Relationship between anxiety and irrational beliefs among SVD seminarians according to their age and years of stay in the seminary

• Main Author: Moa, Daniel
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1989
• Subjects: Seminarians > Psychology; Anxiety; Irrationalism (Philosophy); Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/66
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study investigates the relationship between social anxiety and irrational beliefs among SVD seminarians. Furthermore, the study attempts to find out whether the variables like age and the years of stay in the Seminary are contributory factors to social anxiety and irrational beliefs. The research design of the study is descriptive comparative-correlation in nature. The subjects of the study are 72 SVD seminarians at Tagaytay Seminary, in Tagaytay City, Philippines, in school year 1988-1989. The instruments used were: Anxiety Scale Questionnaire (ASQ) to measure the degree of social anxiety and Irrational Test (IBT) to measure the degree of irrational beliefs among the seminarians. To analyze the data, the researcher made use of two-way ANOVA and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study found out that the age of the subjects ranges from 21 years old to 35 years old. The length of their stay in the Seminary ranges from 1 to 8 years. Most of the seminarians were found to have moderate level of social anxiety and irrational beliefs. And categorically, they scored high in apprehension and tension in social anxiety and in dependency, perfectionism and demand for approval in irrational beliefs. The study also found out that the variables, age and years of stay in the Seminary did not determine the seminarians' level of social anxiety and irrational beliefs. Most of the seminarians under the study have social anxiety and irrational beliefs, specifically in the area of apprehension and tension in social anxiety and in dependency, perfectionism and demand for approval in irrational beliefs. There is a significant relationship between social anxiety and irrational beliefs among the seminarians, but it is not determined by their age and years of stay in the Seminary. It is recommended that the results of this study be submitted to the proper superior for reconsideration and further study. Findings are suggested to be incorporated in the seminary programming, specially in the individual as well as in group guidance and counseling. Attention should be given to lessen the irrational beliefs in order to reduce the seminarians' social anxiety. For further studies, it would be better to investigate the main contributory factors to social anxiety and irrational beliefs among the seminarians, particularly in the area in which they scored high. And also it is recommended to have a big sample which would include several religious congregations, male and female as well, in order to develop a local norm for such instruments.