College of Mary Immaculate

J. P. Rizal, Pandi, Bulacan

Title

Nasaan Ka Noong Kailangan Kita?: A Phenomenological Study about the Struggles of

Students with Overseas Filipino Worker parent

Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for

Practical Research 1

Name:

Bryan Parambita

Ivan Justine Reyes

Hanna Joie Del Rosario

Ross Jericho Espadilla

Gel Mar Clores Nanual

Strand/section:

STEM-11 Fort Santiago

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College of Mary Immaculate

January 2020

Table of Contents

Page
Chapter 1: The Problem and Its Background

Introduction …………………………………………………………... 3
Statement of the Problem …………………………………………….. 7
Significance of the Study …………………………………………….. 9
Definition of Terms …………………………………………………... 11
Scope and Delimitation of the Study………..………….……………... 13
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CHAPTER I

PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

The primary purpose of parenting is to raise fully functional adults who can take
care of themselves and make a positive contribution to society (Hammond, 2017). Apparently,
Overseas Filipino Worker(OFW) parents may find it difficult to fulfill this duty with their
children away from them. Based from the study conducted by Philippine Statistics
Authority(PSA), the number of OFWs was estimated 900 thousand persons from 1996, up to 2.3
million from 2018. With the data given, the rate of OFWs increased drastically over the years
since the term OFW started on 1990’s, hence the number of families that are incomplete
increased too.

When one of the parents is missing, there are functions that may not be fully meet
by his/her partner alone to their children. Rearrangement of traditional family gender roles is an
issue to the left behind families because the left-behind parent needs to take a double role as a
mother and father to their children, which is difficult.(Lisbe,2014,p.20 ). This phenomenon
affects children most; each parent presence is crucial to them for they are in the stage of
development and need a balance guidance. The level of impact depends whether the parent
working abroad is the mother or father. When the case is the mother, children tend to have more
emotional and psychological dysfunctions because women’s role have more implications for the
family than men(Lisbe,2014,p.24).
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Due to the longing of parental role that continuously being unsatisfied, children may
develop weak relationship towards their OFW parent as they grow. Adolescents with relationship
to their parent that aren’t that tact and knew little about them, are the ones who are numb to their
parent’s absence and got used to it(Atenas et al. ,2016,p.41). In particular, as the children become
student and ages, they encounter more difficulties on life and seek guidance to available parent
which they are closer. The absence of the OFW parent on special occasions of the children such
as graduation and birthday, may contribute for children to get used to on their parent’s absence.

Both the OFW parent and the child may attempt to build bond between them which
most likely be difficult and don’t happen. (Atenas et al.,2016,p.42). Lack of communication is
one of the major reasons for a weak relationship. Moreover, because the parent can’t track down
the growth and development of his/her children, the parent understanding on his/her children can
be a problem.

The researchers of this study aim to know how students grow without their OFW
parent’s presence and the struggles they experience. Researchers hope that the outcomes of the
study will bring awareness on families about the said topic, and to help on the process of coping
with the struggles of their children. The researchers also believe that this study can be use as a
source of information to fill gaps and blank spot for future studies.

Statement of the Problem

The researcher has primary objective to determine the influence of job-.related

stress experienced by the College School teachers in Pandi, Bulacan on their teaching

performance. In line with it, the researchers come up with the following specific

questions.

Research Questions

1.What are the factors that considered as the sources of teacher stress?

2.Is there a significant relationship between teachers’ performance and their acquired

stress level?
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Significance of the Study

The findings of this study will give provide benefit for the following:

Teachers. They will benefit from this study through increasing their awareness on how

teacher stress affects their performance in school. In such a way, they can promote

effective coping strategies.

Students. results of the study will allow the teachers to be informed on how to be

cautious in dealing with stress as it affects their teaching performance. Therefore,

students will benefit from the teacher's efficient performance in school.

Definition of Terms

A. Conceptual Definition

The following terminologies of the study are explained based on their lexical and

literature definition.

Teacher Stress- usually related with a variety of personal, physical, social events and

interpersonal experiences that happened from within the school premises (Fimian, 1982)

B.Operational Definition

The following variables and terminologies will be used in the study based on the

researcher’s contextualized definition

Teacher stress- work-related factors that contribute on the anxiety of teachers.

Scope and Delimitation

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The scope of the study will intend to determine the influence of stress on the

teaching performance of the college school teachers. However, the topic will be delimited

as it only intend to know the extent of influence on their evaluated performance and not

the other facets of their functioning at school. On the other hand, the study will involve

40 teachers from private schools including STI Balagtas, College of Mary Immaculate

and ACLC. The study will be conducted on the 2nd semester of the school year 2018-

2019.
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