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September 14 – 16, 2016
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
September 14, 2016
9:30-10:15 AM
Keynote Address
Linking Research and Practice: Challenges
and Opportunities
Elizabeth R. Ventura, PhD
2016 PRC Outstanding Psychologist
This paper examines the scientist-practitioner
dynamics in Philippine psychology. With the
enactment of the Psychology Law and the
institutionalization of licensure examinations,
the meaning attached to the label of
professional psychologist is revisited. What it
means to be a researchers and a practitioner is
discussed using data from interviews with both
practitioners and researchers. What it means to
be a professional psychologist defines the link
between research and practice and is best
understood in the context of current social
issues and what psychology can “give away” to
individuals, families, civil society and policy
makers. Ethical consideration, opportunities,
challenges and recommendations for these
areas are discussed.
PLENARY
September 14, 2016
10:30-12:00 AM
Plenary 1
Imagined vs Real: Research in the Teaching
and Practice of Psychology
Betty Cernol-McCann, PhD, RP, CSSP
The paper revisits the status and challenges
associated with the expectation of doing
research in the teaching and practice of
psychology. Applying a four-prism framework
suggested by Malayang (2016) for imagining
salient aspects of our country, the author
attempts to utilize this model for assessing the
truth and accuracy of our image of research as a
major thrust for Philippine academic
institutions. The four linked concepts of
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domain, range, averages and deviations are
applied in viewing what is imagined and what is
real about research imperatives in the teaching
and practice of psychology. A sample action
plan is presented at the end of the paper.
Plenary 2
Scholarship in the practice of Human
Resource and Organization Development:
Tying a Slippery Knot
Edna P. Franco, PhD
The term scholar-practitioner or scientist-
practitioner has become more ubiquitous in
psychology literature and conferences in the
last few years. Is the tension easing with the
growing recognition of the need for more
seamless relationship between academic
research and practice? Organizational
Psychology being an applied field lends itself
more readily to the concept. An I-O -
practitioner has been described generally as
“the generator of knowledge and
consumer/user of knowledge” (SIOP, 1999,
Perspective of the Guidelines: Edgar Schein, one
of the scholars in the field defined the term
scholar-practitioner as “someone who is
dedicated to generating new knowledge that is
useful to practitioners (Schein, 2007).
This paper aims to showcase how the two
"disciplines" can enrich one another. An open
attitude to the use of scientific methods, giving
voice to knowledge from the real world,
willingness to share data enriches research, and
makes practice more context sensitive and
relevant. Despite some challenges – the
growing support for two disciplines spanning
boundaries allows knowledge to flourish in the
service of solving important problems of
organizations and communities.
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS A1 TO A8
September 14, 2016
01:00 PM – 02:30 PM
SESSION A1 VENUE: JASMINE
SYMPOSIUM: Test Validation in the
Philippine Setting
Convenor: Arsenio S. Alianan, Jr.
Ateneo de Manila University and
PsychConsult, Inc.
A1-1
Foreign Language Learning Motivation
Questionnaire: Further Examination of a Six-
Factor Model
Richard DLC Gonzalez, Inno-Change
International Consultants & University of Santo
Tomas
The objectives of this study were to examine
the reliability and validity of a 6-factor model of
the Foreign Language Learning Motivation
Questionnaire (Gonzales, 2006) and to assess
the different types of motives of students
learning foreign languages. Data were collected
from 640 volunteer college students. Results
indicated high reliability indices and that fit
indices for the 6-factor model were acceptable
and found to be better than they were for
alternative models. Inter-factor correlation was
also significant and self-rating of foreign
language skills were also found significantly
related with the motivation factor scores.
Additionally, significant differences were found
among students learning different foreign
languages. Implications to teaching foreign
languages were also discussed.
A1-2
Readiness Assessment for Senior High (RASH):
Validity and Reliability Indicators
Ma. Angeles Guanzon-Lapena, Karissa Danice
O'Hara, and Mirzie Ann Panganiban, Global
Resources for Assessment, Curriculum and
Evaluation
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The Readiness Assessment for Senior High
(RASH) is an aptitude test developed by the
Global Resources for Assessment, Curriculum,
and Evaluation (GRACE) for Grade 10 students
entering the Philippine Senior High School (SHS)
program. RASH is a 3-pronged assessment of
achievement potential, core competencies, and
occupational interests. For Achievement
Potential, a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) was held to
identify and determine the power standards to
be assessed in the Department of Education’s
Senior High curriculum. The Core
Competencies, consisting of abilities needed for
Senior High, were identified based on a
comprehensive review of literature vis-a-vis the
Department of Education’s curriculum. The
RASH Occupational Interests Profile’s
framework is derived from John Holland’s
Occupational Themes as reflected in Cattell’s 16
personality factors. Based on the identified
content standards and objectives, items were
developed for the 3 RASH components, then
subjected to a series of extensive reviews by 2
panels of SMEs. These experts are either
professors from reputable academic institutions
with masteral or doctoral degrees and known in
their respective fields, or professionals
recognized for their expertise in their respective
fields. The process for content validation that
was done is described in detail in this paper.
Also described in the paper are the ongoing
construct validity studies on the RASH scales.
The implications for validation of aptitude tests
in the local setting are discussed towards the
end of the paper.
A1-3
Construct Validity of the WISC-IV with Referred
Samples in Metro Manila: A Preliminary Study
Ivyjoy C. Martinez and Arsenio S. Alianan, Jr.,
Ateneo de Manila University and PsychConsult,
Inc.
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children -
Fourth Edition is one of the most frequently
used intelligence tests for children (Muniz et al
2011). This scale is designed to measure four
cognitive abilities, known as Indices (PRI, VCI,
PSI, WMI), under a general ability factor or FSIQ
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(Wechsler, 2003b). Construct validation through
confirmatory factor analysis allows the
investigation of the internal structure of the
test (Messick, 1995), showing the extent of how
much the test was able to measure what it
intended to measure. The WISC-IV Manual
claims that the test has strong theoretical
background, but it did not provide a conceptual
model that entirely coincides with its
theoretical foundation. The current study
conducted confirmatory factor analyses on
three proposed models for WISC-IV: a) four
factor model proposed by the WISC-IV Technical
Manual, b) indirect hierarchical four-factor
model, and c) direct hierarchical or bifactor
model. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied
to the WISC-IV using a cross-culture sample of
276 Filipino children referred for psychological
evaluation. The three models provided good
statistical fit, but favored indirect hierarchical
model as it has more parsimonious factor
loadings than the other models. In-depth
analysis of the indirect hierarchical model will
be discussed in this study.
A1-4
A Construct Validation of the Kilos at Kalooban
ng Mag-aaral
Maxine Joyce T. Pinson and Arsenio S. Alianan,
Jr., Ateneo de Manila University and
PsychConsult, Inc.
This study aimed to demonstrate construct
validity evidence of the Kilos at Kalooban ng
Mag-aaral (KKM), a self-rating scale for Filipino
adolescents indicating potential risk. The 8
problem scales of the KKM were hypothesized
to fall under four factors: internalizing
behaviors (Nerbyos, Kalungkutan), externalizing
behaviors (Paglabag sa Panuntunan, Marahas
na Kilos), executive function scales (Problema sa
Pag-iisip, Problema sa Pag-pokus), and external
factors (Di-wastong Pag-kain, Kalagayan ng
Tahanan). Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA)
results from 821 Filipino students from a public
high school in Quezon City indicated that the
internalizing behaviors model achieved the
requisites of adequate model fit without any
modifications. The externalizing behaviors,
executive function scales, and external factors
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required model specifications to achieve
adequate model fit. These include adding error
covariances and deleting items with low factor
loading. The modifications led to a reduction of
the number of items from 99 to 92. All
parameter estimates are statistically significant
and the indicators significantly measure its
purported factor. These findings represent
initial evidence of the validity of this new scale
for Filipinos. It heeds earlier calls for such
culturally sensitive and locally normed scales
with relevant reliability and validity evidence.
SESSION A2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Challenges and Issues of Older Adulthood
Moderator: Grace Aguiling-Dalisay
University of the Philippines-Diliman
A2-1
Exploring the psychological arena of
retirement among the retiring and retired
employees of a Jesuit University
Nelly Limbadan, Analyn O. Leysa, John Paul G.
Martin, Ateneo de Davao University
Retirement, as one of the developmental
transitions in the work life cycle of any
employee, requires equal amounts of planning
and adjustment. Investigations around this area
have primarily focused on the financial
readiness and physical health dimensions of an
individual. This study specifically explored the
psychological aspect of retirement among
retiring and retired employees (n= 48) of a
Jesuit university, with emphasis on their life
satisfaction and retirement resources as
determined by standardized self-report
measures. Respondents’ thoughts, hopes and
fears on retirement were also ascertained to
provide additional data that the University can
utilize in identifying and designing programs
and interventions for its employees. Results
generally revealed that financial, emotional and
social matters are of no reason for concern
among the retiring employees. Moreover, they
reported a higher life satisfaction rating and at
present, they experience the same levels of
enthusiasm and acceptance of personal
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responsibility with respect to their individual
functions while at work.. A moderate level of
retirement resources (i.e physical, financial,
social, emotional and motivational) was
reported by the respondents. When life
satisfaction and retirement resources were
statistically analyzed according to identified
moderator variables, a significant difference
was found on position, indicative of the
disparity in respondents’ retirement resources
and not life satisfaction. To psychologically
prepare the university employees in their
retirement, the researchers proposed a Psycho-
Bio-Social Model of Retirement (PBSMR)
Preparation Program which can be
implemented a decade before an employee’s
retirement.
A2-2
Kaya ko pa ba?: A Comparative Study on
Elderly with and without Reduced Self-Care
Capacity and their Life Satisfaction
Nigele T. Almocera, Arnoluz Bayon, Ana Marie
Demecillo, and Antonette Desquitado,
University of San Carlos
The study of the elderly population’s life
satisfaction is a vital trend in the period of
development and is more likely to benefit the
generation of older adults. This study is inclined
to the positive facet of aging knowing that there
are still elderly people who are still active and
productive in order to be more satisfied with
their lives. In relation, the present study
identified the difference between the life
satisfaction of elderly with reduced self-care
capacity and the elderly without reduced self-
care capacity. Independent samples t-test
showed that elderlies without reduced self-care
capacity expressed higher life satisfaction
compared to elderlies with reduced self-care
capacity. Implication of this study points out
that elderlies maintaining an active physical and
social lifestyle enhance life satisfaction.
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A2-3
Levels of Frustration and Coping Mechanism of
Older Adults in an Institution for Elderly
Eleanor Agustin, Makati Medical Center College
Growing old may be the only constant thing in
this world. As we grow older, we are changed
physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally.
Our decisions in life change over time. More
often than not, we will find ourselves frustrated
to almost everything. These things were
specifically experience by those who enters old
age. This study will discuss the different levels
of frustrations that are being experienced by
the older adults in a selected institution for the
elderly. The goal of this study is to show how
the elderly in the institution manage to cope in
every stage of frustrations related to the
following: marital relationships, child-parent
relationships, financial situations, life transition
and worst - painful memories. Specifically, the
age would range from 65-80 years old for both
men and women. This study will also focus on
how men and women who enters old age react
differently in every stage of frustrations
especially during the times where they cannot
rely on anyone but themselves. Descriptive
method was used in this research in order to
gather a precise and accurate result.
A2-4
Experiences of Transition among Female
Elderly at Seven Sisters Servants of Mary
Elderly Home, Inc
Galvin Galeon, Joan Jurado, and Gerald Boro,
University of San Jose-Recoletos
Late adulthood is undeniably a phase of
changes among the elders’ physiological,
psychological and social well-being. This study
highlights the experiences of transition among
the elderly from the home with their families
and loved ones to a hospice. The researchers
employed the phenomenological approach
through face-to-face interviews with nine
female elderly of Seven Sisters Servants of Mary
Elderly Home Inc. (SSSMEHI) located in Mohon,
Talisay City, Cebu. The data gathered were
transcribed and coded to identify themes
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among their experiences of transition. Explicit
and implicit meanings were derived based on
the theories of Tornstam, Cumming and Henry.
This study revealed that female elders are
highly pliable to the environmental shift they
experienced. Acceptance and spiritual
connectedness create impact on the effective
recuperation and coping among the female
elderly.
SESSION A3 VENUE: LILY
SYMPOSIUM: Managing Multiple Aspects of
LGBT People’s Identities
Convenor: Pierce Docena
University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban
College
A3-1
Cultural and Religious Impact on Self-Identity
of Filipino Catholic Gay Men
Rod Peñalosa, California Institute of Integral
Studies
The objective of this study was to explore the
role of culture and religion on the self-identity
of Filipino Catholic gay men particularly
focusing on the intersection of Filipino values,
religious commitment, and same-gender
orientation. The goal was to understand how
gay male sexuality could be reconciled while
being subjected to culturally expected
standards of behavior by his sociocultural
environment. With the framework of
attachment theory and using auto-ethnography,
which combines autobiography with the
exploration of human, social, and cultural
experiences, I analyzed the ontological
characters of the Filipino values namely kapwa,
hiya, utang na loob, and pakikisama in my
personal narrative as well as those of six other
Filipino Catholic gay men who were between
the ages of 30 to 45, residents of the National
Capital Region of Manila, college educated, and
employed. Findings center on how the role that
a Filipino Catholic gay man upholds in his family
system regulates his identity. The pursuit of
independence and acceptance become the
formative influences that determine the quality
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of his wellbeing. This study contributes to the
further understanding of cultural and religious
values that influence the identity development,
individuation process, and psychological
wellbeing of Filipino Catholic gay men.
A3-2
“HIV”: Social Representations Among Low-
Income Lalaki-Identifying Men Who Have Sex
With Men
Gideon L. Bendicion, Ateneo de Manila
University
Uniquely vulnerable in the Philippine HIV
epidemic are men who have sex with men
(MSM) from low-income families and identify as
“lalaki.” Though exposed to the same risks
faced by other MSM, their limited access to
health-related information is aggravated by
their dis-identification from being “bakla,”
which can hinder access to information and
services directed towards LGBT communities.
The purpose of this study is to examine this
group’s current understanding of HIV and the
way it is being integrated into their thinking.
Using Social Representations theory, 3 in-depth
interviews collected by a previous study were
analyzed. Results show that HIV is socially
represented as illness, pain, punishment,
communicable, and distant. Results also show
that these are understood in connection with
the social representations of illness, sex with
men, sources of reliable information, and the
self. Taking these collectively, discussion points
pertain to consequences on behavioral
strategies for diagnosis and prevention, such as
folk cures, HIV discussions, and condom use, as
well as on personal attitudes regarding testing
and HIV status.
A3-3
Talking About Trans: A Discourse Analysis on
the Filipino Transgender Identity
Nic L. Castañeda, Ateneo de Manila University
Influential institutions like the Church and the
State have long been capable of
institutionalizing their understanding of the
transgender identity. As such, the subjectivities
of the transgender minority are unheard. Using
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Foucauldian discourse analysis as an analytical
tool, this study examines the counter-
discourses the trans community provides
against the popular discourse. Discourse
analysis on official documents from the
government and transgender institutions was
employed. Findings show that the dominant
discourses talked of the transgender identity as
immoral, as a sickness, as lesser identities, and
as a non-legitimate identity. Subsequently,
counter-discourses by trans people talked of
the transgender identity as a diverse identity, as
equal in citizenship, as a legitimate identity, and
as normal. The findings will be discussed in
relation to positioning and power between
transgender groups and primary social
institutions.
A3-4
Out of the Family Closet: Disclosure Among
Filipino Adolescents with Lesbian/Gay Parents
Edith Paula B. Garcia, University of the
Philippines Diliman
Majority of the literature on children of LGBT
parents have focused on assessing the
development of these children by comparing
them to the children raised by heterosexual
parents. The comparative studies from Western
countries have consistently demonstrated that
there is little to no significant differences in the
developmental outcomes of these children.
However, much of the research tends to
overlook the unique experiences of the children
with LGBT parents, how they make sense of
their experiences and negotiate disclosure
about their parents and their families. This
qualitative study draws upon the narratives of 9
adolescents born to gay fathers or lesbian
mothers and explores the intricate issue of
disclosure in the Philippine context. Analysis of
their narratives showed that disclosure is an on-
going process—that these adolescents are
faced with the challenge of disclosure at
different points of their lives and in various
social situations. Despite reporting acceptance
and positive feelings towards their parents and
their families, many of the participants choose
to selectively disclose. Findings suggest that the
process of disclosure is affected by factors such
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diversity in lived experiences and perceived
risks and benefits of telling others.
SESSION A4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Learning Session: Mindfulness and the
Clinical Practice
Facilitators: Joana Herrera &
Ma. Blesilda De Asis
MLAC Institute for Psychosocial Services, Inc
Mindfulness is rooted in eastern spiritual
traditions as a practice that cultivates a “being
mode of mind”. It offers a powerful connection
to the present moment, opens inner space that
clarifies experience, and allows for the
emergence of fresh perspective. Contemporary
approaches to mindfulness sometimes lead to
commodification and reduction to technique.
This learning session provides an opportunity to
explore how mindfulness can be integrated into
clinical practice with authenticity to nurture
awareness, resilience, and compassion both in
therapists and clients. The session will: (a)
provide an experience of mindfulness practice,
(b) discuss the embodiment of mindfulness
through the personhood of the therapist, (c)
explore ways in which mindfulness can be
folded into the therapeutic process, and (d)
foster understanding of how mindful awareness
deepens compassion for oneself and others,
thereby facilitating relational healing. At the
end of this session participants are expected to:
(a) develop an appreciation for mindfulness not
merely as a technique or intervention tool but
as a personal practice and a way of being, (b) be
able to describe the benefits of mindfulness in
psychotherapeutic process, and (c) learn how
mindfulness can be carefully integrated in
working with clients.
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SESSION A5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Forensic Psychology: Issues, Assessment, and
Intervention
Moderator: Hector Perez, Far Eastern
University
A5-1
Let's Chat Forensics: Implications of Social
Media Participation in Understanding Forensic
Psychology
Jesus Enrique Saplala, Oshawa Psychological
and Counseling Services/Skwelahang Sikolohiya;
Aylin Bello, Miriam College/Skwelahang
Sikolohiya; Daryl Malonzo, Meycauayan College
/Skwelahang Sikolohiya
How can a social media platform be used as a
means of furthering interest in forensic
psychology among its participants? This
qualitative research presents the initial findings
from a thematic analysis covered from 15 in-
depth discussion forums from a Facebook group
in forensic psychology. Participants from this
study consists of 51 graduate students in
psychology and professional mental health
workers based in the Philippines and Canada
who were recruited to join the Facebook group
through a personal invitation sent by the
moderator, a Filipino-Canadian psychologist
based in Canada. The initial findings include: a.)
How the moderator’s competencies in the field
are crucial in ensuring the conceptual
understanding of forensic psychology as well as
in encouraging participation in the forums. b.)
The undefined boundaries of the participants in
expressing their thoughts increases their active
participation c. Succinct, interesting and
evidence-based resources are significant in
facilitating discussions. and d.) The participants’
knowledge in clinical psychology and resources
from popular media guided them mostly in their
discussions. Implications in the participants’
degree of interest and the use of Facebook in
forensic psychology in knowledge-building
including specific themes related to their
thought processes (e.g. survivors of sexual
assault and perpetrators) will also be discussed.
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A5-2
Psychopathy and Facial Emotion Recognition
Ability among Violent Crime Offenders
Novie Grace C. Duquilla and Joy R. Tungol,
University of Santo Tomas
Psychopathy is a complex clinical construct
associated with impaired ability to process
emotional information. Facial expressions are
emotionally-loaded social cues which convey
information for an observer to inhibit or exhibit
certain behavior as mending response to the
expressions. According to the Violence
Inhibition Mechanism Model (VIM) of Blair
(2006), a psychopathic individual’s learning
system concerning emotionally loaded stimuli is
disrupted such that cues do not become
triggers for the VIM. This study seeks to find the
relationship between psychopathy and facial
emotion recognition ability among selected
violent criminals from New Bilibid Prison's
Maximum Security Compound. At least (100)
One Hundred Participants will be assessed for
their ability to recognize facial emotions
through a computerized task. Self-Report
Psychopathy Scale-Short Form (SRP-SF) will be
used to measure psychopathy. The central
hypotheses of this study are: (1) criminal
offenders with high psychopathy have low facial
emotion recognition ability; (2) low recognition
ability particularly on sad and fearful faces
predicts psychopathy.
A5-3
Emotional Healing: A Qualitative Research
Evaluation of the Art Therapy among
Incarcerated Women in Manila City Jail
Clarissa F. Delariarte, Far Eastern University/St.
Paul College; Christian Bryan O. De Dios, Far
Eastern University; Arnel A. Diego, Far Eastern
University/National University; Xiaoying Gaoa,
Far Eastern University; Reynaldo T. Concepcion,
Far Eastern University
Art therapy is an intervention where clients,
facilitated by the art therapist, use art media,
the creative process, and the resulting artwork
to explore their feelings, reconcile emotional
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conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage
behavior and addictions, develop social skills,
improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, and
increase self-esteem. The Psychology
Department of Far Eastern University
administered an art therapy for the purpose of
helping the persons discover self and connect
their deepest feelings and emotions. The
respondents of this study were fourteen (14)
incarcerated women. All are Filipino citizens.
The age of the respondents ranges from 30 –
65. The respondents are all detainees of the
Manila City Jail – Womens Section located in
Sta. Cruz, Manila. Using the Consensual
Qualitative Research, the respondents were
interviewed using open-ended questions. Focus
group discussions as well as additional open-
ended questions were used to triangulate the
results. A primary research team conducted the
consensus of domains and an external auditor
reviewed the results. Findings showed that
eleven (11) categories represent the effect of
art therapy. The categories that emerged
include: (1) emotional relief, (2) positive
outlook, (3) happiness, (4) self-awareness, (5)
forgiving and letting go, (6) forgetting the past,
(7) self-confidence, (8) self-expression, (9)
emotional strength, (10) faith and (11) physical
well-being.
A5-4
Interpretive Aspects of Human Figure Drawings
of Abused Children
Peejay Bengwasan, Saint Louis University
Art is an expression of innermost states.
Children learn to project their unconscious in
human figure drawings. Analyzing interpretive
aspects of human figure drawings in the Draw A
Person Test, the researcher looked into the
possibility that child abuse may be ascertained.
Through documentary analysis of psychological
reports, 10 interpretive aspects were
consolidated under two broad themes:
Helplessness, encompassing nine (Self and
Bodily Uncertainty, Cognitive Limitation, Social
Inhibition, Sexual Preoccupation, Anxiety,
Aggression, Restriction, Guilt, and Suspicion)
and Resilience, suggesting manners of coping
and emergent needs. Minimal differences were
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noted between interpretive aspects of males
and females. Bodily uncertainty, lack of
aggression and grandiosity were more evident
in females, whereas, low self-concept, hostility
and emotional suppression were seen more in
males. Some aspects are unique to specific
types of abuse such as sexual preoccupation in
sexual abuse, aggression in physical abuse, and
euphoric and grandiose tendencies in neglect
and abandonment.
SESSION A6 VENUE: SAKURA
Learning Session: Transforming Unpleasant
Memories
Facilitator: Tomas Alejo S. Batalla,
The Child's World
Since our birthing process, we all have
undergone unpleasant experiences. Such
experiences become memories within a split of
a second that affect us slightly, moderately or
even severely and traumatically. Depending on
our coping/therapeutic skills, we can easily glide
through such memories or suffer for years and
even a lifetime. Thus, this learning session was
conceptualized and designed to help the
participant modify certain aspects or even the
total unpleasant memory itself by identifying
and transforming:
1. How the memory is filed
2. The memory's operating system
3. The memory's software
By going through the above process, the
participant learns powerful skills on how to be
emancipated and detached from unpleasant
memories , plus gain new insights on how to
creatively deal with them.
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SESSION A7 VENUE: LOTUS
Special Needs, Special Populations
Moderator: Pedro P. Galeno,Jr., Central
Philippine University
A7-1
Mentoring Program for Ayta Youth in
Communities within Clarkfiel, Pampanga
Cristabel Fagela-Tiangco, Eden Hulipas-Terol,
Rosanne Galvez-Echivarre and Brian Q. Engay,
University of Philippines Diliman
There have been criticisms of social amnesia
among academic disciplines, where there is a
disconnect between what is being learned in
the classroom and what is happening in the
world beyond its four walls. Acting on the moral
imperative of social justice, the Applied
Psychology program of the UPDEPP
conceptualized a mentoring program for Ayta
youth in five communities within Clark Field,
Pampanga. As a service learning project,
students were fielded out to facilitate activities
related to social competence, self-esteem
enhancement, self-motivation, self-awareness,
study habits, cognitive skills, and disaster
preparedness. Prior to this, the students
underwent a series of training workshops as
preparation. One hundred ninety-eight Ayta
youth, from kindergarten to grade 6,
participated in the sessions that were
conducted in their respective communities
during June to July 2015. In general, most
notable improvements were in literacy,
numeracy, and disaster preparedness.
Reactions from the communities were mostly
positive. At the end of the program, students
who acted as mentors reported: being able to
apply psychological principles learned in their
courses as they carried out the modules;
reflexivity as researcher-practitioners; and,
being inspired to make psychological research
and practice relevant and responsive to
community needs.
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A7-2
Learning Experiences of Pupils with Special
Needs in Job Internship Program
Samuel B. Bernaldez, Fourth Estate Elementary
School
The successful movement from education to
employment is very crucial for establishing
independence among students with special
needs. To address this critical transition, this
action research using qualitative tools such as
interview, observation and assessment checklist
focused on providing transition program for the
students in Fourth Estate Elementary School-
Special Education Center through job
internship. Data analysis revealed that job
internship generally had a positive impact on
job-related skills of the students in daily living,
personal and social, and employment. The
conduct of this action research enabled the
students to experience out-of-school activities
that helped them in vocational training,
integrated employment, adult services,
independent living and community
participation. Accordingly, the main purpose of
this study is to help the students acquire job
internship in actual work establishments. There
is a need for the students to continue functional
activities and job trainings to instill confidence
and to help them achieve their maximum
academic, skills and potentials. The data
regarding the benefits gained by the student-
participants can be used to spearhead the
administrators in supporting special education
especially the transition program. Another
important consideration, transition program
can be realized through the collaborative
supports between the governments, parents,
educators, concerned social partners, business
owners and stakeholders.
A7-3
Life Narratives of Adults who Committed a
Non-Fatal Suicide
Christelle P. Janer, Maxiene Alex L. Mejia, and
Darwin Rungduin, Colegio de San Juan de
Letran
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It was evident that there is a rapid increasing
prevalence of suicide in the Philippines. Due to
this alarming trend, there is a greater need for
understanding deeper a suicidal person. The
current study aimed to provide a picture of the
life of the suicide survivors before, during and
after the non-fatal suicide attempt, focusing on
the impact of that event on them, what
motivated them to commit suicide and how
they overcame their tendency to commit
suicide again. Through purposive sampling, six
adults, with ages ranging from 19 to 31 years,
old who committed suicide and has survived
were selected. The study employed a
qualitative research design through the life
narratives. The life narratives went through
three levels of analysis wherein themes were
formed from the generated word count list. The
themes were divided into three portions:
before, during and after the non-fatal suicide.
Surviving that event led them towards growth
to be better persons, exhibiting a redemptive
sequence, turning a negative event towards
positive end result. Even though the
interpersonal conflict was found to be the main
reason why they committed suicide, it was also
the most significant factor that enabled the
participants to recover from being suicidal.
A7-4
Predictors of Quality of Life among
Parents/Caregivers with Children with Special
Health Care Needs
Jinky Macabago, Naval State University
This study investigates the predictors of the
quality of life of parents/caregivers who have
children with special health care needs
(CSHCNs). One hundred and seven
parents/caregivers with CSHCN were asked to
answer a paper and pen questionnaire on
profile about themselves and their child with
special health care needs. Also, they answered a
WHO quality of life questionnaire and the
multidimensional scale of perceived social
support. When all the independent variables
(perceived social support from significant
others, family, friends, income, gender of the
parent/caregiver, and presence of intervention)
were entered into the regression equation, the
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model yielded a significant result, F=7.44 at
p<.01 and it contributes 26.7% to the variance
of quality of life. But, only two variables out of
six - the perceived social support from the
significant other and income – are the
significant predictors to quality of life, with β =
0.34, t = 2.62, p<.01 and β = 0.311, t = 3.48,
p<.01.
SESSION A8 VENUE: ROSE
Social Psychology
Moderator: Ferdinand Pingu, University of
Asia and the Pacific
A8-1
"Lab-asera": Common Attitudes and Behavior
Quarriane Narciso, Diojam Etcobanez, Lianne
Mission, Scarlett Fuentes, Carl Sita, and Philip
Albert Lagahid, Southwestern University
Identifying a sole Filipino Personality is close to
impossibility due to different ethnic groups in
the Philippines. Literatures insisted on
deepening the inquiry on different ethnic
groups residing in the Philippines to gradually
uncover Filipino identity and personality. As a
response to this call, this study investigated the
common attitude and behavior of a well- known
group of individuals in the city of Cebu, the Lab-
asera or “common fish vendor”. “Pagdalaw-
dalaw” on the “lab-asera” in their work place by
the time they start their work as fish vendor,
“Pakikipagkwentuhan” with them while dealing
with the environment, and naturalistic
observation on their experiences as “lab-asera”
in a public fish market were utilized to collect
data as they deal with their customers, co-
vendors, family, and suppliers. As a result, nine
(9) common attitudes and behaviors came out,
namely: “Mapa-ilubon”, “Utukan”,
“Maluguton”, “Makinaiyahanon”, “Madiskarte”,
“Makugihon”, “Igihan”, “Mapadayagon”, and
“Malig-on”. All the identified behaviors are
good in nature but have their own limitation
leading to unfavorable outcomes. The study
does not give an entire picture of “lab-asera”
nor of a Cebuano but extracted only their
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common attitudes and behaviors that could
help us understand them and a Filipino
eventually.
