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UNIVERSITY OF THE ASSUMPTION GRADUATE SCHOOL

FAMITY VALTJES: THEIR HANIFESTATION.S IN CHILDREN' iJ BEHAVIOR TENDENCIE.S

An Abstract Preeenteri

to

the Faculty of the

Graduate School

Univereity of the

Aeeumption

In Partial Fulfillment

of the

Requi-rement

for

L}le Degree Maeter

of Arte in

^Education

by

Rcrbineon

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Title: 'F"AMILY VALL]HS: f ijlilR l"jAlJi i'-l1ii'l'A i' j{)l\lil _IN

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Any undertaking ^geared towards development must

take into ^cone j-deration the strc,,ng influence of the family: its values anci beharric,ral tendencies- It is the famiiy that can either ;rccept or resist changes for the prif,F;ress of the natj-on-

Tiris $tucl1' aims to i-nvest,igate Llrc values of panents and their manifeeiabic.ns irr chil-dren- s behavior' tendencies in four lla.r-atrgayc in San Simon, f'amp's11g.

nane l5z; San Juan, San Jc,se . llarr F'erl.t'r' ancl Sta - ^{llonir:a .} Slatement ,:f the }lrr:r1:iem:

1" \{hat are t.lie vlalLles ,:f' ;,i'l'o-ti1. re sp,c'tr'1e,;l.t,,t'.' 2 - tto t,he p'nrent,e' l,'a1Lr",,ro; r:l i rl njl' '^rhen grc,rtp*''j

accor'dirri,. ^1;o:

3. What are the ^r.'alues r"ranifest*d by

tendencies of childr'en'/

trl.-,rrt:lr i :,,

r, i: f z*tt, ', : ^'l

tire behavlc

4 " ^Dr: children ^- s rral,ues dif fier b5' a€€ , ^educat ional leveJ-, €irl:t, and gross mcnt:hll, income af family?

5 . Are parents' anci chi ldren ^- s valueg ^re laterl'/

Froeedure and lteeearch Design:

This otudy adopted

st-L,

l:'- iri gi:est ecir:ca-t tcn,:r.1.

attainnent

queetionnaire

\dtas the main

t: J:o

i.lt.{i oma

the tlescriF,live mettrod of whi.ch wa$ rlr;lrsloped ii1' tire

instrument -in ga.therj-ng data.

researeh.

reSearcher

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The reepondents of the study were families four barangays of San Simon, Pampanga-

stage random sampl-ing design, a tota]

mbers, that is, one parent and one chi

Utilizing

^a

of

I52

]d in

^each

from

two- fami15'

of

⁷⁶ families were identified ^&5 p€sprendents.

Statistical Treatment ^;

The €athered ^{daba were} anal1'2s4 and in'i;erpreted using the rnean scores and standard deviatione ag

descriptive measures to d.etermine tire respondents- t.alues- For comparative ineasures, the t-t,cst was used to deter'- mine the signifj-ca:nt differences in lhe values .:f ^the

monthly income- To tesL lhe eignifi,:ant ciiffarence of ^t]:e respondenbs whe:: grouped according to educationa] leve1, the ^{ANOVA was} used. Pearscln-s I'roduct-Moment Coefficient Correlation was u-sed to assess the relaticnship between

parents' and children-s values- C':efficiente of Determinatiorr were contp,uted 1;o find out the Fropcrti.ct't ^of.

the deper:dent variable which may be explained sins315, by

the indepenrleni variable F'indings:

l-. 1 Tire pert'ents placed d ^\r€rL'*rr !iigh p,rir;rii1' ^f ':r' r,lie

value af Fakikipagkapwa-tao-

l. 2 The valrres of Family Orient,ation, Fle:<ibi 1i t5r.

Faith and Relig!osit,y, Self-Ltiet:ip'iit:e"

Assertiveness and Initiat ive. and ^{Nati u.'nalisnr}

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were found to be high:Ly valued }:y the ^parenbs.

2.1- T'here vras no slgltif icant dif ference in tlie value f,'ric'rit i€s r:f p,arents when ^gr'ruped according lo ege.

2-2 T'irere wasi no eignifj.cant clifference in the vaiues of parenf* i-n t,errns of F)akikipagkapwa*

tao, Fanii-ly Uri*ntaticn. Flexibility, Fait,h anci

Religicioity,, l:lelf-Disciplirie. rrrd Nationa.lism when grouped ar:cordj-ng to higha.st educe.tinnal attainmenl.

