fiipana - Angeles

HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

ADTUSTM ENT AN D

POSMYITY

AMONG

TECHNICAL.VOCATIONAL

STUDEI{TS: MODEL TOWARDS A

COMPREHENSM

GUIDANCE

PROGRAM

A Thesis Presented

to the

Faculty of Graduate School

of

Education Holy Angel University

Angeles City

In

Paftial Fulfillment

of

the

Requirements for

the

Degree Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling

Edmon

v. fiipana

April 2016

HOLY ANGEL TNIVERSITY

ADJ USTM ENT AND POSITIVITY ^{AMONG TECH} NICAL-VOCATIONAL STU DENTS :

MODEL TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE ^PROGRAM Edmon Y. Sampana

Abstract

The study

describes

the

demographic

profile,

positivity, academic performance,

and

adjustment,

and

presents the predictors

of

college adjustment among

a

sample

of

⁹⁰

students from the different courses of Ama Computer Learning Center ^(ACLC) San Fernando Campus, covering

1*

Semester A.Y. 2013-2014 up

to

^2nd Semester A.Y. 2At4-2015.

It is

a

step towards

a

Comprehensive Guidance Program. ^Positivity showed

no

significant correlation

to

academic peformance and demographic profile,

but

significant relationship ^resulted

to

adjustment

in

line

with

its concerns on academic, career, and family

as

well as

on

depression and substance abuse.

Academic performance,

on the other hand,

showed no significant relationship to demographic profile in terms of age, gender, parenYs marital status, and last ^school attended; but significant relationship resulted to course, ordinal position, and

economic status. Academic

performance

also

^showed

significant correlation

to

adjustment

in line with

^anxiety,

depression, career problem, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse domains. Regression analyses showed that demographic profile

in

terms

of

gender, economic status, and school ^last attended as well as academic performance are the ^prcdictors of adjustment in line with ^academic problem, career ^problem, depression, interpersonal problem, _substance abuse, and suicidal ideation domains. These findings

have

significant implications and render valuable inputs in the formulation of a comprehensive guidance program for ACLC.

Education seryes as a gateway from

the

bondage

of

ignorance to the attainment

of

unchaining

povefi. It

is

the

source of strength and value

for

our existence against discrimination and degradation

of

rights.

It

allows us

to

^grow and

fulfill our

mission towards a ^personal goal, maximizing

potentialt

and equipping innate skills and abilities.

It

is also an aid

to

human being in the pursuit of wholeness implying

the

harmonious development of

our

potentialities