoidance in task, ego
and other goals and negative other-avoidance
goals. Athletes who control their thoughts,
feelings, and behaviour are more likely to
utilise task-approach goal orientations (to
succeed due to the desire to master and learn
from experience), ego-approach goal
orientations (to succeed and outperform
others), other-approach goal (to succeed due
obtain good interpersonal relationships)
leading to enhanced sports engagement. The
findings underscore multiple goal orientation to
mediate the relationship between PCIS and
AE. Keywords: perceived control of internal
states, athlete engagement, achievement
goals, student-athlete, self-regulation
Examining the Latent Factors Structure of
“Passion for Excellence” at Work
Emelyn Mordeno, Johanna Jean P. Cal,
Micaella P. Magallanes,
Mayann Joy B. Resurreccion &
Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
The purpose of this study is to determine the
latent factors of passion for excellence at work.
Regular employees from various companies
served as the respondents of the study. To
gather the data needed, focus group
discussions and interviews were conducted to
generate item domains. The items were
subjected to an exploratory factor analysis
using the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences. The EFA extracted four factors:
Interpersonal Relationship, Person-
Organization Fit, Perseverance, and Work
Effort. These latent factors define passion for
excellence as having a harmonious
relationship with co-workers, being compatible
with the organization in which they belong,
persevering despite adversities, and displaying
hard work. Criterion-related validity evidence
was established by determining the correlation
between Passion for Excellence at Work Scale
and its related constructs, which was positively
significant for both Employee Work Passion
Scale and Passion Towards Work Scale.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
H1 TO H12
September 21, 2018
4:20 PM – 5:50 PM
Learning Session 29: H1
Sedona Method Part 2: Helping Clients
Find the Source of Happiness Within
Rebecca V. Lanes
Wellness Clinic, Dr. Pablo O. Torre
Memorial Hospital
This learning session is a continuation of
“Using Sedona Method as a C.B.T. Technique
in Counseling and Therapy” which was
presented during last year’s PAP annual
convention. Based on the premise that
participants had already learned the method of
helping clients to let go of unwanted negative
emotions that underlie their anxiety,
depression, hostility, etc., this session will be
focused on developing the participants’ ability
to guide clients in tapping their source of
happiness within, in order to bring up the
desired state of well-being. Through an
interactive and experiential learning approach,
it is hoped that participants will be able to: 1.
Review the basic concepts of Sedona Method
and the steps in using it as a Cognitive
Behavior Therapy technique in counseling
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clients. 2. Practice the two ways of tapping the
source of happiness that is right within them
and their clients. 3. Practice using the Gratitude
List to help clients overcome depression,
hopelessness and low self-esteem by
generating happiness, contentment and self-
confidence.
Forum 19: H2
Job Stress and Human Resource
Management
Chizanne S. Ridad
Moderator
Perceived Organizational Support,
Emotional Intelligence On Work
Performance and Job Stress of Filipino
Seafarers
Erwin Nikko Lavadia
University of Santo Tomas
Rosalia Caballero
University of Santo Tomas and Net Ship
Management Inc.
The stressful situation of working in the sea
affects the quality of work, and well-being of
Filipino seafarers. The study determined
perceived organizational support and
emotional intelligence accounts for the change
in value on the job stress and work
performance. The study utilized quantitative
correlational design to establish relationship.
Using purposive sampling technique, 280
Filipino officer and rating seafarers involved
with oil and chemical tankers participated in the
study. The scores of the participants indicate
slight level of stress, good in terms of overall
work performance, effective functioning in
terms of emotional intelligence scores and
scored moderately high support in terms of
perception of organizational support. The result
of the study using Pearson r moment
correlation with a significant level of 0.05
suggests that there are significant relationships
exist among the variables. Job stress has an
inverse relationship to Work Performance
while, Perceived Organizational Support and
Emotional Intelligence has a direct relationship
with Work Performance. Multiple Regression
results indicated that Perceived Organizational
Support is a predictor of Job Stress while
Emotional Intelligence is significant predictor of
Job Stress and Work Performance.
Relationship Between Personal, Work-
Related Stress, With Workplace-
Attendance of Select Mendiola Consortium
Employees
Janelle Kristin Bautista
College of the Holy Spirit Manila
The purpose of the study is to determine if
there is a significant relationship between
personal stress, work-related stress and
workplace attendance for employee
assessment of the select Mendiola Consortium
Employees. The researcher used a
correlational design. The researcher used the
Ardell Wellness Stress Test, Job Stress
Inventory, Self-report of the Employee’s
number of absences, vacation and sick leaves
consumed for the past 12 months, and
Demographic Information Form to measure
stress and attendance of employees. It was
revealed that there is no relationship between
work-related stress and workplace attendance.
There is also no relationship between personal
stress and workplace attendance. Despite the
reports that the major cause of stress globally
according to employees is work (Willis Towers
Watson, 2016) followed by personal stress
(CNN Philippines, 2015), it does not
necessarily result to a decrease in workplace
attendance. However, there is a significant
relationship between personal stress and work-
related stress. This supports Health and Safety
Executive (2016) wherein it presented that
problems outside work can affect a person’s
ability to perform effectively at work. Stressors
at home can affect those at work and vice
versa. Also, conflicting demands of work and
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home can cause excessive work-related stress
and personal stress.
Predictors of Intent To Stay Among IT
Workers
Pinky Rose Hartshorn , Mendiola Teng-
Calleja & Marvlitz Eugene Echipare
Ateneo de Manila University
This study identified organizational and
individual level factors that predicted intent to
stay among contracted IT workers in a tripartite
employment set-up. Data were gathered from
203 workers from a global IT organization. Path
analysis was used to establish the relationship
between intent to stay and the proposed
antecedent variables. The proposed
relationships were anchored on the Social
Exchange Theory and the Theory of
Organizational Equilibrium. Findings show that
employer-employee relationship and client-
employee relationship predicts intent to stay as
mediated by job satisfaction and quality of work
relationships. Implications of findings to
organizations that engage contracted IT
workers are discussed.
Relationships Among Employee Stress, Job
Satisfaction, Health & Well-Being Programs
and Employee Well-Being in A Sample Of
Working Adults
Suzanne Marie Roxas
De La Salle University
The study sought to understand the
relationship of the factors, employee stress, job
satisfaction, participation in health and well-
being programs to employee well-being. To
contextualize the study, the research began
with a presentation of health and well-being
programs in seventy-three companies within
the Industry and Service sectors. The study
then focused on a particular company
operating in the Industry Sector. A cross-
sectional study was carried out on a
convenience sample of one hundred forty-eight
male and female employees. The variables of
employee stress, job satisfaction, and
participation in health and well-being programs
were measured using self-report written
questionnaires. Multiple regression analysis
yielded employee stress, job satisfaction,
participation in health and well-being programs
combined showed a positive, direct, and
significant relationship to employee well-being
(R2.144, F [3,144] = 8.096, p <.000). No causal
inferences were drawn due to non-
experimental nature of the study. The study
concluded with insights on the interaction effect
between employee stress and job satisfaction
and its relationship to employee well-being. It
also suggested further analysis on interaction
effects among the variables be undertaken.
Forum 20: H3
Developmental Psychology: Childhood
and Adolescence
Fr. Geraldo Costa
Moderator
Tara, Gumuhit Tayo!: An Explorative
Phenomenological Study of Drawing as a
Self-Expression among Homeless Street
Kids
Christian Ranche
Department of Social Welfare and
Development / University of the Philippines-
Diliman
Poverty is one of the social phenomena that
exist in every part of the world. It is an
economic condition of lacking essential goods
and services such as food, water, clothing,
shelter, education, and health care, to meet
basic needs in life (TakingITGlobal, 2015).
According to United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development (2013) as
more people experience poverty, the more
people become increasingly at risk of being
homeless. Homelessness is a common
scenario in the Philippine urban and rural
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places. They are part of the marginalized
sectors who experiences individual’s exclusion
from meaningful societal participation
(Granger, 2013). This study explored the uses
and importance of drawing and coloring in
building rapport and self-expression to express
and understand the situation of homeless
street children in Metro Manila. This study
utilized the qualitative-narrative method of
research. Proper informed consent and
debriefing was done with the parents of the
children. There were 12 of the homeless street
children (ages 5-12) who were observed and
asked about their drawing to share their
experiences. Results revealed that the drawing
and coloring activity made to the children is a
good way of building rapport, the activity
became a venue of self-expression, and
dreams in life. The drawings of these children
also provided insights for possible intervention
scheme with these vulnerable sectors.
Exploring the Post Treatment Experiences
of Childhood Cancer Survivors
Angelita Sievert Fernandez &
Nina Nerissa Sumpaico-Jose
Kythe Foundation Inc
Survivors of childhood cancer face post-
treatment challenges that are given less
attention in research in the Philippines. The
current study sought to understand the
experiences of Filipino childhood cancer
survivors, focusing on the challenges,
triumphs, and experiences related to post-
cancer diagnosis and treatment. Using a
qualitative design, focus group discussions
were conducted with 21 survivors of childhood
cancer. Findings showed positive and negative
experiences in the broad themes of physical,
psychosocial, and spiritual wellness.
Implications are discussed in terms of how the
findings can inform existing survivor programs
and offer clinicians, counselors, medical
professionals, family members, and friends a
better understanding of the experiences of
childhood cancer survivors.
Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Social Anxiety
Disorder in Adolescents
Aimae T. Surig, Cindy Lynn M. Clapano,
Jaykie D. Datinggaling, Ofelia V. Villanueva
& Imelu G. Mordeno
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute
of Technology
Social anxiety disorder is one of the most
common and chronic among anxiety disorders.
A vast of literature have shown cognition to be
an important part in the development of social
anxiety disorder. However, given the recent
changes in the DSM, it is imperative to re-
assess potential cognitive vulnerabilities of a
newly re-defined SAD. This study addresses
this gap by looking into how fear of negative
evaluation (FNE), intolerance of uncertainty
(IU), rumination, and anxiety sensitivity predict
SAD. Using cluster random sampling, a packet
of self-report scales was administered to a non-
clinical sample of 900 secondary school
students from a city in southern part of the
Philippines. The findings showed that FNE, IU,
rumination and anxiety sensitivity consistently
predicts severity of social anxiety disorder
symptom. The results underscore the
important role of cognitive content and
processes in the development and
maintenance of SAD. Keywords: cognitive
vulnerability, cognitive content, cognitive
process, social anxiety disorder
Automatic Thoughts And Dysfunctional
Attitudes on The Problem-Solving Ability of
Adolescents With Suicide Ideation
Lucila Bance &
Arianne Victoria Geronimo
University of Santo Tomas
Suicidal behavior is a growing concern among
adolescents worldwide. It is the second leading
cause of death among the age group of 15 to
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29 years old (WHO, 2015). In an effort to
understand the suicide progression among Forum 21: H6
adolescents, this study aims to look into the The Psychology of the Undergraduate
role of vulnerabilities in cognition and one Evangeline Aguilan
variable that has consistently emerged in Moderator
literature is the importance of the problem-
solving ability among adolescents. This paper
examined the relationship between 2 of Aaron Self-Determination And Self-Efficacy: The
Becks' cognitive concepts which are called,
automatic thoughts and dysfunctional attitudes, Mediating Role Of Resilience Among
in relation to the problem-solving ability of University Students
adolescents with suicidal ideation. The study is Kivanc Bozkus
grounded on the Cry of Pain Model of Suicide Artvin Coruh University
(Williams,1997), which incorporates cognitive
content variables and information processing
variables (Nock,2014). Descriptive This ex post facto research examined the
mediating role of resilience in the relationship
correlational research utilized four (4)
between self-determination and self-efficacy.
standardized instruments: Suicide Behaviors
The cross-sectional data collected from a total
Questionnaire (SBQ-R), Automatic Thoughts
of 302 college students were analyzed.
Questionnaire (ATQ), Dysfunctional Attitude
Scale (DAS), and the Problem Solving Statistically significant correlations among
resilience, self-efficacy, and self-determination
Inventory (PSI). Purposive sampling was used
were found. Two structural equation models
to gather data. Out of the 428 participants aged
16 to 19 years old, fifty-four (54) adolescents were constructed to see whether resilience
plays a partial or full mediator role in the
were identified as having suicide ideations.
relationship between self-determination and
Pearson R was used to examine the
self-efficacy. It was found that resilience may
relationship among variables. Findings show
that the adolescents endorse negative self- act as a full mediator in the relationship
between self-determination and self-efficacy.
concepts, personal maladjustment, low self-
Findings imply that being self-determined
esteem, helplessness and dysfunctional
attitudes. In addition, the adolescents’ increases self-efficacy through the mediation of
resilience. Since the relationship between self-
appraisal of their general problem-solving
determination and self-efficacy is weak, it is
ability is quite negative, as they do not perceive
noteworthy to include resilience when
themselves as being successful problem
considering establishing such relationship
solvers. Also, it was found out that both
automatic thoughts and dysfunctional attitudes between the two variables. The findings
have significant relationships with the problem- indicate a need for educators and
administrators in understanding and exploring
solving variable. Furthermore, using regression
analysis, overall results indicated that both the individuality of students because these are
potentially helpful bases in designing and
automatic thoughts and dysfunctional attitudes
are significant predictors of the problem- implementing appropriate educational policies
solving ability of adolescents with suicidal and setting overall quality learning
environment. It is recommended that teaching
ideation. Aside from identifying the presence of
maladaptive cognitions, assessing and professionals who would like to focus on
strengthening the problem-solving dimension increasing the self-efficacy levels of students
should consider students’ perceived resilience.
presents an opportunity in the advancement in
safety intervention strategies and cognitive
treatment proposals in the suicide risk
assessment for Filipino adolescents. Keywords
adolescent suicide, automatic thoughts,
dysfunctional attitudes, problem solving ability
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College Adjustment and Academic
Motivation of Asian Students
Nestor L. Sibug
Department of Psychology, Holy Angel
University
John Ian Wilzon Dizon & Kenzi Valentin
Angeles University Foundation and Holy
Angel University Graduate School
The present study aims to determine if there
are significant differences on the College
Adjustment and Academic Motivation among
Asian Students. The study used a descriptive-
comparative research design to measure
significant differences among the participants
on the two aforementioned variables. Using the
data gathered from Filipino, Indian, and Korean
college students in a university in Angeles City
(n=120), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and
Pearson Chi-square was utilized to test the
difference on the College Adjustment among
the nationality of the participants and on the
Academic Motivation among the nationality of
the participants respectively. Results showed
no significant difference on the Academic
Motivation of the participants (X2 (2, n = 120) =
3.186, p = .203). However, it is interesting to
note that a significant difference was found (F
(2,117) = 3.914, p = .023) in terms of the
College Adjustment of the participants,
specifically, between Filipino and Korean
students (p = .042). Keywords: College
Adjustment, Academic Motivation, Asian
Students, Filipino, Indian, Korean, College
Students
Facebook Usage and Depression Levels of
College Students
Marison Dy, Grace Pauline Maglunog &
Ria Sanchez
University of the Philippines – Los Baños
This study examined the relationship of
sociodemographic characteristics and
Facebook usage to the depression level of
college students. A total of 347 respondents
were purposively selected and completed a
self-administered questionnaire. Results
showed that: sex has a weak positive
association with depression level (r=0.0962);
age did not vary much across depression level;
there is a moderate positive association
between sexual orientation and depression
level (r= 0.2794); socioeconomic status has an
inverse relationship with depression level (r= -
0.2126); and relationship status has a
moderate positive association with depression
level (r= 1.365). Further, there is a moderate
positive association between the number of
minutes spent on Facebook and depression
level (r= 0.4229); there is a weak positive
association between frequency of Facebook
visits and depression level (r= 0.3052); and
Facebook activities are positively correlated to
depression. Young social media users are
encouraged to use it moderately to avoid
negative mental health outcomes.
Assessment of HIV-Related Knowledge
Among Undergraduate University Students
and Its Selected Demographic Correlates
Apsary Diamla
DOH-TRC Cagayan de Oro City
Mercylyn Tanog
University of Science and Technology of
Southern Philippines
The current study will assess the HIV related
knowledge and its demographic correlates
among 300 university undergraduate students.
The primary objective is to evaluate HIV/AIDS
knowledge among undergraduate students
and how it can be used in HIV prevention
strategies in the Philippines. The spread of
HIV/AIDS remains on the rise specially among
vulnerable population. The Philippines has
registered the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS
epidemic in the Asia-Pacific according to the
United Nation report in the past six years with
a 140 percent increase in the number of new
infection despite of declination in the global
trend. Conversely, in April 2017, 629 persons,
most of whom are millennials, were diagnosed
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with the HIV virus which more than 80 percent
or 513 of those with the virus belong to the 15
to 34 age group. Since 1984, there are already
48,839 HIV cases, 4,815 acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases,
and 2,384 deaths recorded in the country.