A8-2
Pamumukadkad: A Mixed Method Analysis on
the Attitudes of Selected Filipino Female
Teenagers Towards Sex
Erika Bianca Laude and Roneil
Domdom, Lyceum of the Philippines University-
Manila
This study aims to uncover the attitudes of
some Filipino Female Teenagers towards sex. It
also looks into the difference between the
attitudes that each sub-stages of adolescence
portray. A Quantitative-Qualitative Method was
used to measure and identify their sexual
attitudes and the factors that may contribute to
it. The attitudes were gathered from 60
Selected Filipino Female Teenagers (20 early
adolescent, 20 middle adolescent and 20 late
adolescent), each attitude were measured
through Sexual Activities and Attitudes
Questionnaire. This procedure was followed by
an interview which was conducted upon 22
respondents to have an in-depth explanation
about their attitudes toward sex. By means of
using Phenomenological Approach, opinions
and views of Filipino Female Teenagers were
gathered. Findings revealed that there were
significant differences between the sexual pre-
occupation and sexual aversion of early, middle
and late adolescence. From the interview, 8
themes were formed namely; Strong Belief
System, Self-Restraint Behavior, Sense of
Pleasure, Sexual Aversions, Sense of
Responsibility, Social Influence, Social Concern,
Strong need for Intimacy. As a result, the
researchers found out that as the age increases
sexual aversion decreases, as the age increases
sexual permissiveness also increases.
A8-3
Narratives of sex workers in Valencia City,
Bukidnon
Leo G. Labrador and Rusheil Mae V. Asuncion,
Central Mindanao University
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The study sought to provide an overall picture
of the factors that led to sex work by identifying
the super-ordinate and sub-themes that
emerged from the respondents’ life narratives.
Ten female sex workers working in different
bars and night clubs in Valencia City, Bukidnon
served as the respondents of the study. They
were chosen through convenient sampling.
Phenomenology was employed and data was
gathered through in-depth interview. The data
generated were transcribed and analyzed to
identify the common themes that emerged
from their narratives.
Thematic analysis from their narratives revealed
the following super-ordinate themes namely:
Poverty; Disruptive Family Conditions and
Relationship; Negative Life Events; Exposure to
People of the same Trade of Work; Economic
Factors; Stigma; and Positive View of the
Future. These themes provided an explanation
as to why the respondents engaged in sex work.
A8-4
Ganito Kami Noon...: A Life Story Comparison
of Two Endings in Poverty
Debbey Santillan, University of the Philippines-
Diliman
This study looked into the life stories of two
groups of people who grew up in poverty but
had different life outcomes. Using the Life Story
Method, ten participants categorized as
Overcome group and Remained group narrated
their poverty experiences. The life stories were
analyzed based on four major parts: lowest and
highest life points, critical events, and turning
points. The meanings they attributed to their
difficulties, their life themes and beliefs were
also looked at. The results showed that the
Filipino concept Pag-ahon was often used by
the Overcame group in describing their victory
over poverty while Paglagpas was used by the
Remained Group in describing their daily
struggles. Critical events and turning points
played a major role in the identity formation of
the Overcome Group, while they served as
limiting life's obstacle for the Remained Group.
The study also revealed the different physical,
emotional and psychological processes involved
in a person's journey in poverty. Strong family
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values, positive self-concepts, resilience, and
the ability to give meaningful interpretation of
critical life experiences were among the factors
deemed very important in designing a more
tailor-fit program for Philippine poverty issues.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS B1 TO B8
September 14, 2016
02:40 PM – 04:10 PM
SESSION B1 VENUE: JASMINE
Symposium: Status of Projective Techniques
in the Philippines: How Practitioners
Understand and Use Them
Convenor: Maria Caridad Tarroja, De La Salle
University and PsychConsult Inc.
B1-1
A survey of Filipino Clinical Psychologist
Practitioners’ use of commonly used Projective
Techniques
Ma. Araceli B. Alcala and Maria Caridad
Tarroja, De La Salle University
Manila/PsychConsult, Inc.; Francis del Rosario
and Madonna Nympha Carandang, De La Salle
University Manila
Filipino psychologists were surveyed on their
current practices in the use of projective
techniques in the clinical setting. All were
educated in the Philippines, with majority of the
respondents having obtained at least a master’s
degree. While many of the more commonly
known projective techniques such as human
figure drawings and sentence completion tests
were taken in school, practitioners also had
access to continuing education through
certificate training, workshops, and peer
education, for other techniques such as the
story tests and the Rorschach inkblot test.
Differing levels of confidence in terms of
administration, scoring, interpretation, and
report integration were seen for the various
techniques. Practitioners found the utility of
projective techniques in terms of clinical
formulation and intervention, finding that these
provide them with flexible assessment and
intervention tools especially for people from
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the Philippines who speak different dialects.
Challenges reported are the limited training,
and perceived limitations of the techniques in
terms of reliability and validity. Most
practitioners cited better training, more
supervision, more research, and continuing
education in order to improve the use of
projective techniques in the Philippines.
B1-2
Dreamers or Misfits, Kind Souls, Troubled
Spirits: TAT Stories of Applicants for Volunteer
Work
Washington C. Garcia, De La Salle University
Manila/Philplay, Inc.
Like the proverbial moth drawn to the light of
the lamp, they come with a vision of a world
where service to others is the paramount
expression of personhood. Faced with the
challenges of doing volunteer work for the
community, will these comers manage to keep
their wings or perish in the flame of their
idealism? TAT stories of applicants for volunteer
work were analyzed for their work style and
motivation, attitude towards people, socio-
emotional resources, and aspirations in life.
These data was juxtaposed against personal
information provided by the applicants and
results of objective tests given to them,
allowing for a more in-depth appreciation of the
applicants' interpersonal and intrapersonal
dynamics that serve as a backbone for their
career choice. Highlights of the findings are
presented, illustrating the usefulness of
projective tests like TAT not only for screening
purposes but also for drawing up
developmental programs for accepted
applicants are discussed in the paper.
B1-3
Using TAT as an Assessment and Intervention
Tool for Children Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Beatrix Aileen Sison, Ilaw Center/Miriam
College/CRIBS
This paper discusses the use of Projective
techniques specifically the TAT as a crucial
component of the Healing Program of a shelter
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that caters to Female Children survivors of
sexual abuse. Using the framework of Herman's
stages of recovery, this paper discusses their
process of healing and describes the use of TAT
to assess the girls' emotional state, and gain a
picture of their self-concept, how they
deal/cope with the trauma and also their
present concerns as well as areas of resiliency
that can be tapped to empower the survivor.
Several cases will be discussed to further
elaborate on this process and the healing
program that arose from this. Implication of the
use of projective techniques in intervention is
discussed.
B1-4
What we know about Projective Techniques:
Their Use, Applications, and Psychometric
Properties
Maria Caridad Tarroja, Richard Almendral, and
Ohnma Winpe, De La Salle University Manila
and PsychConsult, Inc.; Marcella Sintos, De La
Salle University Manila
In an attempt to provide an overview of the
current status of projective techniques, this
study aimed to review available literatures on
different projectives, such as drawing tests,
sentence completion tests, Rorschach inkblot
systems, and story-making tests. Around 150
articles published within the last 20 years were
reviewed. Majority of the gathered literature
focus on expanding the clinical utility of the
projective techniques, such as establishing
validity towards new constructs (e.g. disorders,
pathologies, and risk factors). There were also
many studies that aimed at re-establishing
psychometric properties or creating norms for
other cultural groups, while the remaining
articles aimed at doing meta-analysis, literature
review, and literature critiques. Among the
gathered literature, the Rorschach inkblot
(Exner’s CS system) appears to be the most
frequently researched, meta-analyzed, and
critiqued while HTP and SCT draw the least
attention. Scoring and coding systems were also
used and researched for other some projective
techniques. Participants for projective
techniques also varies, such that children and
adolescent populations participated on studies
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conducted for drawing tests while adults
participated in association techniques.
SESSION B2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Symposium: Social Behaviors in the Age of
Internet
Convenor: Ma. Cecilia G. Conaco, University of
the Philippines-Diliman
B2-1
Perceived Self-Presentation, Goals, and
Preferences among Grindr Users
Arlen Sandino V. Barrameda, Donn E. Gaba,
and Paul Danielle P. Labor, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
When people interact, we alter how we present
ourselves in order to achieve certain goals, by
disclosing or not disclosing certain information
(Schlenker, 1985; Schlenker & Pontari, 2000;
Schlenker, 2012). With the introduction of
social networking sites and applications, the
types of interactions and means of self-
presentation have adjusted to suit modern day
mediated interactions. The goal of the present
study is to describe how users of a particular
social networking application (viz. GrindrTM),
present themselves, vis-à-vis their goals, and
preferences in the Philippine context. The
current study collected 219 GrindrTM public
profiles from the cities of Quezon and Manila
and content analyzed these to extract self-
presentational characteristics, goals, and
preferences. Results indicate that users present
characteristics indicating internal dispositions
(i.e. friendly, loyal, etc.), sex-related descriptors
(i.e. top, bottom, etc.), gender-expression,
social affiliation, physical attributes, and other
activity-related types of self-information.
Explicit goals mentioned in the profiles were
friendship, dates, chat, relationships, “right
now,” sex, and networking. Indicated user
preferences highlighted similar information as
for the self. Despite the common impression of
being used for hook-ups, only a third use
sexually suggestive handles and only a third use
suggestive photos.
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B2-2
Online vs Offline Patterns of Disclosure of
Adolescents and Adults: An Exploratory Study
Rene Ela P. Ignacio, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
People are natural storytellers (Gottschall,
2012). People disclose stories and information
about themselves and others using various
modes of communication. However, not much
is known concerning the similarities and
differences of online and offline patterns of
disclosure of Filipino adolescents and adults.
This exploratory research aims to identify and
understand online patterns of disclosure
(Facebook posts) among digital natives and
digital immigrants and how these relate to their
offline patterns of disclosure (face-to-face
communication). Five (5) adolescents with a
mean age of 19.8 from one of the universities in
Metro Manila and five (5) adults with a mean
age of 41.6 from Metro Manila were
interviewed. The interviews were analyzed in
order to identify any similarities and differences
using the modes of communication between
the two groups. The preliminary results of the
research show that adolescents and adults
disclose about themselves online and offline.
However, disclosure about other people is more
or less done during face-to-face
communication. The preliminary results also
show that adolescents provide more online
content compared to adults. Lastly, as a
function of the mode of communication, the
depth of the content and the relationship of the
communicator with the receiver are considered
only during face-to-face communication.
B2-3
Unpacking Internet Use and Life Satisfaction
Maria Cecilia C. Gastardo-Conaco and Paul
Danielle P. Labor, University of the Philippines-
Diliman
Studies have shown conflicting outcomes on the
effect of the Internet on users. Many note its
positive impact (Liu & La Rose, 2008; Lampe, et
al., 2008; Aguila, 2009) whereas others highlight
its negative effects (Kraut et al, 1998; Huang,
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2010; Murdoch, 2013). This paper explores the
relationship between Internet Use and Life
Satisfaction and factors contributory to that
relationship. In a survey of 300 community-
based Internet users, researchers looked into
the contributions of age, sex, and personal
income on extent as well as reasons for use and
their subsequent impact on life satisfaction.
Reasons as well as extent of use were
differentiated by age and sex. Regression
analysis showed that age, personal income and
using the Internet for communication purposes
were the best predictors of life satisfaction. A
second survey, with a larger and more
nationally representative sample of 1,064
Internet users, showed the same pattern of
effects on life satisfaction. As in the smaller
survey, regression analysis indicated that age
and Internet use in support of filial / social
relations predict life satisfaction. Implications of
the results (i.e., the link between Internet use
and Life Satisfaction) as well as the utility of
“unpacking” Internet use in ICT research are
identified and discussed.
B2-4
Facebook Usage, Belongingness and Self-
efficacy As Correlates of Self-Presentation
Among Adolescents
Esther C. Ursudan, Chyrl Sheica R. Magpantay,
and Myrtle C. Orbon, Adventist University of the
Philippines
Adolescents are fond of using social media such
as Facebook. There are studies conducted on
determining Facebook usage and self-
presentation but not on belongingness, and
self-efficacy as correlates of self-presentation of
adolescents. Thus, the study is conducted to
identify the respondents’ Facebook usage,
belongingness, and self-efficacy and their
relationship on self-presentation.
Questionnaires were administered to 182
randomly selected students from several
institutions in National Capital Region (NCR) and
CALABARZON to identify their Facebook usage,
level of belongingness, self-efficacy and self-
presentation. The findings show that
respondents have high Facebook usage to check
what is on the newsfeed (M=3.32; SD=0.72) and
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to check the photos they were tagged (M=3.29;
SD=0.82). The respondents have high level of
belongingness (M=3.70; SD=0.46), high level of
self-efficacy (M=2.63; SD=0.44) and high level of
self-presentation (M=2.58; SD=0.39).
Belongingness is not significantly correlated
which indicates that feeling accepted is not
related to presenting oneself desirably through
Facebook. Moreover, Facebook usage and self-
efficacy have significant positive correlation on
self-presentation. The study implies that
Facebook usage influences the respondents to
present themselves in a desirable manner.
Furthermore, the more they believe in their
capacity to achieve goals, the more they
present themselves favorably.
SESSION B3 VENUE: LILY
Symposium: Applied LGBT Psychology
Convenor: Beatriz Torre, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
B3-1
From Symbol to Experience: Exploring a
Teaching Tool to Understand Anti-LGBT Stigma
Moniq Muyargas, University of the Philippines
Visayas and Eric Julian Manalastas, University of
the Philippines-Diliman
Students can understand sexual minority groups
when actively reflecting on learning experiences
related to social psychological constructs
informed by lived experiences of LGBT people.
This study focuses on an experiential learning
tool used in teaching LGBT (lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender) psychology. In this
undergraduate course, students were tasked to
wear an advocacy symbol (I <3 Lesbian and Gay
Rights) in public for 7 to 14 days. Students then
wrote reflection papers of their experiences
after the activity. We examined 58 students’
reflection papers to identify the themes
generated by wearing an advocacy symbol, the
learning outcomes and viability of the active
learning approach to understand anti-LGBT
stigma and heterosexism. Students’ experiences
revealed themes of stigma awareness along
spheres of experiences in public or private
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contexts, micro-aggressions, and micro-
validations. Learning outcomes from the
experiential activity were stigma consciousness,
intergroup empathy, ally meaning and essence,
and transformative learning. Reflections
revealed that knowledge is relative based on
constructed meanings relevant to the self as
learner, in relation to society and sexual
minority groups.
B3-2
A Fab Journey of Accomplishments: The Best
LGBT Support Program
Remedios C. Moog and Ann Joizelle D. Enverzo,
University of the East
Highlighting one of the best practices of the
University of the East Guidance and Counseling
Office, the evidence-based Support Program for
the Self-identified Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) college students, focusing
on its impact, will be presented. The
empowered activities conducted for the past
five (5) years with a hundred self-identified
LGBT participants include buzz session, group
guidance session, seminar, teambuilding
activities, fellowship/camaraderie and
appreciation program, film-showing, parade,
outreach and booths. UE’s support program has
been found to be beneficial on the
enhancement of emotional-social intelligence of
the self-identified LGBT college students as
evident from the results of BarOn Emotional
Quotient Inventory: Short, focus group
discussion, activity evaluation narrative reports
and insight papers. Emerging research suggests
that supportive school personnel providing
support program counteract some of the
negative experiences of LGBT youth in schools
thereby creating a more positive school climate.
B3-3
Crossroads of Life Transitions: Future Career
Decisions of Gay High School Students
Gian Carlo M. Ledesma, Rosemarie M. Aquino,
and Marc Eric S. Reyes, University of Santo
Tomas
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Gay adolescents, just like their heterosexual
counterparts, also consider the importance of
planning for their future careers but are faced
with plights brought about by societal stigma.
This research aimed to answer the central
question, “What characterizes gay high school
students’ inclinations, considerations and
tribulations in choosing and deciding for their
future careers?” Using a phenomenological
inquiry design, the researchers conducted
interviews with five selected gay high school
students. Six themes namely, Garnering Smiles,
Giving Support, Generating Satisfaction, Gaining
Success, Guaranteeing Similitude and Guarding
Suppositions, were emerged from the field texts
and were used in coming up with the roadmap
and crossroad model of career decisions of gay
secondary students. Further implications and
recommendations about the study are
discussed in the research.
B3-4
Gender and Prison: Prison Experiences of
Straight and Gay Detainees
Salvacion A. Laguilles-Villafuerte, Bicol
University
All adults, regardless of gender identity or
sexual orientation, have equal rights and they
equally face trial with when they commit
offenses punishable by law. There is no
delineation of sexual orientation or gender
when it comes to facing life sentences for
crimes committed. However, research studies
claim some evidence that LGBT prisoners are
either maltreated or disregarded and may face
further victimization due to anti-LGBT stigma.
On the other hand, there are also studies
showing that male detainees also get their
share of bullying, physical and sexual abuse and
other forms of maltreatment which affect
desistance from crimes. This study looks into
prison experiences of 30 heterosexual male and
10 gay male detainees and how the differences
of these experiences influence attitudes
towards change and reformation. Narratives of
the detainees’ experiences highlight the
differences in terms of safety inside the prison,
their vulnerability in physical and sexual abuse
and exploitation, access to family contact and
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standpoint in transformation through prison
management. This paper will not only address
the gender differences in encountering
problems but also the effects of generalized
prison management and the views of male and
gay detainees about having cellmates with
different sexual orientation or gender identity.
SESSION B4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Learning Session: Eliciting and Encouraging
Posttraumatic Growth: Practices and
Processes
Maria Lourdes Llaneza Ramos, Ateneo de
Manila University
The new science of posttraumatic growth (PTG),
the phenomenon of positive changes that result
from experiencing and struggling with
adversities in living, has been receiving more
systematic focus from researchers and clinicians
who welcome the possibilities of growth in
individuals dealing with natural and human
crises, losses, and catastrophes. Utilizing a
model of “expert companionship” with real life
cases, this learning session provides more
evidence for the uplifting discovery of how
people can thrive in the face of traumatic
challenges, share methods of eliciting hope and
finding courage to “sing through the night and
be found by the Light”, learn specific
transpersonal tools to promote positive
responses to trauma; and serve as impetus for
further researches and possibilities for clinical
practices. While much attention is given to the
negative consequences of trauma, PTG invites a
radical shift in our perspectives from usual
painful dislocation to life-changing
transformation. Objectives: Participants shall
acquire: *greater awareness of positive changes
resulting from grappling with trauma *clinical
skills to recognize and facilitate emerging new
ways of being in the aftermath of trauma *a
healing perspective beyond adaptation to
growth and transformation Tedeschi, R.G., &
Calhoun, L. G. (2004). Posttraumatic growth:
Conceptual foundations and empirical evidence.
Psychological Inquiry, 15, 1–18.
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SESSION B5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Symposium: Augmenting Socio-political
Research in Psychology Through Big Data and
Social Computational Techniques
Convenor: Arvin Jay Boller, Ateneo de Manila
University
B5-1
Integrating social computation in psychological
research: A theoretical and methodological
exposition
Arvin Jay Boller and Cristina Jayme Montiel,
Ateneo de Manila University
This presentation highlights the theoretical
foundations and the methodological
approaches that underlie the use of social
computation in psychological research. We will
discuss the problems inherent in the
interpretation of phenomena, and how social
computation and big data can help address
those problems. We will first discuss the
concept of interpretative gap, a notion that
there is a theoretical distance between the
actual phenomena and the final interpretation
of the researcher brought about by multiple
research decisions. This gap can be lessened
through the utilization of big data and social
computation. First, the use of big data features
information in its natural form. Natural data is
unique in that it was created with little or no
imposition from the part of the researcher.
Furthermore, big data lessens the gap by
providing large amounts of data. Social
computation on the other hand, allows the
interpretation of data while being bound by
numbers. This in turn controls the subjectivity
of the researcher, thus lessening the
interpretative gap further. Finally, the
presentation will exhibit several methodological
approaches. We will illustrate the use of text
mining, word count, and social network analysis
in research, and how a researcher can go about
using these approaches.
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B5-2
Representational Contamination: How an
Unexpected Armed Encounter Psychologically
Stunts a Peace Process
Cristina Jayme Montiel, Lissa Custodio,
and Erwine Dela Paz, Ateneo de Manila
University
Representational contamination is introduced
to account for psychological changes in the
public sphere after an armed clash deflects a
peace process. Although representational
contamination is psychological, our
conceptualization merges ideas from disciplines
such as media, political derailment, and
intergroup conflict. We push psychology to
more macro layers of analyses, and increase its
theoretical utility for social issues such as peace
and conflict. As case in point, we take the
Muslim-Christian peace process in the
Philippines, as positive representations of the
Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) shift dramatically
and negatively after an armed clash in
Mamasapano. We employ a sequential mixed
methods strategy on a data of 178 news reports
about BBL, five weeks before and after the
clash. Text-mining results indicate high scores in
word associations, indicating a high discursive
overlap between BBL and Mamasapano. Word
association shows how BBL was associated with
positive words before Mamasapano, and
negative words after. Discourse analysis adds
semantic depth to our quantitative findings. The
mix of qualitative and quantitative strategies
attains the goals of accessing a natural data
source, describing discursive depth, and
producing mathematical accuracy. We conclude
with suggestions on how to deal with
representational contamination, discussing
psychological containment in the public sphere.
B5-3
Discursive Production of Muslim-Christian
Dehumanization and Distrust: Text-mining
Public Discourse during Heated Conflict
Cristina Jayme Montiel, Pocholo Velasquez, and
Erwine Dela Paz, Ateneo de Manila
University; Zahra Ibrahim, Notre Dame of
Cotabato
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Humanization and trust are critical features of
social peacebuilding. Inversely, dehumanization
and distrust mark conflict escalations and war.
Because conflict and peace are highly
contextualized phenomena, so also are their
psychological markers of humanization and
trust. In a heated asymmetric conflict with
religious overtones, this study attempts to
answer the following: (a) What is the nature of
(de)humanization? (b)What is the nature of
(dis)trust? (c) Are these two psychological
features related, as they are produced during
conflict? In what way are they related? This
paper presents way of doing peace research by
text mining conventional and social media with
researchers from both sides of the conflict.
Traditional and online reactions to the
Mamasapano event in Southern Philippines
present a viable data source for this study. The
discourse on distrust was derived from
conventional media news articles while public
discourse on dehumanization was collected
from social media comments. These discourses
were quantified for empirical analysis using
Rapidminer, then analyzed qualitatively to
detect patterns that show the link between
these dehumanization and trust. Results
indicate that humanize Christians are positively
associated with statements that dehumanize
Muslims. These dehumanizing statements seem
to have religious undertones and use the
vernacular. Theoretical and methodological
issues are raised regarding the results of the
study.
B5-4
Unpacking Humanizing and Dehumanizing
Discourses in an Intergroup conflict through
Text Mining
Ervina A. Espina, Ateneo de Manila University
Visayas Tacloban and Ateneo de Manila
University; Zahra Ibrahim, Notre Dame of
Cotabato; Erwine Dela Paz and Cristina Jayme
Montiel, Ateneo de Manila University
This study analyzed utterances regarding
surface discourses in an intergroup conflict,
particularly the the Mamapasano incident.
Using a discursive lens, humanizing and
dehumanizing discourses were identified. The
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data corpus for this study includes 1357
Facebook utterances harvested for the period
of January 25, 2015- February 28, 2015. A
Christian and a Muslim researcher classified
these utterances on whether they are
humanizing or dehumanizing for either
Christians or Muslims. This study focuses on the
utterances that were classified differently by
the Christian and Muslim researchers. This
study aims to understand the underlying
discursive structures that shape the different
ways of seeing the utterances. This was done
through a sequential mixed-methods study.
Rapidminer software was used in text mining
using principal component analysis (PCA) to
group together words into sets or components.
These components were then used in a
qualitative analysis. Storylines were then
determined for each components formed from
differently classified utterances.
SESSION B6 VENUE: SAKURA
Symposium: Individuals and Communities in
Negros Oriental: Their State of Well-Being
and Mental Health
Convenor: Michele Joan D. Valbuena, Silliman
University
B6-1
The Role of Culture on Emotional Labor and
Burnout: A Face-to-Face Work Interaction
Chizanne Sarabia-Ridad, Oriental State
University Dumaguete
This study utilized a mixed-method approach to
examine how the understanding of culture
plays a role on emotional labor and burnout,
and how these two psychosocial dimensions
affect workers’ psychological well-being.
Hochschild (1983) defines emotional labor as
“the management of feeling to create a publicly
observable facial and bodily display.” Burnout,
on the other hand, refers to the degree of
exhaustion to physical, mental, and emotional
states (Malach-Pines, 2005). Using both
qualitative and quantitative method, FGD
showed that certain Filipino cultural values
influenced the experience of emotional labor
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among Filipino workers. These had strong
influences in their face-to-face interaction with
clients. Furthermore, utilizing scales measuring
Emotional Labor (Brotheridge & Lee, 2003) and
Burnout Measure Short Version (Malach-Pine,
2005) among Filipino frontline workers (N=302),
statistical results revealed that emotional labor
and its two subcomponents are related to
burnout. Burnout is highly related to surface
acting while deep acting is only slightly related
to burnout. Reflecting on these results seemed
to show that the inherent genuine warmth and
hospitality of Filipino workers resonate in their
performance on deep acting while surface
acting tends to be unfavorable to work
condition that somehow affects employee’s
state of well-being.
B6-2
Do Longer Marriages Encourage Psychological
Well-Being Among Married Individuals in
Dumaguete City?
Mayvelle Ann Luib, Joy Grace De Gracia, Belle
Jane Catad, Michele Joan D. Valbuena, Siliman
University
In an attempt to explore the state of well-being
among married individuals in Dumaguete City,
321 married individuals responded to Ryff’s
Psychological Well-Being Scale, measuring
autonomy, environmental mastery, positive
relations, purpose in life, self-acceptance and
personal growth. Participants in longer
marriages did not have better over-all
psychological well-being than those in shorter
marriages. Exploring specifically into the
dimensions of psychological well-being,
participants’ personal growth was found to
have been influenced by either shorter or
longer periods of their marriages. Particularly,
personal growth seemed to decrease as
participants stay in their marriages for longer
periods. It is recommended that further studies
are done investigating on the specific factors
that may have caused individuals’ personal
growth to decrease when they have been
married a long time.
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B6-3
Quality of Life in Older Age in Dumaguete City
Jake Macahig, Silliman University
Quality of life is fast becoming a standard of
measure of long-term care and gerontological
service outcomes. The issue of quality of life has
been of increasing interest in the field of aging.
This study was conducted to initiate a baseline
data on the quality of life in older age of
Dumaguete City. A sample of 48 older adults,
presidents of the different registered Senior
Citizens Associations in Dumaguete City, were
interviewed using the OPQL-35 instrument.
Examination of the results lead to significant
policy recommendations in strengthening an
Expanded Senior Citizens Act – RA 9994.
B6-4
The State of Mental Health in Negros Oriental:
Implications for Psychology Training and
Practice
Margaret Helen U. Alvarez, Silliman University
Given the disparity between the numbers of
licensed practitioners and those in actual
psychology practice, it was deemed important
to look at the immediate environment to
answer questions pertaining to the state of
well-being and mental health needs of the
province of Negros Oriental. Interviewed were
point persons in DOH, DepEd, and local
government in all municipalities of the province
to provide baseline data on: 1) each
municipality’s mental health needs; 2) available
resources and professional help; 3) protocols in
schools and hospitals for mental health problem
referrals; 4) common mental health problems in
different contexts (e.g., hospital, industry,
educational settings, and so on); 5) public
perception of psychological assessment; and 6)
public perception of abnormal psychology.
Survey results have important implications for
policy planning in local government and
curriculum planning in higher education
institutions.
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SESSION B7 VENUE: LOTUS
Resilience in Different Contexts
Moderator: Fr. Jose Geraldo C. Costa, SLU-
Sunflower Children’s Center and St. Louis
University
B7-1
Negotiating the Streets: Hidden Resilience
among Grown-Up Street Children
Daniel Wartenweiler, De La Salle University
This study investigated processes of hidden
resilience of grown-up street children who still
live on the streets in an inner city of Manila.
Two adult street dwellers were purposively
sampled based on their resilient functioning
across four domains. A naturalistic narrative
design was employed, and the collected
narratives were thematically analyzed. Results
showed that both participants had experienced
non-normative adversity, such as severe
poverty, death of a parent and of other
significant persons, dropping out of school, and
exposure to drugs and vices. Six interacting
resilience processes: having a significant adult,
early involvement in work, distancing self from
peers, delinquency as turning point, early
parenthood, and spirituality, led to adaptive
outcomes. The identified processes and their
corresponding outcomes reflect an idiosyncratic
and context-specific adaptation to adversities,
hence providing evidence for hidden resilience
among grown-up street children as an atypical,
discursive negotiation between individual and
environment. The narratives illustrate the lack
of basic rights and the great fragility in the
participants’ lives, but also enormous
perseverance, contentment, meanings made,
and generativity. They are not portrayed as
victims or delinquents, but their voices speak of
agency, hope, and dignity.
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B7-2
The Impact of Emotional Intelligence and
Coping Behavior on the Resiliency of Outbound
Filipino Household Service Workers
Margarette E. Pangilinan and Lucilla O. Bance,
University of Santo Tomas
This study explored the impact of Emotional
Intelligence and coping Behavior on the
Resiliency of 113 first time Outbound
Household Service Workers. Work Profile
Questionnaire-Emotional Intelligence Version
(WPQei), Brief Cope (BC) and Connor-Davidson
Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were used to assess
the aforementioned variables. Emotional
Intelligence is expressed through motivation
(M=28.66, SD=5.7, self-awareness (M=28.25,
SD=5.41) and empathy (M=26.23, SD=6.02.)
