Level of psychosocial development of battered children from selected non-government organizations in Cavite

Date of Completion

1999

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Child Abuse, Psychosocial Support Systems

Abstract

The descriptive research method was used in the study. The subjects of the study were 30 battered children ages 6-12, who were being housed in non-governmental organizations. The instrument utilized in this study was a questionnaire formulated by researchers. The statistical treatment used in the study were mean, f-test on One-way ANOVA, t-test, frequency, and percentage distribution. Majority of the respondents belong to 13-14 years old, male and whose ordinal position is last child. In terms of educational background is nursery and belong to nuclear family. The commonly manifested behavior of battered children was happy being with friends which means that they prefer to go with other companions. With regards to the level of psychosocial development of battered children in relation to age, 6-7 years old belong to high psychosocial development of battered children in relation to age, 6-7 years old belong to high psychosocial development while 9-10 and 11-12 belong to moderate psychosocial development. In terms of sex, the male have a high psychosocial development and female in moderate psychosocial development. And second and first child belong to moderate psychosocial development. In relation to educational background, nursery and primary belong to high psychosocial development and the intermediate belong to low psychosocial development. While those in nuclear families have high psychosocial development; and those in extended families belong to low psychosocial development. There is a significant difference in the level of psychosocial development of battered children when grouped according to age, sex and findings show that there is no significant differences in the level of psychosocial development of battered children when grouped according to ordinal position, educational background and type of family.

Comments

Call Number: TH NM 99 21

Location: Research Commons

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