Bading na may galing: The character strengths and well-being of filipino male homosexuals

• Main Authors: Guevara, Dominique A., Lim, Johanna Roselle C., Villania, Raelene Elaine E.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Coming out (Sexual orientation); Male homosexuality > Psychological aspects.; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11538
• Institution: De La Salle University

The majority of extant studies have focused its research on the negative life experiences of the homosexual and a need for the recognition of their strengths is necessary to facilitate them in developing a positive identity. Two surveys were administered to Filipino male homosexuals (N=60), an internet-based, self-report questionnaire measuring character strengths and an instrument to determine their well-being. Results revealed that gratitude, spirituality, capacity to love and be loved, citizenship and fairness were the top five common character strengths among them with participants scoring a high average of 30 (equivalent to highly satisfied) in the satisfaction of well-being of life scale. Qualitative studies done through interviews revealed additional strengths and contributory factors to these strengths along with manifestations, sources of well-being and additional needs of the male homosexual respondents. Creativity, verbosity and gender-role flexibility failed to appear as top strengths inconsistent to past findings. Results are discussed in light of literatures possibly related and responsible for the studies findings.