Despite of efforts and some measures that the
Department of Health is implementing, it is
entirely difficult to transcend its effort among
vulnerable groups. Although people of age are
vulnerable to HIV, the younger populace are
more at risk of becoming infected due to their
lifestyle choices and sexual behavior. The
present study will assess the level of HIV-
related knowledge among undergraduate
university students using the HIV-KQ-18 scale,
and thereby determine relationships among the
selected demographic variables and HIV
related knowledge. A cross-sectional study will
be conducted among student enrolled in
Different universities of Cagayan de Oro, using
the self-administered questionnaire. With the
surging cases of HIV-AIDS in the Philippines
particularly among youths, it is timely to
conduct study that relates to attitude and
selected demographics that determine the HIV-
related knowledge.
Forum 22: H7
Test Development and Validation
Katrina Fernando-Resurreccion
Moderator
Exploring A Filipino Psychological Concept:
Introducing The Tagasalo Behavior Scale
Washington Garcia
De La Salle University-Manila
Tagasalo is an indigenous phenomenon first
identified by Dr. Lourdes Arellano-Carandang
in her ground-breaking book, Filipino Children
Under Stress (1987). It has since become an
important concept in the practice of family
therapy and clinical psychology in the country.
However, unlike Filipino character traits like
hiya, pakikisama or utang na loob, tagasalo is
a relatively young concept that local
researchers still has to fully investigate and
explore. An instrument to measure the
tagasalo behavior would be helpful in further
understanding this local phenomenon on a
conceptual plane. Since self-sacrifice, burnout
and distress are issues usually brought up with
the tagasalo, such instrument would also be of
practical use in determining healthy and
unhealthy levels of the behavior. Building up on
the studies done by Carandang and Udarbe
(1998), a pilot instrument was developed by the
author in 1999. The resulting 25-item scale was
construct validated and revised by GoTian-Ng
in 2003. Results of these preliminary studies on
the scale, on-going research using the scale,
and prospects for its future use in research and
practice are presented in the paper.
Development of an Online Career Interest
Inventory for Deaf Students
Katrien Dagmang
Ateneo de Manila University
This study is about the development of an
online interest inventory for deaf students
named as “Nonverbal Career Type Inventory”
(NCTI). It was constructed using John
Holland’s RIASEC model. After the face
validation and comprehensibility pretest
phases, the resulting 48-item instrument was
pilot tested to 100 deaf students from 4
schools. Reliability was measured using item-
total correlation and Cronbach’s Alpha. Validity
was sought using Factor Analysis. Reliability
analysis confirmed that the items of NCTI are
consistently measuring the same constructs.
However, Factor Analysis revealed that there
may be other factors that are measured by the
NCTI aside from RIASEC. Recommendations
for the improvement of the NCTI are discussed.
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Development of the Filipino Resiliency
Scale for Youth (FRSY)
Arvella Medina-Albay
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State
University Mid La Union Campus
This study aimed to develop and validate a
psychological resiliency measure from Filipino
adolescents’ perspective. Four underlying
factors were identified using exploratory factor
analysis: self – efficacy, optimism, cognitive
emotion regulation and future orientation.
Content validity index (CVI), Pearson’s r and
Cronbach’s alpha was used to measure
content validity and internal consistency;
convergent and discriminant validity were used
to refine the measurement scale with a sample
of 500 individuals. Findings also showed
gender differences among socio-demographic
profile to the four factors of Filipino youth’s
resiliency. A reliable and valid 48-item measure
of Filipino youth's resiliency is provided, which
is useful in academic research and by
practitioners as essential tool for screening and
diagnosing psychological resiliency of Filipino
adolescents.
Validation of Self-Reporting Questionnaire
(SRQ-20) items among the Internally
Displaced People of Marawi City Conflict
Philippines
Apsary Diamla
DOH-TRC Cagayan de oro City
Recently, a violence erupted in Marawi City in
the island of Mindanao which led to civilian
displacement in the region. Internally displaced
people were greatly affected and experienced
various mental health issues. The recognition
of mental health as a major contributor to the
burden of the IDPs of Marawi Crisis increases
the inclusion of mental health services in
different humanitarian organizations and allied
agencies. To better improve their services,
Self-reporting Questionnaire (SRQ20) of WHO
has been utilized in the screening, diagnosis
and possible treatment of mental distress.
However, the cultural validity of this instrument
to detect mental distress has rarely been
investigated in developing countries. Thus, the
present study will look into the validity and
reliability of this instrument, and determine its
fitness to suit the context of the target
population. Moreover, the current study will
determine the sensitivity and specificity of the
self-reporting Questionnaire (SRQ20) in
Philippines, and the most commonly reported
symptoms for mental distress. Implications and
recommendations from findings will open to
possible inclusion of a reliable and easy-to-use
screening instrument for mental distress in
primary health are facilities in the future in the
Philippines Keywords: Mental Distress,
Screening Instruments, Validity, SRQ-20,
Factor Analysis, Well-being
Forum 23: H8
Political Psychology
Leo Labrador
Moderator
Understanding Vote Buying Using Social
Representations Approach
Frezel Jade Lebrilla
University of the Philippines Visayas
This study explored the Filipino voters’ social
understanding of vote buying. The Social
Representations Theory was employed as lens
for an in-depth understanding of the said social
issue. A qualitative design was utilized in order
to encapsulate what people consider as forms
of vote buying and how people view vote
buying. Through an in-depth interview, the
deeper views and insights of people regarding
vote buying were uncovered. To analyze the
interview data were subjected to thematic
analysis. Results reveal that hegemonic and
emancipated views were prominent in the
phenomenon of vote buying. Additionally, a
new idea was uncovered: the people’s
conception of vote buying as a trade. Finally,
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through the findings of the study, it is made
apparent that the improvement or redesign of
the Philippine electoral system is needed.
Not Just a Follower: Political Skills as a
Moderator in the Transformational
Leadership- Organizational Citizenship
Behavior Relationship
Ramon Joseph Daguman & Jan Arby
Lagamia
University of the Philippines-Diliman
The present study supported the argument that
follower characteristics, particularly, political
skills are just as important, if not more than
leadership styles in job outcomes. Political
skills are valuable because it is an
interpersonal style—which can be developed—
as opposed to an internal trait. Specifically, this
research investigated the role of political skills
on the relationship of transformational
leadership and organizational citizenship
behavior (OCB). An online survey was
administered to 1,175 employees with ages 18-
60 years old, from different regions of the
Philippines. Furthermore, a hierarchical
regression analyses was done. The results
showed that employee’s political skills
moderated the relationship between
transformational leadership and OCB.
Moreover, the results revealed that both
political skills and transformational leaderships
accounted for almost half of the variance in
OCB (adjusted R2= 46.8%). Political skills (Δ
R2 = .23) also accounted for just as much
variance in OCB as transformational
leadership (R2 = .24). This suggests that
employee’s characteristics play an important
role in the successful impact of leadership in
the organizational context. The study also
answers the call for more follower-centric
research. Implications of the study include
more emphasis on skill development of
employees in organizational settings.
Keywords: leadership, political skills, OCB,
organizational psychology
Constructing Online Political Habitus:
Unpacking Filipino Generational Political
Facebook Posts Using MCA
Jason Manaois
Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan
Social networking sites (media) had become
influential as a platform for discourses, social
interaction, and self-presentation (Delise,
2014). In particular, Facebook (FB) had
become mainstream that its feature of posting
political posts and political information affects
the society. It is the objective of this study to
explore the nature of online political posts and
its users. A purposively sampled participants
were selected (n=200), and their online political
posts were coded and analyzed. Using
exploratory sequential mixed methods, six
major motivations to use social media was
identified thru content analysis (qualitative).
Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA;
quantitative) was done to cluster individuals
into defined groups, namely: political activism,
political slacktivism, and politically enmeshed.
Moreover, the structure of online political
habitus was constructed. It is cognitively
structured by the individuals’ level of political
knowledge and socially constructed by political
participation. Implications of the result show
the crucial role of values formation during the
early formative years in a person’s life. The
established beliefs and values later dictate a
person’s online political engagements.
Moreover, educational attainment also
contributed in the development of online
political habitus of individuals wherein they are
instinctively motivated to do political posting.
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Peace in The Perspective of the Soldiers
Involved in The Marawi Crisis
Leo Labrador Kessel Joy Selma
Central Mindanao University
Julieta Mama
4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army
The study sought to explore the perspective of
peace of the soldiers involved in the Marawi
crisis. It also determined whether their
perspective is consistent with the global or
universal concept of peace. A total of 100
soldiers from the 103rd Infantry Brigade, 1st
Infantry Division, Philippine Army served as the
respondents who were selected through
convenient sampling. The result of the study
reveals that the soldiers’ equated peace with
unity, harmonious relationship between and
among people, respect, prosperity, absence of
armed groups or terrorists, no illegal firearms,
good leadership and governance, education for
everyone, and equal rights and opportunities.
The ways to achieved peace in Mindanao are
through more investments and livelihood
programs, equal opportunities for people,
unified community, confiscation of illegal
firearms, disbandment of private armed
groups, punishment of corrupt politicians, and
curtailing of illegal drugs. The situation that
leads to Mindanao conflict is poverty,
misunderstanding between culture and
religion, manipulative and greedy politicians,
lack of cooperation by the people in the
community, proliferation of illegal drugs, lack of
education, and marginalization of the people’s
rights. Lastly, the soldiers’ perspective of
peace is consistent with the universal concept
of peace.
Learning Session 30: H9
Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of
Persons with Dementia (Assessment &
Nonpharmacological Treatment
Jennifer Rose Soriano
De La Salle University
Cely Magpantay & Primitivo Mactal, Jr.
St. Luke's Medical Center
General Learning Objective At the end of the
learning session, the participants will be able
to: 1. Demonstrate basic understanding of
dementia with emphasis on behavioral and
psychological symptoms of persons with
dementia (BPSD). 2. Perform BPSD
assessment using Neuropsychiatric Inventory
(NPI) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
3. Discuss the nonpharmacological
approaches in the treatment and management
of BPSD including Validation Therapy,
Reminiscent Therapy and Aromatherapy.
Forum 24: H10
Psychosocial Intervention and
Therapeutic Community
Gayle Gomez
Moderator
Forgiveness Among Home- Cared Elderly: A
Thematic Analysis
Thea C. Boborol, Kristoffer Ryan T. Gidaya,
Devonni S. Hingone, Mary Jane B.
Omandam
Jose Rizal Memorial State University,
University of Antique, Saint Columban
College
The authors explored and understood how
home- cared elderly forgive others specifically
their reasons for forgiving others. The
processes they undergo when they forgive and
when do they forgive others. This study utilized
the qualitative research particularly in using
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thematic analysis. Seven (7) home- cared
elderly from Antique, Dapitan City, Zamboanga
del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay were the
participants of the study, three of them were
males and 4 were females who were able to
forgive others. The participants’ age ranged
from 60 to 67 years old. An interview protocol
was used in order to gather data. Results of the
study revealed three emerging themes such as
reasons in forgiving others, steps in forgiving
someone, and readiness to forgive someone.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program for
Schizophrenia Disorder Patients:
Measuring Disease Impacts and
Intervention Outcomes: Part 1 Study
Amor Mia Arandia Sally Bongalonta,
Marivic V. Briguela, Domingo Rayco Jr.
Jeremaine W. Prieto
Philippine Women's University
Schizophrenia is a debilitating condition that
significantly affects the body structure, social
functioning and active participation of
diagnosed individuals in relation to
environmental factors. Mental health
practitioners help these individuals through
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) program or
employ interventions which facilitate the
recovery process. This study aimed to
determine the effectiveness of the proposed
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) intervention
among schizophrenic patients in Cavite Center
for Mental Health. We shall be presenting the
quantitative results of the study while the
qualitative results will be given on another
period. A randomized control trial was used on
70 patients divided into experimental and
control group using sequential method which
involves quantitative and qualitative methods
of analysis. The experimental condition have
undergone the PSR program as adjunct to
standard care of pharmacotherapy and
consultations while the control group was given
standard care of pharmacotherapy and
standard consultations with the center
psychiatrists. Significant results were found
results in the pre and post-test of psychiatric
symptoms, global improvement scale, and
socio-occupational functioning of the patients.
Correlation statistics was also computed for
socio-demographic variables of age, gender,
and length of confinement, length of illness and
frequency of admissions as well as other
variables measured in the study and was found
to be none significant. Keywords:
Schizophrenia, Psychosocial Rehabilitation,
Occupational Therapy, Psychosocial
Intervention
Oplan Mayon: Implementing the
Katatagan Resiliency Program
Ryan Corona
Lyceum of the Philippines
The recent eruption of the Mayon Volcano in
Albay posed threat to the lives of the residents
there. This presentation documents the
psychosocial interventions to selected
residents affected by the volcanic eruption in
Albay. It also shows the responses of the
residents as participants to the different
modules of the Katatagan Resiliency Program.
Psychosocial Support for Families of Drug-
Related Extrajudicial Killing
Annabel Manalo
Asian Theological Seminary
The “extrajudicial killing (EJK)” associated with
the government’s drug campaign has
confronted the families of victims with different
challenges. This is primarily due to the
circumstances surrounding the death of their
loved ones and the community’s and general
public’s reaction. These challenges include
post-traumatic stress reactions, stigma and
other negative social attitudes. They can be at
risk of complicated grieving, a chronic and
heightened state of mourning, that can last for
years, and sometimes indefinitely. The paper
presents the author’s experience in facilitating
grief support for family members of EJK
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victims. It argues that effective psychosocial
support should take into consideration the
context of traumatic and stigmatized grief and
other social issues. It ends with
recommendations for Mental Health and
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) practitioners
who seek to facilitate the well-being of affected
individuals and families in a broader
community context.
Symposium 27: H11
Political Psychology Symposium on
Mainstreaming Mindanao issues
Diwa Malaya Quiñones
Convener
Contesting Social Meanings of
Accountability in the Mamasapano
Incident
Augil Marie Q. Robles
University of the Philippines - Visayas
Aniceta Patricia T. Alingasa
Ateneo de Manila University
This study explored the contesting meanings of
accountability in discourse on the
Mamamasapano incident from 2015 to 2016,
through the lens of Positioning Theory. Two
hundre fourteen articles gathered from the
online websites of 5 major broadsheet in the
Philippines were analyzed. We found that there
were four major storylines centered on the
ascription of accountability. These were 1.)
Mamasapano incident as a misencounter, 2.)
Mamasapano incident as a murder, 3.)
Mamasapano incident as a failure of executive
leadership, and 4.) Mamasapano incident as
the result of insubordination. The study showed
that storylines of accountability are embedded
in social episodes across time. In addition, the
social forces of such storylines invoked varied
social meanings. Lastly, the social meanings of
storylines of accountability are being contested
by different social actors, contributing to the
prolonged investigation of the incident.
Intergroup Positioning in Peace
Negotiations: The Bangsamoro Peace Talks
Marshaley J. Baquiano
University of the Philippines – Visayas
A major challenge for research and practicing
psychologists is to better understand and help
solve intergroup conflicts, including in non-
Western societies. This study uses quantitative
and qualitative methods to explore intergroup
dynamics between the Government of the
Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front, as they attempt to reach a peace pact.
The utterances of both parties as found in the
media, were text mined, then analyzed
qualitatively through the application of
Positioning Theory. Mathematical models
successfully classified statements that belong
to Government of the Philippines and Moro
Islamic Liberation Front. Principal components
analyses show the Philippine government as
highlighting the importance of a legislated final
peace agreement that is faithful to the
Philippine constitution, and Moro Islamic
Liberation Front as underscoring the
establishment of a Bangsamoro state.
Qualitative analysis complements the
mathematically derived themes as results
consistently show the two parties expressing
the same sentiments. The Philippine
government positions itself as pursuer of peace
for the Filipinos, while the Moro rebel group
positions itself as championing peace for the
Bangsamoro. The research demonstrates the
illustrative power of mixed methods and the
potency of Positioning Theory in explaining
intergroup relations and intergroup dialogue.
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Examining the Underlying Dimensions of
Collective Victimhood
Paul Danielle P. Labor
Department of Psychology
University of the Philippines - Diliman
The social psychological elaboration of
collective victimhood (CV) has gained traction
in recent years – particularly in the area of
intergroup relations and conflict. Several
constructs that may be subsumed under CV
have been the focus of much research: Victim
Consciousness (Vollhardt, 2009), Competitive
Victimhood (Noor, Brown, Gonzalez, Manzi, &
Lewis, 2008), Perpetual In-Group Victimhood
Orientation and Fear of Victimizing (Klar,
Schori-Eyal, & Klar, 2013; Schori-Eyal, Klar, &
Ben-Ami, 2017), and Siege Mentality (Bar-Tal
& Antebi, 1992a, 1992b). However, these
seem to have conceptual overlaps which
indicate commonalities that may underlie
shared dimensions. The goal of this study is to
determine the underlying factor structure of CV
using the mentioned constructs theoretically
thought to be under it. Using data gathered
from a survey of 954 participants coming from
various areas in Mindanao that have been sites
of intergroup conflicts, an exploratory principal
factors extraction with direct oblimin rotation
was performed on 58 items from the CV
measures. The scree plot and extracted
eigenvalues indicate six (6) factors accounting
for 38.34% of total variance as labeled: (F1)
Degree of Harm Experienced, (F2) Fear of
Victimizing, (F3) Existential Purpose/Survival
Instinct, (F4) Similarity of Suffering
Experienced, (F5) Harm-Based Mistrust of
Outgroup/s, and (F6) Cynicism. Implications on
CV theorizing and conceptualization will be
discussed.
