PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 7 No. 1
February 2005
�School Counselor Competencies and Job Performance as Perceived by Counseling Administrators"
By: Carmelita P. Pabiton, EdD
Abstract
The study identified the needed counselor competencies from the point of view of counseling administrators and to determine the extent these competencies were manifested by practicing counselors. The overall results indicated that the school counselors wer perceived as adequately prepared for the various tasks/functions required of them in managing counseling programs and services.
�A Case study on the Evaluation of the Guidance and Counseling Programs in a Private Sectarian School for Boys�
By: Lei Mitchen M. Sta. Maria; Hildegard Y. De Jesus; Christopher Andrew T. Lim; and John Addy S. Garcia
De La Salle University � Manila
Abstract
This case study is about the program evaluation of the guidance and counseling program of an exclusive school for boys in Mandaluyong City. The purpose of this study is to determine how the institution conducts a program evaluation and the impact that it creates for the program itself and the actors involved. The respondents comprise of a principal, guidance counselors, an adviser, and a group of high school students. Interviews were utilized for data gathering. The files provided by the school also helped in the gathering of information and verification of data. Findings show that program evaluation provided relevant information for review and improvement of guidance and counseling practice and services.
�Helping Strategies in Advice Columns�
By: Nancy C. Rayos, Ed.D.
Counseling and Educational Psychology Department, College of Education
De La Salle University � Manila
Abstract
This study sought to identify helping strategies used by advice columnists in responding to concerns presented by advice seekers using a qualitative-descriptive method of investigation. Thirty-five articles attributed to 7 advice columnists published in 4 newspapers and 2 magazines of national circulation were content analyzed guided by Young�s (1998) Therapeutic Building Blocks. Results showed that advice columnists used solution-giving skills most frequently specifically giving advice/directives. It was concluded that advice columns have limited helping value and that advice in print cannot capture the fine nuances of helping.
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�Psychodynamic Model of Career Decisions Of Selected Retireable Faculty: Implications to Career Counseling�
By: Julian Montano III, PhD; Paul V. Hilario; and Rommel Sergio
De La Salle University � Dasmarinas
Abstract
This research adopted the psychodynamic model to draw the map in career decisions that are reflected in the spontaneity, compulsion, precision, and expressiveness of career choices. Specifically, it explored the career decisions of retiring faculty (n=2) in a university in Southern Manila by analyzing the career history and employing the �pakikipagkuwentuhan� as specific source of gathering data through an interview session. Implications for career counseling, faculty career development and issues on retirement are discussed.
�Cognitive Vulnerability Factors in Depression: Pancultural or Culture-Specific?�
By: Jose Alberto S. Reyes
Counseling and Educational Psychology Department,College of Education
De La Salle University � Manila
Abstract:
This study examined whether the salience of the cognitive vulnerability factors in depression is universal or mediated by culture. Students from the Philippines, Japan and Canada participated in this study. Results showed that there across the three student groups, there are different models that could account for the role played by cognitive vulnerability factors in the prediction of depression. The implications of the findings on the manner in which depression is conceptualized in Non-Western cultures is discussed.
�Vectors of Development Among Students in the University of the Philippines Manila�
By: Leo J. Capeding, EdD
Guidance and Counseling Program, Office of Student Affairs
University of the Philippines Manila
Abstract
This retrospective study tested and validated Arthur Chickering�s seven vectors of student development theory by assessing college students� developmental gains along the seven vectors (achieving competence, managing emotions, developing autonomy, establishing identity, developing mature interpersonal relationships, developing a purpose, and developing integrity) as outcomes of their experience in the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM). Utilizing the causal � comparative research design, two groups of college students (incoming freshmen, and third year and fourth year) with distinct differences in their college experiences (independent variables) were compared with respect to developmental outcomes (dependent variables). T-test analysis for independent samples revealed significant differences in mean scores for the seven vectors of development between the comparison groups. Results supported and validated Chickering�s theory.
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�Conceptualizing the Happy Filipino: Implicit theories of counselors and students�
By: Jose Alberto S. Reyes
Counseling and Educational Psychology Department,College of Education
De La Salle University � Manila
Abstract
This paper explores the conceptions that Filipino counselors and students hold about the �Happy Filipino�. More specifically, the study looked into the nature of the self-construal that is held by someone who they consider to be a happy person. The respondents were primed to think of someone who they consider to be happy and were asked to complete a questionnaire from the perspective of this happy person. Implication of the on current formulations about life satisfaction of Filipinos and counseling services in the Philippine context are presented.