They tend to cope using active coping (M=6.09,
SD=1.68), planning (M=5.96, SD=1.56), and
religion (M = 5.96, SD = 1.95). A significant
relationship was found between emotional
intelligence and resiliency (r =.41, r2=.17, p<.05)
with emotional intelligence contributing 17% to
resiliency; Coping behavior and resiliency
(r=.50, r2=.25, p<.00) are found correlated and
contributes 25% to resiliency. Using regression
analysis, emotional intelligence (B=.96, p<.05)
and coping behavior (B=10.70, p<.00) have
been found to impact resiliency of the
household service workers. The two predictor
model was able to account for 30% of the
variance in resilience, F(2,100) = 23.10, p<.00,
R2=.30. The findings indicated that there is a
need to explore other factors that can account
to the overall resilience of the Filipino
household service worker.
B7-3
The Filipino Comfort Women, Life Beyond the
War: A Phenomenological Analysis
Lyza G. Amat, Laguna College of Business and
Arts
The study looked at the lives of Filipino comfort
women during the war and how their wartime
ordeal shaped their lives. It made use of a
qualitative research method; specifically, it
followed a phenomenological research design.
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Primary source data were obtained from in-
depth interviews using flexible, open-ended
interview questions. The participants of the
study were Filipino comfort women who are
members of the redress movement Liga ng mga
Lolang Pilipina (Lila Pilipina). From the process
of horizonalization, taken from both the results
of interviews conducted and the testimonial
accounts of the comfort women, the researcher
was able to decipher five (5) underlying themes
based on their general ideas: sexual
dehumanization of Filipino comfort women,
psychological and physical trauma, social stigma
attached to having had sex with other males,
aversion to sex/crippled sex life, and found
strength to speak up through the redress group,
Lila Pilipina, formerly Task Force for Filipino
Comfort Women. These emergent themes were
further substantiated by excerpts from Filipino
comfort women and related studies. The sexual
dehumanization of Filipino comfort women was
the direct result of having been subjected to
severe sexual violence inflicted upon them by
Japanese soldiers during their captivity. The
psychological and physical trauma came from a
shared experience of feeling like their lives are
no longer worth living, with some, entertaining
the thought of ending their own lives. The social
stigma attached to having had sex with other
males encapsulates the manner in which the
society treated these wartime survivors: as
damaged goods. Aversion to sex/crippled sex
life highlights how, even long after the war was
over, their sex lives were greatly affected. The
last theme, found strength to speak up through
the redress group Lila Pilipina, points out to
their courage to break their silence, to speak
up, and finally, to demand justice and
reparation from the Japanese government, a
shared cause, which they continue to uphold
even up to the present.
B7-4
Paano ba ako babangon? Hindi ako, kung 'di
kami: The dispositional, social, and composite
enabling factors for Filipino resilience
Calvin Keith M. Calvadores, University of San
Carlos
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The current study used categorical-content
analysis to explore the resiliency enabling
factors from the survival stories of super
typhoon Yolanda survivors. Three enabling
factors were identified: the Dispositional
Resources, the Social Resources, and the
Composite Resource. Examination of these
enabling factors reveals how they foster
resilience for the survivors and for other people
around the survivors. Further examination of
the Composite Resource exposed the
therapeutic effect of the interaction of the
Filipino personality and his/her social milieu.
This study can provide a better understanding
of how resilience is created and fostered by
Filipinos who survived a natural calamity.
Furthermore, the findings in this study can be
used as a basis for developing a psychological
intervention for survivors of natural calamity. In
fact, the enabling factors identified in this study
also validate the dimensions of the Katatagan
framework.
SESSION B8 VENUE: ROSE
Sexual Abuse: Therapeutic Models and
Intervention
Moderator: Jerry Jurisprudencia,
Miriam College
B8-1
The Progressive-Consequential Model of Child
Sexual Abuse: The Struggle and Journey of
Christine
Sixtus Dane Ramos, Seagulls Flight Foundation,
Inc.
A comprehensive review of the effects of child
sexual abuse and the process of disclosure were
done in order to conceptualize the experiences
of Christine, a 17 year old adolescent, who
suffered from 10 years of repeated sexual
abuse. This case study aims to present
Christine’s experiences as a foundation in
integrating classic and contemporary theories
about child sexual abuse and disclosure.
Through the discussion of the multiple
dynamics conceptual models and various
theoretical frameworks of disclosure, a
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redefined depiction of child sexual abuse is
presented. The progressive-consequential
model of child sexual abuse, its research and
practical implications are discussed.
B8-2
Glimpses of Pain and Hope: A Framework to
Address Child Sexual Abuse
Carmen Macalalad-Sabino, Ateneo de Davao
University
This study described the perceptions of self and
world of six female sexually abused children
with ages ranging from 6-6 to 9-8 (mean age of
8 years old) from a nongovernmental
organization based in the South. It also
proposed a framework in addressing child
sexual abuse prevention and intervention based
on an interpretation of the results of a
projective story telling technique for children,
the Children’s Apperception Test (CAT) by
Bellak and Bellak (1961). Using a quantitative
descriptive design with archival method, the
researcher interpreted already existing CAT
protocols to obtain the children’s perceptions of
self in terms of man hero, traits, sense of
adequacy, needs and anxieties and perceptions
of world and of significant figures in their lives.
Dominant findings showed that the sexually
abused children saw themselves as weak,
helpless, and inadequate, had main needs for
harm avoidance and succorrance, and with
anxieties focused on fear of being overwhelmed
in a world they viewed as hostile and
threatening. They perceived with ambivalence
significant figures like mother, father, superiors,
juniors and peers. Based on these results, the
researcher proposed a framework in child
sexual abuse prevention and intervention which
is anchored on human rights and
developmentally appropriate practice.
B8-3
A Qualitative Study on Women with Sexual
Molestation History
Mylene S. Gumarao, Jezel Mae Gabion, and
Precious Rodriguez, Adventist University of the
Philippines
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The study explored on understanding women
with sexual molestation history. The
participants are 19 – 25 years old and admitted
to have experienced sexual molestation limited
to 5-18 years of age. The five participants were
interviewed separately using a semi-structured
guide interview. The data were recorded,
transcribed and analyzed using a thematic
analysis. The participants commonly perceived
themselves as worthless. They developed low
self-confidence and feared of being accepted by
others. They also had difficulty relating with
men. Avoiding the person and keeping the
molestation history to themselves were the
ways they have done to stop the molestation
and to save the family from other possible
problems. Their reasons to continue living is the
belief that their experience has a purpose. They
want to help and inspire other women with the
same experience they have had, not to give up
in life. The results imply that having a purpose
in life and aiming to help others with the same
experience, give them the reason to live
notwithstanding their sexual molestation
history.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS C1 TO C8
September 14, 2016
04:30 PM – 06:00 PM
SESSION C1 VENUE: JASMINE
MHPSS: Social Implications and Community
Involvement
Moderator: Pia Ramos, Ateneo de Manila
University
C1-1
Lay Understanding of Disaster Risk among
Super Typhoon Haiyan Survivors
Marshaley J. Baquiano and Rowena Guiang,
University of the Philippines-Visayas
The study employed Social Representation
Theory to capture social meanings of typhoon
survivors regarding disaster risk. Employing
word association as a methodological approach,
89 survivors answered a survey questionnaire
where they wrote down their social
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understanding of disaster risk. Prior to the
coming of Typhoon Haiyan, disaster risk was
viewed as something that may cause damage,
harm, and loss of lives. However, such
consequences were perceived to be
manageable, easy to overcome, and have no
long-lasting effects. As such, disaster risk was
socially understood as something that can be
taken for granted and needing no painstaking
preparation. After experiencing the difficulties
and challenges of the post disaster
environment, views of risk point to the need for
preparation, vigilance and to be well-informed,
since the consequences are seen to be life
threatening, dangerous, as well as entailing
loss, massive destruction, and suffering.
Theoretical and practical implications of the
results are discussed.
C1-2
Evaluation of a Resilience Intervention for
Displaced Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan
Ma. Regina M. Hechanova, Ateneo de Manila
University; Pierce Docena, University of the
Philippines Tacloban; Emma Porio, Ateneo de
Manila University; Rony Berger, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev; Avy Acosta, Ateneo de
Manila University; Liane Pena Alampay, Ateneo
de Manila University; Isabel Melgar, Ateneo de
Manila University
This study evaluated the impact of a resilience
intervention for displaced survivors of Super
Typhoon Haiyan living in a resettlement area in
the Philippines. The group-based intervention
focused on developing adaptive coping skills:
harnessing strengths, managing physical
reactions, managing thoughts and emotions,
seeking solutions and support, identifying
positive activities, and planning for the future.
Using a randomized control treatment design,
70 survivors underwent the intervention that
consisted of six modules implemented twice a
week. A group of 37 community members
served as control group. Measures of anxiety
and resilience were administered prior to and
six months after the intervention. Results
showed a significant difference in change scores
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between treatment and control groups.
Survivors who went through the resilience
modules had larger decrease in anxiety scores
and greater increase in resilience scores
compared to those who did not go through the
modules.
C1-3
Exploring a Community Psychology Perspective
in Addressing Community-Wide Trauma
Annabel M. Manalo, Asian Theological Seminary
and Fermin P. Manalo, Jr., University of the
Philippines
The paper presents the challenge of internal
displacement due to armed conflict and
proposes a Community Psychology model in
addressing the psychosocial needs of the
community. It starts with a Psychosocial
Program developed by Balay Rehabilitation
Center over 20 years of work with internally
displaced peoples. The paper then draws
principles and guidelines from practice. It
highlights the importance of a wide-angled
focus on systemic, contextual factors in
understanding trauma and an orientation to
both individual and social change. It ends with
recommendations on how salient aspects of the
model can be integrated in any community-
based psychosocial program and future
directions for Mental Health and Psychosocial
Support practitioners working in in this context.
C1-4
MHPSS in Typhoon Pablo, Zamboanga Siege,
Bohol, Cebu Earthquake, and Typhoon Yolanda
Myrna Aida Javier-Macayra, Department of
Health Region XI; Gail Ilagan, Ateneo de Davao
University, Rustum Fanugao, Department of
Health Region VI, Treatment and Rehab Center
MHPSS - MHGAP interventions were
undertaken during Typhoon Pablo in Davao
Oriental and Compostela Valley, utilizing the
International Organization for Migration 7
Modules for the training of BHW, health
providers and Communities. In partnership with
Ateneo de Davao University, GOs - NGOs and
International Organization like WHO, USAID,
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AUSAID, EU and LGUs together with DOH
ARMM, DOH 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 and DOH retained
hospitals to respond to the needs of IDP of
Typhoon Pablo. Rapid Health Assessment was
the initial step undertaken by DOH XI to
Typhoon Pablo affected areas, the towns of
Boston, Cateel, Baganga in Davao Oriental and
Compostela Province. Followed by the different
clusters on Health, Nutrition, wash and MHPSS.
Overall, the MHPSS cluster of DOH XI responded
to Sendong in Cagayan de Oro, Hyacinth flood,
Notre Dame Bombing in Cotabato City,
Zamboanga Siege and Typhoon Yolanda in
Leyte. Constraints and gaps were evident in the
occurrences of suicide and mental health
disorders, elevated to diagnosis of Depression,
Psychosis, Schizophrenia and Bipolar; treatment
with Psychotropic drugs was provided by DOH
XI. Sustenance for the MHPSS clusters in Davao
Region is done through Capability building,
regular advocacy, technical session meetings,
social mobilization, monitoring and evaluation.
SESSION C2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Learning Session and Twin Book Launch:
“Pakikipagkapwa-Damdamin and PRESENCE:
Healing from Trauma Through Mindfulness
Author-Facilitator: Ma. Lourdes A. Carandang,
MLAC Institute of Psychosocial Services, Inc.
This learning session is a discussion on
psychosocial intervention for survivors of
disasters and those who are helping them.It
describes the “Filipino way” of doing
psychosocial intervention. It emphasizes
“pakikipagkapwa-damdamin” which means
accompanying the survivors in empathy, being
with them and creating caring communities for
support and sustainability. This is followed by
the introduction of “PRESENCE” which deals
with the vicarious traumatization of those who
are accompanying and helping the traumatized
survivors in the path to recovery or healing. It
will focus on MINDFULNESS or a practice for the
“helpers” as a way to recovery, a way to take
care of themselves as they take care of others.
Actual mindfulness exercise will be done during
the session for the use of the learners.
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SESSION C3 VENUE: LILY
Learning Session: Helping LGBT Clients
Through Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Facilitators: Maria Angela A. Virata, InTouch
Community Services
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) 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 agency
over their lives. Participants will: (1) learn key
Solution Focused questions like the miracle
question, affirming strengths and resources,
finding exceptions, coping and scaling, and (2)
see how SFBT can help LGBT clients dealing with
coming out and relationship issues.
SESSION C4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Anxiety and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Moderator: Claudette A. Agnes, University of
Santo Tomas
C4-1
Post-Relocation Distress on PTSD, Anxiety,
Depression, and Panic Disorder Symptoms: The
Moderating Role of Social Media
Michelle S. Tumabagahan, Erika Melody M.
Malicay, Kristylle Marie N. Abelardo, and Imelu
G. Mordeno, Mindanao State University-Iligan
Institute of Technology; Brian J. Hall, University
of Macau
Loss of home and subsequent relocation
following natural disasters affects mental health
and well-being. However, there is a dearth of
evidence in the literature showing the role of
social media in the relationship between post-
relocation difficulties and mental health.
Utilizing 522 post-relocated residents, the
results showed that social media usage is a
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function of the positive relationship between
post-relocation difficulties and mental health
symptoms. The data suggest that those
respondents who used social media the most,
experience high post-relocation distress
including symptoms of trauma, anxiety,
depression and panic. Further analysis showed
that among the social media users (n=308),
post-relocation distress influenced mental
health symptoms, particularly those who
received support. To understand these
seemingly counterintuitive findings, another
round of moderation analysis was conducted
with satisfaction of support as moderator
among those who received support (n=260).
The results demonstrated that post-relocation
distress increases trauma, panic, generalized
anxiety and depression symptoms especially
among those individuals who are less satisfied
with the support they received. Overall, the
data showed that usage, received support, and
support satisfaction from social media have
significant moderating role in post-relocation
distress and consequent mental health.
C4-2
Dimensional Structure Models of DSM-5 PTSD:
Assessing the Role of Anxiety and Depression
Geraldine P. Go and Imelu G. Mordeno,
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology; Ma. Jenina N. Nalipay, Philippine
Normal University
With the changes in Diagnostic Statistic Manual-
5 (DSM-5), there is a need to reexamine PTSD
symptom clusters, particularly in a nonclinical
sample representing significant trauma utilizing
the most recent models in PTSD literature. This
study assessed seven posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) models using confirmatory
factor analysis in a sample of university
students (N= 964) who have varied traumatic
experiences. To enhance further the
understanding of the best fitted model's
components, this study assessed the differential
relationships of PTSD with depression and
anxiety. Results showed that the 7-factor hybrid
model comprising of intrusion, avoidance,
negative affect, anhedonia, externalizing
behavior, anxious arousal, and dysphoric
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arousal factors had excellent fit. Hybrid model
showed superior fit in comparison to nested
and non-nested models. All factors of the hybrid
model were strongly related to anxiety and
depression. However, negative alterations,
anhedonia, externalizing behaviors, and
dysphoric arousal factors were more related to
depression than to anxiety. The specificity of
the symptoms and its differential relationships
with anxiety and depression shed light in
understanding the underlying nature of PTSD.
C4-3
Latent Structure of Generalized Anxiety
Disorder: Assessing Frequency and Intensity
Rating Differences
Jelli Grace C. Luzano, Debi S. Galela, Michelle
Anne L. Ferolino, and Imelu G. Mordeno,
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of
Technology
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a pattern
of persistent and excessive worry about various
domains. Most research on the factor structure
of GAD use symptoms based on DSM-IV, while
there is a dearth of studies investigating GAD
using DSM-5 symptomatology. Moreover, the
latent structure of GAD investigating the
frequency and intensity of symptoms is yet to
be explored. The present study analyzes the
factor structure of GAD using four models: a 1-
factor intensity model, a 1-factor frequency
model, a 1-factor combined intensity-frequency
model, and a 2-factor combined model. Data
were gathered among individuals who are
relocated due to natural disasters (N=645) using
a modified version of the Generalized Anxiety
Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale to match DSM-5
GAD symptoms. Results revealed that all four
models yielded good fit. Confirmatory factor
analysis using measurement invariance testing
found that frequency and intensity symptoms
have significantly different parameter estimates
in terms of their configural, metric and scalar
invariances. The findings of the study are
relevant in elucidating the need to incorporate
frequency and intensity in assessing GAD and
developing interventions that would address
separately symptom frequency and intensity.
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C4-4
Worldviews and PTSD Symptoms: The
Mediating Role of Posttrauma Cognition
Cris Ann Anton, Leonel Laurence C. La Madrid,
Mitzie Lou I. Tormis, Jennifer Gay E. Carpio, and
Imelu G. Mordeno, Mindanao State University-
Iligan Institute of Technology
Worldviews significantly impact one’s
psychological wellbeing. World assumptions or
worldview have been known to influence
mental health, specifically depression,
vulnerability to suicide and exhibition of death
anxiety. However, there is a scarcity of
empirical studies showing how worldviews
affect the development of posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). This study addresses this gap
by examining the influence of world
assumptions on PTSD as mediated by
posttraumatic cognition. Utilizing 499
respondents who reported to have experienced
a significant traumatic event, results revealed
that worldviews affects the development of
PTSD symptomatology through posttrauma
cognitions. The findings suggest that world
assumptions such as justice, benevolence of the
people, randomness, benevolence of the world,
and controllability, affect posttraumatic stress
disorder brought about by the maladaptive
trauma cognitions (i.e., negative cognitions
about the self, negative cognitions about the
world, and self-blame). The findings of this
study further imply that worldview as a distal
cultural theme of an individual influences
specific proximal factors, posttrauma
cognitions, to the development of
posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.
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SESSION C5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Symposium: Humanitarian Work
Psychology: Expanding the Concept of
Employee Wellness and Welfare
Convenor: Emerald Ilac, Ateneo Center for
Organisation Research and Development
C5-1
Work-Life Balance Crafting Behaviors and
Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of
Work-Life Balance
Luz Gravador, Ateneo de Manila University
This study examined the relationships among
work-life balance crafting behaviors, as a set of
individual strategies to manage work-life
balance (WLB), subjective well-being, and the
experience of WLB. The research also explored
the possible mediating role of attaining WLB in
the said relationship using the self-concordance
model as framework. The model is tested on a
sample of 314 full-time employees from various
organizations and industries in the Philippines.
Results suggest a partially mediated
relationship between WLB crafting behaviors
and subjective well-being through attaining
WLB. Implications for future research and in
promoting work-life balance in organizations
are discussed.
C5-2
Employees’ Perception of a Great Place to
Work and Its Outcomes: A Model for
Developing Countries
Iris de Guzman, Ateneo de Manila University
This study identified factors in an organization’s
context that characterize a great place to work
for employees in a developing country. Factors
were identified by conducting content analysis
of interviews with employees from different
industries and job levels. A survey tool was
developed and administered to 340 Filipino
employees. Findings point to nature of work,
the work environment, organization culture and
direction, coworker relationships, relationship
with supervisor, compensation, benefits, and
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rewards, and developmental opportunities as
important dimensions that engender positive
perceptions of the workplace. Furthermore, the
study describes positive employee attitudes
shaped by being in a great place to work. Path
analysis was used to develop the model and to
determine the relationships between the
identified predictors and outcomes. Findings of
the study contribute to literature on
perceptions of employees from developing
countries and may be used in improving people
management systems and programs.
C5-3
Employee Resilience in the Midst of Natural
Disasters
Pinky Rose Hartshorn, Ateneo de Manila
University
This paper presents results from a qualitative
study on employee resilience-enhancing HRM
practices for natural disasters in the Philippines.
Interviews were conducted on HR practitioners
from various organizations. The data was then
subjected to thematic analysis and the
subsequent themes were used to construct a
survey instrument to assess the moderating
effect of the reported resilience-enhancing
HRM practices. Results highlight that employee
resilience is two-fold: individual and
organizational, and that resilience-enhancing
HRM practices are three-fold, following John
Hopkins’ RRR model (resistance, resiliency, and
recovery).
C5-4
The Needs of Social Enterprise Employees: A
Study on Motivation
Jaimee Felice Caringal, Ateneo de Manila
University
Social enterprises aim to provide sustainable
solutions to societal problems. This study
investigated what motivates social enterprise
workers using a needs theory framework, and
how these needs are related to intent to stay in
the organization. A sequential mixed method
exploratory method was used. In the first
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phase, 11 social enterprise employees were
interviewed to identify motivating needs. In the
second phase, a survey was created, and data
from 311 employees were subjected to factor
analysis. Four factors were elicited: personal
needs, financial stability needs, meaningful
work needs and growth needs. All factors were
significantly correlated to intent to stay.
Through structural equation modelling,
meaningful work needs was found to be
predictive of intent to stay. Implications for
social enterprise leaders and HR managers are
discussed based on these results.
SESSION C6 VENUE: SAKURA
Symposium: Mapa ng Loob: Validation
Studies and the English Version
Convenor: Gregorio E.H. del Pilar, University of
the Philippines Diliman
C6-1
The Mapa and the Panukat ng Pagkataong
Pilipino: A Validation Study
Gregorio E. H. del Pilar and Anna Margarita F.
Mangahas, University of the Philippines Diliman
The Mapa ng Loob and the Panukat ng
Pagkataong Pilipino (PPP) were administered to
245 students at UP Diliman, whose mean age
was 19.01 (SD=1.66), 71% of whom were
female. Reliabilities of the eleven Mapa scales
for validation had a mean of .74 , while the
corresponding PPP scales had a mean of .71. An
intercorrelation matrix showed that validity
coefficients were in the high range .from .50 to
.83 for eight of the eleven scales (mean of .66),
while those for Pagkaresponsable and
Pagkamatapat, at .42 and .45, were in the
moderate range. The explanation for
Pagkaresponsable noted the more
multidimensional nature of the corresponding
PPP scale, as suggested by three factors
resulting from a factor analysis of its ten items,
and its lower reliability of .68 (versus .77 for the
Mapa). The lower reliability for Pagkamatapat
was attributed to differing definitions of the
identically-termed scales, as suggested by their
English translations, i.e., , Sincerity in the Mapa,
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and Honesty in the PPP. The moderate
correlation between Mapa Dalas Makaramdam
ng Galit and PPP Pagkamahinahon (-.48) was
anticipated, on account of the narrower
definition of the former, which excludes the
nervousness aspect of emotional stability.
C6-2
The Development of the English Version of the
Mapa ng Loob
Gregorio E. H. del Pilar, Christie P. Sio,
and Beatriz Cecilia D. Montegnegro, University
of the Philippines Diliman
The English version of the Mapa ng Loob,
created immediately after the completion of
the original version in 2013, preserved the
concern for construct coverage and keying
balance found in the original version of the
instrument (i.e., 16 of the 20 facet scales are
perfectly or near-perfectly balanced). Slightly
different versions of the instrument were
administered over four semesters to
introductory psychology students in UP Diliman
(Ns =331, 342, 341, and 333). Internal
consistency reliabilities of the twenty facets of
the final version (N=333) have a mean of .72,
and range from .66 to .86. The factor structure
of the twenty facet scales was perfect, with
each scale loading only on its intended factor.
The scales of the final English version correlated
well with the corresponding scales of the
original Mapa, with translation equivalence
coefficients ranging from .68 to .87, with a
mean of .74. Finally, retest reliabilities, available
for the first version (N=189), ranged from .61 to
.85, with a mean of .75.
C6-3
Validating the Mapa English with the
International Personality Item Pool (IPIP)
Gregorio E. H. del Pilar, Marston S.
Pascasio, Rene Ela P. Ignacio, and Christie P. Sio,
University of the Philippines-Diliman
The English version of the Mapa ng Loob and a
questionnaire made up of the International
Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Big Five Marker
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Scales and ten IPIP NEO facet scales were
administered to a sample of 167 introductory
psychology students in UP Diliman, with mean
age of 18.62 (SD = 1.83), 68 % of whom were
female. Reliabilities ranged from .85 to .91 for
the Mapa domain scales, and .66 to .86 for the
ten Mapa facet scales being investigated for
validity, while reliabilities for the IPIP Big Five
Marker scales and the ten IPIP NEO facet scales
ranged from .87 to .93, and .70 to .88,
respectively. Results showed that four of the
domain scales of the English version of the
Mapa ng Loob had convergent correlations with
the Big Five Markers ranging from .62 to .75,
but the Agreeableness domain correlated only
.49 with the corresponding IPIP Big Five Marker
scale. Correlations between eight Mapa ng Loob
facets and corresponding IPIP NEO facets
ranged from .60 to .74, but the Mapa A1
Modesty scale and the A4 Obligingness scale
correlated only .47 and .44, respectively, with
their IPIP counterparts. Explanations for the
moderate reliabilities mentioned above are
proposed.
C6-4
Personality Predicts Mate Retention Tactics in
Filipino Samples
John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta and Darren E.
Dumaop, De La Salle University
Mate retention is an evolutionary adaptation to
the recurrent problem of retaining a mate in a
relationship. The present study extended the
findings of de Miguel and Buss (2011) by
examining the relationship between personality
and mate retention tactics in a non-Western
population. Eight hundred and fifty nine Filipino
participants with varying relationship status
(i.e., single with past relationship, in a
committed relationship, engaged, and married),
with mean age 23.91 (SD=8.93) reported their
personality through the Mapa ng Loob-Short
Form and the International Personality Item
Pool (IPIP) Big Five Marker scales; and their
mate retention tactics through the Mate
Retention Inventory-Short Form. Results for the
Mapa ng Loob and the IPIP Big Five Marker
scales were convergent, indicating negative
correlations between Agreeableness and
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different mate retention tactics. On the other C7-2

hand, Neuroticism and Extraversion positively
predicted mate retention tactics. Evolutionary
explanation on the robustness of personality,
mate retention, their relationship, limitations of
the study, and future directions, will be
discussed.
SESSION C7 VENUE: LOTUS
The Study of Domestic Violence in Adulthood
Moderator: Orencita Lozada,
Ateneo de Davao University Graduate
Programs
C7-1
To Have and To Hold, 'Til Death Do Us Part:
Understanding why women stay in abusive
relationship, a Choice Theory Perspective
Sherryl M. Abellanosa, University of San Carlos
This study investigates the reasons why women
stay in abusive relationship using Glasser’s
choice theory perspective. Using purposive
sampling, 10 married women were interviewed
using a semi-structured questionnaire. Using
deductive thematic analysis, participants
experienced different types of abuse (e.g.,
physical, economic, verbal, sexual,
psychological/emotional). Resigning, avoiding,
confronting, and investigating were the total
behaviors observed. Most women choices were
internally motivated. Their perceived world
comprised of their views of their husband not
spending quality time and failing to provide the
basic needs of the family, moreover, their
husband were not a supportive partner to
them. On the other hand, their quality world
included the family welfare that is based on the
loving quality time spent together, loving father
to their children, and ideal partners in raising
their family. In the end, three needs were
uncovered as motivating factor why they stay in
the abusive relationship: survival, power, and
love and belongingness. Theoretical, research,
and practical implications were also discussed.
The men who can't move: Filipino men's
reasons for staying in an abusive relationship
Michael Rey Balongcas, Kathleen Chiu, Mary
Jasmine Cruz, Susan Mollaneda, Ella Navarro,
and Khael Quinain, University of San Carlos
The study explores men's reasons for staying in
an abusive heterosexual relationship. By
utilizing an Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis (Smith & Osborn, 2007) it was found
that men were so compelled to fulfill their
marital vows making it difficult for them to
leave their relationship since they are tied up
with their marriage. Men report that leaving is a
difficult process since they are deeply obliged to
act on the duties and responsibilities of a
father. Also, these men constantly tolerate their
partner's undesirable attitude and behaviors.
Despite the experienced abuse, men hope for a
positive change in the future. This study not
only shows that men are victims of abuse, but it
also gives us a glimpse of why they remain in
such relationships.
C7-3
An Exploratory Study on the Relationship of
Mindfulness, Depression, and Self-Report
Measure among Victims of Domestic Violence
Jeremiah Edward A. Bohol and Emmanuel V.
Hernani, Psychosomatherapia
This study explores the relationship of
awareness, mindfulness, depression, symptom
distress social and role conflicts of women
victims of domestic violence who are referred
for different psycho-legal interventions in Cebu,
Philippines. 191 women, all victims of domestic
violence completed the survey battery
composed of Mindfulness Attention/Awareness
Scale, Beck Depression Inventory and Outcome
Questionnaire-45.2. Regression analysis
reported two salient outcomes. Mindfulness
and depression showed no significant
relationship although both significantly
correlated to the self-report measure.

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Mindfulness negatively predicts self-report
measures but not depression.
