Health status and coping abused adolescents: a correlation study

Date of Completion

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Child Abuse, Health Status, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescents

Abstract

The type of research design that was used is the quantitative, correlational and non-experimental method. .The study consisted of 53 respondents using the purposive sampling or judgmental sampling. It was conducted utilizing a tool that was formulated by the researchers with 3 aspects cited namely Emotional Coping, Psychological Coping and Health. The research instrument is composed of 17 questions which are equally distributed to the 3 aspects stated. It is an interviewer-administered instrument that measured the level of coping and health status of the individuals included in the study. The statistical treatment of data used were percentage distribution, mean, frequency, t-test, f-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson’s r). The study concluded that, 1) Majority of the respondents are female, Catholic and high school graduates; 2) The respondents are physically, emotionally and psychologically healthy; 3) The respondents have a high level of coping in terms of emotional and psychological aspects. They are motivated, relaxed and able to make decisions; 4) All respondents have the same health status regardless of their gender, educational attainment and religion; 5) There are no significant differences in the level of coping when the respondents are grouped according to gender, educational attainment and religion; 6) The health status of the physically abused adolescents has no significant relationship on the emotional and psychological coping of the abused adolescents.

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