�Transition of Working Women to Motherhood�
By: Ma. Cristina Esquivel-Saldivar, PhD
School of Multidisciplinary Studies
De La Salle � College of Saint Benilde
Abstract
The study analyzed the transition of Filipino working women to motherhood through Hopson�s (1976) Phases and Features of the Transition Cycle. Participants were 30 first-time mothers who were grouped according to the Phases of Hopson�s (1976) Transition Cycle. The Provisional Adjustment Group consisted of 5 mothers whose babies are from newborn to 3 months of age. Inner Contradictions/ Crisis Group were 5 mothers with babies from 4 to 6 months old. Reconstruction/Recovery Group consisted of 20 mothers whose babies were from 7 months to 1 year old. Findings revealed that the features of the transition cycle also applies in motherhood, but that it happens earlier than the phases mentioned above. Compared to the theoretical framework, �uncertainty, losing confidence, confusion and depression� features occurred during the Provisional Adjustment Phase and not during the Inner Contradictions/Crisis Phase. Mothers also go through this �uncertainty� feature due to the experience of �loss of autonomous self� following the birth of their babies. An integration of the new mother role to the �old, autonomous self� is recommended to ease the negative adjustments of the respondents in their transition to motherhood.
�Do Coaches perceive themselves differently from Physical Education Teachers On Athletic Identity and Motivation?�
By: Susan Almeda-Estanislao, PhD
Center for Counseling and Development
De La Salle University � Manila
Abstract
This paper examined the self-perceived psychological components of �being athletic� that differentiate coaches from physical education (PE) teachers. Further, it sought to find out if coaches are better motivated than PE teachers in terms of their involvement in exercise, sports and physical activities in certain fashions. Sixty four (64) coaches and PE teachers responded to the Athletic Identity Questionnaire, the Situational Motivation Scale and two open-ended questions. Results revealed that both groups positively identified themselves as athletic and are intrinsically and extrinsically motivated in engaging in exercises, sports and physical activities. However, PE teachers were found to lack competence or control and place little value on sports or a particular physical activity in comparison to coaches.
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�Ethnicity And Perfectionism: A Comparison Of Filipinos and Chinese-Filipinos�
By: Ma. Celine D. Veloso, Maria Guadalupe C. Salanga, Jose Alberto S. Reyes
De La Salle University � Manila
Abstract
This study examined differences in perfectionism between male Chinese-Filipino and Filipino college students. The sample consisted of 30 male Chinese Filipino students and 30 male Filipino students from private universities in Metro Manila. Analysis revealed that the Chinese students scored significantly higher than the Filipino students on the parental criticism subscale of the perfectionism measure that was used.
�Konstrak Ng Filipino Self-Concept�
By: Erick Vermon Y. Dy, PhD
University of the Philippines Los Banos
Abstract
May ginagampanang importanteng papel ang namamatnubay sa karagdagang kaalaman at pang-unawa ng isang indibidwal sa kanyang sarili at sa kinalakihan niyang kapaligiran. Hindi lingid sa kaalaman ng maraming akademiko at namamatnubay na may kakulangan sa teoriya at pananaliksik ukol sa Filipino sa kanyang iba�t ibang konteksto. Kaya�t minarapat ng pananaliksik na ito na suriin ang konstrak ng self-concept ng mga piling Filipino dahil ang konstrak na ito ang pundasyon ng isang indbidwal sa kanyang kasarinlan. Ang mga piling Filipinong ito ay ang mga young adult. Sila ay mga Filipinong may 20 hanggang 30 taong gulang. Inalam ng pananaliksik na ito ang knailang pagkaunawa sa self-concept, ang kanilang katutubong katawagan para sa salitang self-concept, at ang iba�t ibang dimensiyong bumubuo sa kanilang self-concept. Gumamit ang pananaliksik ng descriptive/qualitative research design upang mapag-aralan ang konstrak ng self-concept ng Filipinong young adult. Ang mga kalahok na napili sa paraan ng purposive sampling, ay may bilang na pitumpu�t dalawa (72). Nakatira ng mga ito sa limang lugar: tatlo sa Luzon (La Trinidad, Benguet; Los Banos, Laguna; at Kalakhang Maynila); isa sa Visayas (Cebu City); at isa sa Mindanao (Butuan City). Upang makalap ang datos, pumunta ang mananaliksik sa limang lugar na nabanggit. Gumamit siya ng interbiu iskediyul para sa indibidwal na interbiu at isang pang-grupong diskusyon na may pokus para sa pang-grupong talakayan. Ang mga instumento ng pananaliksik ay gumamit ng wikang Filipino, ngunit kung may kalahok na hindi maintindihan ang ilang bahagi nito, ang kasamang tagapagsalin ng mananaliksik ang nagpapaliwanag nito. Upang lalong maunawaan ang mga datos na nakalap ay nakisalamuha, nakipag-ugnayan, at nakipagtalastasan rin ang mananaliksik sa mga kalahok. Ayon sa datos na nakalap, lahat ng mga kalahok ay may konstrak ng self-concept. Para sa kanila, ito ay tungkol sa pagtingin o pagkilala sa sarili na nahubog ng kanilang mga karanasan at ng mga mahahalagang tao na naging parte ng buhay nila. Malaki ang impluwensiya ng kanilang ina sa kanilang self-concept. Malaki rin ang impluwensiya ng kanilang pananampalataya sa kanilang self-concept.
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