Employment of Overseas Filipino Workers (Ofws) and Its Implications on the Academic Performance of Their Children

SOURCE: 0000000468.RTF

THESIS ABSTRACT

Title : PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADOLESCENT CHILDREN OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN RINCONADA

Author : CELEBRADO, TITA M.

Degree : MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION

Year : 2003

Location : USANT

The main objective of this study was to determine the psychosocial development of the children of overseas Filipino workers in Rinconada based on their perceptions of some developmental tasks. The following were answered in this study:

1. What is the profile of the adolescent children parents who are working abroad: age, sex, birth order, year level, parents working abroad, parents job abroad, and numbers of years as OFWs?

2. What is the extent of psychosocial development of adolescent children of overseas Filipino workers based on their perceptions of certain developmental tasks?

3. Is there significant difference in the extent of the psychosocial development of adolescent children when their father or mother or both are working abroad?

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

Scope and Coverage

This study focused on the psychosocial development of 267 OFW children based on their perceptions of the eight developmental tasks. The children-respondents were limited to adolescent high school students enrolled in seven private schools in Rinconada.

Methodology

The descriptive survey method was used. Data gathering instruments used were questionnaire, informal interview and documentary analysis. Statistical tools used were frequency count, percentage, weighted mean, and chi square goodness of fit test.

Findings

1. The respondents' mean age was 14.10 years old, 50.94 percent were the first born children. More than fifty percent were in the first two secondary levels. The parents working abroad were: fathers, 47.57 percent; mothers, 43.07 percent; both parents, 9.36. Among...