C7-4
Redemptive Princess: Narrative Identity of
Women Survivors of Intimate Partner
Violence(IPV)
Najie B. Responte, Cebu Insitute of Technology-
University
This research paper examines the narrative
identity of women who are survivors of intimate
partner violence (IPV). Nine women IPV
survivors from Law, Inc. were interviewed with
regards to their experience of being in an
abusive relationship and how they broke free
from it. Their narratives were then analyzed
using Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach, and Zilber
(1998) different ways of reading, interpreting,
and analyzing life stories. Based from the
beginning, middle, turning points, and ending of
their stories, 10 stages of breaking free were
discovered: (a) Meeting prince charming, (b)
whirlwind relationships, (c) signs of the beast,
(d) the curse of infidelity, (e) holding on or
tightening the grip, (f) trapped in the dungeon
of abuse, (g) distressed damsel, (h) realization
that enough is enough, (i) seeks justice, (j) the
redemptive princess. Also, a new identity of
redemptive princess emerged from their
narrative and it has six characteristics: (a) new
view of self, (b) internal locus of control, (c)
improved interpersonal relationships, (d)
changed spirituality, (e) seeks justice, and (f)
helping others. Implications to narrative theory,
research, therapy and intervention to women
who are still in the dungeon of abuse are
discussed.
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SESSION C8 VENUE: ROSE
Health Psychology, Addictions and
Compulsive Behavior
Moderator: Ellen Agustin, Mindanao State
University-Sulu
C8-1
Trauma Symptoms, Coping Styles, and
Subjective Quality of Life of Selected Hoarders
Anabelle Ortega Ramos and Hector M. Perez,
Far Eastern University-Manila
Hoarding Disorder (HD) is now a stand-alone
illness in the DSM-5 and local research has yet
to be done. The paper examined how the
respondent's hoarding behavior developed;
their traumatic experiences, coping styles, and
subjective quality of life, Information was
gathered through home visits, interviews,
psychological tests, and documentations. Case
study date was analyzed through cross-case
analysis. Both hoarders have experienced
traumatic life events during childhood. Both
respondents have a prominent trauma
symptom of anxiety. The other also had
depression. Both respondents used religion
which is an adaptive/problem-focused coping.
Maladaptive/emotion-focused coping self-
distraction was utilized by one respondent.
Planning, active coping, and acceptance
(adaptive/problem-focused coping) were used
by the other. Traumatic events challenged their
coping mechanism that has affected their
experience of trauma. Hence, hoarding was
seen as a coping mechanism albeit clutter in
their homes has moderate impact on their
quality of life.
C8-2
Aggression, Impulsivity, and Self-Esteem as
Predictors of Self-Harming Behavior
Ron Julius Espada and Quiano Emmanuel
Pascual, Holy Angel University
This study aimed to investigate the relationship
of aggression, impulsivity, and self-esteem to
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self-harming behavior, and to determine which
among the aforementioned factors, best
predicts self-harm. It employed the quantitative
correlation research method and used Multiple
Regression Analysis to determine the best
predictor of self-harm. An online survey of one
hundred seventy five (N=175) respondents
participated in the study. Self-Harm Inventory
was used to measure self-harming behavior,
while Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Buss Perry
Scale, and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale were
used to measure impulsivity, aggression, and
self-esteem respectively. Results indicate that
males have higher self-harm scores than
females. Results also showed that among the
three independent variables, aggression had
the most significant influence on self-harm,
followed by self-esteem.
C8-3
The Latent Structure of Major Depressive
Symptoms and its relationship with Somatic
Symptoms
Jennifer Gay E. Carpio, Imelu G. Mordeno, and
Norman B. Mendoza, Mindanao State
University-Iligan Institute of Technology
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a pattern
of persistent and excessive worry about various
domains. Most research on the factor structure
of GAD use symptoms based on DSM-IV, while
there is a dearth of studies investigating GAD
using DSM-5 symptomatology. Moreover, the
latent structure of GAD investigating the
frequency and intensity of symptoms is yet to
be explored. The present study analyzes the
factor structure of GAD using four models: a 1-
factor intensity model, a 1-factor frequency
model, a 1-factor combined intensity-frequency
model, and a 2-factor combined model. Data
were gathered among individuals who are
relocated due to natural disasters (N=645) using
a modified version of the Generalized Anxiety
Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale to match DSM-5
GAD symptoms. Results revealed that all four
models yielded good fit. Confirmatory factor
analysis using measurement invariance testing
found that frequency and intensity symptoms
have significantly different parameter estimates
in terms of their configural, metric and scalar
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invariances. The findings of the study are
relevant in elucidating the need to incorporate
frequency and intensity in assessing GAD and
developing interventions that would address
separately symptom frequency and intensity.
C8-4
A Case Study of a Male-having-sex-with-male
with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Showing
Symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Bernadeth Luayon-Gerodias, University of
Mindanao
As the number of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus or HIV cases continue to increase among
males-having-sex-with-males or MSM, studies
suggest that risky behaviors which serve as
modes for HIV transmission can be attributed to
probable psychiatric disorders like antisocial
personality disorders or ASPD. Using a case
study method, this paper aimed to validate the
symptoms of ASPD of MSM living with HIV.
Psychological evaluation using the Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory and
psychiatric assessment using mental status
examination and evaluation based on the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, along with collateral interviews with
significant others like family and friends, were
conducted for bio-psychosocial profiling.
Though the case initially demonstrated
symptoms of ASPD, results of clinical
assessment revealed a list of criteria for another
personality disorder. It is concluded that
antisocial personality disorder is associated with
a broad range of deficits in both cognitive and
affective functioning and illustrate destructive
behaviors similar to other personality disorders.
It is recommended that thorough evaluation is
needed to establish accurate clinical profile of
cases of psychopathology like ASPD. Future
studies need to examine relationships between
the interpersonal and behavioral components
of antisocial personality disorder and neuro-
psychological function.
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS D1 TO D8
September 15, 2016
08:30 AM – 10:00 AM
SESSION D1 VENUE: JASMINE
Learning Session: Building Resilience to
Stress Challenge with the Help of Employee
Assistance Programs
Moderator: Josie Banaglorioso and Josie
Montano, In Touch Community
Services, Inc.
Both employees and managers are vulnerable
to personal and work related stressors. There is
a growing incidence of employees or managers
seeking help to address depression or anxiety.
Two EAP case studies will be presented in this
session. This learning session aims to address
the following: How can EAP and its wellness
programs help managers and employees deal
with stress?
SESSION D2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Symposium: Sport and Exercise Psychology
Convenor: Naira Orbeta, De La Salle University
- Office of Sports Development
D2-1
Positive and Negative Emotions in Student-
Athletes Post-competition Season
Mona Liza Maghanoy, University of the
Philippines
Involvement in sports has been proven to
contribute to individuals’ well-being. The
experience of competition presents a unique
opportunity for each athlete to validate oneself
against a challenge- one that is physical, mental
and emotional in nature- on a continuous basis.
In Positive Psychology, well-being includes the
experience of positive emotions. In context,
student-athletes are a sub-culture: they face
unique challenges in performing dual roles and
have unique opportunities and emotional
experiences that come with their status. In light
of these, this initial study sought to survey
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positive and negative emotions student-
athletes experience after the competition
season ended based on Izard’s Differential
Emotion Theory and Fredrickson’s Broaden and
Build Theory of Positive Emotions. Two hundred
student athletes ( mean age= 19) were asked
about what they felt at the end of competition
season, using the modified Differential
Emotions Scale (mDES). Results shall show the
most frequently occurring emotion as well as
the least. Gender differences and age
differences shall be indicated, consistent with
the literature.
D2-2
Enhancing Learning and Awareness Utilizing a
Play-Work Model with Athletes
Naira S. Orbeta, De La Salle University - Office of
Sports Development
The normal routine of an athlete is typically
characterized as a grind - consisting of training,
competition and recovery. Many common
slogans such as “No pain, No gain” or “Winning
is the only thing”, often impart the impression
of hardship. Conversely, respected publications
in sports offer research-based and empirical
data that appear scholarly, formal and serious
in tone. While sport psychology practitioners
can glean knowledge from these sources,
athletes almost never read these articles
because they are difficult to comprehend and
boring. This study examined the effectiveness of
games, fun activities and pop quizzes in
enhancing learning and awareness in athletes.
Utilizing a Play-Work model hinged on Ryan and
Deci’s Self-Determination Theory that
emphasizes the intrinsic motivational factors of
(1) Accomplishment – engaging in an activity for
the pleasure and satisfaction of achieving
competence; (2) Stimulation – engaging in an
experience for fun and excitement; and (3) To
Know – engaging in activities while learning,
exploring and understanding new things
(Vealey, 2005).
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D2-3 been found to reduce perceived stress, there is

a lack of study that considers hardiness
Mental Toughness and Coping Style as mediating the martial arts-stress relationship.
Antecedents of Adolescent Athletes Sport Hardiness can explain why some practitioners
Achievement continue their pursuit of martial arts and how
martial artists tend to perceive stress less. 121
Michael David Tan Lopez and Jonathan martial artists responded to the questionnaire
Cagas, University of the Philippines that includes the Cognitive Hardiness Scale,
perceived stress Scale and number of years
Physical, social, and psychological factors are
spent in martial arts practice. The study made
contributing factors to an athlete’s optimal
use of mediation analysis. Consistent with
performance and eventual success in sport. This
previous findings, the direct effect of martial
study sought to describe and analyze the
arts practice resulting in decreased levels of
contribution of demographic variables (age and
perceived stress is significant, (β = -0.23).
gender), sport participation-related variables
Hardiness was found to be negatively correlated
(type of sport, length of involvement, and level
with perceived stress (β = -0.68). Martial arts
of participation), mental toughness, and coping
practice and hardiness were found to be
styles to the attainment of an athlete’s sport
positively related (β = 0.29). When martial arts
achievement goals. 316 Filipino collegiate
practice and hardiness were combined to
varsity and recreational athletes answered an
predict the level of perceived stress, only
instrument set that consisted of the Mental
hardiness was shown to be significant in
Toughness Scale (MTS; Madrigal, Hamill, & Gill,
reducing stress [[t (118) = -9.64, p < 0.00, (β = -
2013), Trait Coping Inventory for Competitive
0.67)], with hardiness accounting for an indirect
Sport (T-CICS; Hurst, Thompson, Visek, Fisher, &
effect of -0.1634. Results suggest that the ability
Gaudreau, 2011), and the Attainment of Sport
of martial arts to reduce stress may not be
Achievement Goals Scale (A-SAGS; Gaudreau et
effective if the individual does not possess
al., 2002).A hierarchical multiple regression
enough hardiness. Hardiness, therefore, should
analysis was conducted to determine the
be considered when studying the effects of an
variance contributed by each of the variables as
activity on stress.
well as to know which ones best predict sport
achievement. It was found out that all the
above-mentioned variables accounted for SESSION D3 VENUE: LILY
25.3%of the variance in sport achievement with
gender, length of involvement in sport, and Symposium: Group and Individual Therapy
task-oriented coping as being the best Using Mindfulness-Based Expressive Arts
predictors of the attainment of sport Therapies with Cognitive Reframing
achievement goals.
Convenor: Olive Carandang, MLAC Institute
D2-4 for Psychosocial Services

Cognitive Hardiness as Mediator in the Stress- D3-1

Reducing Effects of Martial Arts Practice
Reinier Dave P. Zapanta, De La Salle University
This study explores the mediating role of
hardiness in reducing perceived stress through
martial arts practice. Hardiness is the
personality style composed of three traits:
commitment, control, and challenge. Previous
studies found that hardiness buffers stressful
situations. While martial arts practice have
Journeying Through Music, Art and Letter-
Writing: A Group Therapy Intervention for
Youth in Conflict with the Law
Christopher Franz A. Carandang, MLAC Institute
for Psychosocial Services Inc.
This study explored the use of music, art, and
letter-writing in a group therapy setting for
youth in conflict with the law. An intervention
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given to three female and four male residents, processing techniques. The collective insights
ages seventeen to twenty-one years old, at a enabled them to reframe and transcend their
rehabilitation and detention center for youth in Yolanda experience with positivity. After all the
conflict with the law. The intervention was stories of loss, sadness, fear and pain – there
composed of ten two-hour group sessions, were new tales of hope and transformation.
which were conducted once or twice a week in
the span of three months. A qualitative D3-3
phenomenological and in-depth clinical
approach was used, resulting in case studies Play As An Expressive Arts therapy for Sexually
that integrated data from the participants' Abused Children
works, interviews, written feedback, and my
observations. The results show that learning Maria Teresa F. Aguilar, MLAC Institute for
how to trust one's self, becoming more aware Psychosocial Services Inc.
of their deepest needs and emotions, and
This paper discusses the use of play therapy as a
enabling them to hope for a better life were just
clinical tool for therapeutic intervention to a
some of the ways that the participants made
child who was sexually abused. It describes the
sense of their journey through the arts. Four
case in a span of the three years that the child
aspects of the intervention were also found to
went through therapy. Play therapy as a clinical
be significant by the participants, namely, being
tool explored the varied experiences and
able to promote a positive mood in themselves,
insights of a child who underwent this kind of
helping them to develop their sense of
trauma. It will also highlight how play becomes
competence, discovering ways to interact with
a method for clinical assessment. It shall also
others better, and providing them with a safe
describe how play in its natural and non-
place to express themselves and their feelings.
threatening way can be a child's safe harbor in
Finally, an additional contribution of this study
coming to terms with her traumatic situation.
is that it explores the process of the therapist-
Guided by the principles of child-directed
researcher and how this affects the whole
therapy, the clinician shall also cull her own
intervention.
insights from the therapeutic process.
D3-2
SESSION D4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Healing and Recovery Using a Developmental
Approach with Play and Expressive Arts Clinical Psychology: Issues and Assessment

Rachel Ann Rosales Parr, MLAC Institute for
Psychosocial Services Inc. & De La Salle
University
The trauma brought about by natural disasters
may affect rational and verbal modalities of
survivors in various ways depending on the
developmental stage they are in. The use of
play and mindfulness-based expressive arts
therapy (PMBEAT) combined with cognitive
reframing, is a unique and innovative method of
intervention that can support efforts to harness
internal resources needed to heal and recover
from the trauma. This paper looks into how
survivors of different age groups were able to
make sense of their experiences through
drawings, music and movement through
mindfulness-based group and individual
Moderator: Ma. Paz A. Manaligod,
Miriam College
D4-1
Filipino Older Adult’s Financial Decision
Making Influences and Practices: Implications
on Clinical Assessment
Mary Grace Serranilla-Orquiza, De La Salle
University-Manila
Financial independence and decision making
contributes to the well- being of older adults.
Although most older adults are considered as
decision makers in the family, many of them
also experience age-related cognitive declines
and financial constraints due to retirement. In
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there is a lack of study that examine how older

adults make financial decisions. The objective of
this study is to examine the inter-relatedness,
autonomy and metacognitive dimensions in
financial decision making of older adults which
are often not considered in mental competency
assessments. Semi- structured interviews using
narrative approach was conducted to 20
community dwelling Filipino older adults to
determine their financial decision making
practices. Data was analyzed thematically.
Findings indicate the value and consideration of
personal relationships and maintaining
autonomy when making decisions. Indigenous
personality traits and allocentric characteristics
of Filipinos were evident. Metacognitive
approaches utilized by older adults in different
financial activities were also identified. This
study has an important implication in the
assessment and management of older adults
who has impaired financial decision making
abilities.
D4-2
The Battle Continues: An IPA of the
Experiences of Multidrug-Resistant
Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Patients
Ma. Buenafe T. Brigaste and Lota A. Teh,
Ateneo de Manila University
This study investigated the experiences of
individuals with Multidrug-Resistant
Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Using a qualitative
method, the study documented the experiences
and meaning-making of eight adults aged 26 to
50 who were between the third and ninth
month of directly observed treatment. Data
from semi-structured interviews were analyzed
using interpretative phenomenological analysis
which yielded five super ordinate themes: (1)
the recurrence of TB symptoms and the trauma
of being diagnosed with MDR-TB; (2)
experiences of confronting the reality of being
infected with MDR-TB; (3) barriers to long-term
treatment adherence; (4) significance of social
support; and (5) coping with MDR-TB. The
implications of the findings for counseling and
phenomenologically-guided intervention
towards a more sympathetic and humane
treatment of MDR-TB patients are discussed.
D4-3
Validity and Reliability of the Brief Assessment
of Cognition for Schizophrenia, Filipino-Version
Ma. Patricia Nicole R. Roraldo, Emiolio
Aguinaldo College; Jose Mari Almoradie
Carpena, De La Salle University Manila; Ron
Julius Espada, Mariveles Mental Hospital
In psychiatry, cognitive domains are assessed in
order to proceed with intervention for
schizophrenia. While there are evaluative tools
which perform such, they are tedious, costly
and difficult for the patients. The Brief
Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia
(BACS; Keefe, Goldberg, Harvey, Gold, Poe, &
Coughenour, 2004) being an easy, short, valid
and reliable tool, can equip clinicians to
evaluate patients efficiently. In order to
eliminate the language barrier, the authors
developed the BACS-Filipino Version (BACS-F).
Upon translation and administration, results
from the t-tests show that the clinical and
control groups were significantly different in
terms of cognitive functions, establishing the
validity of the BACS-F; furthermore, results
reveal that the BACS-F as a reliable tool with a
Cronbach's alpha of 0.78, comparable with the
BACS-Japanese Version (α = 0.77; Kaneda,
2007), and with moderate and significant
positive correlations between the two testing
periods.
SESSION D5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Leadership and Organizational Dynamics
Moderator: Joyce Mondejar-Dy,
Medicotek, Inc.
D5-1
Leadership in Multicultural Educational
Organizations: The Case of Central Mindanao
Ma. Elizabeth Macapagal, Ateneo de Manila
University; Maria Araceli Juliano, Notre Dame
University of Cotabato; Maria Leorupee Raagas
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Many educational institutions in Mindanao are
multi-ethnic comprised of Muslim, Christian,
and Indigenous students and faculty. Among
the more challenging areas of a school leader
then is the delicate and emotion-laden issue of
relations among different religious and ethnic
groups. How then do leaders of these
educational institutions deal with such a
context of diversity? This study looks into the
discourse of peace education among school
leaders in public and private high schools in
Central Mindanao. Using a qualitative design,
in-depth interviews were conducted with 15
education leaders of public and private school
in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat to learn
about their experiences working with
multicultural groups and how they promote
peace initiatives in their schools. Results
showed that the education leaders use the
concept of social identity, using their own
ethnic identity in dealing with multicultural
conflicts among students and faculty. The
importance of internal character traits and
leadership styles were also revealed to be
crucial in making peace initiatives successful as
well as the involvement of the entire
community. Implications for peace psychology
and educational leadership are discussed.
D5-2
Transformational Leadership as a Motivational
Resource of Teaching Effectiveness:
Mediational Pathways via Collective Teacher
Efficacy and Teacher Commitment
Niclie Landas-Tiratira, De La Salle University
The study adopted the model of Ross and
Gray(2006) showing the relationships of the
variables such as the transformational
leadership, collective teacher efficacy, and
teacher commitment. Teaching effectiveness
was added as another variable of the study. It is
being hypothesized that transformational
leadership could be an antecedent of teaching
effectiveness. The relationships of the variables
can be explained from the self-determination
theory (SDT) specifically the autonomy
supportive principle. There were 558 teacher
participants out of the 831 total teachers from
10 campuses of the University of Rizal System.
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The main analysis that was used is the
Structural Equations Modeling. The fit of the
model was assessed using chi-square fit
statistic, the Single Sample Fit Indices
specifically the Joreskog GFI and AGFI , the
Bentler-Bonett Norm-Fit Index /Bollen’s Rho or
RFI and the Root Mean Square Error of
Approximation (RMSEA). The model of the
study revealed that the motivational role of
transformational leadership has an influence in
teaching effectiveness. An autonomy supportive
transformational leader can affect teaching
effectiveness through collective teacher efficacy
and teacher commitment.
D5-3
Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence and
Leadership Styles of Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) Team Leaders
Hector M. Perez, Christine Lyn P. Acayatan,
Mary Rose Criza D. Agapito, Vanessa Joy W.
Baron, Hazel Faye V. Joaquin, and Jerick John R.
Sagun, Far Eastern University
The objective of the study is to know whether
emotional intelligence and social intelligence
can be possible predictors of leadership styles.
Correlation was used to determine the
relationship between the three constructs:
emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and
leadership styles. Further, regression analysis
was used to determine the predictor of
leadership style and establish certain path that
would lead to leadership style. Result of the
path analysis shows an indirect path from
interpersonal skill to social information
processing (mediator) and finally to laissez-faire
leadership style. The second indirect path also
illustrates a direction from interpersonal skills
to social information processing (mediator) and
having democratic-cooperative leadership style
as an endpoint. In addition, interpersonal and
social information processing of social
intelligence are predictors of laissez-faire and
democratic-cooperative style of leadership.
Hence, results suggest that people who have
good interpersonal skills can relate to others
even at non-verbal level thus, this ability was
enhanced from their cooperative and influential
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impact in their work unit. In addition, direct
paths of the subscales of emotional intelligence
and social intelligence were traced.
D5-4
Implicit Change Leadership in Multicultural
Organizations
Joseph Castillon and Catlyn Ontoy, Notre Dame
University of Cotabato; Mendiola Teng-Calleja,
Ateneo de Manila University
The study examined the characteristics of
leaders needed to effectively manage change in
multi-cultural organizations. Using the implicit
change leadership theory as anchor, we
conducted focus group discussions among
employees and supervisors in academic,
business and government organizations in
Mindanao that has both Christian and Muslim
employees and leaders. Results highlight the
importance of social competence such as
sensitivity and listening skills as well as being
consultative and collaborative in the process of
managing change. Implications to managing
change in multicultural organizations are
discussed.
SESSION D6 VENUE: SAKURA
Peace Psychology: Issues and Applications
Moderator: Marshaley Baquiano, University of
the Philippines Visayas- Miagao
D6-1
Concept of Peace and Personality Traits of the
Filipino Military Peacekeepers
Christabel Chao, Philippine Psychological
Corporation
This study looked into the personality traits of
ninety-nine Filipino Military Peacekeepers and
correlated them with their concept of peace.
Their personal meaning of peace, associations
and experiences with peace, sources and blocks
to attaining peace were analyzed vis-à-vis the
Filipino Theory of Peace. Results show that they
have moderate levels of emotional stability,
sense of responsibility and dominance. They
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scored higher in tough-mindedness and lower in
openness to change, suggesting their inclination
to be realistic and traditional. Significant
relationships were found between their level of
privateness and social boldness, and their
experiences with peace (r = -.350, p <.001 and r
=.209, p <.05, respectively). Those who are
venturesome experience peace when there is
harmony, while those who are guarded and
emotionally detached experience peace when
their own needs are satisfied. The negative
relationships between tension and
apprehension with the meaning of peace
variable (r = -.229 and r = -.255, p < .05,
respectively) suggested that those who are self-
doubting and stressed have egocentric
definition of peace. Those who are more
emotionally composed tend to conceptualized
peace in relation to the concerns of their
community, country and the world. A
peacebuilding-inspired intervention program
was proposed for the group.
D6-2
Ang Pagsulong sa Kapayapaan ng mga
Makabagong Sundalo: A Phenomenological
Study
Ron Julius Espada, Holey Angel University and
Justin Vianey Embalsado, De La Salle University
Manila
The study explored the experiences, thoughts,
feelings, and role in the peace process of
modern soldiers. A semi-structure interview
was conducted to the military officers of Fort
Magsaysay. The results generated four (4)
superordinate themes; Modern Military
Officers, Perception of Peace, Importance and
Role of Personal Peace, and Role in Peace
Process. Including eleven (11) subthemes
namely Agents of Peace, Dynamic and
Disciplined Professionals, Selfless Social Servant,
Absence of Conflict, Unity, Security, Personal
Freedom, Peace of Mind, Motivation for
Community Service, Selfless Social Servant, and
Mediator. These themes encompass; soldier's
perceptions towards AFP, their understanding
of peace, their perspective in giving importance
to personal peace in achieving societal peace,
and their role in achieving peace. Modern
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soldiers, become agents of peace through their
determination in service and duty. Modern
soldiers communicate with locals in conducting
outreach services. They adapt to the society
through shaping their perception, motivation,
and gearing for modernization. A soldier's
perspective is guided on peace processes which
are influenced by unity and security. This
incorporates a state of wellness from freedom
and peace through fulfilling one's basic needs.
The researchers placed the utmost importance
of exploring soldiers' experiences and
perceptions to understand their role in social
transformation.
D6-3
Armed Conflict Victims’ Coping: Impact of
Gender, Developmental Stage, and Cultural
Group
Cora E. Lim, Mindanao State University-Iligan
Institute of Technology
This study investigated the impact of gender,
developmental stage (children vs. adolescents),
and cultural group of armed conflict victims’
coping. Randomly selected Christians (n=200)
and Maranao-Muslims (n=200) respondents –
also equally distributed in gender and
developmental stage—from two purposively
chosen armed conflict-infested sites served as
respondents. Results revealed that respondents
preferred the use of active than passive coping.
A two way interaction existed between
developmental stage and cultural group on
active-constructive coping. Meanwhile, in
active-aggressive coping, three (3) two-way
interactions existed : gender and
developmental stage, gender and cultural
group, and developmental stage and cultural
group. Maranao-Muslims significantly use more
passive-hostile than Christians. Likewise, males
use this coping frequently compared to females.
The respondents’ passive-faith, passive-
accepting, and passive-physiological coping
varies whether they are Christians or Maranao-
Muslims, children or adolescents, and whether
they are males or females. Implications and
recommendations of the study were discussed.
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SESSION D7 VENUE: LOTUS
Learning Session: Are you married? How to
recognize and respond to Micro-aggressions
in Everyday Life
Facilitator: Ronald T. Del Castillo, University of
the Philippines Manila
Are you married? You walk like a girl. I don’t
discriminate, I have a lot of gay friends. These
are examples of small, subtle and seemingly
harmless statements we all make or hear in
everyday life. However, they also reflect implicit
negative biases that communicates hostility,
invalidations and insults - in other words,
microaggressions. In this session participants
will learn to define and recognize these
everyday indignities, to identify its possible
origins, and to recognize their harmful impact,
particularly on marginalized, vulnerable groups.
As such, specific focus will be placed on issues
of race/ethnicity, gender and sexual
orientation. Participants will recognize their
own biases and will develop tools to
appropriately deal with these verbal and
nonverbal microaggressions, both as the
deliverer and as the recipient of these
indignities. The learning session aims to shape
professionals and students as socioculturally
competent leaders and advocates.
SESSION D8 VENUE: ROSE
Symposium: An indigenization-from-within
approach to the development and use of
psychological measures in Sikolohiyang
Pilipino
Convenor: Jay Yacat, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
D8-1
Some Puzzles in the Construction of a
Religiosity Measure: Theoretical and
Methodological Issues
Josefina Andrea R. Cantiller, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
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This study sought to answer two questions.
First, is it appropriate to study an abstract
concept such as religiosity using quantitative
research methods which are usually the
purview of philosophy and theology? Second,
would it be possible to tease out the
component dimensions of the construct of
religiosity? Initial data from interviews and
pakikipagkuwentuhan reveal different meanings
of religiosity. Based on the findings, religiosity is
conceptualized in terms of: 1) Relationship of
Fellow Believers; 2) Conviction about Beliefs; 3)
Participation in Rituals; 4) Value for the Church;
5) Relationship with God; 6) Consequences of
Faith; and 7) Knowledge of Doctrine. Based on
these results, items were generated to look into
cognitions, feelings and behaviors associated
with religiosity. The scale items were tested for
reliability and validity. It was found that people
high in religiosity find ways to be a good
Christian. They comply with Church teachings
and do good to others. While religious people
are recognized through outward religious
actions, they do not neglect inner reflection.
However, the most important aspect is their
personal relationship with God.
D8-2
The Development and Validation of the
Filipino Spirituality Scale
Homer J. Yabut, De La Salle University Manila
Spirituality is widely studied nowadays in the
field of Psychology and Filipinos are known for
having a deep sense of spirituality. In terms of
measuring spirituality however, researchers
argue that measures or scales about it should
reflect greater sensitivity to cultural
characteristics and issues (Hill & Pargament,
2003). Kapucinzki & Masters (2010) emphasized
that in order to advance scale development on
spirituality, researchers should have a strong
conceptualization of spirituality, encourage the
use of inductive methods, and compare these
scales a scale with other measures of
spirituality. The study aimed to develop a
measure of Filipino spirituality. Specifically, it
intended to identify salient dimensions of
spirituality among Filipinos. The study had two
phases in the development of the scale, namely:
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focus group discussion (FGD) on the Filipino
conceptions of spirituality as a basis for
generating items; and test development, which
included item construction based on the FGD
and the literature, pilot testing, establishing
reliability and validity of the scale. Qualitative
results showed that spirituality has 3 main
themes namely; connectedness with the sacred,
sense of meaning and purpose, and expressions
of spirituality. In the test development, the
Filipino spirituality scale yielded two factors
namely having a relationship or connectedness
with a supreme being with a 53.13 % total
variance explained by the factor, while the
other factor of good relationship with others
had a 7.196%. The reliability of the whole
measure yielded cronbach alpha of 0.98 while
the factors also obtained good reliability of
indicators of 0.99 and 0.78 respectively. The
results of the study are discussed in the broader
conceptualization of spirituality in the
Philippines as well as in mainstream Psychology.
D8-3
The pilot development of a Pakikipagkapwa
measure
Jay A. Yacat, University of the Philippines
Diliman
Almost 40 years ago, Virgilio G. Enriquez (1977)
identified kapwa as a central concept in Filipino
psychology and has anchored a Filipino values
system on this construct. However, very few
have sought to empirically validate his
assertions. One difficulty is the lack of clear
definitions regarding the construct and another
is the lack of a valid and reliable measure that
could be used for empirical testing and
validation. Two studies were conducted to
address these issues. The first study examined
the nature of pakikipagkapwa as a value
employed Ginabayang Talakayan with two
groups (an adolescent and an adult group) from
four cities representing geographical regions in
the Philippines: Baguio City, Quezon City, Cebu
City and Davao City. Thematic analysis via the KJ
method revealed that pakikipagkapwa is a
primarily relational value with four dimensions:
smooth interpersonal relationships; group
belongingness; egalitarian relationships;
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tolerance of interpersonal differences. In study
2, a total of 17 items were generated
representing the four dimensions and these
were tested together with selected values items
from Schwartz's Portrait of Values
Questionnaire (PVQ: Schwartz et al., 2002)
among 169 respondents currently studying or
working in Metro Manila. Results showed very
good psychometric properties for the 17 items.
