Barkadahan: A study of peer group norms and values among Filipino adolescents

• Main Authors: Lajom, Jennifer Ann L., Canoy, Nico, Amarnani, Rajiv K., Parcon, Apryl Mae, Valera, Paula Melizza
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Teenagers—Philippines; Teenagers—Philippines—Conduct of life; Values; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7802
• Institution: De La Salle University

Peer groups are among the most influential aspects of adolescent development. The present study is a qualitative investigation of the behaviors, norms, values, and dynamics in general of the adolescent peer group in the Filipino setting-the barkada. Four focus group discussions composed of adolescen...