Resiliency of Students with Parents Living in Alternative Family Arrangement

Abstract

This study aimed to assess students' resiliency with parents living in an alternative family arrangement. It also traced whether there is a significant relationship between the level of resiliency and the profile of the students and their protective factors. This study's respondents were the 63 college students enrolled during the second semester of SY 2015-2016. A questionnaire was used as the main data gathering tool in the study. The majority of the respondents are female, whose parents are in mutual type of living arrangement and non-professional, and with fathers who are high school graduates. Further, a great number are 17 years old, eldest, with two siblings, living with mothers who are high school graduates, and with parents whose monthly income is Php 10,000 and below. Their protective factors are moderate, and their resiliency is high. Faith in God makes the respondents resilient. No significant relationship was seen between the respondents' resiliency level and their personal-related factors and protective factors. The Office of Student Affairs may conduct intervention activities which involve the parents, caregivers, guardians, and the concerned students to help them manage the transition and develop coping strategies.