Developmental changes of sexually abused adolescents in selected institutions

Date of Completion

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Sex Offenses, Adolescents

Abstract

The descriptive method of research was used in this study. The respondents of the study were 100 purposively selected sexually abused adolescents in Bahay Tuluyan and Marillac Hills who were physically and mentally fit as well as coherent and competent enough to answer the questionnaire in any of the two languages which are English and Filipino prepared by the researchers. The researchers gathered the data using a self-made questionnaire. The following statistical treatments were utilized: frequency distribution, percentage, mean, t-test for independent sample and f-test (ANOVA). The conclusion of the study are the following: 1) Majority of the sexually abused adolescent in selected institutions were in the middle adolescence stage, Catholic, have high school level of education and Tagalog; 2) The sexually abused adolescents have average level of developmental changes experienced; 3) Sexually abused adolescents in the early and middle adolescent stages have the same developmental changes experienced; 4) Catholic and non-Catholic sexually abused adolescents from selected institutions have the same developmental changes experienced; 5) Elementary graduate sexually abused adolescents from selected institutions have the higher level of developmental changes experienced; 6) Sexually abused adolescents of different ethnicity have the same developmental changes experienced.

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