Personality profile as correlates to resources of resiliency among sexually abused adolescents : basis for wellness management program / Angela E. Bunag. 6

Thesis (M.A.)-- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 2018.;A thesis presented to the faculty of College of Science Graduate Programs- Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Psychology major in Clinical Psychology. 56

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ABSTRACT: The study was primarily conducted to understand the personality profile as correlates with the resources of resiliency among sexually abused adolescents. Respondents were sexually abused victims taken from Half-way Home of Valenzuela (i.e., Bahay Kalinga) and Child Protection Center (processing center for all cases concerning children). Respondents were 13-17 years old and are all females. The study utilizes Descriptive-Correlation method of research to identify the relationship that exists between the subscales of Basic Personality Inventory and the Resources of Resiliency of sexually abused respondents. The respondents were chosen through purposive sampling, certain criteria were employed. Mainly, respondents must be a victim of sexual abuse and the age range is 13-17 years old. The total number of respondents were set to 100. The data in this study were gathered through the use of tools Basic Personality Inventory and Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28). The former was used to determine the personality profile of the respondents while the latter was used to determine the resources of resiliency among respondents. The following statistical treatment was used in analyzing and interpreting the data: To determine the high and low scores, Arithmetic mean was employed. In determining the basic personality profile of the respondents, the researcher based the interpretation on the manual that comes with the Basic Personality Inventory. Again, arithmetic mean was used in summation of all the standard scores of the respondents. Where mean was set at 50 with a standard deviation of 10. As the basic interpretation of the test uses linear T-scores, a score of 70 or higher indicates clinical elevation, approximately the 97th percentile while the score of 60 to 69 indicates moderate elevation thus having elements of the scale, approximately at 85th percentile. T-score of 50 or less generally has positive elements of the scale. Child and Youth Resilience Measure are also computed based on arithmetic mean following the interpretation. Generally, the test comes with an excel software application for automatic scoring. In identifying the relationship between the personality profile and resources among the respondents, statistical treatment of Pearson Product Moment of Correlation was used. The researcher correlated the high and low scores versus the resources of resiliency. As an end product of the study, the Wellness Management Program was designed specifically for sexually abused adolescents and was based on the result of the study. The significant findings of the study are as follows: 1. Personality traits of the respondents as to high scores includes: Deviation, Self-Depreciation, and Social Introversion which indicated that respondents has elevated scores within these subscales and implies tendency to manifest critical deviant behavior and conflict on self-perception and sociability. Low scores include: Interpersonal Problems, Impulse Expression, which pertained to the capabilities of the respondents in displaying acceptable ethical attitudes and being socially responsible. Further, it also signified strengths in cooperation including handling changes in routine, disappointments, and other mistakes reasonably well. 2. Basic Personality of the respondents include: (1) Deviation, (2) Self-Depreciation (3) Social Introversion, (4) Persecutory Ideas, and (5) Denial which manifests that the respondents have the tendency of displaying deviant behavior such as considering oneself as different from others, conflict with self-perception and sociability, guardedness, and conflict with cognitive functioning. The rest of the subscales were average and low scores. Based on the manual, the respondents had an empirical pattern in contrast to Anti-Social delinquency which signifies that respondents are capable of displaying socially and ethically acceptable behavior. 3. Resources of resiliency when grouped into individual, relational and contextual denotes that respondents have high levels of individual and contextual resiliency; and neutral/ moderate relational resiliency. Over-all, the respondents has high levels of resiliency. This indicates that respondents perceived the societal context or community to be meaningful. Further, they also have the capabilities to navigate their own psychological, relational and contextual resources that sustains their well-being. Lastly, considering that the relational relationship of resiliency falls under the neutral/ moderate category, this exhibited that majority of the respondents do appreciate the social support coming from the caregiver but not all of the respondents have the same feeling. 4. At 0.05 level of significance, there is a significant negative correlation between the subscales: Deviation, Self-Depreciation, Social Introversion, and Interpersonal Problems; and the Individual Resources of Resiliency. Further, there is also a significant low negative correlation between subscales of the Basic Personality Inventory: Deviation, Self-Depreciation, and Social-Introversion with Relational Resources of Resiliency. On the other hand, subscale of Interpersonal Problems; connotes significant negligible negative correlation with Relational Resources of Resiliency. Lastly, Deviation and Self-Depreciation has significant negligible negative correlation with the Contextual Resources if Resiliency; while the subscale of Social Introversion exhibits to be having significant low correlation with the Contextual Resources of Resiliency. 5. Wellness Management Program is designed to strengthen the areas of deviation, self-perception, social introversion and interpersonal problems and monitor the resources of resiliency available to the respondents to ensure that it is well-balanced in order bolster resilience and be a fully functioning individual. Based on the abovementioned findings, the following are the recommended activities to help adolescents who are victims of sexual abuse: 1. As a form of intervention, engagement to play therapy and art therapy is essential in letting the victims of sexual abuse narrate their experiences in a safe and non-threatening manner. 2. Meditation exercises such as mindfulness, deep breathing, and muscle relaxation are also recommended as it will keep the body calm in state of tension. 3. Encourage active participation to recreational activities to regain positive energy and as a source of pleasure and enjoyment. 4. Parenting sessions for the parents of the victims in order to teach the parents on how to deal with their adolescents properly to better facilitate healing. 5. Do advocacy campaign in the community level so that unreported incident of abuse be addressed and proper intervention be given to the victim. 6. The Department of Social Welfare and Development to strengthen the programs offered for sexually abused victims through employing more mental health professionals.

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