Forum 25: H12
Social and Personality Psychology
Guadalupe Salanga
Moderator
Exploring the Phenomenology of
Happiness
Lulette Matammu
University of the Philippines Diliman/Far
Eastern University Manila
The study is a qualitative research on the
conceptions and experiences of happiness of
Filipino participants. It attempts to demonstrate
that happiness is contextualized and has
cultural meanings. As a broad and complex
construct, happiness was divided into four
components – conceptions, affect, outcomes,
and action. It utilized the focus group
discussion (FGD) for data collection, where
sessions were described as similar to
kwentuhan, and the purposive sampling
procedure in selecting the participants. Twelve
groups were organized using age, gender, and
civil status as bases of selection and division of
the groups. Also, a male facilitator carried out
the FGD in the male groups. The FGDs were
audio-recorded, transcribed, and content
analyzed using MAXQDA version 11. The
findings show that the groups’ conception and
experiences of happiness are indeed reflective
of a collectivist, social-, and interpersonal-
oriented culture. Although many of the findings
also support other Western and local studies
on happiness, they, nonetheless, provide lay
concepts or constructs to explore on as well as
a folk understanding of the phenomenon of
happiness reflective of a Filipino culture.
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Melody Preference and Individual
Differences
Monica Renee Policarpio
De La Salle University
There is ample correlational and experimental
evidence showing that musical preference is
related to personality traits. To what extent
these preferences are driven by the basic
attributes of the music itself is less clear.
Utilizing experimental psychophysical
methods, we elicited melody preferences
regarding basic musical stimuli from 87
participants. We generated the stimuli by
manipulating a few key musical features
(tempo, range of pitch, musical mode) and
presented them as a computerized melody
preference task. The complexity of each
melody was also computed as sample entropy
and included in the analysis. We analyzed the
choice made by all participants on each trial (n
= 8,326) in a multilevel model using music
attributes, traits, and demographic data as
predictors. Results indicate a strong
association of the trait Neuroticism with pitch
range, and weaker associations with mode and
entropy. The expected association of the trait
Openness with either range or entropy
separately was absent, but exploratory
analysis found that highly Open persons were
sensitive to particular combinations of range
and entropy. The findings indicate that people
might be using the pitch range of a melody as
a cue regarding emotional content, and also
support the theory that there are significant
differences between people regarding
preference for complex stimuli.
Faith and Healing: The Lived Experience of
a Mananambal
Emmanuel Ozoa
Negros Oriental State University
Using the Earthy and Cronin’s Narrative
Analysis, this study aimed to explore the lived
experience of a mananambal. It comes from
the root word tambal which means “medicine”,
“cure”, or “remedy”, hence, provides wellness
to the grassroots of barangay Boloc-Boloc,
Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Through the conduct
of a case study, it aimed to achieve a better
cultural understanding of the processes,
necessary skills, talents and characteristics of
how a person becomes an effective
mananambal. Psychosocial dimensions
emerged on how the mananambal have
remained relevant in the advent of
conventional medicine that has become ever
more accessible to a large portion of the
population. Results show emphasis on how
these practices on faith and healing method
brought wellness to the people in the
countryside.
The Tagasalo Personality: A Conceptual
Framework
Rizason Ng
MLAC Institute for Psychological Services,
Inc.
The tagasalo is an indigenous Filipino concept
borne from the clinical observations of Dr. Ma.
Lourdes A. Carandang about children who
absorb the family stress and can compulsively
be the caretaker of the family. Research has
contributed to expanding the study of tagasalo
pesonality formed from their role in the family,
their self-worth, identity, and coping behavior
within relationships and in various situations.
As such, tagasalo personality has ingrained
itself more as part of Sikolohiyang Pilipino
unique to the Filipino family dynamics. This
paper provides a conceptual framework for a
better understanding of the tagasalo
personality. It presents the summary of
research on the Vulnerable Child that
Carandang described as the tagasalo in a
family, and the tenets that characterized the
behaviors. It also includes the dimensions of
the tagasalo personality that Margaret Udarbe
studied. For this paper, the author further
suggests that coping behaviors can be of two
types: the internalizing behavior and the
externalizing behaviors of tagasalo.
Internalizing behavior includes behavior that is
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internalized, passive, and manifests in
emotions and thoughts meant to alleviate or
address their concerns. Externalizing behavior
includes behavior that is expressed and acted
out to address the situation. Analysis of six
short essays submitted by students taking
Theories of Personality was conducted to
identify internalizing and externalizing
behavior. The paper ends with the Rubik’s
Cube approach and the Basic Psychological
Needs on how to work with tagasalo to
maintain their well-being.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
I1 TO I12
September 22, 2018
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Symposium 28: I1
Teaching Competencies and Well-Being
Moniq Muyargas
Convener
Exploring Formative Assessment in
Teaching Baccalaureate Psychology
Program
Ryan Alvin S. Torrejos
German European School-Manila
The study explored formative assessments that
faculty members use when teaching concepts of
psychology. The paper analyzed the wide variety of
methods that psychology instructors use to
evaluate student comprehension, learning needs,
and academic progress during a particular lesson,
over a period of time. Results showed the
challenges that faculty members face in using such
assessment tools as well as its advantages in
teaching psychology towards a more authentic
outcomes-based pedagogy. The study also
explored how psychology instructors can learn to
improve in utilizing and promoting formative
assessment with the vision and mission of
developing the well-being of students.
Counseling and Supervision Support: A
Study on Psychology Undergraduates
Community Setting Practicum
Pedro E. Rahon
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Practicum as a final requirement for a
baccalaureate degree provides students an
opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills
outside the classroom to prepare them for
work. Often psychology students are placed in
an industrial, clinical, or school setting or in a
combination of settings for their practicum. This
case study aims to explore the benefit of
counseling and supervision support to
undergraduate students placed in community
setting practicum. Since rapid population
growth and urbanization put so much pressure
to communities causing myriad problems and
social issues. The practice of psychology in the
community offers a unique perspective in
addressing these societal concerns. Focused
group discussion, interview, practicum
documents such as reflection report and
student journals will serve as data sources.
Kolb's experiential learning theory (ELT) and
Reflective Supervision were used in this study.
Content data analysis and program level logic
model will be used to analyze the data.
Through the community practicum experiences
of psychology undergraduates, this study
recognizes the benefit of counselling and
supervision support that impacts on the
students’ competency in their practice of
psychology.
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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and
Expression: Exploring Teacher Knowledge
and Student Well-Being
Moniq Muyargas & Helen Grace Fernandez
University of the Philippines Visayas
This paper explores teacher knowledge on
sexual orientation, gender identity and
expression (SOGIE) and its implications on
student well-being. This study utilized key
informant interviews of teachers and a focus
group discussion of students. It is evident that
teachers recognize that their students are
seeking for support in finding themselves,
guidance on how to deal with interpersonal
relationships, and explanations about the vast
information fed by the multimedia. Results of
this study have shown that SOGIE as a whole
is a vague concept to the teachers, as well as
guidance counselors, and their approaches
were found to be both facilitating and impeding
student well-being. The ambiguity of SOGIE is
attributed to inadequate referents and the
impermeable heteronormative Philippine
school culture. It is recommended that
teachers and guidance counselors should be
equipped with necessary knowledge, skills and
attitudes through appropriate training in
managing SOGIE concerns considering the
needs of students, particularly those of the
LGBTQ youth. Educational institutions must
provide a school environment that enables
social and emotional literacy, positive
emotions, positive relationships, engagement
through strengths, and meaning and purpose.
These facilitate student well-being where they
can maximize their capacities and reach their
full potential.
Symposium 29: I2
Sexism During Duterte Times: A
Discursive Analysis of Jokes About
Women & Their Material Consequences
Mira Alexis Ofreneo
Convener
The Story of One President and Forty-Two
Virgins: Constructing the President, Media,
and Women in Online Talk
Jhoanna Yambot
Ospital ng Makati
Vanessa Villaluz
Ateneo Center for Organization Research
and Development
Dorothy Mapua
Brent International School Manila
The purpose of this study was to look into the
responses of local and foreign Facebook
commenters to the speech of President Duterte
in India where he made a remark about "42
virgins", using virgins as a come-on for
foreigners to visit the Philippines. Using the
lens of discursive psychology, the comments
and exchanges in the Al-Jazeera Facebook
post on the said speech were analyzed in terms
of the social objects that were constructed and
the actions that these utterances conveyed.
The point of the analysis was to reveal how
online talk constructs objects beyond the
original utterance, transforming the issue into a
more complex web of constructed social
realities. Findings indicate that Duterte as the
Philippine President, Al-Jazeera as the news
media outlet, and Filipina women as “virgins”
were constructed in online talk, co-constructing
a diverse set of discursive actions. This paper
provides perspective into the implications of
humor and jokes uttered by political figures in
the public sphere especially those coming from
a head of state.
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Defending Duterte: Positioning Analysis of
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in the
Context of Making Rape Jokes
Christoper F. Sasot
University of Perpetual Help System Jonelta
– GMA Campus
Emmanuel B. Parreño
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State
University
Jose Felix D. Falgui
Ateneo de Manila Junior High School
In the Philippines, the act of making a rape joke
is considered rude, inappropriate, and
unacceptable and the ones making rape jokes
are criticized for their behavior. Even
presidential candidate Duterte was forced to
apologize for his rape joke in 2016. However,
in 2017, now President Duterte uttered three
rape jokes in three different public events and
was defended by both Presidential
Spokespersons and Pro-Duterte social media
supporters. Using positioning theory as a lens,
this study explores how official and social
media apologists defended the President
through various forms of positioning
consequently giving him the right to make rape
jokes, women the duty to accept being made
the object of rape jokes, and the Filipino people
the duty to accept rape jokes. Using a sample
of official government statements and public
Facebook posts, patterns in major storylines
and positions in the defense of a rape joke are
identified and the implications of these are
discussed. Knowing how President Duterte
and citizens are positioned to make and accept
rape jokes would enable society to challenge
these positions and construct counter-
positioning storylines to defend women against
rape jokes.
Using Positioning Theory to Explore the
Delegitimation of De Lima as a Woman
Politician Through Humor and Disgust
Angelique Pearl Virtue P. Villasanta
Ateneo de Manila University
Jason O. Manaois
Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan
Jaimee Felice Caringal Go
Ateneo de Manila University
Last October 2016, an alleged sex tape of
Senator De Lima emerged in the context of the
hearings on the Bilibid drug trade. This study
explores the public comments in the online
sphere pertaining to this issue, in particular,
utterances that made use of humor and disgust
to make reference to De Lima. Using
positioning as a framework and method, we
explored the positions, rights and social forces
that lead to the delegitimation of De Lima as a
woman senator through humor and disgust. In
exploring these positions, we utilize a gender
lens. Results reveal four clusters of utterances
that evoke humor and disgust in reference to a
woman’s age, a woman’s weight, a woman’s
sexual deviance, and a woman being an
animal or non-human. We assert that these
positions are particularly gendered and lead to
dehumanization, dewomanization, and
perceptions of sexual deviance – making De
Lima an object of disgust and humor. These
positions are discussed in relation to how a
woman politician loses the right to respect and
consequently the right to govern. Implications
of the study are discussed in terms of how
rights and duties are ascribed in talk leading to
material consequences.
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Forum 26: I3
Fostering Psychological Well-Being
Clarissa Delariarte
Moderator
Rehabilitation of Indonesian Drug Users:
The Importance of Social Support and
Spiritual Practice To Subjective Well-Being
Washington Garcia
Fr. Markus Reponata
De La Salle University-Manila
The ill effects of drug dependence are
recognized world-wide. Drug addiction has led
to major disruption in community life and in an
individual’s ability to fulfill role obligations at
work, school and home. There have been
various and differing approaches to drug
rehabilitation, however—something that the
Colombia Plan seeks to address by
standardizing treatment programs. Social
support and spiritual practices are two of the
required components of this recommended
treatment program. But while many studies
have separately linked social support and
spiritual practice as contributing factors to
improving an individual’s subjective well-being,
much still has to be done in terms of directly
studying these factors in the context of drug
rehabilitation. The present study investigates
social support and spiritual practice as
predictors of subjective well-being among 90
male young adult drug users from three private
drug rehabilitation centers in Indonesia. Ten
case studies are also conducted from the same
sample to provide further understanding of the
statistical findings. The implications of the
results on the drug rehabilitation efforts of
Filipinos are discussed, in as much as they
share the same Asian heritage of close family
ties and strong spiritual engagement with the
Indonesians. Practical insights can be gained,
as both the Indonesian and Philippine
governments are currently actively engaged in
battling the drug menace.
Examining Senior High School Students’
Subjective Well-Being
Royce Hernandez
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Since the development of the Subjective Well-
Being Scale for Filipinos (SWBSF) back in
2006, there have been validation studies
assessing its’ reliability and validity across
different adult populations (Hernandez, 2006;
Balingit and Hernandez, 2008; Hernandez).
Special populations such as Deaf respondents
have also been included in the validation
literature of the SWBSF (Hernandez, 2010;
Hernandez, 2018). This study sought to
validate the SWBSF using Senior High School
Students in order to look into the dimensions
and construct of Well Being among young
adults. The process of establishing the
reliability and validity of the SWBSF is
discussed in the paper.
Fostering Students’ Positive Well-Being
Through Development of 21st Century
Skills
Regina Marie r. Magtaan &
Violeta C. Valladolid
De La Salle University
College students who perceive themselves to
be equipped with the skills and competencies
needed to meet the challenges in the 21st
century have better emotional and mental well-
being. Students with positive well-being have
lower risks of mental health disorders and
physical health diagnosis such as depression,
anxiety, stress, substance abuse, bullying,
among others. They also have higher level of
academic and professional success. This study
aimed to determine the college students’ extent
of development and application of the 21st
century skills in academic and everyday lives.
It also sought to determine their correlation with
academic performance, and perceived
competence in doing school work, skills in
using technology and computers, motivation to
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succeed, and success after graduation. The
study employed a random sampling technique
involving 112 college students. Using the 21st
Century Skills Scale, the results indicated that
students who possess the 21st century skills
have higher motivation to succeed, perceived
competence in doing school work, and better
preparedness or readiness for post-college life
in terms of job hunting and actual employment.
Recommendations are given on how schools
can help college students enhance their skills
and can promote positive well-being through
their academic and co-academic programs.
Locus of Hope Predicts Subjective
Wellbeing Among College Students
Jacqueline V. Iglesias
Nueva Vizcaya State University
Voltaire M. Marquez
De La Salle University - Manila
The study focuses on four sources of hope as
predictors of subjective wellbeing. College
students (184 female, 64 male) were recruited
as participants to determine whether external
locus-of-hope contributes to their subjective
well-being together with internal locus-of-hope.
Using blockwise regression analysis, results
revealed that internal locus, external-family
and external-spirituality (F (4, 244) = 27.238, p
< 0.001), explains 30.9% of the variance in
subjective well-being. The result indicates that
the students' locus of hope is a salient predictor
considering the self, the parent/family, and God
as the agents of hope. Intervention programs
can include hope-focused group dynamic
activities that can increase the subjective
wellbeing.
Symposium 30: I4
Understanding Ethical Issues—Part 2:
Specific Issues and Dilemmas
Araceli Alcala
Convener
Malpractice Among Mental health
Practitioners: A Scoping Review
Raymund E. Mindanao
Casa del Nino Montessori School
Malpractice in mental health can take place
when the practitioner has an improper, illegal,
or negligent professional activity or treatment
towards their client. The aim of this scoping
review is to conduct review of the relevant
literature regarding malpractice of mental
health practitioner, concerning year of
publication, country of origin, specialization,
professionals involve, setting and issues in
malpractice. The methodological framework
used was set out by Arksey and O’Malley.