Exploratory factor analysis revealed item
loadings in two instead of four dimensions.
Correlations with the selected Schwartz values
were also in the hypothesized directions. A final
version of nine items is proposed.
D8-4
Development of the Tool for Measuring
Acquired Skills (ToMAS)
Marie Antonette (Marie Ann) J. Sunga-Vargas,
Eleanor Marie Bahrami, Marichu T. Beltran, Pia
Rabacal, Bernard Saldivar, Hubert Ramos,
Donald Lipardo, Georgina Mojica, and Karen
Ontangco, University of Santo Tomas
The present study attempted to develop the
Tool for Measuring Acquired Skills (ToMAS) with
nine (9) activities covering eight (8) different
skills namely: Cognitive skills, gross motor skills,
fine motor skills, self-help skills, speech and
language, receptive language, expressive
language and socio-emotional behavior.
Conducted in its initial phase, items for the
eight different skills were formulated based on
existing literature, focus group discussions with
peers and actual experiences with children of
various types. These items were then pilot
tested with 89 children ( 33 regular and 56
children with disabilities) from Bulacan,
Caloocan and Obando. Regardless of regional
classification, mean scores and standard
deviation values obtained from both regular
children and children with disabilities reveal
more homogeneity in the composition of both
groups. This may account for the good validity
indices obtained using the contrasted group
method. To determine the reliability of ToMAS,
2 special education teachers and one specialty
professional were asked to rate the children
with disabilities using the ToMAS. Using chi
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square, results reveal poor reliability indices
except for the speech and language skills where
a significant chi square value was obtained. This
may actually be due to the lack of training in the
administration of the tool and the small number
of participants. Nonetheless, when the index of
item discrimination was computed to identify
items that can still be included in the
preliminary form, results reveal that a good
number of items qualified as either good or
very good. Overall, it can be surmised that the
Tool for Measuring Acquired Skills (ToMAS), in
its initial phase, is a valid instrument with a
good number of items for the preliminary form.
Hopefully, when the preliminary form is
administered, psychometric properties of
ToMAS will improve.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS E1 TO E8
September 15, 2016
02:40 AM – 04:10 PM
SESSION E1 VENUE:
JASMINE
Learning Session: International Project on
Competence in Psychology
Facilitator: Miriam Cue, Professional
Regulatory Board-Psychology
--Abstract not available--
SESSION E2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Multicultural Diversity and Impact
Moderator: Jason Manaoi, Xavier University
E2-1
Psychology of the workforce: Understanding
Multicultural and Multigenerational Diversity
Ma. Cristina Esquivel-Saldivar, De La Salle-
College of Saint Benilde
The impact of globalization and high
technological advancements affected diversity
in the workplace and the workforce. This paper
will present challenges to organizations in the
new millennium. It will cover driving forces that
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are creating and shaping changes at work. This
paper will also focus on multicultural and
multigenerational differences in the workforce,
as well as understanding the upcoming,
millennial workforce.
E2-2
The Impact of Cultural Diversity and
Identification on LMX and in Multi-Cultural
Workplaces
Patricia Katrina V. Fernandez, Ateneo Center for
Organizational Research and Development
The current study explored the influence of
cultural diversity and social group identification
on leader-member exchanges among multi-
cultural leader-subordinate dyads. A survey was
administered to a total of 73 pairs (146
respondents) to measure degree of
identification to one’s nationality and
organization and quality of LMX. Existing scores
from GLOBE’s nine dimensions of national
culture were used to measure cultural diversity.
Hierarchical regression was used to analyze the
data, and determine the predictive and
moderating effects of the variables studied. The
study hypothesized that identification with a
particular social group would predict leader-
member exchange, and that cultural diversity
would moderate the relationship between
identification with a social group and leader-
member exchange. Results showed that these
hypotheses were partially supported.
Identification with one’s nationality had a
significant negative effect on LMX, however,
this is only true for the leaders; and
identification with one’s organization has a
positive influence on LMX, but only from the
subordinate’s perspective. Cultural diversity
negatively moderated the relationship between
identification with one’s organization and LMX.
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E2-3
Social representations of Typhoon Yolanda if
Filipino and American News Media
Rogene A. Ramos, Philippine Science High
School Region VIII; Rowena S. Guiang and
Marshaley Baquiano, University of the
Philippines Visayas; Romel Reston, Skyes
Philippines
This study examines how Typhoon Yolanda, the
strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines, was
represented in Filipino and American media.
Social Representations Theory was used to
understand how the two consolidate their
knowledge about the typhoon as they circulate
it to their audience in their respective countries.
Focusing on broadsheets from each media
group, news articles about the typhoon were
analyzed using thematic analysis. The results
show that Typhoon Yolanda was represented by
both Filipino and American media as a violent
monster. However, there were also differences
in how it was constructed by the two groups.
Media reporting in the Philippines saw the
typhoon as as a natural disaster while American
media represented it as a man-made disaster,
resulting from human activities. The theoretical
and practical implications are discussed.
E2-4
Abusive supervision experiences of OFWs in
Macau: Consequences for heritage culture
attachment
Allan B.I. Bernardo and Mary Angeline A.
Daganzo, University of Macau; Anna Carmela G.
Ocampo, De La Salle University
Abusive supervision in the workplace has
important direct consequence in work and work
relationship, and also indirect consequences to
workers’ well-being and relationships outside
work. Consequences of abusive supervision
have not been studied among migrant workers
whose status in the host country of work is
dependent on maintaining the work contract.
This study investigates abusive supervision in
247 Filipino OFWs in Macau, who hold
temporary work contracts and work visas. The
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study tests a model representing the indirect
consequences of abusive supervision on the
self-esteem and acculturation orientation of the
migrant workers, in particular, on the tendency
to reject their heritage culture in their attempt
to acculturate in Macau. Mediation analysis
indicated that abusive supervisory perceptions
led to lower self-esteem (b=-.19), which in turn
relates to tendency to reject their heritage
culture as part of acculturation (b=-.45)
[indirect effect=.08, 90%CI: .04, .15]. The
rejection of heritage culture is interpreted as a
coping response to the negative indirect
consequences of abusive supervision
perceptions that may be partly attributed to
being a migrant worker. The results are
discussed in terms of how acculturation of
migrant workers reflects aspects of their well-
being that is adversely affected by vocational-
related stress in the host country.
SESSION E3 VENUE: LILY
Models and Program Validation
Moderator: Olga Tulabut, Angeles University
Foundation
E3-1
The Cognitive Coping Strategy Scale (CCSS): A
Three Factor Model
Marlon O. Poe, Jodie Rose V. Cadampog, Hazelle
May D. Miguel, and Lanz Erik A. Obra,
University of San Carlos
The current research purports to describe the
psychometric soundness of the Cognitive
Coping Strategy Scale (CCSS), a 41-item self-
report measure of the cognitive coping
strategies pertaining to the sub-dimensions of
Defensive Pessimism and Strategic Optimism.
CCSS was pilot tested to a sample of 290
undergraduate students in different university
campuses in Cebu City, Philippines. Data
analyses indicated that the measure possesses
an adequate internal consistency (α=.754).To
test for content validity, Lawshe’s Content
Validity Ratio (CVR) was utilized. The scale was
correlated with a concurrent measure of
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defensive pessimism for criterion validity.
Pearson product-moment correlation was
employed to test for construct validity,
particularly inter-item homogeneity .An
exploratory factor analysis with Varimax
rotation revealed three independent
dimensions which comprises (a) Negative
Expectations, (b) Attitude towards tasks and (c)
Reflectivity. In conclusion, the measure is valid
and reliable. Considering its nature, future
studies in the field of cognition might utilize the
scale in fruitfully predicting an individual’s
employed strategy in coping up with anxiety.
E3-2
Piloting the Pag-Alaga sa Sarili at mag-Anak
(Pag-ASA) Positive Parenting Program:
Implications on Measurement and
Development
Arsenio S. Alianan, Jr., Ateneo de Manila
University/PsychConsult, and Irene Padasas,
Ateneo de Manila University
The Pag-ASA positive parenting program was
borne out of the need to create a parent-family
program for a partner public school of the
Ateneo de Manila Psychology Department. It
was initially designed as 6-session parenting
program for small groups of 3-8 parents in
2014, plus an initial needs assessment session.
These sessions consisted of three modules,
namely, emotion regulation skills,
developmental characteristics of children and
adolescents, and effective communication skills.
Volunteer graduate students piloted the Pag-
ASA to two groups of parents in the said partner
school, to five groups of parents in another low
income community, and to house parents and
staff of a residential facility for girls. These led
to the incorporation of existing and created
tools to measure learning outcomes and the
expansion of the program from 7 to 8 sessions.
A follow-up session 4 months after the last
session was also incorporated to assess the
long-term impact of the program. This paper
summarizes the Pag-ASA positive parenting
program and highlights the insights gained
toward its development.
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E3-3
Work-Life Balance: Managing Change in the
Industry
Joanne Trina Moreno-Javier, Human Dynamic
Well-being in the workplace has been an area of
concern for most industries, regardless of the
nature of the organization. One of the trends of
managing people’s well-being is through finding
out means and ways to enhance the
effectiveness of the workforce, in times of
constant change. It is therefore the aim of this
presentation to provide alternatives to be able
to address this concern. An
industrial/organization strategy that utilizes
consultancy services with the aid of professional
team, this trend is currently being adapted by a
number of organizations across the world over.
With the use of the integrated people
management solution, it aims to build people
effectiveness through organizational learning,
enhance people performance and resilience
through counselling and coaching and manage
change or crises organizationally. This
presentation reviews the current practice being
done, as well as challenges and efforts to get
across these challenges. More importantly, the
value of Work-Life Coaching, which used to be
popularly known as Employee Assistance
Program will be discussed in detail, together
with its process, procedures and system.
E3-4
An Engagement Model for Filipino Employees
Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Mary Edilynne Lantin,
and Iris Lia de Guzman, Ateneo Center for
Organization Research and Development
This research examined the factors that
contribute to the engagement of Filipino
employees. Focus group discussions and
interviews were conducted among executives,
managers, supervisors, HR practitioners, and
rank and file employees in 20 organizations
belonging to different industries. A survey
instrument was developed and administered to
731 respondents to validate the identified
factors. Results show that engagement in
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Philippine organizations has job and
organization dimensions. Findings also
demonstrate the importance of Organization
Pride in shaping organization engagement, the
significance of Nature of Work in job
engagement, as well as the critical role of job
satisfaction in the engagement of Filipino
employees. Recommendations for enhancing
employee engagement based on significant job
and organization factors are discussed.
SESSION E4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Symposium: Working with Children with
Selective Mutism: Goals, Strategies and
Challenges
Convenor: Ma. Araceli Alcala, De La Salle
University/PsychConsult, Inc.
E4-1
Therapeutic Strategies for Facilitating Verbal
Interactions with Children With Selective
Mutism
Tomas Alejo S. Batalla, The Child’s World
Eliciting verbal responses from a child with
Selective Mutism may be a very challenging
situation for both the new and seasoned
clinician. Aside from having an attitude of
patience, playfulness, and respect for the child,
the therapist needs to have a repertoire of
creative and effective strategies to establish
rapport, gain trust, reduce anxiety, and
facilitate the development of appropriate verbal
communication across persons, places and
circumstances. The strategies that are described
here include both nonverbal and verbal
methods that are responsive to the current
behavior of the child during therapy and are
taught to parents or caregivers when necessary.
E4-2
Using Solution Focused Play Therapy with a
Child with Selective Mutism
Maria Aurora Assumpta D. Catipon, InTouch
Community Services and Philippine Child and
Play Therapy Association (Philplay)
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What to do when a child refuses to speak? This
presentation demonstrates the use of Solution
Focused Play Therapy, which is a specialized
form of Play therapy based on Solution Focused
Brief Therapy (SFBT) in a single case session
with a child with Selective Mutism who was
beginning to refuse school attendance. Solution
Focused Play Therapy was employed by the
author who is also the therapist, combining play
and expressive directives to serve as the
platform for the therapeutic presence with a
child. The case illustration will furthermore
highlight the specific language used in SFPT
through which children can identify their
strengths and resources and which was
subsequently used in this session with the child,
who managed to communicate her needs.
Coordination and collaboration with parents
and teachers of the child will also be described,
specifically using Solution Focused Play therapy
to find solutions and provide them the
opportunity to map out steps that would help
the child ease back to school.
E4-3
Therapists working with Selective Mutism:
Profiles, Perspectives, and Issues
Maria Cristina Salud H. Enriquez, PsychConsult,
Inc.; Ma. Araceli B. Alcala, De La Salle University
Manila/PsychConsult, Inc.; Ma. Caridad H.
Tarroja, De La Salle University
Manila/PsychConsult, Inc.; Zachele Marie M.
Briones, PsychConsult, Inc.
In light of the growing number of researches on
sequelae, conceptualization of the issues,
therapeutic strategies, and outcomes, in SM in
children, this research contributes fresh
perspective to the current research initiatives
by shifting its focus to the experience Filipino
therapists working with children with Selective
Mutism. Eight Filipino therapists (6 females and
2 males), who have been in clinical practice for
an average of 16 years were surveyed. Results
show that typical presenting problems, aside
from not speaking in school, include
socialization, difficulties attending to specific
school tasks, and in toileting and eating.
Common therapy goals include: establishing
rapport, tracking incremental changes in non-
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verbal communication (e.g., sounds, facial
expressions, body movements), increasing
capacity for self-expression, and lessening social
discomfort / anxiety. Therapists identified poor
coordination among stakeholders, lack of
parent cooperation and high expectations
among the primary caregivers, and long process
of therapy, as challenges in working with
children with SM. To address these challenges,
common themes emerged from therapists’
responses which are, keeping updated with the
latest research on SM, working with parents
and teachers, and respecting the child’s pace.
Implications and recommendations for clinical
practice are provided.
E4-4
Experiences of Teachers and Parents working
with children with Selective Mutism: Goals,
Strategies & Challenges
Zachele Marie M. Briones and Maria Cristina
Salud H. Enriquez, PsychConsult, Inc.; Maria
Caridad H. Tarroja and Ma. Araceli B. Alcala, De
La Salle University/PsychConsult, Inc.
Collaboration is important among the different
stakeholders when it comes to doing
interventions for children with selective mutism
(SM). This paper takes off from previous studies
done by the researchers on interventions for
children with SM. Following the
recommendations of previous studies, we
conducted interviews with two teachers and
two parents. Using qualitative data analysis, we
found that coordination among parents,
teachers, and professionals- specifically the
psychologist- is vital in identifying strategies to
help and monitor children’s communication
progress. The long term goal is geared toward
children talking in school, but immediate goals
revolved around increasing type of
communication (non-verbal to verbal), number
of communication partners, and voice volume
when talking to target people within school.
Although intervention occurs in stages, progress
was slow and frustrating to parents and
teachers. The parents’ and teachers’ initiative,
resourcefulness, and understanding of the
children’s condition helped them persevere
despite perceived setbacks. Other results show
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that intentionality and flexibility in choice of
strategies was important in implementing
interventions. Social strategies involving peers
were crucial parts of the intervention.
Recommendations for future research are
provided.
SESSION E5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Learning Session: Ethics in Teaching
Facilitator: Liane Alampay, Ateneo de Manila
University
“Is it okay if I 'friend' my students on
Facebook?”
“Can I talk about my personal life in class?
And/or the personal lives of my colleagues?”
“I think my student is attracted to me.”
So many of the dos and don'ts in the profession
of teaching remain implicit and are rarely
discussed. Teachers often have to second-guess
the decisions they make about how
they teach and relate to their students. This
learning session / seminar-workshop aims to
raise teachers' awareness of ethical principles
and practices that support the integrity of
the teaching profession and promote respectful
relationships with colleagues and students. The
session includes a brief lecture and a set of
activities (i.e., self-assessment, case discussions
and plenary presentations).
SESSION E6 VENUE: SAKURA
Symposium: Pacquiao vs. LGBT:
Understanding a Media "War of Words"
Using Discourse, Positioning, and Text Mining
Convenor: Ervina Espina, Ateneo de Manila
University
E6-1
Pacquiao vs. LGBT: Dialogical Positionings of
Influence and Minority Rights
Lissa H. Custodio, Gideon, P. Bendicion, Cassie
Beatrice Camarao, and Danica Pelayo, Ateneo
de Manila University
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This study examined how an influential person
and LGBT persons were dialogically positioned
after the former made a much-publicized
homonegative statement. Eight-one (n=81)
locally-published news articles were mined
within a month of Manny Pacquiao’s
homonegative statement and analyzed using
positioning theory. The study found Pacquiao to
be positively positioned as having the right to
speak and negatively positioned as having the
duty to speak no more; the LGBT persons were
positively positioned as having the right to
humane treatment and negatively positioned as
having the duty to change or desist.
Positioning’s appeared to cluster around three
bases: correctness, standing, and rights.
Positioning’s that were supportive of Pacquiao
and unsupportive of LGBT seemed to focus on
correctness and standing. Positioning’s that
were supportive of LGBT persons and
unsupportive of Pacquiao seemed to focus on
rights. The study suggests that homonegativity
may be more effectively countered when
discourses use all three bases.
E6-2
No Offense Meant: How a statement on same-
sex marriage is positioned across time
Arjohn M. Ceperiano, Ateneo de Manila
University; Rudy M. Danganan Jr, Our Lady of
Fatima University-Antipolo; Geoffrey Miles L.
Mercado, Xavier School
This study focuses on how the titles of news
articles published online from Rappler and
Philippine Daily Inquirer positioned Manny
Pacquiao after his controversial statement on
same-sex marriage during a TV interview went
viral. Positioning theory is used to identify the
unfolding positionings toward Pacquiao across
the period that the topic is being circulated in
the news. The titles of news articles from the
two websites that referred to Pacquiao’s
statement were collected and analyzed.
Positions and the imposition of rights and duties
were lifted. Multiple storylines emerged
throughout the coverage of this issue. Analysis
shows that neutral verbs were used in
reference to Pacquiao’s statements on the first
few reports. The focus then immediately shifted
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on the character of Pacquiao and the
implication of his statement on his senatorial
bid, his image as a celebrity, and his athletic
career.
E6-3
The power of words: Discourse analysis of
sexuality and same-sex marriage based on
online Filipino articles
Mark Anido, Ateneo de Manila University; Ola
Aleksandra Jarosz, University of Warsaw,
Poland; Vicky Santos, Ateneo de Manila
University
A qualitative research approach of discourse
analysis has been carried out in response to the
outbreak of online articles triggered by Manny
Pacquiao’s remarks on same-sex marriage in
February 2016. The discursive object of
“sexuality” has been chosen for the analysis.
The articles of two news websites: philstar.com
and Inquirer.net have served as a data source
for five consecutive weeks following the
publication of the discrimination statement. The
carried out research identified the dominant
discourses (following the words of Manny
Pacquiao or anti-LGBT) and the counter-
discourses (pro-LGBT actors or coming from the
LGBT community) within the online news and
opinions pieces. The relationships between the
discourses, the counter-discourses and the
relations of discourses to counter-discourses
have also been examined. The analysis aimed to
map out the mutually empowering, weakening,
or neutral discourses. Implications have been
drawn for anti-discrimination advocacy actions
based on the diagnosed discourse qualities and
opportunities for developing empowering
counter-discourses in the future.
E6-4
Unraveling Same Sex Relations Discourses
through Text Mining in Social Media
Arvin E. Boller, Ateneo de Manila University;
Ervina A. Espina, University of the Philippines
Visayas-Tacloban College; Bernice Vania N.
Landoy, University of the Philippines Visayas;
Maria Leorupee V. Raagas-Barros, Xavier
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University-Ateneo de Cagayan; Reuel Joab C.
Yap, University of San Carlos
Using the lens of Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
and mixed methods research, we investigated
how the discourse on same sex relations
unfolded in light of Manny Pacquiao’s
statement on same-sex relationships. One
hundred eighty-one (181) online media articles
were text mined using RapidMiner software.
Word count shows that the most salient words
are “love,” “God,” “bible,” and “rights.” A
complementary qualitative analysis of the
articles lends more meaning to the
mathematically derived discourses. Our findings
show how media contributed to the discourse
surrounding same sex relations. This research
also highlights the importance of using data and
text-mining approaches in understanding the
construction of social issues and objects such as
same sex relations.
SESSION E7 VENUE: LOTUS
Issues of Religion and Spirituality
Moderator: Anna Kathrina O. Watin, AKVO
Applied Psychology Center
E7-1
Development of the REAP Scholar Formation
Outcomes Assessment Measure
Susana A. Estanislao and Fr. Galen Cortes, De La
Salle University
The Redemptorist Educational Assistance
Program (REAP) is a result of the Redemptorist
Missionaries’ initiative in the 1980s as a path to
enflesh their charism in “preaching the Good
News to the most abandoned". Expanding
financial assistance and formation of the
scholar in collaboration with parents and
universities, this study aimed to develop an
instrument that will assess these learning and
formation outcomes of REAP scholars upon
graduation from college. A 10-step test
development method was employed in
constructing, analyzing, and finalizing the
measure. In the initial run of the 314-item tool,
91 participants responded with five identified
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intended attributes of REAP graduates. The
instrument was subjected to experts' validation
and was further tested to establish its
psychometric properties. Results yielded a
Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha of 0.925 indicating
a high level of internal consistency based on 85
valid records. Four out of five attributes, namely
Faithful Servant, Family-oriented, Problem
Solver, and Socially Responsible Leader, were
retained with 23 out of 59 items having factor
loadings of 0.60 or higher. Implications for
professional practice were discussed.
E7-2
Pastor's Self-Care Behavior, Professional
Quality of Life, and Disaster Spiritual Care
Response
Christopher S. Del Monte, South Philippine
Adventist College
Pastors play a unique role in disaster events,
particularly in helping those with traumatic
experiences. However, their encounters with
people experiencing disaster events and
personal tragedies were found to have
detrimental effects on their wellness and
quality of work. This descriptive-correlative
study investigated the relationships between
self-care behaviors (SCB), professional quality of
life (PRoQOL), and disaster spiritual care
response (DSCR) among 196 pastors in
Mindanao. Findings indicated that SCBs were
highest in the areas of spiritual, physical, and
workplace, and lowest in the psychological
aspect. An average level for compassion
satisfaction and an average risk for burnout and
secondary traumatization were manifested,
including positive correlations between SCB,
PRoQOL, and DSCR. Recommendations include:
monitoring respondent-pastors to engage in
psychological self-care; monitor pastors’
compassion satisfaction and fatigue regularly
and to avail of the necessary therapeutic
interventions; maintain the pastors’ readiness
to provide psycho-spiritual care response at all
times by attending self-enhancement programs;
and the review of the pre-service curriculum,
and to embed program on disaster
preparedness.
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E7-3
Effects of religious priming concepts toward
prosocial behavior toward in-group and
outgroup
Jame Bryan L. Batara, University of San Carlos
Several studies show that there is a connection
between religion and prosociality (e.g.,
Saroglou, 2013). In order to investigate this
causal connection, priming has been used by
different researchers (Ahmed & Salas, 2011;
Pichon, Boccato & Saroglou, 2007). In this
study, researchers primed the participants
through agent prime, spiritual/abstract prime
and institutional prime (Preston & Ritter, 2013).
Each participant were exposed to one condition
depending on the prime and social
categorization (ingroup and outgroup). Results
of the 2 (social categorization of the target of
help) by 3 (agent prime, institutional prime,
spiritual prime) experiment show that priming
religious concepts especially spiritual prime can
increase prosocial behaviors. However, no
significant effect was found on the social
categorization which implies that Filipino
respondents elicit prosocial behavior regardless
of the social categorization (be it ingroup or
outgroup) of the target of help. The present
study’s findings contribute to further the
literature on religious priming and its influence
to prosocial behavior.
E7-4
Religiosity and Academic Success: A
Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of
Religious and Academically Successful College
Students
Pedro P. Galeno Jr. and Harrace Gem A. Caver,
Central Philippine University; Ma. Milagrosa T.
Lapore, Iloilo Doctors’ College
Equitable attention has been given to the area
of religion, religiosity, and spirituality in the
discipline of psychology. In recent years,
renewed interest in the role of religion in
colleges and universities was observed and that
researches indicated that religion plays an
important role in the lives of the youth. The
college experience is a time of adjustment and
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change may it be educational, emotional,
physical, social, and religious for college
students. The journey of obtaining a college
degree from enrollment to commencement is a
difficult undertaking, and in order to be
successful, college students are required to
access all available resources of coping, which
may include faith and religion. In an effort to
understand the connection of religiosity and
academic success, this qualitative investigation
aims to explore and understand the
perspectives and experiences of religious and
academically successful college students. In-
depth individual interviews were conducted to
8 college students who were part of the Dean’s
Honor List to explore and analyze the role of
religiosity to their academic success.
Conclusions and implications for university
student development services will be discussed.
SESSION E8 VENUE: ROSE
Symposium: Mindfulness and Gestalt
Therapy Practices in the Philippines
Convenor: Emmanuel Hernani, Cebu Normal
University
E8-1
Gestalt Sessions with Adolescent College
Students: Integrating Gestalt Therapy to
Student Developmental Activities in Cebu,
Philippines
Emmanuel V. Hernani, Cebu Normal
University/Psychosomatherapia
This symposium involves Gestalt Therapy as
applied in different settings. True to its
principles, Gestalt Therapy is applicable to
organizational development, counseling and
psychotherapy and to out and in school youth
development activities. This presentation
tackles the practice of integrating Gestalt
Therapy to student developmental activities as
exemplified by some guidance programs in
Cebu, Philippines. Vignettes of the practice are
discussed using sample cases. Further, this
paper would also tackle the applicability of
Gestalt Therapy in school guidance in reference
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to the aims of Philippine Educational System
and the fundamentals of guidance and
counseling.
E8-2
Leading and Managing Organizations Using the
Principles and Techniques of Gestalt Therapy:
A Documentation of Practice
Stephen James D. Taylaran, Facilitator's Circle
The versatility of Gestalt Therapy can be
observed not only in the clinical and counseling
fields but also in the areas of human resource
management and organizations. This
presentation imparts the vignettes of
organizational consultancy where Gestalt
Therapy is applied to leading and managing
organizational issues on employees’ motivation,
performance and relational conflicts.
Awareness, dialogue, flow and contact, the four
pillars of Gestalt practice, are examined using
documented practices of the author in his
engagement with multi-national corporations,
service institutions; government and non-
government organizations in the Philippines.
Part of this symposium is an update on the
current issues and trends of Gestalt Consulting
and in the Philippines.
E8-3
The Practice of Mindfulness and Awareness
Exercises in Gestalt Therapy: A Practitioner's
Agenda
Siegfried France Gamueda, De La Sale
University-Dasmarinas/Psyce Solution
Psychological Services
This paper presents the application of
mindfulness and awareness exercises in Gestalt
Therapy. The Gestalt emphasis on awareness
focuses on the present moment of the client
and therapist which works in the form of
dialogue that facilitates perceiving, sensing,
feeling, doing, acting and becoming. Though not
significantly given credit, Gestalt therapy, since
its inception in the 1950s, utilizes applied
phenomenology in the form of awareness
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exercises which in actuality a mindfulness
method. In this presentation, the author will
offer his personal insights and clinical
experiences; introduce best practices on
mindfulness and awareness exercises in
counseling and psychotherapy; and discuss the
issues and concerns regarding Gestalt Therapy
and Mindfulness.
E8-4
Mindfulness and Well-Being in a College
Sample: The Effectivity of Mindfulness Based
Cognitive Therapy Intervention Program
Reginald Paul R. Centeno and Karina Therese G.
Fernandez, Ateneo de Manila University
By paying attention and being aware in the
present moment, individuals are able to
practice attitudes of non-judgment, acceptance,
letting go, and patience (Kabat-Zinn, 1994).
Mindfulness has been discovered to be
beneficial for clinical and non-clinical samples
that include adults and college undergraduates
(Birnie et al., 2009).A study was conducted to
see the effects of an adapted form of
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for a
Counseling Class in a university. Tests such as
Perceived Stress Scale, Depression, Anxiety,
Stress Scale, and Schwartz Outcome Scale were
used to measure college students’ well-being
prior and after the intervention . Significant
results suggest that an 8 week mindfulness
intervention is beneficial for psychological well-
being.
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PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS F1 TO F8
September 15, 2016
04:30 AM– 06:00 PM
SESSION F1 VENUE: JASMINE
Psychology Supervision and Professional
Collaboration
Moderator: Glenn G. Glarino, University of San
Carlos
F1-1
Practicum Supervision of Masters in
Clinical/Counseling Psychology Students in the
Philippines
Lota A. Teh, Ateneo de Manila University
This study was conducted to look into the
practice of practicum supervision in the higher
education institutions offering master’s
programs in clinical or counseling psychology in
the Philippines. Using a semi-structured
interview guide, psychology teachers who have
taught the Practicum course to MA
clinical/counseling students were interviewed
either in person or through an available
Internet modality. Interview questions focused
on the various aspects of practicum supervision
and practices. Findings indicate that practicum
is taught as a 3-unit course taken in the last
semester of coursework or after taking the
comprehensive exams. The required number of
hours ranges from 200-300. The students are
assigned by their faculty supervisor in sites that
can provide hands-on experiences in the areas
of counseling or psychotherapy, assessment,
research, training, and teaching. The faculty
supervisors-respondents expressed the need to
undergo formal training in supervision.
Recommendations included the need to provide
guidelines for the accreditation of practicum
centers and supervisors as well as the need to
articulate ethical standards for supervision. The
findings are discussed in relation to the
practicum requirement of the Psychology Law
and of the upcoming revised CHED curriculum
for counseling/clinical psychology graduate
students.
