History of delinquency, risky behaviors, and mental health as predictors for academic performance among the students of the DLSU-ALS program

• Main Author: Lingatong, Sofronio G., Jr.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Prediction of scholastic success—Philippines; Non-formal education—Philippines; Adult education—Philippines; Adult students—Philippines—Psychology; Adult and Continuing Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7371
• Institution: De La Salle University

This independent study describes and correlates the characteristics of the enrolled learners of the De La Salle University-Alternative Learning System-Accreditation and Evaluation (DLSU ALS-A&E) Program. It is a nonformal education program for disadvantaged out-of-school youth living within the vicinity of the De La Salle University (DLSU). The research study determines whether the three (3) major characteristics of the DLSU-ALS learners such as (I) history of delinquency, (2) risk behaviors, and (3) mental health, are predictors of their academic performance. Twenty one (21) out of thirty five (35) enrolled learners answered a self-administered survey. With permission from the Department of Health, fifty (50) items from the 2011 Philippines Global School-Based Student Health (GSSH) Survey were adopted by the researcher. Using descriptive method, the frequency count of the multiple choice responses was used to analyze the characteristics of delinquency, risky behaviors, and mental health of the DLSU-ALS A&E learners, enrolled during the academic year 2014-2015. The Anova-two way factor analysis was used to determine the statistical significance of the results. Results showed that DLSU ALS students have had high risk behavior and history of delinquency such as membership in gang or fraternity, used of marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes, and involvement in physical fight. High percentage of ALS learners also reported low school perfonnance and self-declared lack of readiness to take the January 25, 20 l 5 Department of Education ALS A&E Exam. The A nova-two way factor analysis without replication revealed that in the area of academic performance vs. history of delinquency, there is no statistical significance to the results. In the area of academic performance vs. risk behavior, it was concluded that there is a statistical significance to the results. In the aea of academic performance versus mental health, the inferential data concluded there is a statistical significant difference between the academic performance and mental health of ALS learners.