Databases searched were googlescholar,
EBSCO host, PsycArticles, PsycINFO, and
PubMed using key search terms: mental health
malpractice, psychological malpractice,
psychiatric malpractice, malpractice suits,
mental health practitioner, medical practitioner,
negligence, and misconduct. The result shows
out of 181, 161 initial records screened, 468
records yields, 74 malpractice measures
published from 1970-2017. The utmost number
of manuscripts were from America (n=63,
85.13%). Most of the literatures was focused in
the area of psychology and psychotherapy
(n=82, 48.78%) and the psychologist and
psychotherapist was the professionals that was
greatly involve (n=36, 43.37%) in clinical
setting (n=63, 85.14%). Assessment,
treatment & therapy were the most issues in
malpractice that was discussed in the
literatures (n=28, 26.92%). In conclusion, this
review is an important preliminary step in
understanding malpractice among mental
health professionals, their scope and effects
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and implications to both client and the
practitioner.
Ethics in Psychotherapy: What Graduate
Students Think About Informed Consent
Joanne Rachelle Valle
De La Salle University Manila
Perception of ethics and informed consent
were examined using a qualitative design, pen-
and-paper essay-type survey (questionnaire)
method among psychology graduate students.
Data were pooled and analyzed through coding
and grouped into themes. Results showed that
students had a good grasp of the nature of
ethics and informed consent based on existing
literature. Implications and recommendations
were then discussed.
Ethics in the Use of Online Survey
Methodology for Sensitive Topics in
Clinical
Anna Marie Abrera
Philippine Christian University
Patricia Simon
De La Salle University Manila
This scoping review focuses on the
advantages and disadvantages of using online
survey methodology in the conduct of clinical
psychology research, particularly those dealing
with sensitive topics and vulnerable
populations. Reviewers identified 248 articles
in a search of four databases. Thirty six full
articles were assessed and 15 studies met the
inclusion criteria. The researchers highlight the
huge role that Institutional Review Boards and
Research Ethics Committees play in ensuring
that appropriate ethical guidelines are followed
in the conduct of such research, putting
protection of participants’ rights at the core of
their process of evaluation, online survey
research, mental health, clinical psychology,
and ethical issues.
Breaches of Confidentiality in Mental
Health Practice: A Scoping Study
Jan Patrick Gutierrez
Far Eastern University
Breach of confidentiality is one of the most
controversial issues in the field of mental health
care and practice. In the advent of psychology
law (RA 10029), and the upcoming mental
health policies the country is going to meet, a
study around this issue is an important one. A
scoping literature has been done reviewing 53
foreign journal articles regarding breaches of
confidentiality, which newly government
regulated practice may provide insight. The
scoping revealed information regarding
instances of breach, issues in the process of
breaching confidentiality: criteria in deciding for
breach and to whom information are disclosed,
the stance of psychologists in breaching
confidentiality, and the effects of breaching
confidentiality. The scoping literature revealed
that breaching confidentiality is not a black-
and-white, ethical-or-unethical programmed
decision rather entails the proper training in a
step-by-step decision making.
Forum 27: I5
War and Conflict: Consequences and
Implications
Madelene Sta. Maria
Moderator
Self-Narratives and World Views of Children
in Post-Conflict Marawi
Desiderio Camitan IV
University of the Philippines
A five-month-long armed conflict in Lanao del
Sur, Philippines, started on May 23, 2017 and
lasted until October 23, 2017. The said
scrimmage, between Philippine government
security forces and militants affiliated to the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is
the longest urban combat in modern
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Philippines. This ethnographic study aimed to
identify the narratives of war in Marawi among
school age children. Furthermore, it sought to
investigate how the self and the world are
constructed in the narratives. This is in line with
the aim of understanding the post-conflict
struggles experienced by the children of
Marawi. The present research was conducted
at Bito Buadi Itowa Evacuation Center. The
said area is the site for the transitional shelters
for the affected residents of Marawi City under
the Bahay Pag-asa project. Months after
Marawi has been liberated, the Maranaos
continue to suffer. The war did not only destroy
homes, displaced families, and took away
dreams, it also altered the developmental
trajectories of the children exposed to it. So
much so, that the way the bakwits construct
themselves and other people are ultimately
rooted in their narratives of war. Despite the
circumstances they faced during the Marawi
crisis and the unseen sorrows of starting a new
life, the Maranao, resilient as ever, shows that
family and belief are strong mediators of their
subjective well-being.
Effect of Post-Traumatic and Depressive
Symptoms to The Ruminative Thoughts of
Marawi Home-Based IDPs
Alma Maranda, JIDDO ANDREI
G.MARANDA, Marie Centural, Brinne
Lumombang & Maria Sajol
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Numerous studies showed that the tendency to
ruminate increases depressive symptoms, thus
affecting sense of well-being. Hence, this study
sought to assess the post traumatic and
depressive symptoms experienced by 347
Marawi Home-based IDPs (with age ranging
from 18 to 36 years old ,of which 137 are males
and 210 are females), and how it affect their
ruminative thoughts. Utilizing a of scales assessing exposure to violence,
multidimensional approach using thePTD
Diagnostic Scale, PHQ-9 and RTSQ and
interview to enrich the data,results showed that
female respondents experienced Intrusion and
Avoidance symptoms while male experienced
Changes in Mood and Cognition and Arousal
symptoms . Both respondents only seldom
experienced depressive symptoms.
Moreover,findings revealed that post-trauma
symptoms , intrusion, avoidance, changes in
mood and cognition, arousal and hyperactivity
were found to affect the problem-focused ,
repetitive , counter factual ruminative thoughts
of the respondents. It is recommended that
Marawi Home-based IDPs be provided with
intervention programs on MHPSS activities
sensitive to their culture and religion in order to
enhance their resiliency and life skills. .
Cognitive inputs and behavioral skills on self-
efficacy, stress reduction ,emotional recovery
and trauma healing can also be done to
enhance their sense of well being.
Psychopathology and perceived threat
serially mediates the relationship between
exposure to violence and exclusionist
attitude
Johnson K. Badawi
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Conflict exposure has been shown to influence
the development and formation of prejudiced
attitude against an adversarial outgroup.
Although numerous studies have offered
explanation on what accounts for the
relationship between exposure to conflict and
its consequent biased attitude against an
outgroup, the role of mental health and
affective experiences need further
investigation. This study seeks to examine the
serial mediating role of psychopathology and
perceived ethnic threat in the relationship
between exposure to violence and exclusionist
attitude. A sample of 868 conflict-exposed
secondary school students answered a packet
exclusionist attitude, psychopathology, and
perceived ethnic threat. The results revealed
that exposure to armed violence is positively
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associated with exclusionist attitude due to
positive relationship between psychopathology
and ethnic threat. The findings suggest that as
adolescents were more exposed to armed
conflict, the more they become ethnically
exclusionist brought about by their decreasing
psychological health and consequent
perceived ethnic threat from the adversary-
outgroup. These results provide evidence
supporting the contention that conflict
exposure enhances exclusionist, non-
compromising attitude towards outgroups
when psychopathology heightens threat
perception.
Performance of MNLF Integrees Officers
and Enlisted Personnel in the AFP in
Western Mindanao: Its Implications to
Peace and Order Condition
Lolina N. Bajin
AFP Health Service Command Headquarters
Health Service South
This study to attempted to find out the
performance of MNLF integrees and enlisted
personnel in the AFP in Western Mindanao and
its implications to peace and order condition.
Specifically, this investigation answers the sub-
questions raised: 1. What is the performance of
MNLF Integrees Officers and enlisted
personnel in the aspects of: 1.1. Commitment
Aspect: 1.2. Identification Aspect: 1.3.
Rationality Aspect; and 1.4. Belongingness
Aspect? 2. To what extent is the satisfaction of
the performance of both MNLF Integrees
Officers and enlisted personnel? 3. What is the
extent of comparability between the responses
of Enlisted Personnel and MNLF Integrees
Officers along with the four variables? 4. Is
there a significant difference between the
responses ofEnlisted Personnel and MNLF
Integreees Offficers along with four variables?
This study involved 342 Enlisted Personnel
and 125 MNLF Integrees Officers coming from
Western Mindanao as the respondents of this
investigation. They are the one to determine
the performance of MNLF Integrees Offficers
and Enlisted Personnel in the AFP in Western
Mindanao. This study used the descriptive
survey method. This method was utilized by
the researcher for this kind of study because
this method is more of fact-finding with
adequate interpretation. The instrument used
in this study was the questionnaire-checklist.
This kind of research tool is a self- made
questionnaire–checklist which consists
typically a series of written questions classified
according to the sub problems raised. This
study was conducted this school year 2002-
2003. THE FINDINGS Based on the data
gathered and presented through tables, the
following findings are hereby drawn: 1. The
MNLF Integrees Officers and Enlisted
Personnel in the AFP were performing very
satisfactorily because of their commitment
where this variable has an average mean value
of 3.79. They performed their job to support the
President of the Republic of the Philippines as
Head of the State where this item has an
average weighted mean value of 3.95;
cooperating in all activities of the AFP and
support its programs and projects , 3.92;
working diligently in the pursuit of peace and
order even if it means working beyond official
time and without overtime pay, 3.70; and
adhering the good name of AFP, its
philosophy, goal and mission, 3.69. 2. The
MNLF officers and enlisted personnel were
performing their job very satisfactory in the
AFP because of their identification where this
variable has an average mean of 3.66. They
were compensated for the job well-done where
this item has an average weighted mean value
of 3.69; the tenure of performing the job is
highly favorable to all, 3.68; jobs achieved are
recognized by officers and those of the officers
by the AFP Unit Commander, 3.67; and
Achievements are recognized with the sense of
self- work and fulfilment, 3.64. 3. The
performance of MNLF integrees officers and
enlisted personnel in the AFP on rationality
aspect was very satisfactory where this
variable has an average mean of 3.66. they
were given the opportunity to have official
travel and visit different places on their job as
AFP member where this item has an average
weighted mean value of 3.87; performing the
job as AFP member provides them for steady
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employment, 3.71; punishment is within justice
and fairness, 3.66; and working with closer
relationship between integrees and non-
integrees, 3.63. 4. The performance of MNLF
Integrees officers and enlisted personnel in the
AFP on belongingness aspect was very
satisfactory where this variable has an average
mean of 3.58. Their responsibility are given to
integrees and enlisted personnel are equally
assigned where this item has an average
weighted mean value of 3.61; atmosphere of
friendliness create harmony among peers and
subordinate members from integrees and
enlisted personnel, 3.60; principle of “obey first
before you complain” and the “commanders
are always right” made them as one of the unit,
3.58; and the integrees are aided in the rise
and promotion of rank, 3.55. 5. On the extent
of comparability between the responses of the
MNLF Integrees officers and enlisted
personnel along with the four variables,
commitment aspect is ranked number one with
an average weighted value of 3.79; rationally
aspect, 3.70, identification aspect, 3.66; and
belongingness aspect has 3.58. 6. On the
significant difference between the responses of
the MNLF Integrees officers and enlisted
personnel along with the four variables, the
computed t-value is .367 which is lesser than
the tabular value of 1.943 and therefore the
null-hypothesis is accepted which means the
responses of the two groups of respondents
are alike. ITS IMPLICATION TO PEACE AND
ORDER CONDITION The performance of
MNLF integrees officers and enlisted
personnel is important in obtaining the peace
and order condition in Mindanao. Their
cooperation in maintaining peace and order
could help facilitate the insurgency problems
being faced by our military in Mindanao.
However, with the integration of MNLF, the
peace and order was achieved between them
and the military. Commitment is one of the
aspects that the MNLF rendered their services
to the best of their ability. They were performing
their job to support the President of the
Republic of the Philippines as Head of the
State. They were extending their cooperation in
all activities of the AFP and support its
programs and project by working diligently
inorder to pursuit the peace and order
condition. The MNLF Integrees officers and
enlisted personnel were working very
satisfactorily because they wanted to be
identified. They were compensated for the job-
well done and their tenure of performing their
job is highly favorable to all. The jobs achieved
by them are recognized by offers and those of
the officers by the AFP unit commander. This
means that their achievements in the aspect of
peace and order are recognized as their
fulfilment. Belongingness was also seen in the
integration of the MNLF to the AFP. They felt
that responsibilities given to them are equally
assigned. There is an atmosphere of
friendliness which creates harmony among
peers and subordinate members. They were
also following the concept of “obey first before
you complain” and the “commanders are
always right”. The idea of having a good unity
motivated them to work harmoniously inorder
to perform their job satisfactorily. Through
integration of MNLF to the AFP, the peace and
order condition could be enhanced.
CONCLUSIONS Based on the findings, the
following conclusions are hereby drawn: 1. The
MNLF Integrees officers and enlisted
personnel wereperforming their job very
satisfactorily because they were committed to
perform their job to support the President of the
Republic of the Philippines as a Head of the
State and cooperated to all kinds of activities of
the AFP programs and projects. 2. The
performance of MNLF integrees officers and
enlisted personnel was very satisfactory
because they were identified of their
performance for the job well-done and their
tenure was highly favorable to them. 3.
Rationality was also one of the aspects that the
MNLF integrees officers and enlisted
personnel performing their job very
satisfactorily because they were given the
opportunity to travel and visitdifferent places to
do their job as AFP members which provide
them for a steady employment. 4. The
performance of MNLF integrees officers and
enlisted personnel was very satisfactory since
they felt that there is belongingness in the AFP
due to their observation that the responsibilities
were equally assigned and there is atmosphere
of friendliness which creates harmony among
peers and subordinates members. 5. MNLF
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integrees officers and enlisted personnel were
perfoming their job satisfactorily on
commitment aspects, rationality aspects,
identification aspect, and belongingness
aspects. 6. There is no significant difference
between the responses of the MNLF Integrees
and enlisted personnel along with the four
variables since the computed t-value is lesser
than the tabular values and therefore the null-
hypothesis is accepted which means that the
responses of both respondents are like.
RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the
conclusions , the following recommendations
are hereby presented: 1. MNLF Integrees
officers and enlisted personnel should maintain
their performance in committing themselves to
their jobs as integrees in the AFP. 2. The
performance of MNLF integrees officers and
enlisted personnel should be permanently
identified by the AFP inorder to maintain the
unity for the accomplishment of maintaining the
peace and ordercondition in Mindanao. 3.
MNLF integrees officers and enlisted
personnel should develop their performance in
doing their job as members of the AFP so that
they can continue join their personality as
permanent employees of AFP. 4. The
responsibilities of the MNLF integrees officers
and enlisted personnel should be permanently
equally assigned to them so that they can
maintain their feeling of belongingness within
the organization. 5. Commitment aspects,
rationality aspects, identification aspects, and
belongingness aspects should be maximized
by the MNLF integrees officers and enlisted
personnel that they are part of the
organizational unit of the AFP. 6. Overall
recommendation that a copy will be provided
toSouthern Command and General
Headquarters for re-assessment and
implementation.
Forum 28: I6
The Person of the Helping Professional
Mary Anne Portuguez
Moderator
Narratives of Experiences and Self-Care of
Marawi Psychological First Aid Providers
Mariflor Gatchalian
De La Salle University Manila
Mary Anne Portuguez
Vanguard Assessments
This qualitative research covers the narratives
of experiences and self-care of personnel from
the Department of Education Disaster Risk
Reduction Management Services (DepEd
DRRMS) trained in providing PFA in Marawi.
This research highlights how the PFA
providers/responders managed to deal and
cope with their experiences that can be used
as a springboard to have better programs on
caring for carers.
Evaluating KKDK: The Cordova Experience,
Facilitators’ Perspective
Glenn Glarino &
Justine Marie Beltran
University of San Carlos
The Katatagan Kontra Droga sa Komunidad
Program (KKDK), a community-based drug
rehabilitation program drug users, was utilized
in Brgy. Poblacion, Cordova, Cebu as part of
its intervention for drug surrenderees in the
locality. This paper looks into the efficacy of the
program from the perspective of the facilitators
from the community and its partner institution.
Variations in KKDK program were made in
order to fit to the needs of the local community,
i.e. language used during sessions. In general,
the program was seen as a helpful drug
intervention for the drug surrenderees in the
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barangay. Facilitators who were interviewed
provided observations regarding the drug
surrenderees’ attitude and response to the
program. They mentioned that most of their
participants showed a positive response to the
program. The participants were also observed
to place a value in their esteem but had low
self-esteem themselves when evaluated.
These participants had stayed in the program
out fear and compliance. Most of them also
preferred talking and participating in kinesthetic
activities than in writing activities. Meditation
activity at the start of each session was seen
as useful in helping the participants become
more relaxed. Random drug testing during the
course of the program was also a good
monitoring tool according to the faciltiators.
The results of this study can be used in
enhancing the KKDK program to fit to different
localities.
Pusong Bato: Filipino Masculinity and the
Psychological Well-Being of First
Responders
Bianca Eloise Agbayani,
Pauline Isabel Aurora Trinidad M. Villaflor &
Nadine Pamela B. Villaret
Ateneo de Manila University
Exposure to occupational hazard puts first
responders at high risk of experiencing
vicarious trauma. Most studies focus on the
well-being of victims of a disaster and there is
a lack of local literature especially on male first
responders despite the profession being
dominantly male. Literature also generally
presents a negative notion on masculinity. In
the Sociocultural Model, cultural expectations
are viewed to have an impact on one’s
perception of a stressor and one’s resources to
meet its demands and this perception affects
how they cope with stress (Aldwin, 2007).