T]:e o}:ta ined F-value f'rr Aesertiveness and

Initialirre revealed a eignificant dif,ference in the pal"ent6' preferences for t,his value when

grcuped accorrling to educ.rtic;nal atlairrment- Fathers and mothere cio not differ significantly in the preference aesigneci to lhe 6even valupa.

There is no significant differencr: between the,

values r:f, parents r,,'i*"h i:,.,e.i.ow inean incr:me and

p.o*ni* with meein and abo-re ince-.,me on the iir!-aas

of F'airii-ri1:,agl:;rpwa-tao, Iiarrily r]rienta.tion, and

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Nat icnal isn ^.

? - 6 F'ar"ents whcse income is mean ani a'bovr: were

si5lnif icantly h3-gher than parerrt$ wi"tir be 1.r,w

mean income on the areas of, Fle>libilit,y, Fai-r-h

and Religiosity, Self-D:-scip,1ine. Ar;seriirierress;

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3-1 The i:hjldren E:cored ver'l' high in the. val,:e F'akikir,agkapwa-tao

3-2 The cllildren assigneci irigh valuea for Ianiily Orientation, Flexibility, Faith and

Reli6ic'eity, 5e1f-Di,scipline, AssertivenesE and

Initiative, and Nationalism.

4. 1" Children wj bkr mean aird above age$ were

significantly better lhan the children wj-th below m€an agils on the rralue ttf Faki.kipagkapwa-

t,ao -

4.2 Ther:e was no s,i"gnificanl difference irr ^t:}tr:

value; c,f children in t,irmg t.f F:nri l;, Orientalion, Fl e"xibil j-ty, iiaitir and

Religicsity, Self-Discip'j-ine, Assertir.enes.s and

Initiative, and Natiana-Lism when thel' are grouped accorciing to age.

4 - 3 Chiidren who ^cr.r€ in lhe ^{jrr I lege leve i ^rn'ere significarrily better ltian the children v..ho Erre

in the El-ementary or lii5lh Schc'ol le\,;:l ,:,n lhe v;rlue of Assertiveness and Initiative"

4-4 ^Tire re was r-ro sign.if irant dif ferenr:e Ln ihe

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tac.r, !'arnily Orient,aLiln, iir,:r:i^l-, ^r--l -r- i-1,, l";:i i}', ^err-ic Religicait5'" Self-ttisc:i,p1ine, and ldarliana-l-isrr when t.helt ^we r"* ^grcuped e ,:tr-Ci-np t'- e,iu.-ar-i';-rri,ll-

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4 "5 There rvas ^r1o sig:rif icarrtt 'lif ^f er'ence rrn ^i-i-ie values of male cl'lil,li:en ai,rl ft-naie ,:hilcir'err on a L 1 tire areal; , ^n;rme iy ^{: [:'ak} i k ipagtriap,wa'- t ao,

Family Crientation, ^F le.'<jiri Lity" Failh ^trnd ileJ"igiol;iilo, .!jelf*'itiscitr'iinc " Aarertivene;s ^and Initiative, a:rd Nationaliam-

4-6 There rdu:; no signif.irarit difference in r;lre

values of chi-ldren ir: ierna r;f Fal:j"l"lipagiial:'w,a-

taoo Famii5, t)rienLalion, F1e.'.lii:iiir;y, Iiaich ^;rl-Irf

Re iigiosi-ty, Self*liiac r1.,linr: , and blation:r-l-.j-orn vrhen €rc'ui:,scl accora.ing lr:' gross nonthly ^j-ncc'tne

of farnili..

4-7 Children belanging to higl:er incoine families were significantly betti:r than the cirildrr:n having belnw meari famiI1. ^income on bire rrai-ue rtf Assertiveness ai-rd Initial, irre

5.1 Ther'r: is n': signrf ir-'anf ^rrj tlr* vairte$ 'ff ^{t'arenllE alri-l cii}

Fami l:,r {Jrient,at ic;n ^-

5 .::. The ^..'al.utl rr ctl 1-'ar'*rri-r; ^vJer le la"t ':,j with t-hr: ^i:,*h _-i- ^r,-,r,' childr.,.'r: in terlnr ^,-r t ^f 'a F lexibili ^i,y " Faith an'l iie.j DiscipJ- ine . Assert ivenerls-; at:rl,

Iiationa1ism.