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F1-2
Training (Play)ground: Supervising Play
Therapists in the Philippines
Washington C. Garcia, De La Salle
University/PhilPlay; Maria Aurora A.D.
Catippon, InTouch Community Services; Maria
Caridad C. Tarroja and Araceli B. Alcala, De La
Salle University/PsychConsult, Inc.
To build an evidence-based practice and
advocate for play therapy as an effective
intervention for children, there is a need to
examine how therapists are able to meet
standards of good practice. Thru an open-ended
survey and focus group discussion involving 11
experienced play therapists, the current paper
explores how they themselves have been
supervised, surfacing their existing strengths
and the crucial factors that help them
conceptualize issues concerning the child,
devise a suitable approach and undertake
effective programs to manage a given situation.
The paper further looks into how these
therapists build positive and strong alliances
with other people surrounding the child.
Challenges they encountered in the process are
elucidated. Implications for training and
supervision of aspiring play therapists are
discussed.
F1-3
Clinical Supervision in the Philippines: A Social
and Developmental Snapshot
Anna Cristina A. Tuazon, University of the
Philippines Diliman/MedMom Child
Development Clinic
As the Philippines practice of psychology gets
professionalized, the quality of clinical practical
training of psychologists becomes increasingly
relevant. Beyond coursework, clinical
supervision is an indispensable tool for delivery
of such training and thus needs to be fully
examined and assessed. This study, the first
phase of a broader study on clinical supervision
in the Philippines, presents a preliminary
qualitative and social analysis of the experience
of clinical supervision in the Philippines. With 31
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online respondents consisting of graduate
clinical trainees, clinicians, and supervisors from
various academic institutions, a thematic
analysis was conducted about their experience
of supervision as trainees and how this played a
role in their current counseling and supervision
styles. The emerging themes seem to follow a
developmental process, with “parenting” styles
of supervisors contributing to trainees’
professional development. Social network
analysis was also conducted from the same
respondents, which generated 79 players
(individuals, academic institutions, and clinical
sites) and 231 relationships. Preliminary
findings of this analysis will be discussed,
focusing on identified patterns and sites of high
density. Locating these high density sites will
have implications on what shapes local clinical
trends and he breadth and depth of training of
Filipino clinicians.
F1-4
The Practice of Collaborative Alliance among
Mental Health Professionals in Central Luzon
Carlos Nolasco Buan and Analyn Manalang
Buan, Holy Angel University
The professionalization of mental health in the
Philippines: psychologists and psychometricians
(RA 10029), guidance counselors (RA 9258),
social workers (RA 4373), and pediatrician and
psychiatrists (RA 2382) has raised the standards
of quality mental health care for Filipinos. But
do these professions create the best
atmosphere of care through professional
collaborative alliance. This convergent parallel
mixed method study explores the level of
healthy interactions among mental health
professionals (psychologists, psychometrician,
guidance counselors, social workers,
pediatrician and psychiatrists) in Central Luzon
through collaborative alliance in the
professional practice. The participants were
identified through snowball sampling to whom
they collaborate. Interviews and questionnaires
were used to assess the common practices,
particularly in the area of working with the
other professionals through referrals, case
conferences, and mentoring. Graph theory in
mathematics was used to quantitatively
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measure the direction and strength of
interactions in the professional practice. Results
were elaborated. Recommendations, limitations
and implications of the study were discussed.
SESSION F2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Symposium: Quantitative Studies in LGBT
Psychology
Convenor: Eric Julian Manalastas, University
of the Philippines-Diliman
F2-1
Homonegativity in the Philippines: Evidence
from a National Survey of Filipino Moral
Beliefs
Eric Julian Manalastas, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
How LGBT-friendly is Filipino society? This paper
contributes to the literature on homonegativity
in the Philippines with empirical evidence on
Filipino attitudes toward same-sex sexualities
using nationally representative survey data. I
analyze Philippine data from the 2013 Pew
Research Global Attitudes Project (multi-stage
cluster sample of N = 804 adults). Corroborating
previous findings from other national surveys
and using different opinion measures (e.g., Cruz
& Mallari, 2007; Manalastas, 2015; Manalastas
& del Pilar, 2005), moderate levels of
homonegativity were found. A quarter of the
Filipino adult population (26%) believed that
homosexuality should not be tolerated by
society. In particular, 65% of Filipinos
considered homosexuality to be morally
unacceptable. Correlates of homonegative
moral beliefs, particularly the role of religiosity,
are also presented. Results will be discussed in
the context of survey evidence for a persistent
widespread, moderate homonegativity in the
Philippines.
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F2-2
Self-Stigma, Perceived Stress, and Suicidal
Ideation among LGBT Filipinos
Marc Eric S. Reyes, Patricia Mikaela L. Dacanay,
Anton Stephen B. Antonio, Justin Seann R.
Beltran, Marivic D. Chuang, and Alyssa Lynn I.
Leoncito, University of Santo Tomas; and Roger
D. Davis, Ateneo de Manila University
Minority group members experience what is
known as minority stress by which individuals
suffer stress because of their membership in
some stigmatized social category. In turn,
minority stress may lead to self-stigmatization.
This occurs when minority group members
experience a sense of shame created by the
view of the majority culture, and then
incorporate the majority opinion into their self-
image. Because it is cumulative with the stress
an individual is already experiencing, self-
stigmatization may become a significant
stressor itself, possibly contributing to the
development of suicidal ideation. A total of 609
self-identified LGBT individuals composed of 83
lesbians, 156 gay men, 302 bisexuals, and 68
transgender individuals were asked to answer a
battery of psychological tests to assess the
interrelationships between self-stigma,
perceived stress, and suicidal ideation. As
expected, perceived stress predicted suicidal
ideation, whereas self-stigmatization predicted
both perceived stress and suicidal ideation.
Multiple regression analysis confirms the
predictive value of self-stigma together with
perceived stress in determining the suicidal
ideation present among LGBT Filipinos.
F2-3
Sociosexuality in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Heterosexual Filipinos
Donn E. Gaba, University of the Philippines-
Diliman
The Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory
(SOI-R) measures an individual’s willingness to
engage in uncommitted sex, and it has become
a popular tool in studying the predictors,
underlying motivations, and health outcomes of
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casual sex behavior. High scores on the scale
indicate unrestricted sociosexuality or greater
willingness to engage in uncommitted sex.
However, there is very little data as to how
sexual orientation affects the relationships
among the different correlates of
sociosexuality. This study uses the SOI-R on a
sample of 174 Filipinos (ages 18-59), to
demonstrate that not only do men consistently
score higher than women, but non-
heterosexuals also consistently score higher
than exclusive heterosexuals in both sexes (p’s
< .01). Sociosexuality positively correlates with
condom use in men, and in the subsample of
non-heterosexual men, self-reported levels of
same-sex attraction are associated with more
unrestricted sociosexuality (p < .05). In both
sexes, sociosexuality is not related to either age
or relationship status (single versus not single),
nor does it vary with markers of psychological
well-being, except for self-esteem with which it
shows a positive correlation in the subsample of
men. Implications are discussed in the
frameworks of evolutionary psychology and
social learning theory.
SESSION F3 VENUE: LILY
Learning Session: Developing 21st Century
Skills Through Counseling and Career
Services
Facilitator: Lucila O. Bance, University of Santo
Tomas
This workshop focuses on the practices of
professional school counselors/psychologists in
their delivery of counseling and career services.
Based on the global framework and platform as
applied in the in the Philippine setting dubbed
as the Model Counseling and Career Center in
the Philippines (USAID STRIDE), this learning
session aims to help counseling psychologists
build programs that will address the
development of 21st century skills among its
students. At the end of the session, participants
are expected to come up with their own
programs that will address the desired
outcomes for global citizenship.
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SESSION F4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
The Self and Its Abilities
Moderator: Ron Ressureccion , De La Salle
University-Manila
F4-1
Reflective Journal-Writing: Towards Self-
Discovery
Clarissa F. Delariarte, St. Paul University,
Quezon City
Journal Writing is a means of recording personal
thoughts, daily experiences and insights.. It can
be used as an initial activity to calm students or
to prepare them to transition into other
activities. Other benefits of journal writing can
come in the form of increased personal
relationships, self-expression, personal growth
and development and other unexpected
benefits .(Hopkins, 2010). Journal writing
apparently works because it gives freedom to
write anything without being judged. Since
journal writing is reflective writing, the process
gives opportunities for personal thinking where
dilemmas, contradictions, experiences,
worldviews and a host of other personal
expression help one to discern and discover
more about one’s self. Using Consensual
Qualitative Research or CQR (Hill et al, 2005) ,
the researcher tried to investigate how journal
writing facilitated personal discoveries of 48
adolescents. Open-ended questions , focus
group discussions and multiple perspectives
using consensus of themes were used as data
collection techniques. Results show that journal
writing facilitated self-discoveries by serving as
meditation guide, ensuring confidentiality,
offering no restrictions and limitations, acting as
companion, confidant and friend, giving space,
time and focus and fostering openness to one’s
feelings. Several implications were inferred on
increasing self-awareness towards psychological
well-being.
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F4-2
Self-Discipline in the Family Context Predicts
Better Family Relations through Emotion
Regulation
Ma. Jenina N. Nalipay, Rosario T. Chu, and
Jennifer R. Reyes, De La Salle Araneta University
The study explored if self-discipline in the family
context contributes to having better relations
with one’s family among Filipino youth. It is
postulated that self-discipline would facilitate
how youth recognize, manage, control, and
express their emotions towards their family,
which in turn would contribute to better family
relations. A sample of 1103 Filipino youth was
included in the study. Self-discipline and
emotion regulation in the context of family, and
family relations were measured using The
Multicontext Batter for Youth Development
(DLSU, 2011). Results of mediation analysis
showed significant direct effect of self-discipline
on family relations, as well as significant indirect
effect through emotion regulation. Findings
suggest that youth’s self-discipline in the family
context predict better family relations through
emotion regulation.
F4-3
The Autonomous Seekers: Autobiographical
Memories and Autobiographical Self of
Children of Overseas Filipino Workers
Justine Marie S. Beltran, University of San Carlos
The current study aimed to determine how
children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
construct their sense of self, which in this study
is called autobiographical self. It also explored
these children’s autobiographical memories,
specifically on what their experiences were,
how they made sense of and coped with their
situation, and how the situation has affected
their views of themselves, their family/home
environment, and their education or work.
Through categorical-content analysis of the
children’s narratives, themes and subthemes
were extracted. From these themes, a model
was created to provide a visual presentation of
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how children construct their autobiographical
selves, labeled as autonomous seekers. The
model incorporates the three functions of
autobiographical memory, which are self-
definition, self-regulation, and self-in-relation. It
proposes that the OFW children’s sense of self
is constructed from the internal factors,
proximate factors, and remote factors that
surround their development. This study can
provide a greater understanding of how
autobiographical memories can influence a
person’s development and one’s sense of self
and in understanding the experiences of OFW
families in the Philippines based on the
children’s perspective. Knowledge of their
personal experiences can help mental health
professionals in making interventions or
therapeutic programs appropriate for
transnational families.
F4-4
Urban Filipinas in Midlife: Concerns,
Experiences, and Behaviors
Angela V. Regala, Assumption College
This study explored the concerns, experiences,
and behaviors of urban Filipino women at
midlife. A purposive sample of 236 Filipino
women living in two major cities in the
Philippines, Manila and Cebu, were the
respondents of this descriptive survey. For
urban Filipinas, midlife crisis is defined by
changes, challenges, and being in transition.
Most prevalent changes identified were
affective and physical changes. Others cited
behavioral and cognitive changes. Midlife crisis
was also perceived as a time of challenge.
Urban Filipinas characterized midlife as a period
of confusion and doubt which leads to fear.
Furthermore, midlife crisis was defined as a
phase of life that is inevitable, universal, and
temporal. The most prevalent midlife concerns
among urban Filipino women included poor
health concerns, caring for aging and/or ill
parents, health of a family member, financial
problems, and career challenges. In relation to
the reported midlife concerns, urban Filipinas
experienced worry, doubt, anxiety, loneliness,
and feelings of emptiness. The respondents
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reassessed their financial status and plans,
worried unnecessarily, re-evaluated priorities
and goals, paid extra attention to their physical
appearance, and spent more time on leisure
and exercise. The women perceive the following
to be the most helpful in dealing with their
midlife concerns: a) family support, b) talking to
God, c) support from friends, d) have increased
positivity and motivation and keeping oneself
occupied, and e) religion. Urban Filipinas
wanted to receive the following assistance from
a therapist: a) learn problem solving and coping
skills, b) be given advice on how to address a
midlife crisis, c) learn more information on
midlife crisis, d) receive emotional support, and
e) have a therapist to actively listen to them.
The sample taken for the survey cannot be
described as random and representative of all
Filipino women at midlife. It is recommended
that further research be done with samples of
Filipino women belonging to different socio-
economic status and from rural areas. Individual
counseling sessions for Filipino women looking
into personal adjustment with the view of
helping them adjust their individual ineffective
behaviors would also be helpful. Likewise,
counselor education can focus on designing an
awareness program for counselors on the
physical, psychological, and social needs of
Filipino women in midlife so that they can best
serve this special group of counselees.
SESSION F5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Symposium: Mindfulness within the Filipino
Context: Breaking New Ground
Convenor: Karina Therese Fernandez, Ateneo
de Manila University
F5-1
Filipino Psychologists' Phenomenological
Understanding of Mindfulness
Von B. Guintu and Karina Therese G. Fernandez,
Ateneo de Manila University/Ateneo Bulatao
Center
Approaching the study of mindfulness using
mostly positivist methodology may have
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resulted in overlooking the importance of
understanding its meaning and expression. Not
enough focus has been given to the qualitative
exploration of this construct despite the
importance of doing so in informing for
example, the construction of scalar measures.
This study qualitatively explores what the
essence of mindfulness is like following MBCT
training. Three junior psychologists were
interviewed. Phenomenological analysis reveals
two distinct structures. The first structure
consists of the following constituents: (1)
recognition of the emotional tone of one’s
experience; (2) acceptance of one’s current
experience; (3) deliberate choice to focus
attention on the internal aspects of one’s
experience; (4) decentering; and (5) sense of
relief. The second structure meanwhile
consisted of the following constituents: (1)
recognition of the emotional tone of one’s
experience; (2) deliberate choice to process
one’s experience cognitively; (3) deliberate
choice to focus attention on the external
aspects of one’s experience; and (4) sense of
relief. The theoretical, clinical, and research
implications are then discussed.
F5-2
Does Emotion Dysregulation Mediate Between
Mindfulness, Depression, and Anxiety?: A
Preliminary test of an MBCT program for
Filipino Children
Lourdes Joy T. Galvez-Tan and Liane Peña
Alampay, Ateneo de Manila University; Patricia
Baranek and Tita Ang-angco, Center for
Mindfulness Studies, Toronto, Canada
The study tested the hypothesis that emotion
regulation difficulties, specifically, lack of
emotional awareness; non-acceptance of
emotions; impulsivity in reaction to emotional
experiences; and limited use of emotion
regulation strategies; mediate the effects of a
mindfulness intervention on depression and
anxiety symptoms. Using a randomized
controlled trial design, data was collected from
197 students from two public schools in Quezon
City. Selected students were randomly assigned
to undergo either 8-weekly sessions of a
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mindfulness program adapted for Filipino
children or 8-weekly sessions of a skills
development program in paper crafts.
Structural equation modeling revealed that the
mindfulness group had greater emotional
awareness at posttest compared to the the
skills development group, however emotional
awareness alone did not lead to decreases in
depression and anxiety. On the other hand, the
skills development group had significantly lower
impulsivity in reacting to emotional experiences
compared to the mindfulness group. Moreover,
it is this low impulsivity that leads to less
depression and anxiety symptoms. The findings
suggest that different aspects of emotion
dsyregulation should be examined when
evaluating the impact of intervention programs
for children.
F5-3
Diverse voices: Listening to Filipino public
school teachers' journey into mindfulness
Angelique Pearl Virtue P. Villasanta and Mira
Alexis P. Ofreneo, Ateneo de Manila University
While quantitative studies have been extremely
valuable in understanding the mechanisms and
outcomes of the different mindfulness-based
interventions, there is a dearth of research that
explores mindfulness as being a deeply personal
process. Out of 2,876 publications about
mindfulness, only 0.04% has explored it from a
qualitative standpoint (Khoury et al., 2013).
Using Gilligan's Listening Guide, this study
presents the different narrative voices that are
present as Filipino public school counselors and
teachers narrate their journey into mindfulness.
While diverse voices surfaced from the
narratives, results highlight the centrality of the
'introspective voice' in determining the overall
trajectory of the mindfulness journey. The
narratives clustered under three types of paths,
namely 1) the resistant path, 2) the mechanical
path, and 3) the receptive path. Implications on
the training of MBCT facilitators are discussed.
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F5-4
Mindfulness workshop in the Philippines:
Exploring what works in delivering an effective
mindfulness program
Lorie Mesa and Gilda Dans Lopez, Ateneo de
Manila University
This study is a preliminary research of the first
known mindfulness program delivered in the
Philippines - the MBCT (Mindfulness Based
Cognitive Therapy) workshop conducted in
Filipino. This mixed methods design attempted
to explore the following hypotheses: 1. There
will be an increase in mindfulness skills and
well-being post an MBCT workshop in the
Philippines, as observed in research in Western
populations. 2. The change in mindfulness after
an MBCT workshop is related to participant’s
well-being. 3. The factors within a mindfulness
workshop, namely, the evaluation of the
facilitators’ mindfulness, personal practice, and
self-compassion are related to mindfulness
change. T-test analysis results showed an
increase in mindfulness after the MBCT
workshop. Well-being also improved,
particularly in measures of decreased
depression, and perceived stress after attending
the MBCT workshop. Correlation analysis
showed that the increase in mindfulness was
related to improvements in well-being. The
increase in mindfulness was also related to a
positive facilitator evaluation, and related to
the participant’s self-compassion but not to
personal practice. Qualitative data revealed
elements in the course and facilitators that
helped in learning mindfulness. These primary
results imply that MBCT workshop adapted in
Filipino may be a viable workshop in teaching
mindfulness in the Philippines, and in
promoting mental health.
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SESSION F6 VENUE: SAKURA
Symposium: Utilizing Quali and Quanti
Research to inform intervention priorities
and treatment targets for Filipina Domestic
workers
Convenor: Brian J. Hall, University of
Macau/John Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health
F6-1
A qualitative needs assessment to inform
intervention priorities for overseas Filipina
Domestic Workers
Brian J. Hall, University of Macau/ John Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health; Melissa R.
Garabiles, Ateneo de Manila University; Norman
B. Mendoza, University of Macau/Angeles
University Foundation
Filipina Domestic Workers (DW) have an
increased vulnerability for health and mental
health problems. Identifying key priorities for
behavioral and mental health interventions are
critical to address the needs of this community.
The current study utilized qualitative methods
to ascertain key intervention priorities among
Filipina Domestic Workers living and working in
Macau (SAR), China. Data were obtained from
five focus group discussions with 22 female DW
and seven in-depth interviews with consulate
staff (n=2), church leaders (n=3) and NGO field
staff (n=2). Interviews were transcribed
verbatim and checked against audio recordings
for accuracy. All interviews were translated into
English for the purpose of analysis. Specific
cultural idioms were translated, but maintained
as a part of the interview transcript in Filipino,
in order to facilitate culturally specific signs and
symptoms of distress. Inductive qualitative
thematic analysis was utilized to identify
potential intervention targets. Results indicated
Filipina DW experience social conflict within
their community (e.g., lack of cohesion and
trust), poor relationships (e.g., with employers,
families they left behind), barriers to healthcare
access (e.g., lack of trust, language issues), and
poor physical and mental health (e.g., sleep
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problems, stress, burnout, substance abuse,
depression, anxiety). Strategies for addressing
these challenges will be discussed.
F6-2
A Grounded Theory of Family Resilience
Among Transnational Families of Filipina
Domestic Workers
Melissa R. Garabiles and Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo,
Ateneo de Manila University; Brian J. Hall,
University of Macau/John Hopkins School of
Public Health
Using Constructivist Grounded Theory, we
created a new theory of family resilience among
transnational families of Filipina Domestic
Workers. The theory highlights how temporal
and spatial elements are embedded in
collective migration experiences. The family
narratives start with the sacrifice of separation,
where mothers leave their families to conduct
domestic work abroad. To successfully navigate
and adapt to their separation, the families
undergo five relational processes. First, families
communicate across space using technology to
bridge relational distance. Second, families
restructure through role sharing and validation
of each other’s efforts in doing family roles
across space. Third, families rebuild family ties
through temporary family reunification to
bridge physical and relational distance. Fourth,
families strive for permanent family
reunification by having a collective goal of
ending migration to become complete again.
Fifth, they strive to commit to their families
throughout their migration experience by
prioritizing them instead of succumbing to
difficulties. Implications are also discussed.
F6-3
Adaptation and factor analysis of the post-
migration living difficulties questionnaire for
Filipino Domestic Workers in Macau, China
Norman B. Mendoza, University of
Macau/Angeles University Foundation; Brian J.
Hall, University of Macau/John Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health; Imelu G.
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Mordeno, Mindanao State University-Iligan
Institute of Technology
There is no known assessment measure to
quantify the living difficulties of Filipino migrant
workers. The present study adapted and
investigated the psychometric properties
(reliability and construct validity) of the Post-
Migration Living Difficulties (PMLD)
questionnaire, originally developed to assess
post-migration stressors of refugees and asylum
seekers. Formative qualitative interviews with
Filipino domestic workers identified six
employer-related items. These additional items
and the original PMLD items were translated
and back-translated. The questionnaire was
administered to 232 Filipino female DWs in
Macau (SAR), China contacted through
convenience sampling. The five factors of the
PMLD for DWs were: health and labor policy
problems; threats to family and adaptation
difficulties; poverty and welfare; work-related
problems; and employer-related problems. The
factor structure of the PMLD for DWs varied
slightly from the original PMLD but captured the
themes specific for DWs with the inclusion of
employer-related problems. Scale reliabilities
ranged from .69 to .85 for each factor, and .86
for the overall scale. Items specific to refugee
experiences were not retained. The correlation
between each PMLD factor and trauma,
depression and anxiety symptoms ranged from
.14 to .33, indicating the potential usefulness of
these factors in predicting psychological
distress.
F6-4
Identifying social correlates of poor sleep
quality among Filipino Domestic Workers in
Macau: A preliminary analysis
Peng Xiong, Oracle Nh Chun Ting, Peggy Ho Pui
In, Eric Tat Leon Wu , and Edward Waiwa Chan,
University of Macau; Norman B. Mendoza,
University of Macau/Angeles University
Foundation;, Brian J. Hall, University of
Macau/John Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health
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Studies consistently demonstrate that racial and
non-racial discrimination and social conflict are
positively associated with sleeping difficulties
and shorter sleep duration. The aim of this
study was to identify the social correlates of
poor sleep quality among Filipino Domestic
Workers in Macau (SAR), China. Cross-sectional
data were collected through convenience
sampling. The level of everyday discrimination
and social conflict was obtained by self-report.
Total sleep time (TST), onset sleep latency
(OSL), and sleep efficiency (SE) were objectively
assessed utilizing wrist-based actigraphy
methods. A preliminary sample of 17
participants completed the baseline survey and
10 continuous days of daily sleep monitoring.
The average TST for 10 days of actigraphy was
6.2 ± 0.7 hours. The average OSL of 10 days was
26.2 ± 14.8 minutes. The average SE of 10 days
was (82.5 ± 3.5)%. The EDS was positively
correlated with the SCS (r = 0.71, P < .01). The
EDS and SCS were negatively correlated with SE
(r1 = -0.32, r2 = -0.59). These preliminary results
suggested that greater everyday discrimination
was associated with greater social conflict.
Greater everyday discrimination and social
conflict were associated with poorer sleep (i.e.,
sleep efficiency).
SESSION F7 VENUE: LOTUS
Learning Session: Emerging Inclusion
Practices in Higher Education: The Benilde
Experience
Facilitators: Victoria M. Dayao, Catherine
Deen, Royce Hernandez, Arian Anderson
Rabino, Ma Lourdes Legazpi, Christina Sison,
Neil Parinas,
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Increasing number of students with special
education needs now enter higher education.
As such, schools face varied and unique
challenges on how to adapt and address the
special needs of such students. Inclusion,
therefore, has become a key priority in
education globally. De La Salle-College of Saint
Benilde is one of the higher educational
institutions locally that has actively pursued
inclusion. Benilde has quite a number of
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students with special educational needs
enrolled. In this learning session,
representatives from Benilde shall share and
discuss inclusion practices in various stages of a
student’s life, including but is not limited to
admission, learning support, and career
transition. Benchmark policies, documents, and
programs shall be presented to provide
participants with a foundational understanding
of how to initiate inclusion programs in higher
education. Case stories shall be used to
illustrate important principles. Participants are
encouraged to develop their own inclusion
action plans during the workshop.
SESSION F8 VENUE: ROSE
Cognitive Psychology
Moderator: Felicidad Villavicencio, De La Salle
University
F8-1
An Exploratory Study on Humor Schema,
Humor Threshold and Humor Function
Rozel S. Balmores-Paulino, University of the
Philippines Baguio
This paper has qualitatively examined the
humor schema, threshold and functions of
selected Filipino residents in Baguio City,
Philippines by conducting Focus Group
Discussions with Filipino youth, adults and
elderly participants. Humor schema can be
fleshed out through the cognition of humor and
the affective and behavioral dimensions that
are linked with it. Humor cognition is associated
with the funny person as the primary humor
stimulus. The notion of humor has a bias for
positive emotions as the expected consequence
of the humor experience. The behavioral indices
of humor include laughter, specific verbal
responses, and both positive and non-
normative behaviors. The construal of the non-
humorous or the humor threshold is based on
the degree to which humor is hurtful to the
other; humor is in synchrony with the humor
recipient; humor incorporates novelty; the
degree of closeness between the source and
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the recipient; and the perception and context of
the recipient. The functions of humor include a
mechanism for intervention in times of distress;
as a shared activity in social groups and events
that strengthens the social bond; as a form of
communication, social commentary or
forthright challenge to an authority figure; and
as an inherent quality of being human.
F8-2
For Rumination or Distraction: Two Attentional
Deployment Strategies Behind Art-making
Alessandra T. Arpon, De La Salle University
Manila
Art-making is known to provide temporary
emotional repair. In this study, we revisited the
two distinct attentional deployment strategies
behind art-making. Framed by the process
model of emotion regulation, we investigated
how distracting or ruminative art-making can
provide diverse influence on high and low
intensity negative emotion (NE). 124 college
students participated in a 2 (high/low) x 2
(rumination/distraction) split-plot experiment.
NE with low and high intensity were induced
through exposure to emotionally laden
photographs. Half of the participants was
assigned to ruminate by drawing pictures based
on their emotions after seeing the photographs.
The other half was distracted from their
emotion through coloring a mandala. Using
Self-assessment manikin scale, the induced and
regulated emotional valence, arousal,
dominance, and motivational intensity were
measured. Mixed ANOVA analyses determined
the groups’ within and between differences in
the four dimensions of emotion. Findings
revealed that both rumination and distraction,
regardless of the intensity of emotion, can
significantly lower NE’s arousal and
motivational intensity but not dominance.
Furthermore, distraction and rumination can
significantly lower the negative valence of both
high and low intensity NE. However, distraction
can lower NE compared with rumination.
Implications of the study on art therapy were
further discussed.
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F8-3
Modern Gamification: Reducing Stress and
Anxiety through application based attention
bias modification training
Francine Rose Bofill, La Consolacion College
Manila; Raenielle Salas, Ellen Joy Mazo, and
John Danielle Carreon, University of the East
This study serves to validate the effect of an iOS
game called Personal Zen on the level of stress,
state anxiety and trait anxiety of CAS college
students in University of the East – Manila. It
embodies three phases. There were four
hundred and ninety one (491) students that had
participated for the phase one of the study.
Researchers utilized three (3) tests namely the
level of stress test, State and Trait Anxiety
Inventory or STAI (form Y-1 and Y-2) and a self-
constructed survey for frequency of media app
use and gaming. Out of the whole population,
only thirteen (13) were qualified and willing to
participate in phase two of the study. This
phase was also known as the experimental
phase. Participants in phase two were divided
into two (2) groups for the control and
experimental group. The experimental group
was exposed to an intervention that lasted for 8
days utilizing only the iOS game Personal zen for
twenty (20) minutes. There was no treatment
given for the control group. A retest was again
done on the last day of the intervention which
includes the use of the same test measures.
Among those in the experimental group, only
five (5) was willing to proceed on the third
phase which was the qualitative phase. This was
executed by the researchers by using a
validated aide memoire and interviews. Results
showed that there was a significant difference
between the level of stress, state anxiety and
trait anxiety of college students exposed in the
intervention thus the iOS game can lessen
stress and anxiety. The findings from the
qualitative phase also showed that participants
viewed the game as a tool for coping and
learning.
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F8-4
Implicit Theories of Intelligence as Predictors
of Engagement, Disengagement, and Affect
Elmer Dela Rosa, Jaypee S. De Guzman, and
Rhodora I. Dela Rosa, Central Luzon State
University
This quantitative study assessed the relations of
implicit theories of intelligence and
engagement, disengagement and affect.
Questionnaires were administered to 487
college students (41.50% -academic scholars,
65.70% -females, Mean Age = 17.97, SD=1.30).
Controlling for relevant variables such as
gender, age, type of high school, academic
standing and grade point average, series of
hierarchical regression analysis showed that
incremental theory of intelligence predicted
behavioral, emotional and cognitive
engagement and positive affect. On the other
hand, entity theory of intelligence predicted
emotional disengagement and work avoidance.