Using this model as a lens, the study examined
three dimensions of masculinity: perceived
cognitive ability, sense of community, and
assertive dominance and how these
dimensions predict adaptive coping and
outcomes, psychological well-being and
vicarious trauma, among Filipino male first
responders. Using a mixed methods approach,
the researchers analyzed interviews using
thematic analysis. Survey results were
analyzed using mediation and multiple linear
regression. Results show that first responders
are equipped professionals who view their job
as demanding and they value social support
when coping with work-related trauma.
Perceived cognitive ability and sense of
community were found to significantly predict
adaptive coping and psychological well-being
while assertive dominance significantly
predicts vicarious trauma.
The flourishing and perceived social
support of 4ATG Peacekeepers throughout
combat deployments.
Reynan S. Salo
Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan
Combat exposures are known to negatively
affect the well-being of peacekeepers.
However, news and interviews about the
wounded peacekeepers from the Marawi siege
proved otherwise. According to the Armed
Forces of the Philippines, the support coming
from the government and the Filipino people is
one significant factor. Thus, this research
explored for predictive relationship between
peacekeepers’ perceived social support (PSS)
and flourishing (positive emotion, engagement,
positive relationship, meaning, and
accomplishments) after series of combat
deployments. This study also explored if
peacekeepers differ in flourishing in terms of
their demographic profile. A total population
sampling was conducted to the 4th Army
Training Group of the Philippine Army. After
series of statistical analyses, the test results
suggest that the peacekeepers have high
levels of perceived social support and
flourishing. Their perceived social support
throughout the combat deployment cycle
significantly predicted 18% of the variance of
their positive emotion (p<.005) and 22% of
meaning (p=.001). The findings also suggest
that peacekeepers who are younger, single,
those who experienced more and frequent
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deployments, and officers are more flourishing
than their counterparts. This implies that the
amount of support provided by the Filipino
people can help ensure their psychological
well-being.
Forum 29: I8
Substance Use Intervention and
Recovery
Carmencita Salonga
Moderator
Psychological Profile of Community Drug
Rehabilitation Patients: Basis for
Intervention Planning
Floyd Batongbacal, Amor Mia Arandia,
MIchael Buenaflor
University of Santo Tomas Graduate School
Psychotrauma Clinic
Evelyn Gravador
Fr. Edgardo de Jesus
Nuestra Senora del Carmen Parish Pulong
Buhangin
As the government intensified the campaign
against illegal drugs in the past two years,
community drug rehabilitation centers around
the country were put up for short term
treatment of mild to moderate cases of drug
addiction. In this emerging setting, the usual
treatment protocols and outcomes for drug
rehabilitation may not be applicable. Hence,
there is a need to study the actual profile of the
affected population and adjust intervention
protocols and expected outcomes. This
preliminary study focused on the psychological
conditions usually associated with drug abuse.
The levels of depression, anxiety, experience
of traumatic symptoms, impulsivity, and self-
harming behavior were measured among 105
patients in a short-term community
rehabilitation facility in the island of Luzon. A
matrix representing the relationship of these
variables and a preliminary predictive model
were created. Implications and
recommendations on the psychological aspect
of the intervention and expected outcomes are
discussed.
Preliminary Program Evaluation of a
Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation
Center: The Facilitators’ Perspectives
Gino Cabrera
Southern Luzon State University
Alyana Fae R. Balbuena
Emilio Aguinaldo College
Clarissa F. Delariarte
Far Eastern University
Argel B. Masanda
Central Luzon State University
Gil Jeff S. Tanganco & Alain Bernard A.
Andal
Holy Angel University
The parish of San Simon, Pampanga initiated
a Dangerous Drugs Board-recognized
formation shelter called Bahay Pagbabago ni
Apong Pilar for drug reformists in the
municipality and nearby areas. As part of a
comprehensive program evaluation, this study
was framed through a sequential explanatory
approach by using surveys and focused-group
discussion with the 6 volunteer-facilitators of
the center. Results show that they favor sports
and spiritual activities over livelihood activities
as more important formative elements in the
overall rehabilitation program for the
reformists. Similarly, they seem to have a
strong belief that the said components are
effective in the reformists’ improvement against
drug use. As perceived, indicators of a
successful formative rehabilitation program
circles around (a) behavioral improvement –
i.e., performing functionally in a job; (b) spiritual
development – i.e., praying and reading the
bible; and (c) personal enlightenment – i.e.,
becoming self-aware and advocate against
illegal drug use. Taken all together, these
elements constitute to an effective formation
and rehabilitation program for drug reformists
based on their experiences. Hence, related
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programs for such capacity must endeavor to
incorporate the cited factors.
Recommendations as to the implications of
these data to formation and related programs
are hereby put forth.
The Recovery Experience: Stress, Recovery
Capital, and Personal Views on Addiction
and Recovery in Post-Treatment Addiction
Recovery
Therese Castillo
Seagulls Flight Foundation, Inc.
The recovery experience is a research study
that explores the experiences of individuals in
post-treatment addiction recovery according to
stress, recovery capital and personal views on
addiction and recovery. Existing literature
suggests that individuals with addiction require
a substantial quality of recovery capital to
overcome stress and challenges in all stages
of recovery. In this research study, it focused
on a specific stage in recovery, post-treatment
addiction recovery, since there is a great need
to explore what happens after treatment. The
research adapted a case study research
design and interviewed eight (8) participants on
experiences in post-treatment addiction
recovery. Interview responses were analyzed
through categorizing codes and themes and
submitting for external audit. Results showed
that the recovery experience in post-treatment
addiction recovery involves dealing with stress
during reintegration to the mainstream
environment and daily functioning (getting a
job, earning money, fulfilling responsibilities).
Recovery connections, social support and
recovery-supportive activities were important
factors in sustaining recovery. Addiction was
considered as a lifestyle of powerlessness and
loss of control over substances while recovery
was depicted as an ongoing process requiring
support and finding purpose in being in
recovery.
A Recovery-Oriented Therapeutic
Community: Reflections on Current
Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the
Philippines
Sixtus Dane Ramos
De La Salle University – Manila
The Philippines’ nationwide campaign on drugs
has been under the limelight due to its
controversial approaches in dealing with the
problem of addiction. Despite the government’s
current efforts, substance use disorders and
related problems continue to persist within the
population. This study provides reflections on
the issue of addiction treatment in the
Philippines. This paper reviews the existing
facts about the Philippines’ campaign against
drugs, the approaches implemented by the
government, current state of therapeutic
communities (TC), and its resulting impact on
contemporary evidence-based treatment for
addiction in the country. A treatment framework
adapting a Recovery-Oriented Therapeutic
Community (ROTC) is presented in this study.
The ROTC aims to address addiction as a
chronic, relapsing disease. This alternative
approach for addiction treatment in the
Philippines is based on the concept of recovery
and principles of effective substance use
disorder treatment. This paper discusses
different recommendations for interventions,
research and policy development, aimed at
improving the odds of securing recovery for
individuals suffering from addiction.
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Learning Session 31: I9
May K Ka Ba? Kapayapaan at
Kaginhawahan sa Pagharap sa Krisis
(Generating Culturally Appropriate &
Peace Centered Materials for PSP Work
with Disaster-affected Populations)
Rhodora Gail Tan-Ilagan
Ateneo de Davao University – Center of
Psychological Extension & Research
Services (COPERS)
In the aftermath of a disaster or crisis situation,
the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Guidelines for Mental Health and Psychosocial
Services emphasizes the use of culturally
appropriate and contextualized interventions
for the affected community. Given the cultural
diversity and magnitude of the Filipino
population, particularly the marginalized
sectors, professional mental health service
providers, not limited to psychologists, need to
be equipped with skills for such forms of
psychosocial support. With the view of
integrating principles in psychology, social
work, community development, anthropology
and spirituality, a sociotherapeutic approach is
adapted by Ateneo de Davao’s Center of
Psychological Extension and Research
Services (COPERS) in responding to disaster-
stricken communities. Reviewing the Center’s
experience and best practices in journeying
with survivors of typhoon Yolanda in Eastern
Visayas and responders as well as direct
survivors affected by the Marawi siege,
participants shall undergo a praxical workshop
to generate specific psychological
interventions ranging from psychoeducation to
basic psychosocial activities for different
sectors of the community.
Symposium 31: I10
Person-Environment Interaction:
Concepts and Applications
Betty Cernol-McCann
Convener
Silliman University
PSSC’s 50th Anniversary
Psychosocial Determinants in
Environmental Resource Management
Initiatives
Betty Cernol-McCann
Silliman University
Several development projects over the years
have looked into some psychosocial aspects
to help understand and explain actions
characterized as environmental threats. The
author will revisit earlier studies she
conducted and identify lessons learned,
research gaps and courses of action in the
academe and target communities.
Values Orientation and Environmental
Threat Awareness as Determinants of Pro-
environmental Behavior
Lourdes Angela Florendo Pinero
Silliman University
In order to explore the role of personal factors
in the understanding of the environmental
system, this study wanted to see if values
orientation and environmental threat
awareness determine pro-environmental
behavior. The participants were purposively
chosen registered members of local people’s
organizations in a marine protected area
network. They were asked to complete survey
questionnaires, De Groot and Steg’s (2008)
Values Orientation Scale, an Environmental
Threat Awareness Scale and an Adapted
Version of the General Ecological Behavior
Scale. A total of 228 out of the 471 members
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who were invited participated in the survey.
Statistical analysis was done through
Spearman rho correlation coefficient and Two-
way ANOVA was used to look at significant
main effects. Positive correlations exist
between values orientation, environmental
threat awareness and pro-environment
behavior. Moreover, Two-way ANOVA showed
significant main effects between the factors
and pro-environmental behavior with no
interactions appearing between the variables.
The implications of the results show that there
is bearing in using values orientation
(especially biospheric orientation) and
increasing environmental threat awareness
when creating intervention programs to
increase pro-environmental behavior. This is of
relevance to concerned government and non-
government organizations whose aim is to
promote conservation, especially of these
marine protected areas. Social Psychology
Quality of Life, Spirituality, and Resiliency
among Natural Disaster Survivors in
Negros Oriental and Bohol
Rogen Ferdinand E. Alcantara
Silliman University
Introduction. Natural disasters form part of the
experiences of the Filipino people. Typhoons
and earthquakes are forms of devastation that
do not only cause physical destruction but also
wreak havoc on the psychological constitution
of those who are directly affected. While
disaster response requires assistance to
victims in the rebuilding of damaged physical
structures, responders must also pay attention
to the rebuilding of the survivors' psychological
well-being. This study was intended to
determine the relationship between quality of
life (physical, psychological, social relationship
and environment), spirituality, and resiliency
among natural disaster survivors in Negros
Oriental and Bohol. Methodology. A survey
research was performed covering selected
communities in the provinces of Negros
Oriental and Bohol where the Continuing
Calamity Response Program was implemented
in 2012 and 2013. Descriptive statistics were
used to organize, describe and analyze the
data obtained in this study. The Spearman rho
coefficient correlation was used in determining
significance of relationships. In addition, case
studies are presented to highlight the
constructs investigated in this research. Seven
case studies were chosen from both Negros
Oriental and Bohol. The selection was not only
based on how respondents best depicted or
characterized their concept of quality of life,
spirituality and resiliency, from their respective
scores in the given assessment tools and
actual interview but also how they were able to
spiritually cope with their stressful situation,
and endeavored to promote the well-being of
others. The selection was also based on the
respondent’s availability and willingness to
speak freely about their experiences; they had
completed the quantitative measures and were
identified by their fellow survivors as best
examples for disaster experience. Results and
Discussion. The results revealed a significant
inverse relationship between the psychological
domain (quality of life) and spirituality, meaning
that survivors with negative religious coping (as
a measure for heightened spiritual struggle)
were also found to have strong sense of
psychological well-being as one of the domains
of quality of life. Results also revealed a
significant relationship between the physical
domain (of the quality of life measure) and
resiliency, meaning there is a strong
association between a good physical or bodily
function and the ability to adapt to disaster
conditions. Good physical state, positive
attitude, problem solving skills, experience and
the like, were valuable compensatory factors to
neutralize the negative impact of disasters. The
case studies revealed more commonality of
views and experiences on their quality of life.
Most of the respondents perceived their overall
quality of life to be between poor and neither
poor nor good. Four out of seven respondents
perceived their overall health as good, while
the remaining respondents indicated
dissatisfied and neither satisfied nor
dissatisfied. The case studies also revealed
that majority of the case respondents were
experiencing spiritual struggle, indicating that
they were experiencing spiritual
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discontentment and spiritual tension and their
efforts to conserve or transform spirituality
have been threatened or harmed. This also
indicates that majority of case respondents
utilized negative religious methods to cope with
major life stressors and in dealing with crisis,
trauma, and transition. The case studies also
reveal that the majority of the respondents
indicated their level of resiliency as neutral,
indicating that the impact of the two disasters
are no longer felt intensely since making some
life adjustments and their lives have already
been “normalized.” Conclusion. Intervention by
private and public entities may have
contributed significantly to minimizing the
impact of natural disasters on the survivors.
The quality of life assessment results affirmed
the presence of resources and assistance to
promote the quality of life, however, these
resources and assistance were perceived to be
insufficient. Their level of spirituality reveals
discontentment, spiritual tension, and their
efforts to conserve or transform spirituality has
been threatened or harmed, indicating the
used negative religious methods in coping with
major life stressors and dealing with crisis,
trauma, and transition; they may have ability to
adapt and to bounce back and recover from
their stressful circumstances, but they were still
striving towards optimum level of functioning.
These data point to areas of improvement
including the resumption of post-disaster
quality of life assessment for a more effective
implementation of recovery schemes and
interventions. Emphasis could be placed on a
balanced and holistic intervention and recovery
program to enable survivors to obtain a sense
of optimal well-being, spiritual empowerment,
and positive resiliency. Counseling Psychology
Developmental Psychology Social Psychology
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
(MHPSS) and Disaster Psychology
Forum 30: I11
Abnormality and Assessment
Grace B. Evangelista
Moderator
Impulsivity and Hostility Indicators in
Human Figure Drawings of Filipino PUV
Drivers
Marie Franz Gavino
De La Salle University – Manila
This current research intended to validate the
utility of human figure drawing as an
assessment tool for identifying individuals who
have higher tendency towards impulsivity and
hostility among selected Filipino Public Utility
Vehicle (PUV) drivers. Through the Sign
Approach Method pioneered by Machover
(1949), several specific indicators from the
drawings of 100 PUV drivers based in Metro
Manila were analyzed in order to find
significant signs that are indicators of
impulsivity and hostility traits. Results showed
that there is one specific indicator appeared
significant in relation to impulsivity and this is
the presence of unequal arms in the drawing.
Meanwhile, there are two significant indicators
transpired in relation to hostility trait such as
illustration of nostrils in the figure and human
drawing with big hands in the figure. These
specific indicators were validated through a
Point-biserial correlation towards personality
traits such as impulsivity and hostility of PUV
drivers. The results of this research served as
another support for studies conveying that HFD
is capable to be an assessment tool for
different groups of adults like PUV drivers.
Implications of findings and directions for
further research are discussed.
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“You can’t just pause this game!”:
Development of a Local Tool for Internet
Gaming Disorder (IGD)
Lissa Antoinette Mendoza & Gregorio del Pilar & Rene Ela Ignacio
Ruby Ilustrisimo
University of the Philippines - Diliman
Raymond Intal
University of San Carlos
The increasing usage of online games in the
Philippines, the inclusion of Internet Gaming
Disorder in the appendix of the DSM5 and the
classification of gaming addiction as a mental
disorder by WHO brought a need to develop a
tool measuring Internet Gaming Disorder
(IGD). Literature has identified six criteria of
IGD. However, in this study we posited that the
known criteria can be further compressed into
three categories: persistent thoughts
(salience), sudden shift in mood (tolerance,
mood modification, withdrawal), and change in
functioning (conflict, relapse). There were forty-
five items in the initial item pool which was
distributed through the online platform. 155
participants (N = 155) answered the online
questionnaire. Results of the questionnaire
was analyzed through a correlational test
which yielded a Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.915 (α
= 0.915). Since internal consistency was quite
high, this led to the assumption of the presence
of multicollinearity. Thus, factor analysis was
conducted to check on this deduction and
revealed that there were five components
instead of the proposed three. To further refine
the scale, item analysis was conducted and
produced nineteen items that can best
represent IGD. A Cronbach alpha of α=.867
was obtained for the final set of items.