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Conc lusionc;:

Based on the findings of this study, the following concl-usions were ^drawn:

The values of parents accordi,ng to p'riori.ties are: F'akikipagkapvra-tao, Itaith and Religioeiby,

Farni 1y

Orientation,

Asserti.veness and

3.

Farenls with higher inccme placed ^a higher value on Flexibility, Fai.th and

Religiosity, $e1f-Discip,line, and Asserti-veness and Initiative than did the lower ^{income group-} The values of children according to their priorities are ^Pak j-itipagkapwa,--tao, _Family Orientation, SeLf-DisciPline, ^{Flexib j" l} ity, Faith and Religiosity, Assertivenesg and

Iriiliative, and Nationalisrn-

4. rf,lde:' children ^placeci a higher value prir:rity on F'akikipagkaFwa-tao than dicl tire ^liunllg€r' ones.

Initiative, Self-Disc Natic:nalisrn"

Educat iona.i Attainrnent the priority given bY

and Initiative.

Children

higher

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ipl ine, Fle:<ibil-iLy, and

effects a clifference in parents to Assertirrettess

on the coll-ege level placed ^a on'Aseerlir,'eness anci Initiative.

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income families.

5 " There is a relaiionship' between p,arent and

cirildren values in the ar,eas ctf Fakikip,agkapwa- tao, Felxibility, l'ailh and Religir;eity, Self- Discipline, Assertivenees and Initiative, and

National ism.

Reconimendat ions:

Based on tirese conclusions recommendations are ^presented:

the following

l. Both parenis have to coope::ate with one anoi:irer

2.

in showing good examprls5 through what thel' ^s&5r and do in or.der to develop anong their childr'en desiratrl-e valuec.

Young couples shoul,l plan and prepa.re fr:.r

married }ife so that they carr F,rovide a ^,lecent living for their familf including t,he educatic-,n

of their future childrerr - Faclcrs sucir ag

lower ed.ucational lerrel arrcl income tenci ^ic;

affect valuing-

Reccomerrdations 1 and 2 niay be implemented ty the Chureh and the goverrrment - This can ^be done by requiring all coup'les to attenrl a

serninar on values educatir:n ancl responsible parenthood before they ar'e given the Sacrament

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TLre rcle of the Farento Teachers Association (PTA) shoulcl be redefined and redirected towards the values education program_ This wiIl facilitate a closer coordination and

cooperation betwec+n the school system and lhe parents in promoting positive roie modelling- It is highly reconmende,l fc-'r. t,he school_ sysbem

to organize senrinars on vaiues education not.

only for the teachers but most sp'ecially for the parents. This rnay fur'Lher. reinforce lhe values education of the children who are in school.

The church must eltcourage the religioue congregations and non-governnent agencies tc put up more social development foundations suclr

aE the Mother Rosa Memorial Foundation ^(MR],IF) -

IL is suggeoled r-.hat further studies be

conducted on the following areas:

a- relating family values between

rural

communi-ty and an urba.n communiby-

the ,same aiua:.' bilt with ot"her' .,rar|ablee guch as ^sc'c j.c-ecc-)ncrmi{j ,tt,;1a;,t)r.: i;;rr:up,eri 1t}tir

thr'ce: Iow incorne. r)Id.lie income. hrglr income ) , ^absence of ,:ne irr. both parenls and

Fres€nce r:f extended fanrif ietr.

a simiiar str:di,' to J:e rrrriducted (ln.sF,e,:ific

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Christ.ian ^{valr-;es ar,,:1} witir mcre ^e;ami-., 1es ci,:ne on a wider' sCol:'c.

the same study with another hypcthesis testing the influence of lhe parent-s ^sex lowards the childrens ^values.

In conclusions, it is rec,rnmended that, thie study be subrnitted to the Chureh and dif-ferent

gr:verrrmen'L agencies concerned in education and cieve I opment srl ihat evetrtua} ^15. , F,amphlels ^or' train ing rnoclules may lre developed far ^the purpose of information dissemination- It is necesaily thai t,his sr-udy will.. not ^iJn.l:\/ be

communicated to ^{''che p'eop'le} but aloo thai: the recip,ienLs must inlernalize the significanl findings of ti-ris re;ear''rh-