Results suggest that students who believe that
intelligence is something that one can
significantly change positively engage in class
and experience positive affect while students
who believe otherwise disengage emotionally in
class and avoid classwork that are relatively
difficult.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS G1 TO G8
September 16, 2016
08:30 AM– 10:00 AM
SESSION G1 VENUE: JASMINE
Learning Session: Professional Development:
Avenue for Career Progression
Facilitator: Imelda Virginia G. Villar,
Professional Regulatory Board-Psychology
The learning session is designed to guide the
college/university registered psychometricians
in conducting practical researches which aim to
assess the psychological profile of the students,
leading to the development of a responsive
intervention program with the supervision of
licensed psychologist/licensed guidance
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counsellor. Furthermore, the learning session
will highlight the code of ethics in conducting
research. Likewise, the benefits or significance
of completing researches will also be tackled.
Then, sample completed practical researches
will be presented which can be modelled by the
participants. To enhance participants’ learning,
an activity identifying research topics and
problems will be conducted.
SESSION G2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Symposium: Arts for Healing: The Use of
Intermodal Arts in Psychosocial Interventions
Convenor: Grace B. Evangelista, ArtPsych
Circle/Miriam College
G2-1
Arts for healing: The use of arts in psychosocial
interventions
Grace Brillantes- Evangelista, Tanya Maria
Gonzalez and Joy Ann Malapit, ArtPsych
Circle/University of the Philippines
Diliman/Miriam College; Kristine Faith Moral,
ArtPsych Circle/Ateneo de Manila
University/Miriam College
The purpose of this paper is to narrate the
writers’ personal experience on the use of
visual arts, particularly the Mandala art, and to
describe common themes in the Mandala
outputs. More specifically, the paper aims to
discuss how the Mandala reflects the person’s
inner psyche and the what the common themes
in Mandala-making are among the psychologists
in-training. Some of the notable observations
seen among the Mandalas include (1) shift of
images from concrete natural objects to more
abstract and symbolic figures; (2) shift of focus
from ego-centered perspective to a Self that is
connected to others and the universe; and (3)
saliency of spirituality. Carl Jung’s concept of
individuation of the Self as symbolized by the
mandala will be used as a framework. This
paper offers an in depth insight of the
transformative potential of mandala in aiding
psychological growth among psychologists-in-
training.
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G2-2
Arts-based intervention for “street girls”:
Alternative means of needs assessment
Kristine Faith Moral and Grace Brillantes-
Evangelista, ArtPsych Circle/Ateneo de Manila
University/Miriam College
For each intervention session with a group of
“street girls” housed in a particular shelter,
different art modalities are used as tools to
elicit imageries and metaphors that can help
the girls make sense of their situation and
eventually achieve healing. After the group arts-
based activity/ies, an individual processing
session follows where each girl gets to discuss
about the process she has undergone, her
thoughts and feelings about the process, and
the meaning of the process for her. Apart from
these, the girls are likewise encouraged to
discuss about other concern/s, whether they
may be relevant or not to the session’s topic.
Throughout the course of the program,
although still in place, it has been observed that
1) for some girls, the arts-based intervention
sessions seem to have become a non-
threatening venue where they can express
themselves either through art and spoken
language comfortably and openly; 2) although
not the primary intention of the sessions, the
individual and group behaviors, art outputs,
processing narratives appear to have been able
to shed light on most of the girls’ psychosocial
needs; 3) identification of the girls’ personal
and collective needs may help in developing
recommendations for treatment or further
intervention.
G2-3
Moving to Their Dance: Identifying Therapeutic
Use of Metaphors in Dance Movement
Sessions
Tanya Maria B. Gonzalez and Grace Brillantes-
Evangelista, ArtPsych Circle/University of the
Philippines-Diliman/Miriam College
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This study evaluated dance movement sessions
in arts- based therapy programs across groups
of children and adolescents with history of
abuse and neglect. It investigated the context to
which the dance movement sessions were
developed and implemented using a theme that
was created from the issues and concerns of
the group. In addition, the processes and
experiences of the participants and facilitators
were examined to address the current needs of
the group. As a result, the dance movement
sessions took on a different perspective, moving
away from structured dances towards the
therapeutic use of metaphors in movement.
Guided by the practice of Pranayama, Kundalini,
Tai chi, Qiqong, and healing dances, the
children across the groups made meaning
through metaphors created by them and
suggested to them by the facilitator. In
conclusion, the study supports the use of dance
movement in an arts intervention program as a
means to address concerns of the participants.
Lastly, the evaluation of the dance movement
sessions allowed for openness and flexibility of
the program, as well as sensitivity and
receptivity to needs of the group.
G2-4
Reflections on the use of Mandala in
facilitating personal growth
Joy Ann N. Malapit, ArtPsych Circle/University of
the Philippines-Diliman/Miriam College
The purpose of this paper is to narrate the
writers’ personal experience on the use of
visual arts, particularly the Mandala art, and to
describe common themes in the Mandala
outputs. More specifically, the paper aims to
discuss how the Mandala reflects the person’s
inner psyche and the what the common themes
in Mandala-making are among the psychologists
in-training. Some of the notable observations
seen among the Mandalas include (1) shift of
images from concrete natural objects to more
abstract and symbolic figures; (2) shift of focus
from ego-centered perspective to a Self that is
connected to others and the universe; and (3)
saliency of spirituality. Carl Jung’s concept of
individuation of the Self as symbolized by the
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mandala will be used as a framework. This
paper offers an in depth insight of the
transformative potential of mandala in aiding
psychological growth among psychologists-in-
training.
SESSION G3 VENUE: LILY
Early Intervention and the Challenges of
Parenting
Moderator: Nino Mateo Jose, De La Salle
University-Manila
G3-1
Exploring the Benefits of Mindfulness in
Treating Depression and Anxiety in Children
Malyn Domingo, Melinda Tan, Krizia Javate, and
Ma. Paz Perez, MedMom Child Development
Clinic; Patricia Carmel L. Yap, MedMom Child
Development Clinic/Ateneo de Manila
University; Angel Belle C. Dy, MedMom Child
Development Clinic/Ateneo School of Medicine
and Public Health; Anna Cristina Tuazon,
MedMom Child Development Clinic/University
of Philippines Diliman
Studies have shown significant benefits of the
mindfulness practice for children, including
decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety
and reduced behavioral and anger problems.
This paper presented a case study of an 11-year
old anxious-depressed boy who underwent a
mindfulness skills-building intervention.
Treatment included 10 1.5-hour sessions and
home practice exercises designed to develop
mindfulness, emotional competence,
acceptance, and compassion in children. Pre-
and post-treatment self-report measures on
depression, anxiety, anger, and mindfulness
were administered. Results showed significant
reductions in levels of depression, anxiety, and
anger. Likewise, the client evidenced an
improvement in mindfulness. Implications of
mindfulness as a key process of change
underlying the outcome are discussed.
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G3-2
Conceptualizing an Early Intervention Program
for Early Childhood
Patricia Carmel L. Yap and Angele Belle C.
Dy, MedMom Child Development Clinic/ Ateneo
de Manila University
This paper showcases the conceptualization and
implementation of a transdisciplinary program
in an outpatient clinical setting. The Early
Intervention Program (EIP) is a comprehensive
and holistic program for children 0 to 3 years of
age. The EIP caters to children primarily with
regulation issues and those experiencing delays
in their development. It makes use of Linder’s
Transdisciplinary Play-Based approach for
assessment and intervention and Greenspan
and Weider's DIR/Floortime approach, which
espouses the principles of developmental
appropriateness, individual differences and
relationship-based intervention. Play facilitators
lay the foundation for cognitive functioning,
behavioral, social, and self-regulatory capacities
by first assessing the cognitive, socio-emotional,
communication and sensorimotor domains. An
individualized program is then created based on
the child’s respective developmental capacities.
The EIP also promotes co-regulation between
parent and child to enhance the parent-child
interactions through daily living activities and
play. There are sessions allocated to parent-
coaching opportunities so parents are
empowered to maximize their relationship with
their child that in turn hopes to impact their
development.
With regulation as the root to every child’s
developmental capacity and positive
relationships facilitating efficient learning, the
program hopes to cultivate growth and
maximize every child’s potential through such
components.
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G3-3
Understanding the Experiences of Loss Among
Filipino Suicide-bereaved Parents
Jenika P. Asuncion, Denise N. Peji, and Angeline
Martha P. Beroin, Colegio de San Juan de
Letran, Manila
Suicide in fact becoming global phenomenon
with the increasing cases of suicide worldwide,
particularly among young adolescents. With
these occurrences, parents of the young
adolescents experienced bereavement, left in
state of grief and uncertainty. This study aims to
broaden the understanding of the lived
experiences of parents who have lost a child
through suicide. A total of 8 parents who have
been suicide-bereaved for 2 to 5 years have
participated through face-to-face interviews.
After transcribing and categorizing the
significant statements from the interview
transcription, two essential themes emerged
from the data: The Aftermath of Losing a Child
and Experiencing The Meaning of Loss. These
themes provide a deeper understanding of their
experiences of loss, from the moment of losing
their child, to after the incident, and the
meaning of loss for them since the death of
their child up to the present. These findings lay
emphasis on the grief process of suicide
bereavement, as they continue life as a parent.
Additionally, these themes provide a realization
of the significance of this phenomenon from the
parents’ perspective.
G3-4
MREBT: AN Eclectic Treatment Approach for
Anxious Mothers of Children with Autism
Nancy A. Balatay, De La Salle Health Sciences
Institute
The study made use of single case (N=1)
experiment design replicated six (6) times and
the mixed design, qualitative and quantitative
analyses of data to determine the efficacy of
Modified Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
(MREBT) in altering irrational beliefs and
minimizing the anxiety among mothers of
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children with autism (CWA). The participants of
the study were six (6) mothers of CWA suffering
from high to very high levels of anxiety.
Convenience and chain sampling were applied.
Objective and subjective measures were
utilized. The results of the study before the
treatment revealed that mothers had high and
very high anxiety and were engaged in self-talk
of irrational beliefs that led to self-defeating
emotions and behavior. After the treatment,
they obtained average to high average levels of
anxiety and reassuring personal beliefs were
formulated bringing about helpful emotional
and behavioral transformation. The down trend
of scores from pretest to post test is indicative
of subjects’ anxiety reduction that manifests
considerable improvement in their general well-
being and way of thinking, feeling, coping and
behaving. The study concludes that MREBT is
considerably effective in the alteration of
irrational beliefs and minimizing anxiety. It is
likewise useful as a self-therapy guide for
mothers suffering anxiety.
SESSION G4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Conflict and Stress in the Workplace
Moderator: Jojo Tandoc
G4-1
Handling Organizational Conflict: A Case
Among Women Leaders in Bukidnon
Alisa M. Cabacungan, Central Mindanao
University
Conflict arises when individuals have varied
interests, opinions and thought processes and
are just not willing to compromise with each
other. It occurs when the needs and goals of the
individuals are not in harmony with the goals of
the organization. Hence, effective conflict
management is crucial for any organization to
perform effectively. Through a survey
conducted to 240 women and interview to 15
key informants, this study assesses the women
leaders’ organizational management and
leadership skills. It also examines the issues,
concerns and problems encountered by these
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women leaders and their mechanisms in
addressing such issues. Findings indicate that
there is a relatively positive assessment on
women leaders particularly in terms of
management/leadership and activities. Almost
half of the respondents considered inactive
participation of members as a problem of their
organization and only few of them identified
poor leadership as a problem. Confrontation or
dialogue was identified as mechanism to
address organizational problems according to
more than half of the respondents. It is also
rated as “very satisfactory” mechanism in
addressing organizational problem. Key words:
organizational conflict, management and
leadership activities
G4-2
Worker Stressors and Distressors: Identifying
Occupational Changes and Motivators of
Worker Productivity
Wilfredo II Francis F. Mina, University of the
Philippines-Manila
Different aspects of any workplace environment
can have differing impacts on the productivity,
health and safety, comfort, concentration, job
satisfaction and morale of the people within it.
One important aspect in this dynamic that
should be considered would be the psycho-
social contexts and structures that workers are
exposed to and work in. The study attempted to
identify and assess work-related and work-
induced changes and related motivators. A 52-
item questionnaire was developed in
consultation with 92 Human Resource
Development managers and practitioners from
the Cordillera and Region 1 from 2011-2014.
Government and non-government workers
(n=360) participated in the study. For work
distressors, 2 factors involving on Occupational
Changes (α= .86, vto= 60.19%, N=9) and 6
factors identifying distinct Work-related
pressures (α= .93, vto= 60.11%, N=28) were
identified. Meanwhile, 3 factors on Work
Satisfactions” (α= .877, vto= 53.78%, N=15)
were identified as eustressors and reinforcers.
Implications for industry based psychologists,
counselors, mental health professionals on job-
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fit match of individual traits and workplace
environments will be discussed.
G4-3
Perceptions on Organizational Injustice as
Predictors of Counterproductive Work
Behaviors
John Kerby T. Amanonce, Lady-Ann G. Flores,
Angeline C. Flores, Danilo D. Trine, Jr., and
Rachel C. Reyes-Laureano, Bataan Peninsula
State University
This study sought to determine the extent to
which perceptions on organizational injustice
predicted counterproductive work behaviors
that include interpersonal revenge,
interpersonal violence, organizational revenge
and corruption, among a sample of 200
employees in the City of Balanga, Bataan,
Philippines. Results confirmed that perceptions
on organizational injustice predicted
employees' tendencies to engage in
organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge
and interpersonal violence. However,
perceptions on organizational injustice did not
predict employees' tendencies to engage in
corruption. The results of the study have
implications for possible interventions to
address perceptions on lack of organizational
justice of specific employee groups and to
prevent counterproductive behaviors in the
workplace.
G4-4
Police Training, Gender and Coping Strategies
to Mental Health of Police Recruits
Mel Vinci D. Cruz , Azlie Celine L. Antonio, Lady
Jenny D. Cortez, Princess Jamille L. Gajardo,
Chariza C. Manalac, Alliana Leigh I. Miranda,
Shara Julina D. Ocampo, Carlos N. Buan, Holy
Angel University
The researchers delved into the possible
influence of Exposure to Police Training, Gender
and Coping Strategies to the Mental Health of
Police Recruits as defined by levels of
psychological symptoms. 177 participants from
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Camp Olivas in Pampanga and Regional Training
Center 3 partook the study. They were divided
into three groups defining their exposure to
police training: PNP Applicants (n = 60, Male =
45, Female = 15), Police Trainees (n = 57, Male =
45, Female = 12) and Field Trainees (n = 60,
Male = 45, Female = 15). Brief Symptom
Inventory and Coping Strategies Inventory -
Short Form were administered to quantify the
variables of focus. The results revealed
significant variations among groups in terms of
Global Severity Index, Somatization,
Depression, Anxiety and Psychoticism
symptoms. In terms of gender, female
participants experienced higher distress in
Somatization, Interpersonal Sensitivity and
Depression than male participants. With
regards to coping strategies, Problem Focused
Engagement reduces the manifestation of
distress while Problem Focused Disengagement
and Emotion Focused Disengagement increase
the levels of symptoms. Moreover, Police
Trainees, as compared to the two other groups,
and Females, as compared to Males, use
Emotion Focused Engagement and Problem
Focused Disengagement more than their
counterparts.
SESSION G5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Symposium: Adopting Mindfulness-Based
Cognitive Therapy for Filipino Adults
Convenor: Avegale Acosta, Ateneo de Manila
University and PsychConsult, Inc.
G5-1
The Translation Process: Adopting the MBCT
program for Filipinos
Gilda Dans-Lopez, Ateneo de Manila University
One aspect of translational research involves
adopting interventions that have worked for
one culture, and finding how the same practice
can be beneficial to a different culture. This
presentation is a narration of how the 8-week
MBCT program was adopted to the Filipino
culture. It focuses on the joint development of a
curriculum and training program for Filipinos,
which was a collaborative effort between the
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Bulatao Center for Psychology Services and the
Center of Mindfulness in Toronto. The
presentation discusses key MBCT program
practices, and how these were adopted locally.
It also discusses the highs and lows of working
with foreign counterparts, and examines the
challenges of doing translational work.
G5-2
Impact of a 6-session Mindfulness Program on
the Levels of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression of
Government Employees
Avegale C. Acosta, Ateneo de Manila
University/PsychConsult, Inc.; Charisse Joanna
Grantoza, Fr. Jaime Bulatao Center for
Psychology Services/CRIBS Foundation, Inc.;
Sofia Grace A. Lina, Ateneo de Manila
University/University of the Philippines; Gilda
Dans-Lopez, Ateneo de Manila University/
Bulatao Center for Psychology Services
More and more Filipino workers are
experiencing stress related illnesses, with
anxiety and depression as the most common
mental health concerns. Often, work-related
stress affects one’s productivity at work, family
relationships, and even one’s physical health. A
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
program was conducted in Filipino and adopted
for a group of Filipino government employees
to determine its effect on levels of stress,
depression, and anxiety. We also examined
whether mindfulness skills such as observing,
describing, acting with awareness, nonjudging
of inner experiences, and nonreactivity to inner
experiences would significantly improve for
participants who have 2 months of mindfulness
practice. There were 15 government employees
during the intervention. Pretest-posttest
analysis showed significant decrease in levels of
stress, depression and anxiety, and an increase
in mindfulness skills. Implications for facilitating
mindfulness sessions in the Filipino workplace
will be discussed.
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G5-3
Impact of a 7-session Mindfulness Program on
the Psychological Well-being of
Underprivileged Mothers
Charisse Joanna Grantoza, Fr. Jaime Bulatao
Center for Psychology Services/CRIBS
Foundation, Inc.; Avegale C. Acosta, Ateneo de
Manila University/PsychConsult, Inc.; Sofia
Grace A. Lina, Ateneo de Manila
University/University of the Philippines; Gilda
Dans-Lopez, Ateneo de Manila University/
Bulatao Center for Psychology Services
Mothers often play the caretaker role in the
family. Often, they need to balance work and
family responsibilities. They tend to take care of
others often times neglecting their own well-
being and forgetting to pay attention and take
care of themselves. Poverty too has long been
associated with low levels of psychological well-
being. Mothers from underprivileged economic
backgrounds have been found to be more
prone to higher levels of stress and problematic
relationships. Additionally, they are at a higher
risk for not having their mental health needs
met. A mindfulness based cognitive therapy
(MBCT) program was developed and
implemented to suit the needs of these
mothers. A group of 15 mothers, with ages
ranging from 39-59, participated in the 7-week
program and allotted 2 hours/week in-session.
Results of the mixed methods analysis suggest
that there was an increase in the psychological
wellbeing of the participants. Indications of
better emotion regulation, increased tolerance
for stress, improved family relationships, and
better stress management skills were
thematically extracted. Implications for
facilitating mindfulness sessions to
underprivileged mothers are discussed.
G5-4
Impact of a Brief Mindfulness Workshop for
Public School Teachers
Sofia Grace A. Lina, Ateneo de Manila
University/University of the Philippines; Maria
Lourdes Mesa, Fr. Jaime Bulatao Center for
Psychological Services; Gilda Dans-
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Lopez, Ateneo de Manila University/ Bulatao
Center for Psychology Services
Modes of teaching mindfulness vary, though
many take the form of multiple day workshops
that span several weeks. The focus of this study
is to see the effect of a brief, one-day approach
to teaching mindfulness. A one-day workshop
was prepared, containing two main modules.
The first module focused on the connection
between thoughts, body sensations, and
emotions. The second module focused on
acknowledging interpretations and staying with
difficult emotions. The modules also covered
basic breath exercises. The workshop was
conducted for 20 public school teachers, who
were given the Five-Facet Mindfulness
Questionnaire (FFMQ) before the workshop and
two-weeks after. Paired samples t-test was
used to examine changes in the scores of the
FFMQ. Results showed that, after removing an
outlier, there was a significant increase in the
observing and describing facets. Implications of
a brief approach to teaching mindfulness are
discussed.
SESSION G6 VENUE: SAKURA
Sport Psychology in Action: Applications in
Coaching, Consulting and Open-Educational
Resources
Convenor: Ma. Luisa Adviento, University of
the Philippines-Diliman
G6-1
Coaching Preferences of Filipino Badminton
Athletes
Angelita Cruz and Hyun Duck Kim, Keimyung
University, Daegu, South Korea; Elmer Ariate,
Krus na Ligas High School
This study examined the leadership style
preferences of athletes who competed in the
2014 Palarong Pambansa Badminton event.
Coaching behaviors were measured using the
Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) by Chelladurai
and Saleh (1980). Preference scores were
analyzed and compared based on factors of
gender, age, school division, region, events,
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playing experience, coach’s gender, and
number of years under coach’s supervision.
Results showed significant interaction between
gender of athletes and gender of coaches as
well as significant difference based on years of
training guidance on leadership preferences of
athletes. Overall, athletes in this sample
population expressed their preference for a
coach to often display training, instruction and
feedback behaviors, and occasionally show
democratic, social support, and autocratic
leadership styles. The relative lack of variance
between groups suggests badminton players’
preferences for specific coaching behaviors are
more alike than different. Implications to
coaching practices for improved athletic
performance were discussed in the study.
G6-2
Lessons Learned from Sport Psychology
Consultation for the 2016 Olympics
Marcus Jarwin A. Manalo, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
This account described the reflective practice of
a sport psychology consultant who worked with
the Philippine Boxing Team in preparation for
the 2016 Olympics. Lessons in the consulting
experience were categorized in terms of (1)
gaining entry, (2) assessment tools, (3) service
delivery, and (4) psychological skills training.
Utmost importance was placed on establishing
trust and rapport with the boxers and coaches.
Limited use of psychological inventories as a
form of assessment for this particular
population was recognized. The impact of
service delivery was facilitated by a
collaborative working relationship with the
coaches and by the observation of training
sessions and competitions. Strategies used in
preparing for competitions included: (1)
relaxation, (2) imagery, (3) goal setting, (4)
anxiety management, (5) cognitive
restructuring, (6) positive self-talk, and (7)
refocusing techniques. Common challenges and
concerns of boxers were reported and
additional insights on the consulting process
were also discussed.
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G6-3
Case Study of an Open Educational Resource
Initiative in Sport Psychology for Developing
Countries
Peter C. Terry and Neil Martin, University of
Southern Queensland, Australia; Maria Luisa
Guinto-Adviento, University of the Philippines-
Diliman
The effective design and online delivery of open
educational content in sport psychology is a
relatively new phenomenon in developing
countries. Using self-determination theory as a
frame of reference, the engagement
characteristics and learning experiences of
participants in a free online course, "Elite Sports
Performance: Psychological Perspectives" (Terry
& Martin, 2015), using an open textbook,
“Secrets of Asian Sport Psychology” (Terry,
Zhang, Kim, Morris, & Hanrahan, 2014) were
examined using engagement metrics derived
from web analytics and measures of basic
psychological needs satisfaction. Web analytics
showed that the open textbook posted nearly
5,000 downloads from 103 countries. The free
online course had 1,000 registrants from 107
countries and over 65,000 page views. Findings
from the various measures revealed the
strengths and limitations of these OER
initiatives that may inform future research and
practice in the provision of OER for the
promotion of Sport Psychology in developing
countries.
SESSION G7 VENUE: LOTUS
Psychometrician Training, Licensure, and
Assessment
Moderator: Ver Reyes, Assumption College
G7-1
College Admission Scores and Academic
Performance Predicting Success of
Psychometrician Licensure Examination
Maureen Jean B. Lara, Ateneo De Davao
University
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This study looks into the performance of the 48
graduates who took the first Board Licensure
Examination for Psychometricians. This study
intends to provide an evidenced-based
approach into the review of the policies
particularly on the selection, admission and
retention of the students in the Psychology
Program. Using archival data, this study
examined four pre-determined variables as
predictors of success in the licensure
examination, namely High School GPA,
Cumulative College GPA, Psychology GPA and
entrance examination. Results show that with
entrance examination scores, majority of the
cases fall within the average level of intelligence
and aptitude in the entrance examination. In
terms of High School GPA, Psychology GPA, and
Cumulative GPA, the scores showed
homogeneity in the the data, with the GPA of
the professional subjects showing the least
variability. In terms of the performance of the
graduates in the BLEPP, 19 out of 48 examinees
passed the licensure examination. Among the
four pre-determined variables for this study,
none were significant predictors for success in
the Psychometrician Licensure Examination. A
proposed Plan of Action is forwarded as a result
of this study.
G7-2
Benchmarking: Psychometrician Licensure
Readiness and Competency Development
Ryan B. Corona and Jo-ann E. Porillo, Lyceum of
the Philippines University
The first board examination for Licensure of
Psychometricians was administered by the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in
October 2014 in Manila. Only 1,290 out of 3,283
board takers successfully made registering a
39.29% passing rate. A University Manila
obtained a 29.03% school performance, 10%
below the passing rate. This study seeks to find
out the gap between this Manila University’s
current psychology program practices as
compared to selected colleges and universities
that performed well in the first licensure
examination for psychometrician/s. Through
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the use of validated interview schedule,
information were gathered through key
informant interview. It was designed in a semi
structured to allow the participants and
researchers to further explore the discussion of
the issues. For ethical considerations, the
researchers were able to secure informed
consent, prior to gathering of data. The selected
participants were from five Universities in
Manila. Criteria for selections were those
schools that passed the national passing rate in
the first licensure examination for
psychometrician and with takers not less than
twenty eight (28). A qualitative exploratory
research was employed to discover the
different program strategies that were common
among well performing schools. The readiness
program was developed to improve the system
and make a standard assessment in enhancing
the students’ competency. Categories
employed were faculty strength, textbook,
orientation, screening, curriculum and feedback
mechanism deemed to be contributory factors
in developing the skills of students specially in
preparing them for a licensure exam. From the
data gathered, the researchers were able to
construct a proposed readiness program called
the “Revisiting the Program Model (RPm)”
which was validated by the licensed
psychometrician and psychologist who are
presently connected in academic setting. It
includes four identified areas of concern:
textbook, selection, curriculum and recognition.
This program aimed to increase the competency
of the Psychology students for the
Psychometrician Licensure Exam.
G7-3
Patterns and Trends in the Results of the
Philippine Psychometrician Licensure Exam
John G. Tayaban, Saint Mary's University
Performance in the Licensure exams under the
supervision of the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) is an important quality
outcome indicator for an educational program.
In Oct 2014, the PRC conducted the first
Psychometrician Licensure Exam thus providing
schools an outcome measure that allowed them
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to assess their psychology graduates’
performance. This descriptive archival study
analyzed the results the first two
psychometrician licensure exams to identify
patterns and trends in terms of school passing
rates by region and in the island groups of
Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. It likewise
identified the schools most contributory to
producing professional psychometricians and
the extent to which schools offering psychology
meet the performance standards set by the
PRC. Recommendations for teaching psychology
are proposed.
G7-4
Psychological Assessment Vis-A-Vis
Psychological Therapy And Transformative
Intervention
Gabriel G. Uriarte, Jason S. Joven, Marietta B.
Rasonabe, and Nolan Vidayo, Colegio de San
Gabriel Arcangel
Conglomeration of Psychological Practices was
done with commonality before the enactment
of RA 10029. With the present law
psychological practices was realigned, however
mostly were not done on research based. This
symposium will tackle from the development of
instrument on EQ Scale for Filipino Children
including its validation using CFA and the
qualitative research for Special population. As
well as using the quantitative and qualitative
research on Borderline Personality Disorder
(BPD) based on DSM -V with Dialectic Behavior
Therapy (DBT) as its therapy intervention. And
lastly, the application of the transformative
Intervention Program.
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SESSION G8 VENUE: ROSE
Positive Psychology
Moderator: Elizabeth Suba, Central Luzon
State University
G8-1
Duda (Doubt) and Psychological Wellbeing:
Differentiating Psychologically Healthful and
Non-healthful Doubting
Divine Love A. Salvador, University of the
Philippines Diliman
This paper elucidates the putative relationship
between duda (doubt) and psychological
wellbeing (PWB) based on a comparison of
participants’ narratives vis-a-vis scores on a
measure of psychological wellbeing. Sixteen
(16) Filipino participants, 40-64 years old,
shared their kuwento ng pagdududa (stories of
doubting), and accomplished Ryff’s
Psychological Wellbeing Scale. To help
differentiate psychologically healthful from
non-healthful pagdududa, narratives of high
PWB Scale scorers relative to the whole sample
were compared with narratives of low scorers.
Analysis revealed that participants’ pagdududa
story can be understood in terms of the
“whats” and “hows” of experience. The
distinction between psychologically healthful
and non-healthful pagdududa could be gleaned
from differences in narratives of resolved versus
unresolved doubt. Further investigation could
look into putative gains pertinent to the
following PWB domains: a) personal growth, b)
self-acceptance, and c) positive relationships.
G8-2
The Buffering Effect of Gratitude on the
Relationship between Neuroticism and
Anhedonic Depression
Patricia Simon, De La Salle Araneta University
This study explored the interactive and
independent effects of gratitude and
neuroticism on anhedonic depression. The
tripartite theory of affect deems blunted
positive affect to be tantamount to anhedonia
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(Clark & Watson, 1991), hence gratitude as a
positive affective trait was posited to be related
to anhedonic depression. A sample of 493
undergraduate students completed measures of
the variables. Hierarchical regression showed
that even though gratitude did not appear to
moderate the relationship between neuroticism
and anhedonic depression, it had a significant
main effect on the outcome such that those
who had higher gratitude scores exhibited
lower levels of anhedonic depression, even
after controlling for the effects of both positive
and negative affect. Implications of the findings
regarding gratitude’s utility as a resiliency factor
against anhedonic depression as well as its
potential to buffer against the effects of many
risk factors other than neuroticism are
discussed. Researchers and mental health
practitioners are encouraged to explore the
nature of gratitude as a possible resource of
individuals at risk for developing
psychopathology, as there may be multiple
avenues through which gratitude could be
fostered in psychotherapy and in everyday life.