Understanding the DSM-5 Section III
Personality Disorders Using the Filipino
Trait Constructs of the Mapa ng Loob
Personality Research Laboratory, University
of the Philippines-Diliman
John Hermes Untalan
The Graduate School, University of Santo
Tomas
Using data sets from two samples (UP Diliman,
N=293, and four Manila universities N=248),
the six personality disorders specified in DSM-
5 Section III were operationalized using the
recommended facets of the Personality
Disorder for the DSM-5, then correlated with
facets of the Mapa ng Loob. For both samples,
mean reliabilities of the composite PD
measures and the facet scales of the Mapa
were adequate. Results were nearly identical
across the two samples, showing that Avoidant
(Neuroticism and low Extraversion), Borderline
(Neuroticism and low Conscientiousness),
Narcissistic (low Agreeableness) and
Schizotypal (Neuroticism and low
Extraversion) PDs were correlated in the
expected directions with facets of the Mapa
domains corresponding to each of the PID-5
domains. As expected, the Antisocial
Personality Disorder scores correlated
positively with Dalas Makaramdam ng Galit,
negatively with the Agreeableness and
Conscientiousness facets, but positively with
the Neuroticism facets of Pagkamaramdamin
and Pagkasumpungin. This pattern, though not
consistent with DSM-5’s primary psychopathy
subtype, is consistent with its secondary
subtype. The expected correlations of the
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder measure with
the Mapa facets were partially obtained
(Neuroticism, low Extraversion), but did not
correlate with the four Conscientiousness
facets of the Mapa, although the Rigid
Perfectionism facet of the OCD measure did
so.
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Development and Validation of the DSM-5-
based Generalized Anxiety Disorder Self-
Report Scale: Investigating Frequency and
Intensity Rating Differences
Jelli Grace C. Luzano, Imelu G. Mordeno,
Ma. Jenina N. Nalipay, Debi S. Galela &
Michelle Anne L. Ferolino
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute
of Technology
There are limitations in the currently available
measures for the assessment of generalized
anxiety disorder (GAD). While changes have
been made in the diagnostic criteria for GAD
from DSM-IV to DSM-5, there are no scales
which items correspond directly to DSM-5-
based GAD symptomatology. Moreover,
although recent studies support measuring
both symptom frequency and intensity of
mental disorders, most GAD measures assess
only either symptom frequency or intensity, and
there is no DSM-5-based self-report measure
of GAD that assesses both. In order to address
these limitations, two studies were conducted
to develop and validate a new GAD self-report
scale, the Generalized Anxiety Symptom
Severity Inventory (GASSI), which measures
symptom severity by assessing both the
frequency and intensity of DSM-5-based GAD
symptoms. Study 1 provides evidence for a
one-factor summed frequency and intensity
GAD score using exploratory factor analysis.
GASSI was found to have good reliability and
evidence of criterion-related validity. Study 2
suggests that both frequency and intensity of
symptoms need to be measured based on the
results of invariance testing. These findings
have implications for the measurement of GAD
symptoms, as well as in the development of
interventions for GAD.
Developing a Rehabilitation Psychology
Program in a Public Healthcare Institution
Jhoanna Yambot
Ospital ng Makati
The purpose of this paper is to encourage
perspective on the institutionalization of a
psychological services program developed
within a period of three years, at the
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (DRM)
of a government hospital (local government
unit). Initially catering to patients who are
referred by various clinical departments of the
institution for psychosocial support and
maximum functioning and independence, the
provision for psychological assistance has
expanded into a comprehensive program of
services including in-patient wellness visits,
psychological assessment, psychotherapeutic
intervention, family support, monthly lay fora on
mental health issues for various barangays in
the community, as well as personal
development and well-being workshops for
hospital personnel. Considering the upcoming
city mental health ordinance currently being
formulated to allow for a wider coverage of
mental health benefits for the city’s
constituents, issues and concerns with respect
to the limitations of and implications to the
program at its current status have surfaced.
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Establishing Psychological Assessment
Services for a Public Mental Health Facility
Ron Julius Espada
Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital
Setting up psychological assessment services
from scratch for a government facility
predictably entails certain considerations and
challenges. This paper aims to promote
discussion on best practices of assessment
psychology in a public hospital setting, as well
as invite constructive critique on the steps
taken by the author towards the development
of psychological assessment services at a
mental health facility. It presents the program
rationale, stages of planning, consultation, and
selection of psychological assessment tools,
including a description of the selected
intelligence and personality tests. It provides
an overview of the referral process for the
assessment of clients referred by medical and
allied health professionals from various
departments of the institution. Roles of
psychologists and psychometricians in a
multidisciplinary team in terms of psychological
assessment are also discussed.
Trauma-informed care (TIC): A Way of Life
in Government Residential Facilities
Sheharazad Renton Tolentino & Maria
Adela Guerrero
Department of Social Welfare and
Development
Contemporary trauma treatments such as
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (TFCBT) are developed primarily for
individual or group therapy contexts. These
interventions are contra-indicated, however, for
youth who have self-harm or suicidal
behaviors, and who lack supportive families
that can provide empathic support during
trauma processing because these place them
at risk for further trauma exposure. These very
techniques of behavior management and
safety procedures designed to reduce unsafe
behaviors have been found to be distressing
for traumatized youth, leading to further
dysregulation, reactivity, and absconding. This
paradox points to a need to integrate trauma-
informed approaches in the setting – that go
beyond circumscribed trauma intervention, are
flexible enough to be applied across contexts,
and are accessible enough to be learned by a
variety of staff from administrators to direct
service workers such as houseparents, social
workers, and doctors. This study explored the
efficacy of implementing trauma-informed care
(TIC) as an overarching framework in operating
government-managed residential care
facilities, particularly shelters that cater to
sexually abused, trafficked, and traumatized
survivors. The value and effectiveness of TIC
for center staff – who are directly involved in
serving these clients and trained on the
management of “problem behaviors” – is also
included in this paper.
Capoiera Angola as a Socio-Educative
Intervention for Children and Youth at Risk
Geoffrey Tenerife
Maria Adela Guerrero
Department of Social Welfare and
Development
This study explored whether a socio-behavioral
intervention program, specifically the Afro-
Brazilian art form known as Capoiera Angola
that integrates elements of dance, movement
and musicality, can help produce positive
social outcomes in sixty (60) young residents
from three selected shelters run by the
Department of Social Welfare and
Development. Children and youth with
challenging behaviors were identified and
assessed via behavioral checklists. Those who
displayed significantly challenging behaviors
were then grouped according to age and given
about one-hour formal Capoiera Angola
sessions once a week for three months. Each
session was concluded with a segment called
“Open Mic,” where participants shared their
experience and reflections in the session. After
conducting a post intervention evaluation and
systematic review of incident reports, results
showed an increase in prosocial behaviors,
engagement in more productive self-directed
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behaviors, improvements in grooming and
hygiene, increased ability to sustain focus on a
task, and a beginning awareness of the
benefits of social capital, among others. Other
positive results of the study are discussed
along with its conclusions, limitations,
implications, and recommendations.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
J1 TO J12
September 22, 2018
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
Learning Session 32: J1
Befriending Stress: Understanding
Stress Quotient and Emotional Agility
Dario Arive, Jr.
PsychPeers Counseling and Consultation
Services / Universal Robina Corporation
Can you make Stress your friend? And how is
Emotional Agility be a gift and a power in
stressful situations? The main objective of this
learning session is to develop in the
participants the understanding and the
connection of Stress Quotient and Emotional
Agility. The session will start by introducing and
discussing studies related to Stress and Stress
Quotient. This will include social experiments
done on Stress, the different ways our bodies
respond to stress, other effects of stress, the
stress response, and how oxytocin is related to
stress. Furthermore, human connection, caring
and resilience will be discussed as important
aspects of stress quotient and how stress gives
us access to our hearts. It will also include the
different ways to cope up with stress such as
meditation, mindfulness, social connection and
developing the ability to be emotionally agile.
The method will involve lectures and activities
that will introduce participants to a deeper
understanding of Stress and Emotional Agility.
At the end of the learning session, the facilitator
hopes to develop in the participants a different
view about stress and how to be emotionally
agile. As Xan Oku said, “May the Flowers
remind us why the rain was so necessary.”
Symposium 33: J2
Political Psychology Symposium on
Political Participation
Diwa Malaya Quiñones
Convener
Family ties, Political Ideology, and Political
Trust in Civic Engagement Among
Millennials
Francis Simonh M. Bries
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
Christine Joy C. Lim
Mariano Marcos State University – Batac
and Department of Psychology, University
of the Philippines - Diliman
Ruby D. Ilustrisimo
University of San Carlos - Cebu and
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
The current research investigates the roles that
family ties and socialization, political ideology,
and trust in government institutions play in
predicting the engagement of educated
millennials in the civic and political affairs of the
nation. The research also attempts to address
the lack of representation of other provinces in
current researches and information on Filipino
youth civic engagement. Through an online
survey, 298 millennials (M = 20.79 years, SD =
2.67) were recruited from Ilocos Norte, the
Greater Manila Area, and Cebu. Selection of
the localities were due to high recorded voter
turnouts and close tallies in the 2016 Philippine
Presidential Elections that may be indicative,
although not an all-encompassing descriptor,
of high adult political participation. While
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controlling for participant demographics such
as age, income, and education, it is found that
political ideology robustly predicts over-all civic
engagement. Nonetheless, the role of family
ties in influencing political ideology was
observed, together with political ideology
mediating the influence of family ties on
political trust. Direct influence of the three
independent variables were also found on the
different subdomains of civic engagement.
Further path analysis showed how location
influenced the variables of interest. The
differing influences of family ties, political
ideology, and political trust on the various
facets of civic engagement are discussed.
Can ingroup Political Failing Result to
Collective Self-Critical Emotions?
Darren Dumaop
University of the Philippines - Diliman and
De La Salle University
Collective self-critical emotions (i.e., guilt and
shame) are self-conscious emotions out of
ingroup's despicable acts. These emotions
lead to reparative action not only for the benefit
of others but also for the benefit of the self or
ingroup. Numerous studies used moral failure
to elicit collective guilt and collective shame. An
ingroup collective action, however, can also
result to political failing or disruptions of
political institutions that led to its incapacity to
work. In a rising democracy like the Philippines,
will political failing result to collective self-
critical emotions? The present study used
EDSA People Power II (EDSA2) as an event
that represented political failing. Older (born in
1981 and earlier) and younger (born in 1991
and later) Filipinos reported their experience of
collective guilt and shame after reading an
outgroup analysis of EDSA2. Participants from
the older group reported more collective guilt
than participants from the younger group.
However, the two groups had no difference in
collective shame. It appeared that people who
were chronologically present during an event of
political failing felt more responsible for it (i.e.,
collective guilt). This does not imply, however,
that they were more motivated to correct this.
Mobilizing Men: Ally Identities and
Collective Action in Japan and the
Philippines
Winnifred R. Louis
School of Psychology, University of
Queensland
Makiko Deguchi
Department of English Studies, Sophia
University
Eric Julian Manalastas
Department of Psychology, University of
Sheffield
Danielle P. Ochoa
Department of Psychology, University of the
Philippines - Diliman
Men have an important role as allies in
reducing discrimination against women.
Following the Social Identity Model of
Collective Action (SIMCA), we examined
whether men’s identification with the
disadvantaged group of women would predict
their allied collective action, alongside moral
convictions, efficacy, and anger. But would
identification with their own ingroup conflict
with their willingness to improve women’s
situation? We tested the SIMCA, extended to
consider ingroup identification among men, in
Japan (N = 103) and the Philippines (N = 131).
Consistent with SIMCA, moral convictions and
group efficacy predicted men’s willingness to
engage in collective action to fight
discrimination against women. However, anger
was not significant, and identification with the
advantaged and disadvantaged groups played
different roles in the two countries. We discuss
the possible role of norms and legitimacy in
society in explaining the pattern of results.
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Examining the Effects of Social Media
Priming and Political Efficacy on Protest Learning Session 33: J3
Participation Seeing, Contemplating, Creating:
Christian Victor A. Masangkay & Enhancing Well-Being through
Aila M. Abellanosa Appreciation of Beauty
Department of Psychology, University of the Roseann Tan-Mansukhani
Philippines - Diliman De La Salle University – Manila
The increasing use of social media has been
observed as an effective facilitator of social and
Psychologists have recognized the human
political movements around the world. Various
need for beauty as a vital element in life, and
empirical studies and meta-analyses have
its salutary effects on the psyche (Carandang
mapped out relevant social media use
et al., 2014; Ferrucci, 2009; Maslow, 1967).
variables on protest participation and their
Positive psychology acknowledges the role of
social psychological antecedents. For this
beauty in people’s well-being in the character
paper, we attempted to contribute to the
strength of “appreciation of beauty and
discussion by investigating a possible pathway
excellence” (Peterson & Seligman, 2004),
that links the effects of social media use on
defined as “the ability to find, recognize, and
protest participation. Through a quasi-
take pleasure in the existence of goodness in
experiment that had 185 respondents, we
the physical and social worlds” (p. 537). When
examined the effects of reading news online,
people perceive and contemplate beauty, they
using social media, and political efficacy on
can experience self-transcendent emotions,
one’s likelihood to participate in a protest. Data
such as awe and wonder, that lift them out of
were analyzed via ordinary least squares
their self-preoccupations and stressors, and
(OLS) regression and t-test. The results
make them feel connected to their
revealed that the effect of political news
surroundings, relationships and life. This
priming on intention to participate in protest is
learning session aims to foster the participants’
indirect and is mediated by internal political
mindful attention and appreciation of beauty in
efficacy. Furthermore, the effect of priming on
their immediate environment as a means to
the difference measures for internal and
enhancing well-being. This will be done
external political efficacy were significant,
through a presentation of the conceptual
although the means were small. These findings
foundations of the psychological need for
suggest that social media use facilities social
beauty, the relationship of appreciation of
movements by making exchange of
beauty to well-being, empirical and practical
information on political issues and current
applications of appreciation of beauty to mental
events convenient, thus, making citizens feel
health and clinical practice, an illustrative
that they are capable of participating in politics.
creative pedagogy, and experiential activities
to engage the participants in their own
glimpses of beauty in day-to-day living.
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Forum 31: J4
Gender Issues
Anna Kathrina O. Watin
Moderator
Bakit Ka Pamin? : Meanings and Life
Experiences of Discreet Gay Men
Kevin-Milner De Vera & Jocelyn Nolasco
Ateneo de Manila University
Using the lens of Meyer’s (2003) minority
stress model, this study examined the
meanings and life experiences of discreet gay
men. The researchers carried out one-on-one,
in-depth interviews to three self-identified
discreet gay men and through a thematic
analysis, generated four main themes: discreet
means selective disclosure; discreet due to
familial factors and fear of homophobic
treatment; experience of homophobia, in-group
discrimination, and derogatory stereotypes;
and coping through trusted circles, and
defensive posturing towards heteronormativity.
This study provided a new perspective on the
life experiences and the well-being of a
commonly misunderstood segment of the
LGBTQ community. Keywords: discreet
homosexual, concealed, gay men, closeted
gay, homosexual, heteronormativity, stigma
Conceptualizations on Femininity and
Identified Issues in Women
Juleva Saniel
Saint Louis University - Baguio
The study aims to identify women’s
understanding regarding their femininity and
their issues from it. The current study used a
qualitative method and gathered fifteen
heterosexual women from Davao Occidental
that age ranges from 20-28 years old. Findings
showed three main themes of the
conceptualization of Femininity including (a)
Feminine Qualities, (b) Shifting Paradigms on
Femininity and (c) Femininity Roles. The
identified issues, on the other hand, found
three major aspects: (a) Intrapersonal Conflict
on Femininity, (b) Experienced Gap due to
Shifting Paradigms on Femininity and (c)
vulnerability to violence among young adult
women. It was revealed that the
conceptualizations of femininity and identified
issues have interactive relationship with each
other. Women are experiencing issues due to
femininity standards. Several relationships
between the conceptualization and the issues:
femininity qualities in physical attractiveness
increases intrapersonal conflict on femininity
enhancement. Shifting paradigms on feminine
roles also heightened intrapersonal conflict of
role fatigue, vulnerability to abuse and
experienced gap due to the shift. Thus,
suggesting that through promoting Women
Empowerment, helping women to balance
femininity standards and ideologies in order to
address different femininity issues and perhaps
help them change their mindset and behavior
for the better status of women in the patriarchal
society.
The Predictors of Men's Sexual
Objectification of Women
Jose Joseph Pangngay
Saint Louis College
This study examined undergraduate men’s
conformity to four dimensions of traditional
masculine norms and its ability to predict their
likelihood to perpetrate sexual objectification
towards women. Moreover, this study
examined the mediating roles of abusive male
peer group association, pornography use,
Facebook use, drive for muscularity, and
perception of female beauty and attractiveness
to the links between conformity to masculine
norms and sexual objectification of women.
