Research Article

Externalizing Behaviors and Family Influences on Filipino Urban Adolescents

Authors

  • Renzo Pocsidio De La Salle University
  • Joaquim Rizal De La Salle University
  • Andre Techico De La Salle University
  • Joseph David Melliza De La Salle University
  • Josef Tagupa De La Salle University
  • Wilfred Luis Clamor Assistant Professor and BSD-SHS Coordinator, Behavioral Sciences Department, De La Salle University, Philippines

Abstract

This study will look through Bandura’s Social Learning Theory perspective on how parental influence predicts Filipino adolescents' externalizing behaviors. As children are impressionable, they observe their parents as role models; their behavior develops from childhood to adolescence is dependent on parental influence. With this in mind, the study’s research objectives aim to understand how parental influences, such as abusive and antisocial behavior, affect the adolescent’s externalizing behavior and the level of externalizing behaviors among Filipino adolescents living in Metro Manila, Philippines. The researchers then surveyed 202 Filipino adolescents residing in Metro Manila, answering a questionnaire that measured family characteristics, perceived abusive and antisocial behavior of parents, and self-assessed level of externalizing behaviors. The data gathered was processed through descriptive and inferential statistics, and the results concluded that family influence does have significance in the adolescent's externalizing behavior. In conclusion, through the Social Learning Theory and the data collected, the adolescent's externalizing behaviors are due to family influence.

Article information

Journal

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies

Volume (Issue)

3 (5)

Pages

44-49

Published

29-05-2021

How to Cite

Pocsidio, R., Rizal, J., Techico, A., Melliza, J. D., Tagupa, J., & Clamor, W. L. . (2021). Externalizing Behaviors and Family Influences on Filipino Urban Adolescents. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies, 3(5), 44–49. https://doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2021.3.5.6

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Keywords:

Adolescents, Externalizing Behaviors, Family Influence, Social Learning Theory, Perceived Abusive Behavior of Parents