Group differences in the hierachy of moral-spiritual values of the student residents in La Sallian Center, Manila

• Main Author: Arputham, Alexander J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1992
• Subjects: Values > Testing; College students; Group Counseling; Curriculum and Social Inquiry; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1421
• Institution: De La Salle University

This determines the hierarchy of the moral-spiritual values of the student-residents of the La Sallian Center, Manila. It also investigates the group differences in the hierarchy of the same-values on selected variables, such as the gender, the type of school, the place of origin and the course of study pursued. The descriptive-comparative research design was used. The subjects were the whole student-resident population of the Center, numbering 107, both male and female. Two instruments were used to gather the data. The Personal Data Sheet (PDS) and value scale designed by the National Coordinating Center for the Study and the Development of the Filipino Children and Youth (NCCSDFCY). This scale contain 64 statements covering eight moral-spiritual values. The hierarchy of the moral-spiritual values held by the respondents was determined on the size of the mean scores. The t-test was done to find out whether there was a significant difference in the mean scores of the moral-spiritual values of the respondents grouped according to variables. The statistical computation of the data was done at the Statistical Assistance for Research (STAR) office located at the De La Salle University. The following is the hierarchy of the moral-spiritual values of the student-residents of the Center: (1) Moral equality, (2) Devotion to truth, (3) Respect for human personality, (4) Moral responsibility, (5) Brotherhood, (6) Respect for excellence, (7) Pursuit of happiness, (8) Spiritual enrichment. As for the group differences in the moral-spiritual values of the respondents by variables significant differences were found only on certain values under certain variables. They are: The female respondents had significantly a greater regard for human personality than the male. The respondents graduated from the private schools had a significantly greater regard for human personality and pursuit of happiness than those from public schools.The conclusions drawn as the result of the study are: (1) The student-residents of the Center held the same hierarchy of the moral-spiritual values, regardless of their gender, the type of schools they graduated from, their place of origin and the course of study they are pursuing presently in the university, (2) The student-residents of the Center held a high standard of moral-spiritual values, both when taken as a whole unit and when grouped according to independent variables. By way of recommendations, the following are suggested: (1) opportunities to enrich the value moral responsibility could be provided (2) as the value respect for excellence implies both intellectual pursuit and character formation, relevant activities could be introduced (3) spiritual enrichment needs special attention. Appropriate activities could be incorporated towards a harmonious development of the residents, (4) Periodical dialogue and fraternal sharing between the administration and the residents would help to achieve better the goals of the Center (5) To enhance the formation and the development of the residents, another study with a new and updated value scale be done.