Participants were 706 heterosexually self-
identified undergraduate men who completed a
survey. Results show that body gaze is
predicted by conformity to Violence masculine
norm. Body comments is predicted by
conformity to Playboy, Dominance, and Power
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Over Women masculine norms. Unwanted
explicit sexual advances are predicted by
conformity to Playboy masculine norm.
Moreover, the different social factors
consumed by the participants succeeded in
mediating the association between conformity
to masculine norms and engagement to
sexually objectifying behaviors towards women
on varied levels (partial and full levels). The
findings emphasize the need to target
conformity to traditional masculine norms,
abusive male peer group associations, and
pornography and Facebook use, drive for
muscularity, and perception of female beauty
and attractiveness in interventions aimed at the
reduction of men’s perpetration of sexually
objectifying behaviors towards women.
Exploring the Dual Roles of Solo Mothers
Rama Lo Romero
University of Antique
Using a qualitative - phenomenological
research method, this study explored the lived
experiences of solo mothers in managing their
dual roles of being a mother and a student in
the University of Antique. A total of six (6) solo
mothers aging 22-29 years old served as
participants in this study. A semi-structured
interview was conducted to find out the
participants’ lived experiences. To reveal an
overall narrative of the participants’
experiences, Hycner’s thematic analysis
procedure was utilized. Seven themes
emerged from the narratives of the solo
mothers and these include (a) performance of
roles, (b) barriers in managing dual roles, (c)
impacts on personal lives, (d) impacts on social
lives, (e) impacts on academic lives, (f) coping
strategies and (g) aspirations. Furthermore,
subthemes appeared from the themes
presented. On performance of roles, task-
focused approach and multi-task approach
were the subthemes. Barriers in managing dual
roles had financial barriers, social barriers and
emotional barriers as subthemes. Impacts on
personal lives include subthemes namely,
liberty, desirable personality traits, source of
motivation and low life satisfaction. For impacts
on social lives, the subtheme was sense of
detachment. Impact on academic life’s
subthemes were poor concentration and low
academic performance. Another theme which
was coping mechanism had subthemes that
include optimism, denial, reliance on God and
social support. Lastly, the subthemes for
aspirations theme were education,
employment and child’s future. Because of
these findings, the recommended output of the
study is a Support Group Program for solo
mothers.
Learning Session 34: J5
Utilizing Dreams, Fairy tales, and
Movement in Gestalt Therapy
Emmanuel V. Hernani
Cebu Normal University/
Psychosomatherapia
This learning session is experiential, dialogical
and dynamic. As prelude, there would be brief
overview of the developmental story, principles
and techniques of Gestalt Therapy. The main
part of the session, which is the experiential
exercises, will invite participants to experience
the phenomenological-dialogical stance of
Gestalt in working with dreams, fairy tales and
movement. After each experiential segment,
there will be a discussion and analysis of the
principles and methods employed. Generally,
the activity would anchor on awareness,
dialogue, reflective contact between the
presenter and the participants. At the end of the
activity, participants will be able to distinguish
Gestalt work from other therapies that utilize
dreams, fairy tales and movement exercises.
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Forum 32: J6
Technology and Development
Joanne Trina Moreno-Javier
Moderator
Correlating Visual Acuity and IQ via
Computer Use and Study Duration in
Children
Citadel C. De Castro,
Jose Gabriel D. Gonzales,
Patrick Antonne H. Gonzalez,
Nicholle Anne B. Grageda,
Abigayle Therese R. Guiritan
& Guloy, Alvin Joseph A. Jr.
UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery
Ma. Regina Atinaja
UST Counseling & Career Center
Visual acuity as a measure of visual function is
the eye’s resolution allowing discrimination of
distinct visual stimuli from one another. This
may play vital role in the educational
development of children through its influence
on the intelligent quotient (IQ), however, both
varaibles have multifactorial basis. This study
investigated on possible association between
IQ and visual acuity in the context of other error
of refraction risk factors, length of computer
use and studying, utilizing cross-sectional
design and stratified random sampling of
ninety-six (96), aged 10-14 Filipino children in
a private school. Robotfoto was used to obtain
information. Snellen chart and the Otis-Lennon
Mental Ability Test were used to determine
visual acuity and IQ, respectively. A stepwise
multiple regression analysis was employed
using Stata software. Findings revealed that
visual acuity of both eyes alone was not a
significant determinant for IQ development (p =
0.0856); however, visual acuity of the right eye
(p = 0.028), history of honors (p = 0.010),
history of dengue (p = 0.028) or UTI (p = 0.006)
were statistically significant determinants for IQ
development. It is recommended that future
studies be conducted in public schools,
assessing one year level and visual acuity
abnormality at a time. Keywords: visual acuity,
IQ, computer use and study duration
Even if You are not There, You are Home:
Exploring the Positive in the Self and
Virtual Relationship Experiences of Filipino
Facebook Users
Jim Rey Baloloy, Nannette Medel,
Joanne Rachelle Valle, Filemon Cruz &
Chester Relleve
De La Salle University
Facebook is considered as one of the most
popular social networking sites in the world and
it is apparent that Filipinos are one of its top
users. Despite the popularity of the site,
empirical evidence has implicated Facebook
use with a wide variety of negative outcomes
but with less knowledge on the positive effects
of its use. The present investigation seeks to
understand the positive experiences of
Facebook use among Filipinos to capture a
deeper understanding of the positive
influences of the social networking site on the
self and social relationships. Six individuals
were asked to share two Facebook posts that
they believe had a positive influence on them.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted
which focused on the two shared posts. The
results of thematic analysis using Giorgi’s
(1975) phenomenological analysis show six
themes: Facebook makes families closer;
Facebook induces positive affect; Facebook
facilitates good friendships; Facebook
facilitates connection with special persons and
objects; Facebook establishes identity and;
Facebook gives inspiration. The findings of the
study provide insights on positive Facebook
experiences, family dynamics, and Filipino
virtual identity.
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Establishing Mental Health App Integrity:
Validation of Psychologist in a Pocket in
Screening Depression
Paula Ferrer Cheng
University of Santo Tomas/Vivech System
Solutions
Roann Munoz Ramos
Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
Portialynn Quetulio See
University of Santo Tomas
Depression is identified as the most prevalent
clinical disorder and the main cause of illness
and disability among the youth. The Philippines
has the highest incidence of depression in
Southeast Asia with over 4.5 million cases.
Recognition proves difficult because of societal
factors and by limitations of conventional
assessment procedures. Through mHealth or
mobile health, technology could aid preliminary
clinical assessment of depression. This study
presents the validation of Psychologist in a
Pocket (PiaP), a mobile app designed to
screen depressive symptoms through text
analysis. Via Tripartite Model of Test
Construction, PiaP’s Depression Lexicon
consisting of 781,936 keywords was content
validated by mental health experts (Content
Validation Index = 0.90), tested for internal
consistency (Cronbach α= 0.763), tested for
item discriminability (item-total correlations r =
0.029 to r = 0.623), and construct validated with
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) II (r =0.50),
Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression
(CES-D) scale (r =0.42), Affect Balance Scale
(ABS) Negative Affect scale (r = -0.29), and
Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (r = -0.32).
Normative structure was also defined. With its
initial psychometric properties, PiaP can be a
tool that would augment the process of
detection of depressive symptoms among
using mobile technology.
“Nakaalpas Sa Duda v. Duda Pa Rin:
Narratives of Resolved v.
Unresolved/Continuing Doubt
Katherine Donatela Manlongat,
Ma. Beatriz Guerrero, Claudine Tecson,
Claudia Ysabel Macias & Divine Love A.
Salvador
University of the Philippines - Diliman
The quantitative study on IC and PWB was part
of a mixed methods investigation employing
survey/questionnaire and interviews to quantify
hypothesized construct relationships on one
hand and on the other, to elucidate pagdududa
narratives of a subset of participants. Thematic
analysis of participant narratives reflect
constructions of pagdududa / doubting as a
dynamic experience that comes across to, and
is felt by, the nagdududa as one of
contradiction and competing concerns,
cognitions, emotions, values, etc. The
qualitative part of the study also checked if the
pagdududa narratives shared by participants
who scored higher in PWB / lower in IC, as well
as lower in PWB / higher in IC differed in terms
of participants’ self-reported psychological
wellbeing. An important set of themes
constructed from participant narratives pertains
to the effective resolution of pagdududa (seen
in narratives of those interviewees who had
lower IC / higher PWB) and how it differs from
unresolved and continuing pagdududa (seen in
narratives of those interviewees who had
higher IC / lower PWB).
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Doubt, Distrust, and Wellbeing: Measuring
Inferential Confusion (Pathological Doubt)
and its Relationships with Trust, Distrust,
and Psychological Wellbeing
Divine Love A. Salvador & Jemima F.
Cabanlong
University of the Philippines - Diliman
Inferential confusion (Aardema, et.al., 2009;
O’Connor, et.al., 2013) is a disordered
cognitive process in which greater credence is
given to imagined, rather than objectively
sensed, realities. Two studies measured
putative relationships between inferential
confusion and variables pertinent to the
experience of doubt. Study 1 looked into IC,
Trust, and Distrust, and hypothesized that: 1)
Trust and IC exhibit inverse/negative
correlation while Distrust and IC exhibit positive
correlation; 2) both T and D predict a significant
proportion of the variability in IC; and 3) four
groupings based on posited “alternative social
realities” (Lewicki, 1998), derived from
combinations of T and D scores, will have
significantly different levels of IC. Study 2
looked into IC, total Psychological Wellbeing
(Ryff, et.al., 1995, etc.), and two PWB
dimensions, and hypothesized that there will
be significant group differences on PWB, SA
(self-acceptance), and PG (personal growth)
between those high in IC and those low in IC.
Results of Study 1 suggest that both trust and
distrust are correlated with inferential confusion
(r = -0.151, p = 0.05 for T and IC; r = 0.65, p =
0.01 for D and IC; N = 189), but only distrust
can be used to predict a modest proportion of
the variability in inferential confusion (R sq =
13.3, Adjusted R sq = 12.8). Also, a bigger
sample size is needed to test the third
hypothesis given that Lewicki et.al’s putative
social realities were not equivalently
represented in the study sample. Results of
Study 2 supported the predictions for IC and
total PWB (F = 46.286, p = 0.000, partial eta sq
= 0.131), self-acceptance (F = 53.675, p =
0.000, partial eta sq = 0.148), and personal
growth (F = 9.456, p = 0.002, partial eta sq =
0.030), showing significant group differences
on these scores between high and low IC
individuals. In terms of accounting for
variability, IC predicted a greater proportion of
total PWB and SA but only a small proportion
of PG. These results are discussed in light of
the literature as well as insights from narratives
of pagdududa shared by study participants.
Facilitating Effective Pagdududa Towards
Gains in Psychological Wellbeing
Divine Love A. Salvador, Claudia Ysabel
Macias, Claudine Tecson, Katherine
Donatela Manlongat, Ma. Beatriz Guerrero
University of the Philippines - Diliman
Study 2’s participant narratives suggest that
the experience of effectively resolved doubt is
associated with certain gains in psychological
wellbeing such as: a kinder view of self and
others, a sense of having learned and grown
as a person from the experience, and a sense
of agency, mastery, and confidence in
navigating life events. To extend this idea, this
paper presents some potential strategies —
based on insight from participant narratives as
well as the clinical / research literature — for
effective doubt resolution. These strategies
center on: 1) the dialectics of avoidance-and-
approach, progress-and-retreat, short-term
pain for long-term gain; 2) healthful attitudes
towards self, doubt, and one’s experience/s;
and 3) creation of PWB/ginhawa facilitating
meanings out of the experience of doubt. A key
theme is the nagdududa’s readiness to go into
the experience of doubt, given that the here-
and-now of it is uncomfortable and painful, but
with potential for long-term benefit to
psychological wellbeing.
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What is Doubt? Constructions of Doubt
and the Importance of a Pragmatic
Scientist-Practitioner Perspective
Divine Love A. Salvador
University of the Philippines - Diliman
This paper presents the basic assumptions,
perspective, and methodology of the research
project on which the subsequent papers are
based. Doubt is assumed to be a basic
experience that everybody undergoes, and the
basic challenge is to systematically study a
complex, dynamic experience of felt
contradiction. The project’s perspective is
described as pragmatic in mixing and utilizing
data types, having a clinical psychology /
scientist-practitioner focus on therapeutic
utility, constructive and integrative in
scrutinizing a putative doubt-wellbeing link, and
dialectical in resolving ostensible
contradictions in data. Different constructions
of doubt, from different knowledge domains,
and related constructs are also reviewed. The
specific (mixed) methodology used for the
project is described, and its limitations are
discussed to provide interpretive boundaries
for the subsequent presentations.
Forum 33: J8
Psychology and the Law
Hector M. Perez
Moderator
Forensic Protocol on Marital Nullification
for Psychologists in the Philippines
Antero Rosauro V. Arias, Jr.
UST Graduate School/Mapua University
Arnulfo V. Lopez,
UST Graduate School
The combined disciplines of psychology and
law evolved into the discipline that we now call
forensic psychology. The realization of this
interdisciplinary configuration while they
appeared to have been harmonized might
have, as well, created possible conflicts, if not
a total void in the documentation of both
research and practice. The differences in the
very nature and focus of the discipline of
psychology, being nomothetic and empirical,
and the discipline of law, being idiographic and
authoritative, provided the very bases of the
theoretical and practical gaps. Our present
study conducted a thematic analysis of several
court transcripts and affidavits on the accounts
made by clinical psychologists as expert
witnesses on marital nullification. Three
compartmentalized superordinate themes
which similarly categorized the other themes
were then generated. All these themes were
extracted from a broad spectrum of initial
codes and subcodes that were created using
MAXQDA. Relevant narratives of responsible
psychological practices were then reported
based on these themes. The thematized
narratives were then vetted using expert, legal
and empirical validation that were later
catalogued in a forensic protocol that was not
intended to overshadow the existing laws and
codes, but was envisioned to challenge the
very absence of the necessary aspirational
guidelines.
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Worldview of Filipino Children In Conflict
With The Law (CICL)
Ramon Clemente Martin F.
LachicaUniversity of St. La Salle
In developing intervention approaches for
children in conflict with the law (CICL), these
children’s own understanding of their condition
as offenders’ must be included before the
situational dynamics of offending may be fully
understood (Progrebin, 2004). This study
intended to explore the worldview of the CICL.
It aimed to understand the CICL’s notion of
“crime”; and their views on the implication of
their offense on Self, Others and Future. Using
a phenomenological approach, in-depth
interviews were conducted with ten (10)
selected CICL to reconstruct their experiences
prior to, and during, their institutionalization at
a corrective facility. Informed consent was
obtained. Using episodic narratives, themes on
the CICL’s notion of crime consisted of “internal
disposition” which includes either one’s
concupiscence or dulled conscience; “violation
of the principles” of “justice”, “life and person”,
the natural law, and principle of karma.
Perceived implications of the offenses on one’s
self involved disturbed intrapsychic dynamics,
and disrupted interpersonal relations;
implications on others consisted of others’
negative evaluation of the offender, and
negative impact on the family. Implication of
the offenses on one’s future included both
constructive and adverse consequences.
Findings are discussed from a moral
development perspective and strengthening of
moral reasoning through psychosocial
interventions.
Self-Legitimacy and Social Justice
Orientation as Predictors of Policemen’s
Attitude Towards Tokhang Operations
Bea Luz Gayondato, Jonnah Mae L.
Codilla, Carol G. Dagayo,
Queenie A. Maragañas
Princess Yumiko M. Panlaan, Khael T.
Quinain
University of San Carlos
The current study aimed to look at the
predictive capacity of self-legitimacy and social
justice orientation on policemen’s attitude
towards Tokhang operations. Oplan Tokhang
is a newly implemented anti-drug campaign in
the country carried out by Filipino policemen.
Since policemen are in a position of power,
their attitude in implementing the campaign
could be influenced by their self-legitimacy and
their view of justice because Tokhang is also a
justice-concerned operation. This study was a
quantitative study utilizing survey method and
used multiple linear regression for prediction. A
sample of 150 currently in-service police
officers from the PNP-Cebu Province were
recruited for the study through convenient
sampling. Result of multiple linear regression
analysis is significant, F (4, 145) = 16.144, p <
.01, R2 = .308). Results showed that self-
legitimacy (β = .157, t = 2.227, p < .05) and
social justice orientation does predict
policemen’s attitude towards Tokhang.
However, out of the 3 types of social justice,
only procedural justice (β = .316, t = 3.787, p <
.05) and retributive justice (β = .21, t = 2.52, p
< .05) significantly predicted attitudes.
Exploring this phenomenon would contribute to
local studies in Filipino culture about police
attitudes.
