The moderating role of OFW family structure and two-parent family structure on parental support and adolescent self-esteem

• Main Authors: Co,, Jose M., Jr, De Leon, Justin P., Honrade, Enrique C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Self-esteem in adolescence; Filipinos > Employment > Foreign countries; Filipinos -Employment > Foreign countries.; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11236
• Institution: De La Salle University

Overseas Workers, commonly termed as OFW, are people who work overseas to give financial aid to loved ones. The intention may be positive but there are negative consequences to working overseas such as leaving behind children in the care of others. This phenomenon of leaving behind loved ones is believed to have a negative relationship between adolescent self-esteem. This is in support of the literature about student self-esteem and the amount of support parents gives them. Family structure is used as the moderating role for the regression analysis. The procedure consisted of two surveys identifying the adolescent's self-esteem and parental support. The instruments are the Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale and the Parental Support scale which is consisted of four dimensions namely, emotional, informational, companionship, and instrumental. This quantitative study is consisted of a total of 308 adolescent males and females half of which have an OFW parent/s and half with no OFW parent/s. Results indicated a high significant relationship with two of the dimensions of parental support, companionship and instrumental support, with regards to the moderator variable of having an OFW parent/s and a none OFW parent/s family structure.