Bahala Na as an Expression of the Filipino's Courage, Hope, Optimism, Self-efficacy and Search for the Sacred

• Main Authors: Menguito, Ma. Ligaya, Teng-Calleja, Mendiola
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2010
• Subjects: Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/gsb-pubs/34; https://ejournals.ph/article.php?id=3962
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The literature on bahala na has largely focused on its negative qualities such as its seeming equivalence with dependence and fatalism. However, bahala na actually finds its roots in the spiritual core of the value system of the Filipinos, hence should be an expression of something desirable and wor...