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Being bad for the good: Exploring
Personality Traits and Altruism among
Filipino Law Enforcers
Joy Tungol Cataneda, A. Perez, J., Yu, S.,
& Zurbano, G
University of Santo tomas
Altruism has been long conceptualized as a
self-sacrificial act which promotes prosocial
behavior (Kent, 2011; Lishner, 2016). It is
generally viewed as a positive phenomenon,
yet other researches have highlighted the
feature of such behavior as anything other than
selflessness, which may include egotistically
motivated or self-serving behaviors (Feigin et
al., 2013). Individuals who possess these traits
or qualities have a tendency to seek special
treatment or admiration, to be apathetic
towards the feelings of others and to
manipulate others in order to achieve their own
ends (Whitbourne, 2013). These are known as
the Dark Triad personality traits characterized
by callousness, manipulativeness, lack of
empathy, and also the exhibition of altruism, in
the form of self-serving behaviors. As such,
these traits are commonly observed among
enforcers who are known for their helping
behaviors and assistance towards the society
This research aims to explore the existence of
the Dark Triad traits and altruism among law
enforcers, and if these traits can be
significantly correlated with altruism. Through
purposive random sampling, a total of one
hundred (100) law enforcers were recruited as
participants. Results show that only narcissism
is positively correlated with altruism r(100) =
.223, p< .05, indicating that altruistic behaviors
performed by law enforcers may not always be
self-sacrificial, but self-serving.
Learning Session 35: J9
Assessing the Competency of Managers
Casto Ignacio
Org Mgt & Dev Systems, Inc.
Performance appraisals are subjective, lacking
in uniformity of standards, and not based on the
competencies that recent research has
identified as critical to success in management.
Most organizations lack an objective means of
evaluating their strengths and weaknesses of
managers and supervisors. This session
explores the findings of recent competency
studies, identifies the methods used to assess
managerial competence their advantages well
as disadvantages. OBJECTIVES: Upon
completing this session, each participant will
be able: • To list the major competencies that
top-performing firms focus on • To describe at
least six ways to assess managerial
competencies • To identify the major
advantages and disadvantages of assessment
methods • To experience a segment of an
assessment exercise and critique it
CONTENT: How the competency studies
evolved the 12 major competencies that
emerged and how they cluster into four
groupings: Administrative, Communication,
Supervisory, and Cognitive. The use of case
method on video to minimize variability (i.e.
how to control for variation in presenting the
stimulus and in scoring the responses) major
design considerations in developing an
assessment. What we’ve learned about the
performance of Filipino managers and
supervisors who have been through the
assessment program. Presenter: Casto Merza
Ignacio, RPsy President. Organization
Management and Development Systems, Inc.
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Forum 34: J10
Psychology and the Professions
Grace A. Dalisay
Moderator
Passion to profession: The motives and
need satisfaction of Filipino performing
artists
Anna Mae Amurao
University of the Philippines Diliman
The humanistic perspective upholds that
individuals must satisfy (five) basic human
needs to maintain their overall wellbeing and
become fully-functioning individuals. This
qualitative research explored the key
motivations for pursuing a professional career
in the performing arts. It provided an analysis
of the extent to which the basic human needs
(identified by Maslow) are satisfied among
Filipino performing artists. Twelve (12) Filipino
artists were interviewed: they were active and
acclaimed performers in dance, music, theatre,
film & TV. Findings showed that for the sample,
their artistic profession fairly satisfied most of
the basic human needs in the following order:
self-actualization, esteem, income
(physiological), and belongingness. However,
it lacked in providing a strong sense of
safety/security for "freelance" performers. In
this regard, Filipino artists in the sample
emphasized that continued opportunities in the
entertainment or performing arts industry—on
top of fair satisfaction of their basic needs—are
necessary to stay loyal and truly flourish in the
profession. The paper concludes with practical
recommendations on how Filipino artists and
relevant stakeholders can work together to
strengthen need satisfaction and, thereby,
promote the overall wellbeing and flourishing of
performing artists in the Philippines.
Filipino Lawyers: Personality Traits and
their View of Self-Potentialities
Eugene Hontiveros, Ely H. Espinosa Jr. &
Emeline Ann V. Olis-Dolotina
National Center for Mental Health and
Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
This paper studied the level of aspiration of
Filipino lawyers in relation to personality traits
and their view of self-potentialities. Data
collection involved mixed method from a
survey of 300 Filipino lawyers as participants
who were clients of the Neuropsychiatric and
Psychological Assessment Unit of the National
Center for Mental Health. HEXACO Personality
Inventory-Revised was utilized for the
explanatory account on personality of Filipino
lawyers and the Dimensions of Self-Concept-
Form W to measure their level of aspiration.
Personality traits that can predict the level of
aspiration were also determined. Obtained
data largely supported that personality traits
positively correlated with the level of
aspiration.Among the personality traits -
Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and
Openness to Experience were found to be
predictors of level of aspiration. In conclusion,
the results of the study have shown that
personality traits and level of aspiration of
Filipino lawyers are related and that
Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and
Openness to Experience are associated with
an elevated level of aspiration. Key words:
lawyers self-potentialities HEXACO
Coaching Philosophy and Coaching
Behavior: Lessons Learned from Coach
Topex Robinson
Marcus Jarwin Manalo
University of the Philippines Diliman
The purpose of this study is to reflect and share
about the coaching philosophy and coaching
behavior of Coach Topex Robinson of the
Lyceum of the Philippines University senior
men’s basketball team. Robinson led his
college team to a major turnaround from NCAA
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Season 92 to 93 and to three consecutive finals
in different leagues in less than one year. This
study utilized a first person account of the sport
psychology consultant who worked with him.
Data were collected from communications and
observations in trainings, competitions, and
other team activities. These were
supplemented with accounts from players and
other members of the coaching staff. The
results revealed that Robinson had a clearly
defined philosophy which guided his daily
actions and he was very intentional in
incorporating psychological skills in coaching.
The link between his coaching philosophy and
behavior was reflected on his beliefs and
actions pertaining to task orientation, mastery-
oriented motivational climate, appropriate
feedback and reinforcement, developing a
growth mindset, team cohesion,
transformational leadership, and effective
communication. Additional reflections and
implications for coach education and
development are also provided. Keywords:
coaching philosophy, coaching behavior,
college basketball, sport psychology
Stories behind the desk: The Lived
Experiences of Human Resource
Practitioners in Iloilo City
Pedro Galeno, Zarina Anne Gregori-
Antonino, Ellah Nina Bano, Keannu Liene
Dillera, Kaye Iray,
Janne Retsel Piz &
Melanie Sumadic
Central Philippine University
This qualitative research, utilizing the
phenomenological approach, was conducted
to understand the lived experiences of human
resource practitioners in Iloilo City. Three
human resource personnel from different
sectors were interviewed to provide insights
into the research question, "How is it being an
HR practitioner?" Semi-structured face-to-face
interviews were conducted, transcribed,
translated, and thematically analyzed. The
major themes that emerged were: (1) How to
function in the HR field, (2) Presence of
adversities in HR work, and (3) How to achieve
job satisfaction as HR practitioners. The
findings of this study suggested qualities and
responsibilities of an HR personnel. Stress and
frustrations were present in a human resource
workplace and coping mechanisms were
revealed. Job satisfaction of an HR was mainly
achieved from responding to concerns of
employees. Based on the results, it was
concluded human resource personnel's job
was both challenging and satisfying. Effectively
responding to the needs of the people working
below and meeting the demands by
supervisors at the same time is a challenge
they face everyday in the workplace. These
findings would contribute to the evolving filed of
HR and better understanding of human
resource development and management
profession in the Philippine context.
Symposium 35: J11
Socio-Emotional Life Skills in Clinical
Assessment, Therapy, Special
Education, & I/O Setting
Mary Grace Seranilla Orquiza
Convener
Peer Mediation on the Social Skills
Development of Children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Elaine Angelique Bautista & Angelica
Maunahan
Shapes Psychological Services
The present study examined whether peer
mediation increased the social skills
development of children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD). Participants’ communication
and interpersonal skills were evaluated pre-
and post- intervention based on the IPG®
model and were explored through semi-
structured interviews with their parents and
teachers. A multiple case design was used,
with evaluation at pre-determined play
sessions. Five Novice Players (NP) aged five
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to 11 participated; their interactions with Expert
Players (EP) were rated based on the IPG®
model (i.e., communicative-function and
means, social play style, and symbolic and
social dimension of play). Improvements were
observed in participants’ social play style, and
social and symbolic dimension of play, where
their status shifted from lower to higher levels
of functioning. Meanwhile, no changes were
reported in communicative-function and
means. In addition to the four themes included
in the IPG® model, socio-emotional awareness
was identified as an emerging theme that also
affected NP-EP interactions. Implications for
peer mediation as a program for developing
social skills of ASD children and suggestions
for future research are provided.
Socio-emotional Competencies as Indicator
for Hiring and Promotion in Professional
and Executive Positions
Bianca Joyce Sornillo & Eunica Dee
Gray Matters Psychological Center
Mary Grace Serranilla- Orquiza,
Gray Matters Psychological Center/De La
Salle University, Manila
Jojo Lomibao Tandoc
Gray Matters Psychological Center, DMCI
Power Corporation
The practice of competency- based selections
of employees in the workplace setting has
traditionally placed importance on educational
background and intellectual abilities since
these are often considered as predictors of job
performance. However, developments in the
field of corporate assessment suggest that
emotional intelligence- including positive
relationships, self- awareness, and social
awareness are equally important in predicting
potential and continuing success of
employees. Moreover, in the executive
positions, emotional intelligence among
employees were found to differentiate between
average and high performers. In this session,
we will discuss social- emotional competencies
as an important factor considered in hiring and
promotion of employees in the professional
and executive positions. This will be done in the
context of job- matching which is part of
employee assessment and deliberations in the
management level. Summary analysis of 30
assessments of socio- emotional
competencies in various positions will be
discussed in light of job descriptions,
assessment recommendations, and
management decisions in hiring and
promotion.
Nurturing Happiness Through Play:
Reflections on the Therapy of Children
Undergoing Chemotherapy
Ma. Dinah Espartero- Asiatico,
Niño Jose Mateo &
Elaine Marie Aranda
Gray Matters Psychological Center, De La
Salle University
This presentation focuses on the experiences
of therapists from Gray Matters Psychological
Center as they conducted play therapy
sessions on a group of children undergoing
chemotherapy from Lymphoma. Ten children
ages 2 to 17 underwent play therapy aligned
with Erik Erikson’s Social Development Model.
For eight sessions, they were exposed to
experiential activities such as story-telling,
individual and group activities, in order to
increase their level of happiness and wellbeing
as well as to decrease their anxiety towards
hospital-related procedures. Using journaling,
each of the six therapists involved wrote their
session notes and reflections. These notes
were then analyzed and organized into themes
regarding the effectiveness and challenges of
conducting such a therapy.
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Challenges in Assessment of Socio-
emotional Functioning of Young Children
Anthony Joseph Covar & Paula Francesca
Canlas
Gray Matters Psychological Center
Jonathan Robert Ilagan
Gray Matters Psychological Center/Ateneo
De Manila University
Mary Grace Serranilla- Orquiza
Gray Matters Psychological Center/De La Salle
University
Young children’s assessment of social and
emotional functioning is important given that it
can help identify presence of developmental
problems, clarify academic and other cognitive
concerns, and aid in the development of
appropriate treatment plan. However,
challenges in the assessment of young
children’s socio- emotional functioning exist.
Particularly, since most of the assessment
tools that measure this aspect in young
children makes use of rating scales from
parents, difficulties in obtaining accurate
information is difficult especially when parents
are in denial or blinded. In this session, we will
descriptively discuss these challenges through
presentation of 5 cases of young children that
necessitates the assessment of socio-
emotional functioning. We will provide
indicators to identify when parents are not likely
to provide accurate information. Lastly, we will
also discuss the methods that we applied in our
attempt to further obtain a more
comprehensive understanding of our client’s
functioning in order to provide the optimal
assessment findings and recommendations for
the clients.
Forum 35: J12
Teaching Psychology, Student
Performance and Employability
Ver Reyes
Moderator
Faster Is Not Better: A Case Study of a
Child With Slow Processing Speed
Jessica Espanto
Ateneo Bulatao Center
Processing speed deficits affect an individual’s
academic, adaptive as well as socio-emotional
functioning (Braaten & Willoughby, 2014). This
is a case study of a 14-year old Filipino male
participant with slow processing speed who
encounters difficulties in academic
performance and self-concept. Thematic
analysis was conducted on the interview data,
behavioral observations, and test results.
Based on the analysis, it appears that the
participant experiences inferiority, which
manifests as internalizing and externalizing
symptoms. Implications on interventions for
children with slow processing speed are
discussed.
Do the Millennials bother with school? A
study on Student Engagement
Ruby Ilustrisimo
University of the Philippines Diliman/
University of San Carlos
Student engagement has always held the
fascination of academic administrators. In this
study, factors of student engagement among
working and non-working millennials
undertaking graduate studies were examined
through the lens of three identified components
of the said construct (i.e. behavioural
component, emotional/affective component
and cognitive component). This was
investigated through a mixed method utilizing a
survey and one-on-one interviews. The survey
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was disseminated through online platforms and the employability skills and the 21st century
respondents for the interview were identified skills were used to validate, enhance, or
from those who answered the survey. Survey provide new inputs to course development of
results from 100 respondents revealed that a Program Graduate Outcomes of CHED CMO
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engagement among working and non-working assessed by HR personnel as respondents
millennials. Individual interviews from the study who were engaged in hiring Psychology
revealed several themes in relation to student graduates and in evaluating performance of
engagement and retention. Implications of the these graduates as their current Staff. This
findings will be discussed. study arrived at the following findings: (1) the
respondents were very satisfied in rating
psychology graduates with regards to
employability skills in the aspects of personal
qualities, core skills, and process skills as
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contributors to employability. (2) The
to Student and Course Development respondents were very satisfied in rating
Program psychology graduates in terms of 21st Century
Reynold Varela & Roldan Ragot Skills as contributors to employability. (3)
Adamson University There was moderate significant relationship
between personal qualities and 21st Century
skills, and strong significant relationship
In an attempt to address the challenge of the
between core skills and process skills. (4) The
21st Century Literacy and the widening gap
aspects of employability skills such as personal
between the student’s current employability
qualities, core skills, and process skills were all
skills and the employer’s demands and
existent in CHED CMO No. 34 series of 2017.
expectations on industry skills and other
But in terms of 21st Century skills,
attributes, the researchers, being an
entrepreneurial thinking was not existent in
academician and a practitioner, felt that there
CHED CMO. No. 34 series of 2017. The
was a need to investigate this research
findings of the study could be used as a
problem with the view of proposing what should
Framework for enhancing the curriculum for BS
be the Program Graduate Outcome (PGO’s)
Psychology program in order to meet the gap
for BS Psychology Program as an input to
of the required skills demanded by Industry
course development. However, despite the
Partners and Employers. Thus, in the design of
academic endeavours of educational
the curriculum, employability of graduates was
institutions to fulfill the local and global
dependent upon the development of skills,
educational standards and demands, there
which were essential to employers and industry
were still gaps identified somewhere along the
partners. -------------------------------------------------
road. The right job skill-match was one in which
---------- Keywords: Employability skills, 21st
it challenged the schools in providing skilled
Century Skills, BS Psychology Graduates,
workers to the increasing demand of qualified
Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
personnel. It was hoped that the findings of this
Philippines CMO No. 34 series of 2017
study shall further contribute to the
enhancement of CHED CMO no. 34 series
2017, Policies and Standards for
Undergraduate Programs in Psychology. This
study explored the relationship between the
employability skills and the 21st century skills
among Psychology graduates who were
employed in selected industries in Batangas
and National Capital Region (NCR) areas. Both
 ABSTRACTS FOR THE PAP 55TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
SEPTEMBER 20 – 22, 2018
ABSTRTS FOR THE 54TH PAP CONVENTIONSEPTEMBER 20 – 22, 2
Improving Student's Performance Using
the Worktext in Psychological Assessment
Nicklie Tiratira
University of Rizal System/ New Era
University

The objective of the study is to determine the

effectiveness of the developed worktext in
Psychological Assessment. The study is
anchored on the Transformative Learning
theory of adult learning (Craig et al., 2001;
King, 2002) which describes learning in the
“constructivist orientation which holds that the
way learners interpret and reinterpret their
sense experience is, central to making
meaning and hence learning” (Mezirow, 1991).
The study utilized the two group control group
design. The participants were sixty (60) third
year BS Psychology students who were taking
the Psychological Assessment course. To
analyze the data, the Mann-Whitney U test was
used to compare differences between two
independent groups when the dependent
variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not
normally distributed. Unlike the independent-
samples t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test allows
different conclusions about the data depending
on the assumptions made about the data's
distribution. The result of the data analysis
showed that the Worktext in Psychological
Assessment is effective. It is recommended
that the worktext undergo revision to capture
the most simple words that student can
understand with the technical terms being
defined and explained. Also, further try out of
the worktext is needed to validate the result of
this study.