Research on Adolescent Development in the Philippines: A Review and Evaluation of the Past Two Decades

• Main Authors: Alampay, Liane Peña, Dela Cruz, Alma S, Liwag, Ma. Emma Concepcion D
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2003
• Subjects: Child Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/173; https://ejournals.ph/article.php?id=1610
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Adolescents comprise 30% of the Philippine population, and are directly implicated in the country’s development prospects. However, adolescence, as a developmental period, has been treated unsystematically and virtually neglected in Philippine psychology research (Ventura, 1981). While this situatio...