G8-3
Hope and meaning of life: a Phenomenological
study of cancer patients
Clara Eleanor Arraz, Jhon Jherodes Pie, and
Bontle Maseko, Southwestern University
The purpose of this qualitative study was to
uncover the lived experience of the nine
individual with cancer. The study utilizes
phenomenological approach that explores in
detail the personal lived experience to examine
how people are making sense of their personal
and social world. (Smith,1996). The study used
purposeful sampling, and uses in in depth semi-
structured interview and were analyzed using
Collaizi method of analysis. The following
themes emerged : something is wrong,caught in
the surprise, cancer it is, hope in the treatment
process subthemes ( in pain,in losses, resources
shortage, taking chances and in God) meaning
in life with cancer in it, subthemes( all in God’s
hand, while there is still”NOW”,closer
relationship,wider perspective in
life,appreciation of litte things). Unique
outcomes; sensitivity,caused by
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supernaturals,negative self-image and cancer as as a method or perspective for deciding how to

punishment from God. Participants though
battling with cancer made hope springs and find
meaning on their situations. Findings can be
used for healthcare practitoners, helping
professions,family members and those who are
still battling with cancer.
G8-4
Exploring Therapeutic Songwriting for Filipino
Children with Leukemia
Marisa V. Marin, Philippine Association for Child
and Play Therapy
This study explored the use of songwriting as a
therapeutic tool for Filipino children with
leukemia to alleviate pain and to accept death.
Using a clinical-descriptive phenomenological
approach, 4 children with leukemia were
purposively selected to have individual music
therapy sessions. Findings show that music
therapy, specifically songwriting, can be a
therapeutic intervention for children in pain and
in preparation for their death. Furthermore,
common themes of the songs are discussed and
the role of a skilled therapist is mentioned.
PARALLEL ORAL PRESENTATIONS H1 TO H8
September 16, 2016
10:30 AM – 01:00 PM
SESSION H1 VENUE: JASMINE
Learning Session: Ethics in Psychological
Practice
Facilitators: Ma. Teresa G. Villasor ,
Metropolitan Psychological Corporation, and
Ma. Lourdes A. Carandang, MLAC Institute
for Psychosocial Services
This learning session will put into focus the
need to discuss the ethics of the practice of
psychology especially Clinical Psychology. It’s
very important to the discipline now that many
psychologists have been licenses. It will deal
with the topics – what is ethics? Why do we
need it? General principles are discussed such
as confidentiality, integrity, justice, respect for
people’s rights, and dignity. It discusses ethics
act on analyzing complex problems and issues.
Illustrative case samples will be presented.
SESSION H2 VENUE: PAEONIA
Psychotherapeutic Intervention in Different
Contexts
Moderator: Ma. Isabel Melgar, Ateneo de
Manila University
H2-1
Therapeutic approach using group dynamics:
the case of drug rehab residents
Greggy A. Salanga, Central Luzon Drug
Rehabilitation Center
Group dynamics is a group process that
intended for a particular goal. It is usually used
as tool in identifying issues and problems
among groups. This paper aimed to evaluate on
how group dynamics activities really helps in
the treatment of drug rehab residents. As
results, through this activity they expressed
their guilt feelings by means of sharing their
thoughts to the group. Participation and
openness of residents are more likely beneficial
for their recovery. The group became more
cohesive and helping each other when one of
the member experience distress. These would
imply that group dynamics were helpful in the
treatment of drug rehab residents.
H2-2
Two Paths in the Natural Recovery Process
Among Filipino Drug Dependents
Ramon Clemente Martin F. Lachica, University
of St. La Salle
This study looked into the process of natural
recovery among addicted Filipino individuals
who have remained drug-free in the last five or
more years. Natural recovery refers to the
desistance from substance abuse in the absence
of formal intervention; it involves the ceasing
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participation in recovery activities or treatment.
Exploring the participants’ narratives, a model
involving two paths to recovery emerged: 1.)
the Discrete Path and 2.) the Convergent Path.
Distinct experiences among those who went
through the Discrete Path included a.) The
Turning Point and Cold Turkey Cessation, b.)
Natural Detoxification, c.) “Kapoy/Pagod” and
d.) Physical Relocation. Those in the Convergent
Path involved the a.) Non-acceptance of Their
Addiction, b.) Fun and Pleasure, c.) Social
Element of Addiction and d.) Occurrence of
Lapses. Common themes for both paths
consisted of: 1.) Pagpapahalaga ng, at sa
Pamilya, 2.) Making Sense of the Negative
Consequences of Addiction, 3.) Using One’s Will
Power and 4.) God’s Intervening Hand.
Implications on addictions counselling are
discussed.
H2-3
Psychological Abuse, Somatic Symptoms,
Psychological Capital and Inhibition: A
Moderated Mediation Model
Jean S. Taypa, Gracelle B. Espere, Lynn Dale M.
Ramirez, Hannah Lou E. Virtudazo, and Imelu G.
Mordeno, Mindanao State University-Iligan
Institute of Technology
Psychological distress has been known to be a
resulting factor of psychological abuse, leading
to symptoms of somatization (Zink et al., 2009;
Tilburg et al., 2010). However, there are few
studies showing the moderating role of
psychological capital between psychological
abuse and distress, and the function of
inhibition on the relationship of psychological
distress and the level of somatic symptoms.
Results from a sample of 461 women victims of
IPA showed that psychological abuse affects
somatic symptoms through distress. Further
scrutinizing of results however showed that the
influence of psychological abuse on distress is
conditional to the psychological capital the
victims possess. Moreover, the association of
distress to somatic symptoms severity is
dependent on the degree of inhibition the
respondents show. Overall, the study
emphasized the moderating roles of
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psychological capital and inhibition in the
relationship between psychological abuse and
somatic symptoms with psychological distress
as the mediating factor. The findings are
relevant in the formation of specific treatment
interventions that would increase victims’
psychological capital and lowering of inhibition
attitude.
H2-4
GUDRAIS: A Stress Reducing Therapy
Teresa Q. Amarille, Emilio Aguinaldo College
The GUDRAIS therapy is an indigenous
psychotherapy that was developed by the
research herself and tested to selected orphans
in "Ang Bahay Parola" to evaluate its
applicability and efficiency in reducing stress
among young children. A mixed method of
research was used to determine the
quantitative and qualitative responses.
Specifically, an ABA experimental design was
utilized to examine the effect of GUDRAIS
therapy. An interview was also considered to
verify the quantitative data. Both descriptive
and inferential statistics as well as thematic
analysis were used to analyze the data. The
result showed that the GUDRAIS therapy
marked a significant impact in reducing the
stress level of the participants.
SESSION H3 VENUE: LILY
Symposium: Psychology of Exercise and
Physical Activity
Convenor: Jonathan Cagas, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
H3-1
Perceived Barriers and Benefits of Exercise in
Filipino Adults
Maureen Jean B. Lara, San Pedro College Davao;
Jonathan Y. Cagas, University of the Philippines
Diliman; Nelly Limbadan, Ateneo de Davao
University
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Regular exercise participation is an inexpensive
strategy that has the potential to decrease risk
of cardiovascular diseases. Despite this, many
Filipino adults do not engage in regular exercise.
Some of the perceived barriers identified in the
literature include lack of time, energy, or
motivation, while perceived benefits include
improved physical performance, preventive
health, and social interaction. This study aimed
to identify perceived barriers and benefits of
exercise in a sample of Filipino adults. Data
were collected using an open-ended approach
used previously to explore exercise
participation motives among Filipinos (Cagas,
Torre, & Manalastas, 2014), and using the
Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale (Sechrist,
Walker, & Pender, (1987). The moderating roles
of gender, stages of exercise behaviors, exercise
self-efficacy, and social support, were also
examined. Results of this study may guide
exercise science and exercise psychology
practitioners in understanding exercise
behaviors among Filipino adults.
H3-2
Psychological Well-Being of Dumagueteños:
Does it improve over years of physical activity?
M. Solomon, B. Tumarong, F. Refugio, and
Michele Joan D. Valbuena, Silliman University
In the aim of having a baseline data on the
involvement of individuals in Dumaguete City in
physical activity, a study was done to
investigate the association between the
number of years people have been involved in
physical activity and their well-being. Among
205 participants, most of them were into
running, dancing and crossfit. Having a positive
health, strength and endurance, and developing
good stress coping mechanism were among the
reasons why they continually engaged in
physical activity. While most of the participants
were involved in physical activity for less than a
year, many were also involved in physical
activity for a year, 5 years and 10 years.
Interestingly though, majority of the 205
participants were in the “stress problem” level
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of psychological well-being while most of the
others were in the “positive” level of
psychological well-being. Statistical analysis
showed that there was a significant association
between years of involvement in physical
activity and psychological well-being.
H3-3
Fitspiration: The Power of Social Media in the
Weight loss of a Chronically Obese Patient
Maria Luisa Guinto-Adviento, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
The use of social networking sites to provide
obese people access to community support
from health practitioners, exercise
professionals, and encouraging peers has been
recognized as an innovative way to address
global health issues that include obesity (World
Innovation Summit for Health, 2013). This case
study employed the interpretative
phenomenological analysis (Smith & Osborn,
2003; Smith, Flowers & Larkin, 2009) to
investigate how a particular chronically obese
person made sense of her significant weight
loss of 100 pounds or a third of her total body
weight in 12 months. Five master themes
emerged from the analytic process: (1) mental
preparation prior to weight loss, (2) use of
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to chronicle
her diet and exercise progress in text and image
form, (3) free online access to diet, exercise,
and nutrition advice from experts (4) online and
face-to-face support from peers, and (5)
opportunity to be a “Fitspiration” to others
struggling with overweight. Findings from this
study offer important insight into the
phenomenology of weight loss in a chronically
obese person who engaged in social networking
to achieve her objectives.
H3-4
Identified Regulation as a Predictor of Exercise
Behavior among Young Filipina Women
Jonathan Y. Cagas, Eric Julian
Manalastas, Beatriz A. Torre, University of the
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Philippines Diliman; Chessa Sanchez-Pituk, St.
Paul University Manila
Promoting exercise participation among women
has been an important issue because women
have been shown to engage in less leisure
physical activity compared to men.
Understanding the type of motivation that best
predicts exercise behavior among women is a
good first step to take. Grounded in Self-
Determination Theory, the purpose of this study
is to examine which types of behavior
regulation best predict exercise behavior in
young Filipina women. One hundred fifty-one
female undergraduate students completed the
Behavior Regulation in Questionnaire-2 (BREQ-
2: Markland & Tobin, 2004) and self-report
measures of exercise behavior (frequency,
intensity, and duration). Regression analysis
showed that identified regulation (beta = .36)
was a positive predictor of engaging in exercise
among Filipina women, while amotivation (beta
= -.42) was negatively associated with current
exercise behavior. These results are consistent
with past literature (e.g., Wilson, Sabiston,
Mack, & Blanchard, 2012), highlighting the
importance of identified regulation, or
conscious valuing of the activity, as a key to
high levels of exercise behavior.
SESSION H4 VENUE: SUNFLOWER
Symposium: Philippine Political Psychology
Convenor: Ma. Cecilia G. Conaco, University of
the Philippines
H4-1
Personality Traits, Moral Foundations,
Religiosity, and Separation of Church and State
as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Social Issues
Danielle P. Ochoa, Christie P. Sio, and Diwa
Malaya A. Quiñones, Univeristy of the
Philippines-Diliman
Public perceptions play a strong driving force in
legislation, especially when hotly contested
issues are concerned. Among the most
polarizing are issues that involve a clash
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between Church and State: abortion, divorce,
same-sex marriage, and the RH Law. Both
supporters of and dissenters typically use moral
discourse in their arguments; others also
ascribe certain characteristics to people who
support or oppose these issues. Given these
various factors, we investigated the
contributions of traits, moral foundations,
religiosity, spiritual openness, and attitudes
toward separation of Church and State to
predict attitudes toward the aforementioned
issues. Regression analyses of our survey data
(N = 205, mean age = 19.09) revealed that
religiosity influenced attitudes towards these
issues in a negative direction. Similarly, morality
predicted negative attitudes through the moral
foundation of Purity/sanctity. However, the role
of these variables was, for some issues,
attenuated by individuals’ attitudes toward
separation of Church and State. Personality
traits were least influential, with significance
reduced when other variables were taken into
consideration. Differences in patterns for the
predictors per issue will also be discussed.
H4-2
Who’s Tibak ba?: Personality and Moral
Foundations as Predictors of Political Activism
Orientation
Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones, Danielle P. Ochoa,
and Christie P. Sio, University of the Philippines-
Diliman
Individuals vary in their degree of political
activism. The psychological literature reports
that there are less in the population that
actually report to being more politically active
than others. This is confirmed in the sample of
college students surveyed in this study. Beyond
that, this research also seeks to test whether
personality traits, moral foundations, social
dominance orientation, and religiosity predict
people’s political activism orientation. The
testing of these variables is founded on the
assumption that more proximal variables (i.e.,
personality, self- related) are stronger
predictors of people’s political activism
orientation. Multiple regression analysis
confirms this. Examining the individual
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contributions of these variables, only the trait
of extraversion and the moral foundation of
fairness/reciprocity significantly vary political
activism orientation scores. These findings are
discussed as they align with the current
literature on political psychology and as
contextualized in the Philippines.
H4-3
Why Do I Vote Thee? Let Me Count The Ways -
- Moral Foundations, Social Issues, and
Personality Traits as Predictors of Choice for
President
Christie P. Sio, Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones,
and Danielle P. Ochoa, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
While research on electoral behavior has
focused traditionally on political ideology, party
identification, perceptions of candidates,
campaign events (e.g., debates, scandals,
political ads, etc.), and social affiliations (e.g.,
membership in religious organizations), the
current study explores the influence of voter-
level individual differences in personality,
morality, and attitude towards social issues on
electorate's choice of presidential candidates.
Controlling for conservatism, logistic regression
analysis performed on data collected from 203
respondents (females = 135; mean age = 18.99)
with moral foundations, social issues (e.g.,
abortion, divorce, death penalty, same sex
marriage, independent Bangsamoro, etc.), the
Big Five traits and social dominance orientation
as predictors found preference for candidates
vying for presidency to be a function of specific
moral, social, and personality factors. Though
endorsement of Binay within the sample was
too low to be analyzed, results for the
remaining candidates (Duterte, Poe, Roxas and
Santiago) point to the potential role and
contribution of intra-voter individual
differences and predispositions in
understanding voting decisions and electroral
preferences.
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H4-4
Blind followers or thinking sheep, analyzing
whether the Filipino people think of who
they're voting for
Vince Patrick R. Gochan and Jame Bryan L.
Batara, University of San Carlos
Elections have always been a curious thing both
in the present and in the past, and it will most
likely be a significant thing in years to come as
well. Through a survey, the present study aims
to find the motivation of Cebuano respondents
in voting and how relevant they see exercising
right to suffrage. Results indicate that the
respondents are more intrinsically motivated
and view exercising their right to suffrage as
relatively relevant. The most interesting
implication for these findings point to the idea
that the respondents engage in systematic
processing of information, that is, they gather
enough information about the election
candidates and process these information in a
cognitively relevant manner. The present study
implies that Cebuano respondents are thinking
voters and view voting as a meaningful social
responsibility. Further implications of the
present study are discussed in light of the
theories in information processing.
SESSION H5 VENUE: CAVAL VINE
Learning Session: Behavior Management
Strategies in Dealing with Children
Facilitator: Jonathan Emmanuel Sison, Curious
Tykes Early Childhood Development Center
Objective: The session aims to develop among
the participants the following: 1) knowledge on
behavior management strategies in dealing with
children and their effects and consequences,
2)capability in choosing behavior management
strategies based on his/her adhered principles,
and 3) skills in implementing desired strategies.
Coverage: The workshop will focus on child-
participant interaction particularly on behavior
management by introducing methods of
handling different behavioral situations. This
involves a comparative analysis of the desired
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behavior vis-a-vis the actual behavior of a child.
Cases to be presented involve preschool
children and teachers but discussions will not
be confined to the preschool setting. Analysis
will tackle the socio-emotional development of
children, focusing but not limiting on Erik
Erikson's Development Theory in the early
stages. Procedure: I. Dialogue on background of
the topic and expectations; II. A. Presentation of
three (3) cases through video clips followed by
group analysis of each case, and B. Presentation
of participants' cases through role playing
followed by group analysis; III. Synthesis and
synopsis of what transpired in the workshop.
Participants: Should have interest in child
development and conflict resolutions.
SESSION H6 VENUE: SAKURA
Symposium: Implementation of Community-
Based Child and Family Mental Health
Programs
Convenor: Joanna Herrera, MedMom Child
Development Clinic
H6-1
The Process of Inter-Institutional Collaboration
and Implementation of Community-Based
Mental Health Programs
Joanna Herrera and Anna Tuazon, MedMom
Child Development Clinic
Community-based settings are an ideal place to
implement mental health programs for because
it provides an opportunity to bring needed
services into the natural environment of
children and families, thereby reducing
problems related to access and stigmatization.
However, implementing programs in the
community has its unique opportunities and
challenges. Successful implementation involves
several key factors including: (a) securing
support form key stakeholders, (b) providing
leadership for implementation and change, (c)
providing effective training and technical
assistance, (d) creating effective and
sustainable structures that support
implementation, and (e) carefully monitoring
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how well the interventions adapt to the needs
of the population. This study outlines and
expounds on the process of inter-institutional
collaboration and mental health program
implementation. Drawing from the developing
research and practice of implementation
science, it aims to present a framework for how
services can be delivered in full partnership
with the community stakeholders to optimize
resources and render impactful, high quality
care.
H6-2
Community Mental Health in Hospitals for
Pediatric Cancer Patients and their Families
Rod Penalosa and Carlos Pizzaro, MedMom
Child Development Clinic/University of the
Philippines
Young people with serious illnesses such as
cancer are at higher risk for mental health
issues. For the poor sector of the population,
the nature of the disease, the need for
specialized but expensive treatment regimen
cause considerable stress to the family as it
drains them of their limited financial resources.
This results in helplessness and, at times,
abandonment of treatment. A high incidence of
depression and suicidal ideation has been
reported among adolescent patients receiving
cancer treatment in a local government
hospital. This study presents a community
mental health model of care implemented at
the said hospital. The model aims to address
the various needs of adolescents being treated
for cancer. It also addresses the issues that arise
within the family support system. The
significant components of this model include
psychological, social and spiritual support.
Psychoeducational programs have been
developed to improve well-being, treatment
compliance, and foster resiliency among
patients, their parents and families. Helping
skills and self-care strategies have also been
provided to the medical team, hospital staff and
volunteer groups. The improved prognosis from
better compliance and resilient attitude of
young patients, together with growing
community interest, involvement and support,
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indicate positive impact and effectiveness of
the model.
H6-3
Promoting Mental Health Care in Schools: A
School-Wide Screening Process
Joanna Herrera and Krizia Javate, MedMom
Child Development Clinic
Mental health problems have become
increasingly prevalent among children and
adolescents. Lack of awareness about warning
signs and the stigmatization attached to help
seeking are factors that hinder access to
psychological services. To date, few institutions
practice school-wide screening for mental
health risk at the individual or community level.
This study presents a mental health screening
process conducted at a progressive school in
Metro Manila. The Achenbach Child Behavior
Checklist and Teacher Report Forms were used
to screen mental health and learning needs
ranging from preschool to seventh grade
(N=280). A schema for the systematic
identification of levels of risk and need for
further assessment and intervention was
developed. Data was interpreted at the
individual and group levels to generate
information for parents and school staff about
how to best support the socio-emotional and
learning needs of students. Results showed
internalizing problems, (i.e., depression,
anxiety) frequently occurs among the students.
The screening process culminated in a
collaborative action plans for students who
presented with immediate needs. Findings
emphasize the importance of mental health
screening and improving care coordination that
may promote student well-being. Suggested
school-based clinical interventions and
prevention programs that may enhance
resilience and promote healthy development
are provided.
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H6-4
The Dance to Resilience: Understanding the
Children in Disaster- Risk Communities
Ma. Leonila Vitug-Urrea, University of the East
The study brought out the voices of 9 -12 year
old children with manifestation of resiliency by
understanding further how they thrive in a
disaster- risk area; the ensuing results further
elucidate the resiliency process and the
interaction and reciprocal nature of adversity
and the protective factors in the development
of resiliency. Explicitly, the present research has
grasped the following protective factors of
these resilient children who coped well in flood-
prone communities in the National Capital
Region: self-esteem, sense of identity, problem
solving abilities, adaptability, and their internal
locus of control. Besides, it identified the family
environment they come from and the
community resources available to them.
Accordingly, the results of the study assisted in
the development of resiliency intervention
program which is contextually and culturally
meaningful. Intervention Program, Protective
Factors, self-esteem, sense of identity, problem
solving abilities, adaptability, internal locus of
control, family environment, community
resources
SESSION H7 VENUE: LOTUS
Abnormal Psychology
Moderator: Angel Antonio, University of Asia
and the Pacific
H7-1
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Cognitive
Stimulation Therapy on Individuals with
Neurocognitive Disorders
Richthofen C. De Jesus, University of Santo
Tomas
Neurocognitive Disorders are becoming more
prevalent, especially among the Filipino Elderly.
In lieu of this, the identification of effective
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intervention methods that could promote an
improved quality of life is at the forefront of
Neuropsychological Research. In this
longitudinal study, sixteen (16) patients who
were diagnosed with various Neurocognitive
Disorders, which were subsequently asked to
undergo Cognitive Stimulation Therapy were
monitored. The goal was to identify if the
intervention was effective in improving their
cognitive abilities. Based on the results, it was
noted that most of the patients did not really
post any improvement, but rather just
preserved of their initial cognitive abilities.
Despite these observations, it was proven that
the intervention was still effective, since it has
arrested the continuous decline of the patients’
cognitive abilities.
H7-2
Predisposed Borderline Personality Disorder
Dr. Marietta B. Rasonabe and Dr. Jason S.
Joven, SPCBA/CDSGA
Pre Borderline Personality Disorder (PreBPD)
Dr. Jason S. Joven Dr. Marietta B. Rasonabe
ABSTRACT Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) occurs after a person experienced or had
witnessed traumatic event. DSM IV- TR (2000)
classifies symptoms of PTSD into three
categories: re- experiencing frightening
thoughts, avoidance and hyper arousal
symptoms. Hoffman (2003) showed evidence
that PTSD and BPD are closely related. This
study explored if Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) is related to Pre Borderline Personality
Disorder (PreBPD). It uses two instruments:
PTSD Checklist Civilian Version and BPD
symptom checklist. A total of two hundred Fifty
(250) call centre agents with a mean age of 30
years old were purposively used as the
respondents of the study. Results showed: 19%
experienced being robbed or mugged. Of those
being robbed or mugged 43% developed PTSD
and 68.75% were predisposed to BPD.
Correlation analysis showed that: re-
experiencing frightening thoughts, avoidance
and hyper arousal symptoms positively relates
to BPD. In regression analysis BPD determine
PTSD.
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H7-3
Personality Profile as Correlated to Level of
Stress Among Overweight Employees: Basis for
Eating Disorder Management Program
Diwata A. Macatangay, Manila Tytana Colleges
The study emerged from a need to address
minimizing healthcare cost from overweight or
obese employees of a BPO company. Its aim
was to determine the relationship between
demographic profile, personality profile and
perceived stress of overweight or obese
participants from a call centre set-up company.
Method employed was a cross-sectional
correlational study where personality scale was
measured using Neo Five-Factor Inventory-3
(NEO-FFI-3); stress was determined through
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS); and a demographic
questionnaire was used to obtain age, sex,
length of stay in company, height and weight.
The study had 54 participants who were
overweight employees (mean age of 32, 48%
male, average of 6 years being employed in call
centre company). Result that showed significant
relationships (p<0.05) were between
personality trait Neuroticism and perceived
stress; and Extraversion and perceived stress. It
suggests that negative affect are common to
overweight/obese individuals. It also implies
that sociable overweight/obese individuals tend
to enjoy large gatherings with abundance
supply of food. Extroversion was identified as
prominent characteristic of the obese
participants suggestive of potential use of
personality measures to determine appropriate
intervention program. Sex is likewise
significantly associated (p<0.05) with
Neuroticism. A proposed eating disorder
management program for obese individual was
produced where results of the study served as
guidelines.
H7-4
The Silence on Mamasapano: Working Out an
Agenda for Psychosocial Support and Peace
Psychology Applications
Gail Tan Ilagan, Ateneo de Davao University
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September 14 – 16, 2016
Dominant discourse and counter-discourse
drown out, suppress, ignore, or silence marginal
voices, virtually excluding them from
contributing crucial information needed to
clarify the controversial Mamasapano event of
January 25, 2015. This paper reports on action
research procedures employed by the Ateneo
de Davao University Center of Psychological
Extension and Research Services (ADDU
COPERS) in identifying through a survey the
messages about Mamasapano registered by
university students a week after the fateful
event. By working out what voices were missing
from the survey findings, these sectors were
targeted to surface their views for the purposes
of assessing their post-disaster psychosocial
support needs and adjusting COPERS’
engagements for interventions to support the
Mindanao peace agenda. Implications for peace
education, psychological applications, and
north-south collaboration on the issue of
autonomy for special regions in the Philippines
are further discussed.
SESSION H8 VENUE: ROSE
Development of Educational Assessment
Tools
Moderator: Jerome Ouano, De La Salle
University
H8-1
Development of Career Needs Assessment
Tool for High School Students
Teresita O. Cruz, Holy Angel University
One important characteristic of achievement-
oriented individuals is career decisiveness
which is initially put into test during
adolescence, the stage when high school
students have to choose a career track. This
study is aimed at developing Career Needs
Assessment Tool (CNAT), a 30-item instrument
designed to determine the needs of high school
students in terms of career decision making.
Personal and social factors believed to be
influencing adolescents are considered as
domains namely, self-awareness, motivation,
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access to resources and information, academic
performance, and adult supervision. Self-
awareness includes knowledge of interests,
strengths, weaknesses, skills, and abilities. Two
hundred respondents from a secondary school
were selected for the initial run of the
instrument. Results will be analyzed using
confirmatory factor analysis. The material is
seen to be essential to school counselors and
psychologists particularly in career counseling.
H8-2
Developing a Career Themes Inventory for
Filipino High School Students Using the Graded
Response Model
Kathlyn T. Caragay, University of the
Philippines-Diliman
The presentation will feature test development
using an item response theory approach. The
results of an item analysis using the Graded
Response Model (GRM) for constructing a
Career Themes Inventory for Filipino high
school students (CTI-HS) will be presented.
Items on career interests, preferred activities,
potential abilities, values, and self-concept were
constructed based on Holland’s six codes—
Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social,
Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC). These
items were pretested on Grade 9 students of
selected public high schools in Quezon City. The
selection of items using the GRM will be
demonstrated. Selected items have high a-
parameter estimates, operating characteristic
curves reflecting response patterns aligned with
the trait continuum, and information functions
indicating good reliability. The practical
significance of interpreting b-parameter
estimates will also be highlighted. The nature of
selected items according to the
conceptualization of RIASEC, as well as future
directions of the development of the CTI-HS,
will be discussed.
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September 14 – 16, 2016
H8-3
Development and Validation of Youth
Mentoring Attachment Scale for School-based
Mentoring Program
Floyd Batongbakal, University of Santo Tomas
As there is no developed attachment
instrument yet published in existing literature
specific to mentoring, this study aims to create
an instrument that measures the markers of
secure base attachment that an adolescent
protégé develops with the youth mentor.
Secure attachment with a mentor can be a
possible construct that contributes to success in
mentoring relationships and the promotion of
the adolescent’s mental health. Items for the
scale were initially generated by the researcher
through literature review and focused group
discussions. These items were subjected to
expert validation. The different forms of the
scales were administered to high school
students (N = 1,000) who are under a formal
school-based mentoring program. The three
stages for establishment of validity and
reliability were the small pilot group
administration, initial large group
administration, and confirmatory group
administration. Convergence validity was done
by correlating the scale with two existing
standardized scales. Concurrent validity analysis
was done with an administered survey used for
performance appraisal of mentors. Exploratory
Factor Analysis and Graded Response Model
were used to identify items to be retained for
the Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
H8-4
Building Disaster Resilient Schools Through
Psychosocial Intervention Program
Rudya A. Roallos, Bicol University
An inquiry was made on the psychosocial
intervention resources for trauma of
educational institutions in Albay, the strengths
and weaknesses including the threats and
opportunities of the practices and then
proposes a paradigm on the intervention for
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preparedness, response and recovery.
Documentary analysis; focused group
discussion; survey; and, interview were used to
identify the psychosocial intervention practiced
from a population sample of 20% (31) randomly
chosen from 154 schools. The findings revealed
that psychosocial intervention resources of
schools is inadequate as to qualified and trained
guidance personnel, availability of psychological
instruments, facilities, administrative, faculty
and parents support, financial resources and
linkages to external agencies and specialists.
The identified intervention activities focused
more on drug abuse prevention, bullying, abuse
prevention, teenage sexuality while program for
disaster and climate change adaptation was
given least priority. The strengths of the
identified intervention were preventive and
responsive to students’ needs, and the high
commitment of guidance personnel despite
weaknesses in the psychosocial intervention
resources. The opportunities identified were; a
chance to provide and upgrade special
trainings, establish external linkages, offer
scholarships for Guidance counselors and revisit
the budget allocation of institutions to
overcome the threats on the legal provisions in
the practice of profession. A framework on
psychosocial intervention assistance flow was
developed from the identified practices,
strengths and weaknesses to achieve
collaborative efforts of the schools and partner
agencies to help provide a higher percentage of
disaster resilient schools which in turn results to
a high level of resiliency among the Albayanos.